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• MINI Hatch 5-door '57 reg - Return or reject? 10 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  They said that tyres and brakes were "wear and tear", but they would look at the engine. This was not good enough for me, so I told them I wanted to reject the car, for a full refund. They said no, they would not give a refund, so I left my car at the garage, and got my solicitor onto them.
• Vauxhall Movano - Brake Failure - Whos Liability? 6 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  In the last 10 days I have driven approx 1000 miles in the vehicle and then two days ago noticed a grinding sound when braking just before coming to a stop. I have inspected the discs and pads...front set fine on both sides...rear set (harder to see) but appears there is virtually no pad left and osr discs is heavily scored.
• Free vauxhall health check - Impressed 13 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  They found a lot wrong with it but its all silly things and stuff I have suspected anyway here is the jist of it 1) Brake noise caused by new pads being too big for the old discs which is rusted on the outside, they said no need to change yet as they are working fine but they should really be fixed but brakes are working fine so this can be left as the original discsare still within the correct thickness and the new pads have plenty of friction on the. 2) They found one of the rear shocks to be leaking.
• Great Daihatsu main dealer service 17 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Now I had this knocking noise that id isolated to the front OS brake caliper after a close inspection which had been going on for what must be 3-4 months but id previously thought it to be a noisey suspension bush. Booked it in yesterday, 8am today I was in, loan car available if they couldnt get it done in an hour.
• My scariest motoring experience to date 4 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  So Backroomers, what should I have done? I thought I was doing the correct thing. Put it in "2" for engine braking and keep my foot off the throttle. When it got away from me, I briefly tried pumping the brakes but then pushed the pedal to the floor. I didn't expect the car to snake about as much as it did, but maybe it was a combination of the snow and the slope.
• Small earthquake in Chile: no casualties 25 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  When I first saw it, I would say that the distance between me and the on-coming car was about the same distance that I would start to brake if it were stationary, or less than that: it was round a blind bend. Looking back, not from a hospital bed (thankfully), this driving situation poses significant dilemmas. What is the best balance between steering and braking?
• Fifteen New Middle East Driving Regs 13 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Never get in the way of an older car that needs extensive bodywork . With no insurance, the other operator has nothing to lose. 6. Braking is to be done as hard and late as possible to ensure that your ABS kicks in, giving a vigorous, foot massage as the brake pedal violently pulsates. For those of you without ABS, it's a chance to strengthen your leg muscles. 7.
• Dynamic indicators 17 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  I am assuming Audi were the first manufacturer to use these in the uk but I may be wrong. Also, I am aware that there were similar indicators and brake lights used in the US decades ago but these used filament lamps. I am really referring to the current LED type.  
• Illegal E bikes 9 Oct 2023 (Forum)
   Cardiff has had a recent purge on e-bikes using its pedestrian shopping centre,  These are e-bikes with throttles capable of exceeding the speed limit imposed by law.  They confiscated 17 bikes many with faulty brakes worth some £22k. This was part of an operation whereby 1300 users were spoken to  70% were riding illegally. If this is just one small city the countrywide problem must be considerable and no news yet on a policy by Gov on e-bikes and scooters.
• n/a - Tyre wear pollution 1,000 times worse than exhaust 8 Jun 2023 (Forum)
  Pollution from tyre wear can be 1,000 times worse than what comes out of a car’s exhaust, Emissions Analytics has found. Harmful particle matter from tyres – and also brakes – is a very serious and growing environmental problem, one that is being exacerbated by the increasing popularity of large, heavy vehicles such as SUVs, and growing demand for electric vehicles, which are heavier than standard cars because of their batteries.
• The early days of motor racing 26 Dec 2022 (Forum)
  Usually run over very long distances compared to most modern motor racing, there is one point where the commentator mentions an unusually short 23 mile lap!. Tyres narrower than on some current bicycles, braking would be primitive at best, ineffectual, and quite possibly only on the rear wheels!.   
• Motoring quirks and bloopers in films 31 Oct 2021 (Forum)
  Recently watched 'How it ends' (it's on netflix) and a relatively modern saloon screeches along a tarmac bridge when he jams on the brakes...  Or the big american v8s in Narcos Mexico that have the vehicle sound dubbed over making them sound like 4 pot diesels from the late 90s, seriously did the person doing that know nothing?!
• Vauxhall Astra - 5th gear questio 25 Jan 2021 (Forum)
  Apologise if in wrong thread Car:Vauxhall Astra 2010 (diesel, 6 gears) Ive just bought the car and noticed when i put it into 5th and let the speed decline on its own or if i brake and end up at 30mph the car will try and speed its self back up to 40 without me touching the pedals. Is this normal? Every other gear seems to work fine, cruise controll is off 100% the car just trys to speed its self up.
• Scrappage schemes and Bangernomics 23 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  We have a 16 year old car that only does a couple of thousand miles a year but is very handy for runiing to the tip and carting grubby grandchildren about.  It is one owner and never failed an MoT but has just cost me £500 for brakes and an electrical sensor too. On the one hand that is probably not too bad for a year's motoring but I feel the end may be nigh! Does anyone in the trade know of a likely return of scrappage schemes?
• Nissan Micra K12 2004 - Strange Indicator fault 18 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  I have a 04 Nissan Micra and have noticed that my right indicator quite often blinks faster than normal, this especially happens whilst using the brake at the same time. Also, when I am entering a motorway and building up speed the car starts to loose power when I switch on the right indicator on - it goes back to normal once I turn the indicator off.
• Ford Mondeo ST220 - Idle / tick over speed 28 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Car continues to run @ this tick over rate as if on cruise control so for example, you cannot do 30 mph in 6th gear without constant braking. Temporary solution is to pull over and switch off via the key, re-start and the idle / tick over speed immediately returns to normal @ 800 revs. Any ideas on what's causing this please? 
• Jaguar XJ8 - ECM change 11 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Hi, My 2000 (W) Jaguar XJ8 3.2 won't come out of Park unless manually operated and then the brake lights do not work. I've replaced the switch on the pedal cluster with a brand new unit and also the rotary switch on the gearbox but the problem still exists. If I disconnect the battery for 24 hours or more, the problem seems to fix itself but soon returns leading me to think I have an ECM problem.
• Honda Jazz/Fit (2001 - 2008) - 2005 auto - Shake in the car 23 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  How about I put this info in the subject header seeing as you missed the 3 separate requests to do so} I have this problem that occured lately it happens while pressing the petrol padle there is this one time shake that happens often and sometimes it dissapears.. it is like as if I am pressing the petrol and at the same time the brake padle .. I would really like to know what causes it... Thank you
• Renault scenic 3 - Air filter 24 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  To remove air filter you must remove the brake flued top up,container not compleatly but just the bolts holding it on, then the seal from one side to other, the thing that it's bolted to actually pulls forwards and out then you can access the air filter box easy.
• Ford focus hatchback 2001 - Rear tailgate wiring loom 16 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  Hi I have recently found that the rear. Centre brake light,the heated rear windscreen and the boot release catch which is pressed from the dashboard have all stopped working. Upon inspection after opening the tailgate I discovered the wiring loom had some broken wires,my question is it an easy job to cut back the exposed wires and join up again also will I have to disconnect the battery before tackling the job.