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• Fiesta Brakes 28 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  My girlfriend has a 2000 X Fiesta Zetec with 25,000 mls on it. The brakes have always felt quite spongy but have always stopped well. She had to perform an emergency stop the other day and only just made it, she says that the brakes have been getting poorer. I took it out last night on a bit
• FIAT Panda - Brake Pad Shims Query 9 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  Hi All In need of a bit of advice on brake pad shims, hoping someone can help me out. I started changing the front brake discs and pads yesterday evening on my Panda 1.2 Dynamic Dualogic as one disc is warped. I got to the point on the first wheel where I rotate the caliper
• MkII DCi - Scenic - Parking brake fault after pads changed! 20 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  Folks, 2006 Scenic Mk II Dci. (this has the servo parking brake) - Rear pads noticed to be approx 2mm at MOT today (46000 miles).  Changed by experienced independent garage, by disabling parking brake. (lever in boot?), pads replaced, all normalised.  Now, have
• Ford Focus groaning brakes 16 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all, I took my mate to pick his new car up yesterday and naturally, came a scenic route back. Because of this, I asked a fair bit of the brakes. I was coming down the East Lancs road (big straight dual carriageway) and had to brake fairly hard when someone cut me up. When this happened, I
• Vauxhall Astra - Brake pad problem 7 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  and that the rear pads had 40% of the lining worn.  At the time of the service, the mileage was 13962.   On 1st August, the car passed it's MOT but I was advised to get the rear brake pads replaced.  I took it to Kwik Fit on 6th September for a brake inspection (I had only used my
• mondeo 2002 - mondeo rear brake cylinder cut out 1 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  why is it important to position the rear brake cylinder cut out in line with the pip
• ford 02 mondeo - 02 mondeo rear brake cylinder 1 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  why is it necesary for the rear brake cylinder cut out to line up with the pip
• Volkswagen - T25 Camper - 1990 1.9 Brake lights 15 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Just bought a Volkswagon T25 camper yesterday and the brake lights aren`t working.Any ideas.
• Peugout 405 front brakes 22 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  I have a K reg Peugout 405 TD estate. Is there any special procedure for pressing back the pistons in my front brake calipers?
• Volvo S80 Front Brakes 11 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  i had my front brake pads changed recently. soon after that, one day i was driving on the North circular when a driver in the next lane gestured to me that something was wrong with my bront wheel drivers side. i stopped at a stopped immediately to find that there was some smoke coming up from
• A Braking Prayer 26 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Hi there guys, I realise this post may be a bit of a long shot but maybe someone will be able to help! I have owned a citroen zx1.9td aura k reg for 3 months now and i've been having terrible trouble with the brakes-I'm getting very bad pulsing through the brake pedal and a very funny sounding
• Astra 1600 exclusive 2012 - Astra 3rd brake light 8 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  Hi, how do remove / refitt 3rd brake light. Also cost  Cheers
• Audi a3 - Brake fault stops engine 20 May 2014 (Forum)
  Does anyone have any idea why my Audi a3 engine has stopped because of a brake fault
• Peugeot 207 CC 207 petrol - Brake light switch 19 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  All brake lights have stopped working. Cant find the switch/fuse to check.    
• Peugeot 207 - brake Discs replacement 18 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  Does anybody have a Peugeot 207 that had to have its brake disc replaced at 30,000 mile? It seems very early to me?
• Legacy Outback Front Brakes 2 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Funny noise, down to the dealer, frozen brake caliper, new pads and new disc; £628. Anyone else had this "one-off" problem?
• squeaky brakes 19 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  What is the most common reason and solution to squeaky brakes on a Scenic. If it's disc replacements, what sort of cost difference from a Renault francised dealer to a Phil Mitchel type garage.cheers
• harsh braking 10 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  hi everyone sorry if this is a repeat question, used the search facility but it didnt return anything question is: does harsh braking use up petrol? if so why? thanks to all in advance
• 306 d-turbo brake fade 23 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  exactly what it says on the tin... 306 d-turbo (97-P) suffering from severe brake fade... can anyone help?
• Mazda 2 Automatic - Front brakes pads 18 May 2020 (Forum)
  The front brake pads have been changed twice since new (Sept 2016). First time Oct 2018 (12,200 miles).Second time in Nov 2019 (19000). So 2 sets of front brake pads gone on a car with only 19000 miles on clock!. Any ideas of what is causing the problem ?