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• Citroen C1 - Brakes 13 Jun 2018 (Forum)
  Hi.   I have a citroen c1 2009. I'm having issues with the front brake discs and pads. They were replaced 12 months ago however I have had regularly had to take my car back to kwik fit to have them replaced due to the brake discs warping. The car shakes when braking at high speeds.
• 2003 citroen xsara picasso 2.0 HDI - Brakes to the right.. 4 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  I have a braking problem on the above. The car pulls to the right when using the foot brake and its slow to come to a halt. I give it to my friend to sort out who is an old school mechanic working from home. He has said that no brake fluid would come through and he has even tried using a compressor to force it through and it still would not come through.
• 1.9 TDI 2003 - VW Sharan power loss, hissing brake pedal 30 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  For a couple of years my Sharan had a slight hissing noise from the brake pedal. My trusted mechanic checked it out, foudn no obvious leak but reckoned it was harmless. A month ago it suddenly became much louder, like a leaking balloon, brake pedal stiffened and he replaced the servo.
• Ford Escort 1300cc 1990 model - Red warning light sometimes comes on when I brake 13 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  The red warning light comes on when I apply foot break.   It does not happen all the time.  I have checked the brake fluid level and topped it up.  Is it possible i could have a   fluid leak in the braking system. The car manual says the red warning light  has two functions,  ie,  if the hand break is still on,  or applied, or if the brake fluid level is below line.
• Nissan Micra K12 - No Brakes !! 26 May 2010 (Forum)
  She is still a learner and last Sunday evening i was with her . She slowed down for traffic lights and lo and behold no brakes. She went into back of car in front , not much damage but i limped the 2 mile journey home with some braking. We got the car checked out and the brakes are back to normal again. No fluid loss or leakage could be found , rear wheel cylinders are bone dry.
• Maybe I need brake assist ? 27 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  ( I am gentle on brakes)
• Fiat ducato total brake failure 27 May 2006 (Forum)
  I have a fiat ducato motorhome 1990 2litre petrol. I went to take it out tonight put in in reverse, pulled back a couple of yards, applied the brakes and the pedal went straight to the floor with no resitance. Brake fluid was low but not low enough to have sucked in air. No visible/obvious leaks. When i press the brake pedal with the engine off, i can hear a sort of CHUFF as the pedal goes down.
• Ford Fiesta Brake warning lamp stuck on. 4 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Could it be possible that this lamp is wired to any other switch such as a brake pressure balance switch which could have been actuated during the hard braking where I applied a very high force to the pedal. I believe that some vehicles are fitted with sensors which would detect any imbalance between the two circuits but are they latching?
• back brakes 97 Accord 23 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  how can you tell when your back brakes are worn? Over the weekend a screeching metallic noise became frequent from the nearside of my Accord and only happened under braking. Noticed the handbrake was quite weak too and when applied under drive could cause the noise.
• Cruise control and the right foot. 25 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  I tried to gentle rest it on the brake pedal but this felt uncomfortable after about 10 mins (brake pedal set higher than the accelerator?) plus, I don't know if this was activating the brake lights. Anyone any sensible suggestions?
• Seat Ibiza 2007 - Brake light switch issue? (engine/EPC light) 19 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  (the rear brake light still doesnt work).  I was wondering if anyone had any wisdom to share regarding this problem?? Could it be a fuse? did I screw up fitting in the brake light switch? thanks :)
• Volkswagen Polo III - Brake disc badly corroded 29 Sep 2019 (Forum)
  At the last MOT (November) I had an advsisory that the front brake discs showed evidence of corrosion but not serious enough to fail.  Due to problems with the health of my mother I only got around to replacing them yesterday and boy am I glad I did. The brakes have evidently got much worse since the MOT was carried out and to be fair they still worked OK, although I had noticed a slight tailing off in their sharpness recently.
• Laguna 2 dci tourer - spongy brakes- after changed front pads. 5 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  -which always worked fine on other cars.But,when i did the passenger side,some brake fluid squirted from behind piston rubber dust shield as it went home.This has never happened on any other car brakes I've done before.(Both pistons retracted slowly and evenly) now when I press the brake pedal hard it goes to the floor slowly when the car's running .It stays solid when engine is off.
• Ford Mondeo - Mondeo 1999 1.8TD Brake Travel Problem - Weird 22 May 2011 (Forum)
  Pumping the brakes bring it back to normal. If the accelerator is blipped, either driving or sitting at neutral, the brake pedal drops drastically in terms of where the brake point is. Servo has been tested as per the suggested Haynes manual method i.e. cvaccum is fine.
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 97 1.25 Vibration at speed/when braking 8 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  s side front wheel that gets faster as speed increases. It?s like a short scraping/clicking. I?ve had the wheel off and seems to me like the brakes are binding a little when I spin the disc. There?s no play in the inner and outer cv joints. My own diagnosis would be: 1. Wheel balance 2. Warped brake disk Is there anything else that could be causing this?
• Mazda 323 - Knocking sound on braking 20 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  The car doesn't have ABS, I got the brake pads (not discs) changed by Mazda last October. I've checked the tyres for stones etc., so I don't think it's anything caught in a tyre. Would wearing brake discs (I'm assuming it's not the pads as they're quite new) be the likely culprit?
• Micra MOT fail: repair or sell? 19 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Had a front shunt last year, I replaced the appropriate panels and kept on driving. It chugs along OK, brakes and steering seem OK. It has just failed its MOT and requires quite a lot of work: 1) Nearside rear brake pipe corroded 2) Offside rear brake pipe corroded 3) Front to rear brake pipe corroded 4) Brakes imbalanced 5) Front chassis box section damaged -- requires welding. 6) Advice -- bowed door; door lock not fully engaging.
• Scraping Noise from Brakes - 1997 Astra 30 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Morning all. My brakes (I can't really tell whether it's front or back) have started to make a fairly quiet scraping noise (kind of dull - not metallic sounding) when the car is cold. It stops when they warm up or after about five miles.
• Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium (2015) - Brake Discs 28 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  I am about to replace the worn  Ford brake discs  for  Pagid discs. However,  I have noticed that,  unlike the originals,  the Pagid discs have an additional small threaded hole near one of the lug nut holes. Does anyone know what this hole is for?
• Ford Mondeo Estate tdci 0/3 - Binding front brake. 4 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  Front near side brake is binding. Cooked my disc and pads so replaced both sides. Repaced the near side caliper and flexi. And Still binding. Can't understand why!!  Caliper slides ok on pins. I am foxed. Please help.