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• 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?
• A Braking Prayer 26 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  I would get a Volcane (mine is an Aura with rear drums) rear axle complete with discs, calipers and hand brake cables. My question is can I just swap the stub axles, back plates, hubs, hand brake cables etc and connect the calipers up to my existing braking system or will I need a different master cylinder/routing of brake pipes and different pressure compensators etc I know both disc/drum and disc/disc ZX's use a diagonally split braking system, but will I have in correct brake balance if the calipers are hooked up to the existing system?
• Nissan Micra 1998 1.0L - Brake Pipes 3 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  Hi, Be grateful of some advice....Car just failed MOT due to rusty brake pipe on nearside rear. Use to be part of car clubs where we would do work on cars but it being a while now since I did anything and would like to give replacing brake pipe myself ( get my hands dirty !!)...
• Any - Motorcycle LED Brake/Tail/number plate light 13 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  got a strange problem here. Tried to fit an additional LED light for tail , number plate & brake. New unit comes with 3 wires. Blue- Brake light. Yellow Tail & number plate. Green- earth. Strange when additional brake light is fitted then tail light extinishes but number plate light stays illuminated.
• ford c-max 2007 - sinking brake pedal 30 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  I recently had complete brake failure while driving in slow moving stop start  traffic. The pedal went right down to the limit & no braking. I ran into the back of another vehicle. The brakes have worked perfectly before & after this event.
• Ford Fiesta - Spongy brake pedal 23 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  a friend of mine has a Ford Fiesta. he recently had the discs exchanged as his car was juddering when coming to a halt. Despite this, the car still judders when braking. what might be causing this? also, he feels the brake pedal is spongy. what might be causing this: i suggested an air lock, but what other factors may cause this problem? Finally, he says the brakes are not that sharp when coming to a halt at higher speeds. again, can this be improved in any way, and would worn calipers cause such a problem/ the spongy pedal contribute to this?
• Subaru Forester (1997 - 2002) - 02 2.0T Fr n/s and rear o/s brakes locking on 21 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Help! Forester 2.0 Turbo 52 plate. Fr n/s and rear o/s brakes locking on. Replaced ABS unit, replaced master cylinder bypassed valve between master cylinder and ABS unit and still brakes lock on. No pressure at master cylinder when we loosen brake fluid pipe.
• Nissan Primera II (1996 - 1999) - 1998 2.0 l rear brakes 21 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  I have SE estate that has lately had rear brakes seizing on. My garage ( who are usually good) have replaced both rear brake hoses and the caliper on off side. Prior to this one side then another would stick on and overheat. The front brakes do not stick on or overheat.
• long brake pedal - 2002 honda civic 15 May 2007 (Forum)
  hi all, a friend of mine has just had his car mot'd. the garage is quite good but he failed it for brakes and a wiper. no worries. so they gave the brakes a tidy then retested it. it has now passed the brake test and therefore the mot but they are saying the pedal is still quite long. the car in question is a 2002 honda civic 1.7 coupe. its the one with a big boot> http://users.autoexposure.co.uk/externaldrilldown.cfm?
• Fiat Cinquiento offside rear brake plate 31 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Hi fellow car fanatics... A friend has offered to fix my girlfriends fiat cinciquento and says she needs a rear offside brake plate? I believe it is the bit that the back brake fastens on to... is this right? If I go into a fiat parts dealer, will they know what a rear offside brake plate is?!?! Following on from that, if anyone knows of a fiat parts dealer that sells online or over the phone that could supply the above part by post, that would help.... or somewhere near stoke on trent / stafford that I could buy one from..
• citroen saxo brakes 11 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  right i have got a citroen saxo 1.1 p reg and the problem is the brake pedal travel is too excessive i have replaced the master cylinder and bled the brakes until no more air comes out from any of the system i did this by starting at the furthest point away from the master cylinder but still excess travel i got in the car and tried pumping up the brakes with the engine switched both on and off and they will not pump up anymore at all please can someone give me some ideas otherwise a rag in the tank seems the only action lol
• Brake Fade. 3 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  and was intrigued by a comparison test between a standard Jaguar XK8 and a XKR SVO. The road-tester kept mentioning how the standard car suffererd terribly from brake fade whereas the XKR with it's larger Brembo brakes did not. Now although i've heard the term brake fade before i've never really understood what it means or it's implecations or indeed how to achieve it.
• Scenic II brakes 28 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  However I have been driving it this week purely to check if there is any issues. I have noticed that the brakes are very "snatchy" ie the pedal seems to travel quite a bit and then it suddently bites. There doesn't seem to be any gradual braking. Noticed it especially today when stuck in a traffic jam. Is there any issues with Scenic brakes like this or is it just down to me switching from my normal car (the Saxo)
• Peugeot 306 brakes 20 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  I have put a full gti6 brake setup on my 306td. It has new flexi's, new master cylinder etc. Anyway when the engine is off the brakes are pretty much solid as you ould expect but as soon as the engine is running the brake pedal travels almost to the floor.
• Nissan Almera Judder on hard braking 21 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Having now got the Almera back, I noticed that the brakes judder when fairly hard braking is applied. I'm not talking emergency stop here but simple harsher than normal braking can cause this. Wifey noticed this in the car before she picked an arguement with a wall in it.
• 406 Coupe V6 brake squeal 2 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  The brakes on my 406 Coupe V6 squeal like a piggie. I have used the spray which works for a short while byt then it comes back. The brakes in question are Brembo (though I?m not sure this makes a difference).
• Astra Belmont f reg brake light problem 18 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  sorry for asking for help on my first post , but i really need the help. i've got an F reg Astra Belmont 1.8 GLSi. both of my brake lights do not come on at all when i press the brake pedal. i've changed the bulbs , checked the fuses and replaced the brake pedal switch. the 2 cables that come from the switch obviously go somewhere to pick up the electricity to power the lights , has anybody got any idea where or what it goes to.
• cavalier brakes 19 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  I recently had a rear brake cylinder seal go & so i replaced both rear cylinders & shoes. About a week later the ABS warning light came on so i thought i would replace the front disks too. This hasnt cured the problem, & now ive discovered i have no rear brake lights at all!
• 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!.