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Dodgy brakes

  • 10-05-2015 9:59pm
    #1
    martin gillespie
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭


    Hi my other half has a 2002 Opel Vectra, the brakes are very hit and miss .
    Sometimes the car is hard to stop.
    New pads installed six months ago .
    Any ideas ???


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  • #2
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    martin gillespie wrote: »
    Hi my other half has a 2002 Opel Vectra, the brakes are very hit and miss .
    Sometimes the car is hard to stop.
    New pads installed six months ago .
    Any ideas ???
    Get them looked at by a professional before the miss turns into a hit.


  • #3
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,462 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Amy other symptoms?
    Spongy pedal, long pedal, pedal slowly going to floor, intermittent problem always there at when hot or cold or?


  • #4
    martin gillespie
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭martin gillespie


    Intermittent sometimes within a few mins from start up , sometimes not for a day or two , im thinking contamination in the fluid or a mastercylinder on its way out?


  • #5
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,462 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Could be anything based on what you say. Is it that the pedal feels like crap and nearly goes to the floor or maybe its that you are not getting vacuum, you would struggle to get enough pressure onto the pedal to stop the car - a hard pedal with poor braking action taking place


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