2017 Golf brake issues

Steven Seagal

I have a 171 1.6 Golf Allstar Diesel and this morning, I was approaching a bend and the front wheels seized up and was unable to break or turn. Luckily I was going slow enough but bounced off an island and damaged the front right bumper of the car, with the right wheel bent out of alignment.
Was able to pull into a hotel car park and left it there for the bank holiday but dreading the bill.
I have no idea why the breaks would fail on a year old car and obviously wasnt expecting it, anyone have an idea what could have happened???

Toyotafanboi

You say the front wheels seized and you were unable to brake or turn, the braking and steering functions are relatively unrelated so for the two of them to fail out of the blue at exactly the same time seems slim.

Are you sure you didn't hit black ice given the cold weather we are having? Ice would make the steering and braking feel like they are not working at the same time.

Steven Seagal

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

You say the front wheels seized and you were unable to brake or turn, the braking and steering functions are relatively unrelated so for the two of them to fail out of the blue at exactly the same time seems slim.

Are you sure you didn't hit black ice given the cold weather we are having? Ice would make the steering and braking feel like they are not working at the same time.

Honestly thought it was ice or oil too but its a main road and warm enough out, went back to check the road but saw nothing. The car juddered as if I had taken it out of gear too.
The breaks did feel very stiff too.

kirving

The car juddering probably was your ABS kicking in and releasing and re-applying the brakes in order to try and find some traction.

The juddering can also be caused by the flywheel banging about as the traction control kills engine power and starts again. It will feel just like your foot slipped off the clutch and the car cut out - but the car won't actually cut out.

You almost certainly hit ice this morning, theres still plenty of it around me in Dublin at 4pm. You could walk on it and it might feel ok, but the braking of your car will be severely affected.

Steven Seagal

Kevin Irving wrote: »

The car juddering probably was your ABS kicking in and releasing and re-applying the brakes in order to try and find some traction.

The juddering can also be caused by the flywheel banging about as the traction control kills engine power and starts again. It will feel just like your foot slipped off the clutch and the car cut out - but the car won't actually cut out.

You almost certainly hit ice this morning, theres still plenty of it around me in Dublin at 4pm. You could walk on it and it might feel ok, but the braking of your car will be severely affected.

Ah fair enough, thats exactly what it felt like.
Guess the next question is what the cost will be if one of the wheels has been knocked out of alignment 😔

kirving

Steven Seagal wrote: »

Ah fair enough, thats exactly what it felt like.
Guess the next question is what the cost will be if one of the wheels has been knocked out of alignment 😔

Don't worry about the cost, just leave it to your insurance and have it done by main dealer. They will send it out to their local crash repair centre but at least you'll be dealing with them on all matters.

You have a warranty to keep intact and a residual value you will want to maintain as best as possible.

Post up a photo and people will be better able to give an approximate ballpark cost. It may be better to pay it yourself rather than go via insurance if the damage isn't too bad.