>> Main dealer FSH here too so the brakes hadn't seen good lubrication maintenance, probably had
>> pints of brake cleaner squirted in the general direction though.
As I said, there's evidence in the history of the front discs being replaced twice within a very short time frame. Just had a look and there is very little pad on the fronts and a badly swept area on the discs, the rear discs don't look as if they are being used at all, and negligible pad on those too. It all points to sticking or seized calipers.
Makes you wonder what the hell the main dealers do, I'm glad I don't go there. They must have known they were sticking, why not charge the owner for some shiny new ones if they weren't competent enough to free the old ones up - they charged enough for everything else. Thank god I can get the parts relatively cheaply.
I'm still happy with the rest of the car. The back is nice and high so no problem with the expensive self levelling shocks, 4 Vredestein Quadrac tyres were purchased last Christmas (at high cost no doubt for that time of year). They were over inflated as usual. I just need to give it an oil and filter change with a good synthetic, change the brake fluid at the same time as sorting the brakes, and that'll be it for this year.
Last edited by: corax on Mon 6 May 13 at 12:00
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