No brakes after Arnold Clark do pads

roddydogs

? Even the guy who drove it off the ramp would have known!

Herzlos

Good point. Whoever parked the car up after the work would have spotted that it didn't stop.

So that implies that the brakes worked fine when the work was done and failed later, which may indicate a leak somewhere rather than it not being bled.

No1Dazzler said:

Also if it was air in the lines as the expert mechanics on this thread seem to think why did it take a further 13 days to bleed them.

There's a pretty horrible stock issue at the moment, mine took 7 days to get parts. 13 days is a lot but we don't know what parts they were waiting for.

No1Dazzler

To be fair after it went back in the service manager got involved and had a doner vehicle brought up so he could try switching out components one by one ie calipers, they said the fault was the front disks but I'm not sure as they worked on the back. Also said they put the front disks of the doner car on to mine but I think they've not been changed at all. I suspect the pistons have been pushed back without connecting the computer (which I'm told is required) and possibly damaged a seal somewhere

Mutton_Geoff

No1Dazzler said:

realised I had no brakes the pedal went straight to the floor, I frantically pumped the brakes and the pedal feel came back. I drove another mile and the pedal went again

so I nursed it home

You mean "so I knowingly drove a vehicle with defective brakes". There is no way you could have known that pumping them or any other action (the handbrake?) would stop you in an emergency, eg pedestrian stepping out in front of you. Sorry to be blunt, but I'm horrified to be sharing the road with drivers like you.

Grey_Critic

Mutton_Geoff said:

No1Dazzler said:

realised I had no brakes the pedal went straight to the floor, I frantically pumped the brakes and the pedal feel came back. I drove another mile and the pedal went again

so I nursed it home

You mean "so I knowingly drove a vehicle with defective brakes". There is no way you could have known that pumping them or any other action (the handbrake?) would stop you in an emergency, eg pedestrian stepping out in front of you. Sorry to be blunt, but I'm horrified to be sharing the road with drivers like you.

But he had to pick up his dog - which is far more important than the risk yo life posed by driving with defective brakes.

Reminds me of the job we had where someone managed to demolish a bus shelter at rush hour - his excuse for removing the brake pads - I did not want to damage the discs. The judge took a very dim view of his excuse

Ibrahim5

It's always best to leave jobs like brakes to the professionals at the garage.

Grumpy_chap

Perhaps AC though the car was a Yaris and not an A4

ConsumerWarrior

I can guess what happened, they push the caliper pistons fully back into caliper to fit new pads, their procedure will include re-setting piston positions after fitting new pads, (by pumping the brake pedal), they must have missed that point and is a big error on their part. I would have used the Resolver app and possibly the Trading Standards for investigation.

The problem with these issues is they are transient and wont be in place if the vehicle gets inspected.

I wonder if they also re-set the brake fluid levels???

ConsumerWarrior

ConsumerWarrior said:

I can guess what happened, they push the caliper pistons fully back into caliper to fit new pads, their procedure will include re-setting piston positions after fitting new pads, (by pumping the brake pedal), they must have missed that point and is a big error on their part. I would have used the Resolver app and possibly the Trading Standards for investigation.

The problem with these issues is they are transient and wont be in place if the vehicle gets inspected.

I wonder if they also re-set the brake fluid levels???

Perhaps should stop and call RAC/AA etc?