Red light offence or overload car??

400ixl

Megdrim said:

Im not expert but if you ask for full service its not their duty to check everything?

No, garages have a full service and an interim service which cover different items. However there are other items which are done at certain years or mileages and these are additional to the full service items.

I am assuming this is not a main dealer for the manufacturer you have taken it to?

Megdrim

400ixl said:

Megdrim said:

Im not expert but if you ask for full service its not their duty to check everything?

No, garages have a full service and an interim service which cover different items. However there are other items which are done at certain years or mileages and these are additional to the full service items.

I am assuming this is not a main dealer for the manufacturer you have taken it to?

Nop. Its garage who done taxi mot

400ixl

Then you need to see what their full service includes and whether they should have changed the brake fluid as part of it. Probably doesn't include it.

MattMattMattUK

Megdrim said:

But why car don't stopped. What can be the reason .What to ask to check that its important now. Why when fully press brake car still moving 2 metters

Worn brake pads, to the point of being gone or almost gone, discs to worn, not correctly calibrated, not enough fluid for the breaks to work properly, failed assist pump, lots of things. You need to have them properly looked at.

Break fluid changes are not normally part of either a in interim or full service, they are separate, break pads and discs are not part of those either, so you need to ask them to be checked, changed if needed, breaks calibrated. 

You also need to look through your service schedule and see what should be done in mileage and time, see what has not been done and get things up to date. You also need to ask a garage to have a look and see if anything needs doing that is not on the schedule.

How well do you know the garage that you have been using? Have you used them because they are cheap, or because they are known locally for being good mechanics?

Mildly_Miffed

If the brake pads had been metal-on-metal, you'd have heard horrible scraping grinding noises.

Baldytyke88

Megdrim said:

Physical service was in may 2024 .No advisory. When i start doing taxi 2 months and 1 week ago i asked full service in same time whit taxi mot. No advisory. Driven 16k miles since and changed oil and filters two weeks ago because sign pop up in dash board

If you have driven 16k and then just had the oils done, 16k is a lot of miles, maybe they didn't need changing in May, but after 16k they should have been checked again.

400ixl

Brake pads typically last 20-30k miles depending on car and material used. Any half decent garage used to dealing with taxis will be giving the drivers advanced warning. Then again every taxi driver I know who runs their own cars do checks every week or two for the essentials like fluid level, pads, disks etc.

Most modern cars have sensors on the brake pads which either give a dashboard warning or make a squealing noise, so no excuse really for getting through the pad itself onto the metal backing.

OP, if you are going to be doing 30k milkes a year plus, you really need to learn the basics of maintaining a car and the service schedule.

paul_c123

Megdrim said:

Im not expert but if you ask for full service its not their duty to check everything?

Yes and no. The garage SHOULD be following a schedule of tasks, which includes checking the brake fluid and brake friction components. But you yourself would be seen as a professional driver, of higher standard (so in some ways an 'expert') so you should have been able to sense a deterioration in the braking performance before this incident.

paul_c123

400ixl said:

Then you need to see what their full service includes and whether they should have changed the brake fluid as part of it. Probably doesn't include it.

An indy garage should be following manufacturer guidelines on time/distance intervals of the checking of the various items. I do think the garage IS partially to blame on this one. 

But it does fall to the driver, to ensure the car is roadworthy at all times.

35har1old

Megdrim said:

Garage find air in brake system and worn brake pads. If i understand right an malfunction of your car its your driving fault but in this case why we pay for mot ? (i got report and price to fix right now)

Brake pads could be worn out before your 1st MOT