Granvilleb
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This is a golden oldie. Did we find an answer to this problem?
Well I don't know much, as I've never changed a set of brake pads. Fixing kits are a new thing to me. I just want to be certain that every changeable part is new. The fixing kits were about £6 each.
I did get all disks and pads changed when I bought it. I bought the parts and took them to the garage. I didn't look in detail, but I don't remember seeing any springy bits in the boxes. If they've never been changed then they'll be ancient.
There is a chance it could be a malfunctioning ABS/ESP actuator. I did do lots of test drives with the ABS fuses pulled out (I'm now the world's expert at doing my 10-mile test run without braking at all), and it was stone cold - ooh, is this the cause?.. Then the garage put the fuses back in, and I went for another test run and... stone cold again. It's intermittent, so bloody annoyingly impossible to diagnose.
The best theory I can come up with so far (this is NOT conclusive) is that it's fine until you get it hot through heavy braking. Then it starts rubbing. From this point on it's self-perpetuating, as the rubbing gets it hotter.
I can hear mine when it's rubbing (ee-ee-ee), which is handy. It's possible that after the new pads it might carry on rubbing but silently, which would be worse. I will keep an eye on the temperature after a run without braking (checking left vs right).
It could be absolutely anything in the system - perhaps some dodgy software that applies the brakes if it's an odd-numbered date and the wipers and radio are on? Anything's possible these days.
Thank you chaps for your info. So we don't have the answer to this problem.
According to my manual the2.2 16v+ 1.9 8v have TEVES front caliper and TRW rear.
The 1.9 16v + the 2.4 20v haveTRW calipers front and back