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    Default Rubbish brakes – 02-04-2009,08:21 PM
    Hi, I have a 2003 A4 1.9Tdi quattro with 63000 miles, with rubbish brakes. They used to be brilliant and have just slowly got worse over the years. I service them regularly and all the calipers are as free as can be. When braking I seem to have to put alot more effort in to stopping than I used to. I have noticed that I can stop the car quite well, then drive off and try the same again within a few seconds and there seems to be much less braking force. The pedal comes up when I start the engine so I assume that the servo and vaccuum are working, but maybe not properly. Anyone have any ideas or similar problems?

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    Default Re: Rubbish brakes – 02-04-2009,09:36 PM
    Does sound rather like the servo. If it works well but then doesn't a very short time later it is a bit of a giveaway. Sounds like there just isn;t enough vacuum built up.
     
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