Simultaneous hand and foot brake problem

jackocleebrown · Post by **jackocleebrown** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:54 am

Hello,

This is my first post on the forum, I hope that you guys can help me out.

I have a very strange problem with my 206 (mk1 2001 1.4 Lx 3dr). I first noticed this issue on Saturday, on starting the car I noticed that my handbrake was very slack - no problem I thought, probably just the cable - so I went off on my journey. 100 yards down the road I noticed that the foot brake did not feel right, the brakes were very spongy and I had to depress the pedal right to the floor to get any real braking. After about 2miles I pulled up at the side of the road and gave someone a call to pick me up.

I managed to get back to the car yesterday to limp it back down the road to my local garage. It was in the same condition that I left it. When I got to the garage I reversed the car into a empty space. As I was doing this I heard a clunk and one or more of the wheels seemed to stick like they were going up a kerb. After this the handbrake was back to its normal tension and the foot brakes felt fine?!?

Thinking that it might be fixed, this morning I slowly drove to work. As I got further along the way the problem started to return. On arriving at work the problem was just as bad as before and I was really struggling to stop the car.

There is a dealer 2mins down the road, I'll take it in today. Does anyone have any idea what this could be??

Thanks for your help.

Jack.

reap · Post by **reap** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:30 pm

sounds like the linings on your brakes shoes have come off.

jackocleebrown · Post by **jackocleebrown** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:53 am

Hi reap,

I took the car in to the garage and you are exactly correct, the brake shoes had spit on the rear left.

Thanks for your help.