Breaking problem please advise!

one2many · Post by **one2many** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:15 pm

Just got a new 206cc. When i do a sharp break at any speed, the steering pulls left or right, sometimes quite dangerously. Is this common? Should the car do this?

Dabz · Post by **Dabz** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:20 pm

could be the tracking out, the wheels needing balancing or one tyre being inflated different to the other...so I'd suggest checking those 3 things and they should fix the problem

enjoy the new car!

one2many · Post by **one2many** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:24 pm

Do you know the pressure? They are all 36 at the moment? I tried to follow the manual but it said 3.0 which made no sense. Probably french

Cheers for the reply!

Dabz · Post by **Dabz** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:33 pm

3.0 is probably the BAR figure though I'm sure mine are 3.2 bar...not sure about the psi I'm afraid

as long as both sides are the same that shouldn't be causing the pulling though, so I'd get the tracking and balancing checked. some places like kwik fit will do tracking checks for free

Post by **GrandadMonkey** » Fri May 26, 2006 4:11 pm

You say it's a new car. I assume brand new?

Did you bed the brakes (not breaks) in gently for the first couple of hundred miles. Always adviseable to do so to take any high spots off the pads and discs.

If the car is not new it sounds like contamination of the pads (e.g. oil, grease, brake fluid) or sticking calipers.

3.0 bar = 43.5 lb/sq.in

Ron

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Fri May 26, 2006 4:39 pm

I think 3 is too high... from memory it was 2.5 all round.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » Fri May 26, 2006 8:55 pm

Does your cc have ESP? If so can you switch it OFF?
If you have ESP and canâ€™t switch it OFF itâ€™s not active, in which case your cc needs to go back to the dealer to have the ECU reprogrammed.
This is what happened to mine when I first got itâ€¦â€¦ husband scared himself witless on the M25 braking from Vmax.