V50 Engine 2.0D : - brake Master cylinder

rambow25 · Dec 8th, 2016, 14:20

i am having an issue with my braking system Low Pedal and Soft brakes i had my pads replaced front and rear , car had been driving and braking fine for the first 6 weeks to suddley soft brakes with next to no stopping power after taking it to the garage this moring i am being told that a new brake Master cylinder is needed. car only has 84000 mile on the clock

Bungo · Dec 8th, 2016, 15:53

Depends if you trust the garage. I'd have thought a bleed of the system first to be able to claim it was the master cylinder at fault.
At that mileage I would doubt it, but.......

mirroredeyes · Dec 13th, 2016, 04:05

like Bungo said, try to bleed all the brakes and make sure you top up the brake fluid again

tell us how it goes 84k miles seems too early for it to go imo

StatusRed · Dec 13th, 2016, 17:00

128K miles and still on the original master cylinder AFAIK.

Dec 8th, 2016, 14:20	#1
rambow25 New Member Last Online: Dec 9th, 2016 07:45 Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: bristol	brake Master cylinder i am having an issue with my braking system Low Pedal and Soft brakes i had my pads replaced front and rear , car had been driving and braking fine for the first 6 weeks to suddley soft brakes with next to no stopping power after taking it to the garage this moring i am being told that a new brake Master cylinder is needed. car only has 84000 mile on the clock

Dec 8th, 2016, 15:53	#2
Bungo Premier Member Last Online: Oct 29th, 2020 23:25 Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Midlands	Depends if you trust the garage. I'd have thought a bleed of the system first to be able to claim it was the master cylinder at fault. At that mileage I would doubt it, but....... __________________ 2008 S40 2.0d R design auto powershift

Dec 13th, 2016, 17:00	#4
StatusRed Premier Member Last Online: Yesterday 23:56 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Glasgow	128K miles and still on the original master cylinder AFAIK. __________________ 2009 S40 SE Lux 2.0i \| 2022 Suzuki V-Strom 650 \| 2002 Audi TT 225 Previous: C70 Coupe 2.4i \| Saab 9-5 Aero \| Daihatsu SporTrak

Dec 13th, 2016, 04:05	#3
mirroredeyes New Member Last Online: Mar 2nd, 2017 03:38 Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Ontario	like Bungo said, try to bleed all the brakes and make sure you top up the brake fluid again tell us how it goes 84k miles seems too early for it to go imo

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