Hi all, I am worried about the fact that there is only one wheel where the sensor(s?) are fitted (front right in the UK case). In fact brakes are something which seem to me have avoided serious technological improvements over the past 10 years. I mean one wheel? Are we seriously to expect that all brake pads wear evenly? Then are both pads in the one wheel fitted with indicators or just one? I am willing to bet just one.
I came into this forum having had a major accident in my Mercedes CLK 320 cab the brakes on which totally gave out on me just after overtaking - no prior warning nothing! I was given to understand the brake fluid boiled dry and all cars in these instances fail completely in these instances - really?
My New A3 SportBack 1.4 TFSI 122 SE arrives in a few weeks time and have been reading the threads in this forum and just wonder if Audi technology is any different to Mercedes's.
My wife refuses to get back into the Merc now hence it's sale for the A3 and just wonder if, if the same thing happened in the A3, what the position would be? My Merc had brake sensors fitted to one pad but on all four wheels and in the event of a brake failure or deterioration at least I would have expected some sort of dash light warning. What would be the situation in the A3 if the brake fluid boiled dry?
Hope you guys can alleviate mine and my wife's anxieties
I came into this forum having had a major accident in my Mercedes CLK 320 cab the brakes on which totally gave out on me just after overtaking - no prior warning nothing! I was given to understand the brake fluid boiled dry and all cars in these instances fail completely in these instances - really?
My New A3 SportBack 1.4 TFSI 122 SE arrives in a few weeks time and have been reading the threads in this forum and just wonder if Audi technology is any different to Mercedes's.
My wife refuses to get back into the Merc now hence it's sale for the A3 and just wonder if, if the same thing happened in the A3, what the position would be? My Merc had brake sensors fitted to one pad but on all four wheels and in the event of a brake failure or deterioration at least I would have expected some sort of dash light warning. What would be the situation in the A3 if the brake fluid boiled dry?
Hope you guys can alleviate mine and my wife's anxieties