Welshnel Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Ford Focus 1.6 Diesel Style Around June last Year, I started getting a vibration on the steeringwheel while braking so straight away I assumed that my disks were warped. I hadthem replaced by my local garage but within 2 months, I started to get the same problem again. I tookthe car back to the garage and they replaced the disks under warranty andassumed that they were bad disks. This time the disks lasted about 4 months andthen the vibration returned. This time I listened for any noise and I could hear arubbing, almost like a chugging noise on the left hand side of the car whichthen turns into a wobbling knocking noise when the car slows down further. Ithen took the car back to the garage which they then replaced the left side calliper(and the disks/pads again) but I still have the same issue. I am going to take it back there again but I wantto find out if anyone else might have had the same issue or might knowsomething else that might be causing it so I can mention it to the people atthe garage. Just to add to this. I’m pretty good when it comes tobraking, there is no vibration on the steering wheel when driving and thereseems to be no play on the left wheel, which I have checked and the guys at anMOT centre have also reported no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEADS Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Could be that they are using cheap discs or that there is a bit of debri that hasn't been cleaned off where the disc sits so it's not sitting true sticky caliper but you mention that has been replaced is the tracking/ ball joints ok other possible causes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshnel Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yea i've checked ball joints and had the tracking done. The funny thing is that when I drove to work today, It was not constantly vibrating when braking, which was a first time thats happaned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I recon its a bad tyre... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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