Sticking Brake

[swordfish210 20]

Hi, i was taking my 205 for a drive tonight and i noticed it was holding back a bit and when i pulled up to a junction and lifted off the throttle it slowed down much more rapidly than i would expect it to do. I then got it back to my house and went to pull in to my garage and the car held itself on the slope without the handbrake and it took a lot of effort to pull away from a standstill.

 

I felt the temperature of all the wheels and the rear right was a bit hotter than all the rest so i think it's that one sticking on. I also noticed that the brake pedal was very hard to press down, as if the servo wasn't working, although the brakes were still working fine

 

Any ideas?

[welshpug 1,655]

might be sticky sliders, handbrake mechanism, or a sticky piston

 

or a seized handbrake cable.

[swordfish210 20]

Yeah i was going to investigate all of them tomorrow, or when i get the chance. Would any of them have caused the hard pedal though?

[swordfish210 20]

Well this seems to have fixed it's self over night as i jumped in it this morning and fired it up and the pedal was fine and it moved without effort

 

Peugeots are crazy

[miamichris 9]

those are the best fixes!

 

For about 6 months my xs only had fast speed on the wipers and I finally got fed up with it and was going to order a new intermittent wiper relay, when I got into the car to head to peugeot they just started working fine and have done ever since!

 

I think the 205 sensed my anger