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thank you both for your replies, makes for interested reading. I'll check this all out asap. It's my own fault for not actioning it earlier. They car does mostly motorway driving (less braking than short trips in towns/cities) but only clocked 20,000km in 15months so it's not huge mileage. The main dealer didn't want to know about my woes. Only too happy to charge me full whack. I thought if I went back to them they might do some sort of deal. Unfortunately not so I told him not to touch them, I'd do it elsewhere! They didn't seem too bothered

Apologies if this is in the wrong place! I am trying to determine the size of the brake pads that would have been factory fitted when I bought my Octavia 1.9TDi new. (I bought it in 2008). I had the front brake pads replaced last year and there was a slight vibration when braking. I was advised that I would need to allow a period of time to allow them to "settle". Now when I brake, the steering wheel shakes and the brake pedal starts to push against my foot. I had to get the back brake pads & discs replaced recently and the mechanic advised me that the vibrations were a result of the replacement front pads being bigger than what was originally fitted, resulting in the pads wearing unevenly and rubbing of the "rusty" ring on the pads!? Is there any way I can determine what size should be on my car without removing them & measuring them? I looked at buying my pads myself & I was told that there are actually two different sizes available. Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated. I feel like the dealer who replaced the pads that have resulted in the vibrations is trying to pull the wool over my eyes. He told me there was no chance of having pads that were too big for the discs as they used original parts. (IMO you can use original parts but that doesn't mean that they couldn't be too big!)

My AC packed in a while ago now, with the hot weather we've had recently I could do with it working again. I haven't try the self diagnostic yet, must give it a go. For a while the radiator fan would come on intermittently and stay running for a few moments after the engine was turned off. This went on for weeks but I have not noticed it over the last week or so, does anyone think that this could be linked to the air-con issue? Thanks