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The other day I was driving on the motorway my steering wheel started shaking and wouldnt go no faster then 60MPH, so pulled over

to delete the ECM light which showed engine over boost. When i got of the motorway i could smell a strange smell. Later on that night me and my next door neighbour went for a drive to then realise my front

was breaking by themselves, stopping me moving. So we jacked the car up to find the two front wheels wouldnt spin and the alloys was blistering hot. Not happened since but HELP!!!!!!

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I didn't need a handbrake to stop me rolling either and had to be towed home

So hang on, this has happened twice, one of those occasions resulted in the car having to be recovered and you've not bothered to investigate it and continued to drive the car? If you don't mind me asking what constitutes 'worthy of further investigation' in your opinion as this is the kind of thing that you fix asap not ignore.

I'd start by getting someone competent to strip and clean the callipers and pistons, fresh fluid and possibly a set of disc's and pads depending on how they measure and what sort of shape they're in, also have the fault codes read to see if that sheds some light on what's gone wrong but stop ignoring it, your brakes are kind of important, not only for your safety but the poor drivers sharing the road with you.

Could be the hubs at fault not the brake. Garage really needs to have this in for some investigation and take avalons advice, dont drive it.

You have a serious problem if both fronts are locking on. I'd be looking at the pedal/master cylinder/servo. The rear brakes are probably sticking too.

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I have taken the wheels off, the pads have just over half left and the discs look new. I am planning to change the fluid. This don't occur all the time it happens now and again. There has been loads of people asking the same things as me and even Skoda can't explain the problem. People have changed the master cylinder/servo and still got the problem. I think i got turbo over boost that time on the motorway due to the over working to move the wheels.

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