Hiya,

 

I had some problems with the running of the car last night, including reduced mileage and stuttering performance.  My mechanic has just called to say that the front nearside caliper siezed on completely burning thru the pads and sensor - hence no warning!!

 

Still waiting to hear about the bill and it'll be a sore one as the car is just out of showroom warranty.

 

This is not something I expected from a Skoda Superb at all as they get the reputation of hardly ever going wrong so I just wondered if anyone else had suffered in the wallet/purse due to this problem?

S2 or S3?  Your piccie and sig says S2.  Calipers can seize at any point on any car.  Can be caused by corroded pins and/or water in the brake fluid allowing piston corrosion, or just a seal gone bad.

My mechanic says that it would have been obvious to the guy who put on the last pads that the caller was going, so bad were the rubber seals. And who last fitted them I hear you ask, our own Arnold Clark - it was the specific brake pads that they use!!!

I wouldn’t trust Arnold Shark to pump up the tyres correctly on my grandsons bike