Put the car in gear and......nothing!!!  Felt as if the brakes were holding it back.  Called breakdown and the guy knew exactly what it was.  He made it go.

 

But when I tried, it was jumpy to say the least.  Not driven much due to Covid, so lost my nerve a bit.

 

He said there was corrosion on the brakes.  4000m and 4 years old.  He said it would clear and not bad enough to do anything about it.

 

Oh dear, I will try and drive it tomorrow, but not confident.  Not happy with a 'young' car developing this.

 

If I do manage to get it going, should I keep putting my foot on the brake to try and clear it?

 

Thanks for comments - but keep it clean!!!  I know what some of you are like!! hehehehe

 

Find an empty stretch of road apply the handbrake gently balancing with the throttle for about 100 yards to see if that improves things.
If it is still noticeable get up to the same speed and gear then release throttle then gently apply footbrake before applying throttle to balance the brake, it should clear them up pretty quick.
If you apply the footbrake before releasing throttle the car will think you are trying to stop and reduce power to nearly nothing and and will brake leading to not clearing disks and pads.
It's the same as drying brakes after going thru water.

Edited 16 July, 20214 yr by Urrell

wouldn't go amiss, it will clean up the disc surfaces

Thank you - question is....can I get out of the space?  Time will tell.  Have to be brave, but I do know who came out and if I can't manage, I will get them back and pay myself as the breakdown won't!!  Apparently, I am not the first with this problem - probably all the rain!!  60 years plus of driving and never had this problem before!!

If I can get it out of the space, I am determined to clear it. 

So irritating!!

 

Thanks again.

35 minutes ago, Urrell said:

 get up to the same speed and gear then release throttle then gently apply footbrake before applying throttle to balance the brake, it should clear them up pretty quick.
If you apply the footbrake before releasing throttle the car will think you are trying to stop and reduce power to nearly nothing and and will brake leading to not clearing disks and pads.
 

I have never managed to have power and brakes for descaling my discs, I am going to go out now and try your method.

 

When I return you will either be a hero or have broken through my gullibility defences

8 minutes ago, J.R. said:

I have never managed to have power and brakes for descaling my discs, I am going to go out now and try your method.

I had problems drying out the discs as as soon as you applied the footbrake it cut the throttle and that's enough to be scary so I phoned Skoda and they did not have a clue what I was talking about.
But I found that if the footbrake is applied first the throttle can then be applied to balance the brake and the brake can then be applied more firmly against the throttle.

You are my hero

 

For 16 years I have had to resort to the brutal technique of repeated full on ABS high speed emergency stops on a deserted downhill road, it did more harm than good usually glazing the pads while deglazing the discs.

 

After my brief test I can see where its removing the corrosion that has begun to creep in on my new (12 months ago) rear discs, they need more work but now I will be able to prevent any recurrence and get a full service life out of them.

 

I can't believe that I have never tried that, I usually try every possible variation even if it seems daft.

1 hour ago, twoladies said:

He said there was corrosion on the brakes.  4000m and 4 years old. 

This can happen after leaving a car for 2 or 3 days, never mind its age. If it's at all possible, I suggest using an end-on parking space or a driveway rather than parallel parking in a street.

If the car is parked on a fairly level road or drive, leave it parked in 1st gear with the handbrake off.

 

You won't then get that problem again.

On 16/07/2021 at 21:25, twoladies said:

He said there was corrosion on the brakes.  4000m and 4 years old.  He said it would clear and not bad enough to do anything about it.

Oh dear, I will try and drive it tomorrow, but not confident.  Not happy with a 'young' car developing this.

Like already said, that corrosion happens in days. If you look at the brake discs after rainy weather, there can be rust spots even after one day. 

It is nothing to worry about, rust like that wears out during driving. 

 

My second car spent last 4 months in the car park and its brakes got a little rusty too. So bad that it didn't really stop when I stepped on the brake pedal couple first times.