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Rear brakes coming on after 3/4 miles

Postby jdav777 » Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:53 pm

Hi all,

The problem I have is that I have a Transit MK6 2008 2.2 115 and after starting the vehicle I travel 3 maybe 4 miles and the brakes seem to come on and the Brake pedal
gets very hard, stop the vehicle for a couple on Minutes, start it up again the pedal then seems as normal drive maybe 2/3 miles and the same again!!

No ABS light no warning lights etc....

any help at all would be appreciated.

James
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Re: Rear brakes coming on after 3/4 miles

Postby metalworker0 » Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:40 pm

Did you work on it before this happend .

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Re: Rear brakes coming on after 3/4 miles

Postby jdav777 » Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:43 am

No i did not work on it at all.
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Re: Rear brakes coming on after 3/4 miles

Postby knobby1 » Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:01 am

jdav777 wrote:Hi all,

The problem I have is that I have a Transit MK6 2008 2.2 115James


2008 won't be Mk6....Mk6 finished production April 16 2006.

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Re: Rear brakes coming on after 3/4 miles

Postby MinorMatt » Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:49 am

knobby1 wrote:
jdav777 wrote:Hi all,

The problem I have is that I have a Transit MK6 2008 2.2 115James


2008 won't be Mk6....Mk6 finished production April 16 2006.

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And didn't have the 2.2....

You have a mk7 :)

I have heard of this happenig due to a pinhole leak in the brake servo which gradually lets vacuum in
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Re: Rear brakes coming on after 3/4 miles

Postby jdav777 » Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:52 pm

Thank you your very kind I will look not this.

Much appreciated

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