Uphillphil said:

Hi
I have a 1999 TD5 Defender 110.
I have noticed over the past couple of weeks that the brakes have felt a bit spongy. There has been a bit more travel on the brake pedal than usual.
On Monday, there was **** loads of travel and the brakes only worked on the very last half inch of the full travel of the pedal. Pretty scary!!!
The pads and discs are good, and the brake fluid is topped up without any loss.
Since then, the brakes have come back completely........Weird

Any ideas????

Many Thanks

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Soloby Rob said:

You've noticed a deterioration of your brakes over a two week period and continued to drive your vehicle.

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Soloby Rob said:

You've noticed a deterioration of your brakes over a two week period and continued to drive your vehicle.

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Uphillphil said:

Engine Braking works fine!!!!!

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Soloby Rob said:

Knob. Just how do you do an emergency stop using engine braking you Gresham tosser.

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Soloby Rob said:

Knob. Just how do you do an emergency stop using engine braking you Gresham tosser.

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Series71 said:

the car in front of you uses its brakes to stop you

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Soloby Rob said:

You've noticed a deterioration of your brakes over a two week period and continued to drive your vehicle.

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sible88 said:

Oh dear that a good thing to know!!

There are actually people out there who continue to drive a 2tonne vehicle without brakes working!!

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lordluke1995 said:

could this be something to do with vaccuum pipe ?

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lordluke1995 said:

could this be something to do with vaccuum pipe ?

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jai_landrover said:

FFS like none of us ANGELS have never driven More cautiously with a known fault at some time or other.

Right serious question. have you checked your wheel bearings? any noise other than usual?

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Uphillphil said:

Cheers for the help.
I haven't checked the wheel bearings, but I haven't noticed anything un towards with vibrations etc.etc.
It feels like it could be a vacuum pump issue????
This problem is intermittent as the brakes are completely normal again.

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Uphillphil said:

Hi
I have a 1999 TD5 Defender 110.
I have noticed over the past couple of weeks that the brakes have felt a bit spongy. There has been a bit more travel on the brake pedal than usual.
On Monday, there was **** loads of travel and the brakes only worked on the very last half inch of the full travel of the pedal. Pretty scary!!!
The pads and discs are good, and the brake fluid is topped up without any loss.
Since then, the brakes have come back completely........Weird

Any ideas????

Many Thanks

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jai_landrover said:

99% of the usuals here would fail a roadside checks so yes the guy should get it sorted lets help and stop moaning for the sake of it

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