Thread: Skoda Fabia: binding brakes

i have a skoda fabia vrs turbo diesel
last november the front brakes were getting hot so i replaced the calipers and brake pads using parts from a skoda dealer. seemed ok until last week when they have started sticking again and getting very hot. the brake pedal gets quite hard too. has anyone had this problem and managed to cure it ?

did you renew the brake fluid when you changed the calipers ?

i bled them but didn't completely change the fluid

Originally Posted by patfranks

i bled them but didn't completely change the fluid

Thats the first thing I would change replace with some dot 5.1 I think. tHE FLUID BRAKES down and does not operate properly over time

did you try the slide pins to see if there seized or the calipers themselves seized? the pedal go's spoungy with old brake fluid. almost all cars use dot 4 brake fluid. hope some of this helps.