So im tootling down the motorway, when the brakes FAIL. Its not an issue with the brakepads, its simply this: the plastic clip which holds the pedal to the brake, has become loose and unclips itself.
i handbrake on the clutch, into the hard shoulder. Take a look and am able to clip it back by hand. Luckily for me, im bear the end of the motorway and join an A road. I run straight into a traffic jam and am able to trickle slowly home, periodically stopping and pushing the clip back on.
The local nissan dealership refuse to even look at it without being paid first, and the company refuse to even raise a complaint unless i cough up fifty pounds.
First question: Anyone know why this brake clip (a pretty nasty piece of poor design in my opinion) should work loose? And what is the correct way to fix it? Is it a replaceable part?
The car is old but legal so of course i assume it should be safe, brakes not being an optional extra, i would say.
i handbrake on the clutch, into the hard shoulder. Take a look and am able to clip it back by hand. Luckily for me, im bear the end of the motorway and join an A road. I run straight into a traffic jam and am able to trickle slowly home, periodically stopping and pushing the clip back on.
The local nissan dealership refuse to even look at it without being paid first, and the company refuse to even raise a complaint unless i cough up fifty pounds.
First question: Anyone know why this brake clip (a pretty nasty piece of poor design in my opinion) should work loose? And what is the correct way to fix it? Is it a replaceable part?
The car is old but legal so of course i assume it should be safe, brakes not being an optional extra, i would say.