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Had my car in for a few warranty issues today and mentioned the rubbing noise from the back wheels. I was told they had "reworked" it to stop the noise temporarily but the proper fix if replacement of the handbrake drums and pads...at my cost becuase because it's considered to be normal wear and tear.

I've owned something like 30 cars, some of which have clocked up 150,000 kms and I've never had to replace handbrake parts so I'm not taking their story. I will be following this up with Ford tomorrow because I've had to have this issuer looked at every service so far so I reckon it's their problem to fix, at their cost!

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One of the reasons for having the thing is an emergency brake for if your normal system fails.  bang clunk - crash.

Oh but in Australia you don't need an 'Emergency Brake' so our cars only have a parking brake :spoton:

The size of these parking brakes are such that you would be lucky to pull the car up from 60 kph with them.

If your brakes fail at 100kph down hill in an auto, I would consider praying as an equally efficient option :spoton:

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I'm please to announce that Ford have agreed to cover the full parts and labour cost to repair my handbrake noise; that apparatnely incudes new handbrake disks and pads which, along with the revised spring, will resolve my handbrake noise forever.

I'll keep my finders crossed on that one. Now if only there were so happy to replace the whining diff (for the third time, I might add). This is still a work in progress with the dealer and Ford.

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When I push my car back and forward when its in neautral it makes a sound at the rear end as if the pads are rubbing against the disk. Is that the handbrake or just the rear brake pads? Is that a normal thing?

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Nesh

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When I push my car back and forward when its in neautral it makes a sound at the rear end as if the pads are rubbing against the disk. Is that the handbrake or just the rear brake pads? Is that a normal thing?

Thanx

Nesh

That would be your handbreak! Put your window down while the car is moving slowly and you will hear the schh schh noise. If you pull the handbreak up a bit it stops, hence its the handbreak!

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