406V6 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Recently on holiday I had a hire car which developed a problem that later cleared – as I'll explain. Can any of our knowledgeable contributors explain what happened. It's the sort of thing that seemingly could happen to anyone without warning and knowing the details might help a reader in future. The hire car was a Nissan Qashqai modern-shitemobile about 6 months old with 25,000 miles on the clock, so not exactly the sort of clapped out chod many readers are driving around in. During the usual holiday activities, one day when we drove away after the car had been parked for about 10 minutes (perfectly normal behaviour before stopping) there was a moderately loud chafing noise from the front of the car. It was speed related with a metallic character to the sound, not related to the engine at all but I couldn't tell which side. There was nothing dragging underneath the car. After braking heavily the noise was reduced slightly but got slowly louder again. I stopped the car and reversed a distance (this had cured a similar noise on a different car in the past) but it made no difference. After driving for 10 minutes or so and after a few test stops the noise was still there. It wasn't what you would call a discreet noise – it was quite alarming - and we were at the point of deciding whether to take the car back to the hire company or not. Before then, because I thought it might be brake related I decided to do a full scale controlled emergency stop with maximum pressure on the brake pedal to see what happened. I did this from about 30 mph using serious leg pressure, the ABS cut in and the car stopped. Upon driving away the noise had gone and the braking behaved normally afterwards. Any ideas what happened ? Seemingly brake related but this is beyond my technical knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Fuggin newfangled shit electric handbrake tosh equipped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Stone in the brake caliper most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I think daveb has nailed it..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 yeah sounds like a stone stuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I have had a stone caught between disc and shit guard before. Similar noises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 A mates Polo had a similar problem, turns out a flattened drinks can was sat on the lower wishbone and rubbing on the driveshaft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatdaft Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 All modern cars r shit etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 All modern cars r shit etcI will throw 'French crap!' into the hat, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetleysmooth Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Stone in the brake caliper most likely.My late father-in-law had the same noise in his Primera. That turned out to be a stone in the caliper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danblez Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 This has to be the dullest thread ever to appear on AS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 No way, theres loads which are duller than this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickwall Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Modern car brought to halt by a chucky stone. Says something; not sure what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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