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#1: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: MRyan89, Location: Home: Fleet, Hampshire, Uni: Portsmouth! PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:19 pm
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Just read up on this article, apparently some of our cars could have a little issue here Laughing

www.bbc.co.uk/news/bus...s-13566999

#2: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: craigy00craig, Location: surrey PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:22 pm
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Heard about this on watchdog. mental!!

#3: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: NorthantsBen, Location: Raunds, Northamptonshire PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:22 pm
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was just watching watchdog too Laughing

#4: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: acoglan, Location: Carlisle PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:24 pm
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Yeah, I had Amy checking it the other week Wink Roll your foot upwards when in passenger seat on the 'bar' Wink (Obv do not do this on a busy/main/public road.

Someone posted about this (before highlighted as a problem) last year

#5: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: Liam-HuTcH, Location: Peterborough PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:25 pm
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206s are same found that out when i got my first one.

#6: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info Code PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:27 pm
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They fixed the problem in 2005 apparently, hmmm does that mean mines got the problem or not haha! CBA going and checking tbh the cars almost packed full ready for tomorrow lol, just got to put the bevvys in it Thumb Up

#7: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: Mikey2uk, Location: Stevenage PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:30 pm
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Ste206 wrote:
They fixed the problem in 2005 apparently, hmmm does that mean mines got the problem or not haha! CBA going and checking tbh the cars almost packed full ready for tomorrow lol, just got to put the bevvys in it Thumb Up

Were they recalled for this then?

#8: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: cartoonhead, Location: North Manchester PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:43 pm
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i thought it was a safety feature so if the driver falls asleep the passenger can brake for you

jk

#9: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay I PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:48 pm
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Probably something they changed in production, below the glovebox all i've got is a big cover and the only gap is for the bonnet release

#10: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: MRyan89, Location: Home: Fleet, Hampshire, Uni: Portsmouth! PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:51 pm
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Mines 2005 so when im next in the car im gonna check, could have it could not!

#11: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: myke, Location: United Kingdom PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:57 pm
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ok this is kinda o_o ...

my car's pre 2005 ... how are we supposed to check...?

#12: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: Jordan_xsi, Location: Ipswich PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 4:24 pm
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Surely it would depend where it was built?

#13: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: Addaz, Location: Suffolk PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 4:32 pm
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206's have this too?

WIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Cant wait to p**s about Laughing

#14: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: Antknee, Location: Manchester PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 4:35 pm
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myke wrote:
ok this is kinda o_o ...

my car's pre 2005 ... how are we supposed to check...?

get someone to stab their foot around the footwell while you drive around a car park Razz

#15: Re: Passenger can hit the brakes now? Author: bisphenol-a, Location: Antarctica PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 10:25 pm
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what about those 206's in australia ?
right hand drive too..



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