HELP... I've just taken my 1.9 GTi for its MoT and it failed on inefficiency of the rear brakes and the front seats.
A couple of weeks ago I replaced the pads, but the car hasn't been driven to bed them in.
On the way home from the test centre I did something silly, I yanked on the handbrake!!! The first time the back end dipped, but that was it, the second time I tried the wheels locked, but only by really tugging on the hand brake lever... the third time I tried it there was a loud crack noise from the lever and the hand brake no longer works!!!!!
If I pull the lever right the way back now (past the 90degree point) the back end dips slightly, so I don't think I have snapped the cable... what have I done???
The only other thing it failed on is the driver and passenger seats are loose on the runners... is there any way of tightening them???
Any help would be really appreciated.
Cheers
Steve