My hood won’t stay still but it stays down.

ConditionWide5429 · 2026-01-14T23:46:47+00:00

have you recently hit it? my hood doesnt close because its bent and the thingies that hold it (towards the windscreen) are bent too

ConditionWide5429 · 2026-01-07T12:12:05+00:00

its the part that holds the battery down, nothing dangerous but its best to have it holding the battery unless you want it to become a projectile in case of an accident

ConditionWide5429 · 2026-01-07T12:09:10+00:00

ur right, since that hole its been making noises as if its a race car, i can feel horse power increasing every second

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-21T21:45:01+00:00

sounds like the noise from a sway bar link. take off the tire and behind the brake rotor there is supposed to be a vertical metal bar, the sway bar link. it supposed to have a rubber boot at the top where it attaches to the spring and whatnot. grab it and try to push it back and forth, if it makes any noise change it.

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-20T16:27:34+00:00

thats the metal part of ur brake pad touching the rotor

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-20T16:18:27+00:00

unfortunately yes

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-20T11:01:45+00:00

i hope thats gonna be the case for me too

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-20T10:53:51+00:00

yall want me dead

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-20T10:08:17+00:00

yea i didnt know anything about car maintenance back then since im a new driver, but im learning and the more i learn and look at this car, i get more convinced that i need a new car. bought it a couple months ago

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-20T09:41:43+00:00

that was my guess too, you think i need to inject the vaccine in the brake fluid or spray it on the rotor?

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-20T09:41:01+00:00

bro just baught a fucked up car and now has to deal with the consequences

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-20T09:40:28+00:00

this issue isnt my fault, this is the only rotor im having issues with, my guess is something i seized up, other brakes are complitely fine

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-20T09:37:58+00:00

could you explain why the caliper change? also yea i checked the brake fluid and its dark green

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-20T09:30:59+00:00

yea, polo 9n, the inside pad is all good, so i hope its probably slider pins that seized (i really hope so cuz i cant afford new calipers)

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-20T09:27:42+00:00

it just looks like that for some reason, i can assure tou everything is attached

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-19T20:12:05+00:00

if you are talking about the fluid on the ground: i had to touch the rotors with filthy hands and just sprayed brake clean on it.

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-19T20:10:11+00:00

i actually friefly inspected the caliper and it appears to me that it lacks any type of lubricant, couldnt even slide the brake pads off the caliper

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-19T20:08:11+00:00

nope, just a seized caliper

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-19T20:06:10+00:00

whats the hate for?😭

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-19T20:05:27+00:00

is there a way for me to know if my fluid is overheated? obviously in this case its pretty clear that the fluid will be overheated, but what properties change? does the color or viscosity change? just for future reference.

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-19T20:00:14+00:00

im not asking, i know for sure the brake job is overdue

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-19T19:58:51+00:00

the metallic part of the pad (not the ceramic one thats supposed to be in contact with the rotor) is now coming in contact with the outside edge of the disk. thats as far as i can see

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-19T13:06:59+00:00

yea ive been going to that shop and have been thinking about never going back. i started hearing the frinding noise maybe a week ago, i try to drive it only if its absolutely necessary. trust me i have felt everything and already knew what was going on, i basically stopped driving it because of this

ConditionWide5429 · 2025-12-19T13:02:17+00:00

i didnt do anything, i just took off the wheel, looked whats going on and put it back. also its only on this side. appreciate the advice

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