hi all ive recently bought my first rrs its a 2008 tdv8 cracking motor very happy with it but tonight on my way home from the girlfriends ive experienced break fade!!! im a lorry driver by trade so know about break fade but cant make sense of it! ok I was pressing on a bit but nothing extreme! braked ok for the first island from speed then at the next island hit the breaks had a few seconds of strong breaks then a solid feeling from the break pedel at full travel and slowly the car stopped! tried it again just to make sure it wasn't my imagination on the next stretch of by pass but again it struggled to stop! pulled over at a nearby garage yeh breaks smelt hot but nothing out of the ordinary by eye! had a coffee then once they had cooled checked the pads and discs all good with plenty of life in them! so the question is any ideas???? the brembo brakes have been second to non until now and this just worrys me as im sure all you guys and girls will appreciate!!! so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated thanks gav

Sounds like cheap pads on a 2.5 ton car.......

And/or old fluid

There was a recall for a similar stiff brake pedal and poor brake performance.

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Tha'ts not brake fade.... That's exactly the symptoms of oil in the brake booster.

It must be changed along with the recall plumbing. LR should still be doing this free of charge.

You can take the booster vacuum pipe off and dip a tie wrap or something in and I'm sure yoiui'll find oil in there and the pipe.

Think it was recall PO17 if you do a search you should find the bulletin.

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Thanks for that I will check it myself just searched code po17 brings up the recall but lists tdv6 not v8. But think to be safe il book it in at a lr specialist in my area think roean are ment to be the boys round here cheers again

Roean are pretty good. , but for this recall it would be LR only. Otherwise you'll have to pay for it. Bodsys Brake Bible
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And tdv8, so uses the same vacuum mechanism so same problem.

If it was petrol v8, then that has a separate vacuum motor so not the same problem.  Bodsys Brake Bible
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let me know what info you find as mine does it to

It'll be the same problem Dave  Bodsys Brake Bible
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Just rang Kentdale land rover and they confirmed my had not been done and booked me in for this Friday to get recall done

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Ok cool il ring my local dealer tommorow not to sound stupid Dave but what did you say to them? Just inquire about the recall po17! Would be nice if it's just a hassle free fix! I take it that this fault may have just developed on mine as surely the previous owner would of sorted it! Cheers guys

Cheers Bodsy your knowledge is awesome!

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