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[motmann]

what tyres are you running the omega on bud? are they directional and how many mm left on them?bit of a long shot but had this problem on a passatt a few yrs ago. did the problem come on gradually or almost straight away?

[ffcgary1]

Have you checked the front suspension legs for damage or lack of damping, worn shockers on the back and worn suspension bushes on the back can have an adverse effect on the cars abillity to steer straight and true.

[andyc]

long shot but have you tried putting the car on the MOT brake rollers the checking each wheel and then both at the same time.

From watching the gauges each time it might tell you if the ABS is playing up and make the calipers come on and off

Cheers
Andy

[irratic]

just an update... took the car for long abusive run...heavy braking etc.. and it now seems ok. whether it will last remains to be seen, in answer to the questions, yes the car has been to an mot station on the rollers, no problem with the brakes was found.. and we changed the tires incase it was them. but to no avail.. and now it seems to of corrected itself. which i'm not sure whether it is a good thing or not as we never actualy found what the problem was.... very confusing.... but thanks for all the help..

[Markjay]

just an update... took the car for long abusive run...heavy braking etc.. and it now seems ok. whether it will last remains to be seen, in answer to the questions, yes the car has been to an mot station on the rollers, no problem with the brakes was found.. and we changed the tires incase it was them. but to no avail.. and now it seems to of corrected itself. which i'm not sure whether it is a good thing or not as we never actualy found what the problem was.... very confusing.... but thanks for all the help..

Right.... I seem to have the same problem... so there is still hope that it will fix itself.... thanks.

Could it be a problem with a certain area on the calliper cylinder or the clipper guides, and now that the pads have worn down a bit more, that particular problem area is no longer on the front line when braking?

[irratic]

something tells me it may be something to do with the abs block.. what though i dont no..but if i find the problem i will certainly get back to you...

[Dave-C]

Russ, have you tried a different pair of wheels on the front?  Mis-shaped tyre....

Happy to try to help if I can, just call / PM..

Dave C

[markey mark]

have you tried pressure bleeding the whole system with new fluid bud ?? :-/

[Kenster]

Hi guys, New Omega owner here.
I had this same problem.

I tried changing the calipers and the steering stabliser, with no luck.
I then thought I'd try changing the wishbones as I couldn't think of anything else.

When I removed the passenger side wishbone the rear bush fell off in my hand  



Believe it or not the car was MOT'd like this less than 2 weeks ago.
To be fair to the garage that done it there didn't look like much movement in the bushes when it was on the car.......

So it could be worth removing your wishbones to see if there is anything hiding

[ians]

When I removed the passenger side wishbone the rear bush fell off in my hand  

..honest it did guv..

Did that fix the braking problem?

Cheers and welcome!

[Kenster]

lol,

Yeah its fine now.

[JasonH]

My wishbone bush failed and caused a nasty vibration when braking but you couldn't see the problem until you took the wishbone off.

I tried levering it and even asked a garage for an opinion - they said probably warped discs - they were wrong.....