[200q20v] Fading Brakes when wet What are the Options

[Peter Guthrie]

isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk wrote:
> 
> > It is quite common for water build up between rotors and pads to cause
> > this. The first application of the brakes will clear this water. After
> > the first pump the brakes will appear normal. This is more noticeable
> > on the highway than around town.
> 
> Exacerbated by missing splash guards ("those things block the airflow")
> and the funny stuff they use instead of salt on the roads.  A recall
> issue for the A4, I believe.  I don't know what they changed.

Added splash guards! (but didn't cure the problem in my case).

I'm used to it now and instintively dab the brakes on motorway exits
in the rain *before* they're really needed. Maybe it is common but in
15 years of driving this is the first car I've ever experienced it with.

If Sixty-minutes or the iritating UK equivalent - Watchdog, ever gets wind
of this it could be another PR disaster of Unintended Accel... proportions.

Peter
95 A4q