problem with garage ?

[bigdaz27]

I took my wives Vauxhall Zafira to have the clutch changed last week and when I got it back the brake peddle was very low and a little spongy. It was ok before, so I took it back and told them and they bleed the brakes but this made no difference. So they had it in for a better look and now they have come back and told me they replaced the master cylinder and want £130. so i go to the garage and have a look and its no better, so I told them to take the master cylinder of which I never asked them to fit. they have agread to do this but this still lives me with a car with brakes that are not very good.

 

So dose anyone have any idea what they could have done to cause the problem

[PAUL MANN]

sound to me like the pressure plate tangs are half in giving a spongy feel,i work at a vw dealer & i had it with a golf was a faulty part, unless it has an internal slave cylinder that is now buggered ?hope this helps

[escortmad4eva]

I had a problem on a astra with this similiar problem drive down the road and left foot brake gentally while accelerating and bed the fookers in. i work at a garage and the lad done a clutch on the astra and the brakes where well sh*t after try that but i think ur car is hydrolic so the fluid for that goes through the brake master what fluid did the use? dot4? dot 5.5 there are so many different grades if they put the wrong fluid in that could be the prob to be honest they should not of let you taken the car and if it wasnt like it before well i would get them to sort it.and if they say its not there problem well it is just mention trading standards. good luck mate hope its nothing.

[emu]

The fluid for the clutch doesnt go 'through' the Brake master cylinder, its just fed from a common resevoir

 

I cant really think why they would need to break into the brake system to do the clutch though

 

Vauxhalls brake master cylinders went through a stage of being crap. It was quite easy to wreck them by pumping the pedal after replacing the pads. I dont know if they are any better nowadays because I try to avoid pushing the pedal anymore than about halfway down , seems to be the way to avoid having to change the master.

[escortmad4eva]

but what if they got a very young and nieve apprentice to do it mate sum garages have stupid young lads working on cars not saying all garages are like that. you dont need to disconnect any brakes to do them clutches i remember now you dont touch none of that. it could be anything really?