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I've been a vehicle mechanic for over 30 years, the pad that is half the thickness to the others clearly has a sticky slider. Either clean and lubricate the sliders with suitable grease or fit new sliders. It's not going to get any better, and will only get worse over time, it could eventually become dangerous. The worn pad has far less life left than the others, so whilst doing the sliders you might as well put new pads in, generally they are not expensive.
I had a sticky caliper on my VW, I became aware of it when steam started coming up from the wheel whilst on a day trip in wet weather some way from home, I only usually make short journeys so hadn't previously noticed, point being if you don't fix it, one day it will cause a problem when it's most inconvenient.
As for the tyre you might as well change it, it hasn't got much life left and quite possibly has one part of the tread on the limit.
As for VOSA they are now called the DVSA, or as I prefer to call them devious because it sounds similar
I oversee the preparation of over 80 vehicles for Mot every year, most of them are HGV's so have to go to DVSA test stations, a large proportion of the trucks are over ten years old. |
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