took it to a different MOT center, the MOT inspector took it for a test drive and said the brakes were fine and he had no issue with 'a spongy brake pedal'. it passed the brake test no problem.

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The MOT Certificate had a failure "brake pedal Spongy"

The garage originally said the brakes were binding and offered to replace all the disc's and pads $$$ . I asked them to do a brake inspection instead and they found it was the handbrake that was over adjusted and ...

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I'm after some advice, I've recently purchased a Freda (v6) which had been sat in a yard for around 18 months doing nothing. I put the car through an MOT today and it failed with having spongy brake pedal! I asked for a brake fluid change and it hasn't improved.

I've read some posts about ...