Hot Key .... And Brakes

[Guest Nigel Moon]

Its the key that is hot ... not the brakes!

I have had a 99 2.3 Galaxy for about 3 weeks now and two points arise:

 

> today I travelled about 7 miles with the aircon on and the blower on 2. When I stopped and took the key out of the ignition, it was rather hot! Is this normal? or at least nothing to worry about? I hadn't noticed it before.

 

> the brakes do feel rather soft (been serviced), by which I mean that it doesn't feel as though I am pushing against anything hard - though they seem to work. Is this OK?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Nigel

[Ivor_E_Tower]

How hot is hot? Hot enought to burn through your pockets - then that's too hot. But quite where the heat is coming from is another matter.

Brakes - mine are the same; felt wonderfully re-assuring prior to the service and now they need a much firmer shove, but this could be down to pad glazing with lack of use as I try to keep off the brakes (expecting 70,000 mile pad life minimum but with asbestos-free, it's not as easy as it used to be).

I've had a pad seize in a caliper through lack of use before now (Not on the Galaxy though)......

[Guest Nigel Moon]

Ivor

Thanks.

"Hot" means, "gosh, that's hot!" though not burn through your pocket hot!

 

It looks like I just need to get used to the brakes? They are very different to what I had been used to on my K reg Espace and L reg Mondeo.

 

I may be getting paranoid, but the air con dial on the dashboard also gets hot while the air con's on. I haven't had air con before, so is this heat normal?

 

Cheers

Nigel