Took my Pajero into Mitsubishi this morning for a routine service . I had noticed that there was a shudder in the front disc brakes even though pads had been changed about 20,000 kms ago. I had a strong suspicion it was warped disc rotors as the car has 130,000 kms on the clock.

So normal thing at service check in, they ask what is wrong so I get down next to the front wheel and tell them brake disc (It's the same in Thai as English my Thai staff tell me) pointing at the disc and indicating that there is a vibration from the disc rotor, repeating 'disc" several times. The check in guy writes it down on the service sheet and off I go.

They phone to say that everythting is ready about 4 hours later and I go to pick up the car . The same service guys tells me that they checked the disc part of the CD player and everything is working, no mention of the brakes !!!

It's not a language problem as I repeat this story to my Thai staff and they all fall about laughing.

MOVED to MOTORING

You probably should have repeated the word "brake" or the phrase "disc brake" - "disc" alone is a little ambiguous, and is never used alone to refer to brakes.

You probably should have repeated the word "brake" or the phrase "disc brake" - "disc" alone is a little ambiguous, and is never used alone to refer to brakes.

I realise that but when you have your finger actually on the disc rotor tapping it lightly and repeating the word disc, I would expect that he would understand.The OP was not meant as criticism, just a funny incident that gave everyone a bit of a chuckle.

Did you have a proper disc..ussion about it beforehand