If you hit a pothole and damaged a rim, I could understand that council may be liable (stretch but still maybe).
If you are driving along doing 60 and a grandma in a hybrid camry pulls out of her parking spot without looking and you jump on the brakes and do a little ABS skiddie and don't have an accident, but later you feel that the rear brakes are a bit weird, is it her fault?
I can't see how someone you "almost" had an accident with could be liable for something on your car failing when used as intended.
Just means that the now faulty part was not road worthy.
If you give first gear a push and hit the limiter, then the next day you find an oil leak, are you calling up Nissan?