X-Post, Sort of, Re-Brake Rotors
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X-Post, Sort of, Re-Brake Rotors
With all credit to bertram60, on the Edmunds' board, he posted the following, which I quote in its entirety. Think it's something new and important regarding the brake rotor issue.
"and what's up with your brakes? A quick update on my problems which, dare I say, seem to have been resolved. After leaving the car at the dealer for a week and a half and installing two more sets of front and rear rotors, the problem seems to finally have been correctly diagnosed and resolved. The dealer and AoA rep drove the car repeatedly after re surfacing existing rotors (400 miles on them since new), installing a new set of rotors and re-driving the car, and finally install another set at which time it was noticed that the hubs were not being cleaned completely prior to installing the new rotors. A build up of rust was preventing the new rotors from seating correctly and thus as the brakes were applied the force varied, creating hot spots, which would then aggravate the symptoms and cause warpage.
Now with my new (and correctly rated) tires and 4 new rotors and pad sets, all finally seems to be back to normal.
It is sad that it only took about six to eight months and as many sets of rotors to solve the problem. I have not really driven the car hard yet as I want to make sure that I break these rotors in correctly, but so far so good. "
"and what's up with your brakes? A quick update on my problems which, dare I say, seem to have been resolved. After leaving the car at the dealer for a week and a half and installing two more sets of front and rear rotors, the problem seems to finally have been correctly diagnosed and resolved. The dealer and AoA rep drove the car repeatedly after re surfacing existing rotors (400 miles on them since new), installing a new set of rotors and re-driving the car, and finally install another set at which time it was noticed that the hubs were not being cleaned completely prior to installing the new rotors. A build up of rust was preventing the new rotors from seating correctly and thus as the brakes were applied the force varied, creating hot spots, which would then aggravate the symptoms and cause warpage.
Now with my new (and correctly rated) tires and 4 new rotors and pad sets, all finally seems to be back to normal.
It is sad that it only took about six to eight months and as many sets of rotors to solve the problem. I have not really driven the car hard yet as I want to make sure that I break these rotors in correctly, but so far so good. "
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