BRAKE PARTS DISC BRAKE ROTOR Complaints

THE ROTORS ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO ARE GOING BAD AFTER HAVING THEM DONE LAST YEAR. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH JEEPS. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A NORM. *NLM

BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES FOR WARPING. DEFECTIVE HUBS AND BALL JOINTS AT 42,000 MILES. DEALER CLAIMS FROM TOWING. THIS IS A TOW VEHICLE AND NOTHING OVERSIZED HAS BEEN ATTACKED TO THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS HONORED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROTORS, BUT NOT THE HUBS AND BALL JOINTS WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AT THIS POINT. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *JB

BRAKE PADS NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 3 TO 6 MONTHS. ROTORS WERE CUT AND THEN NEW ROTORS REPLACED. I LIVE IN A RURAL AREA NOT BUMPER-TO-BUMPER, CITY TRAFFIC. I ALSO DO NOT RIDE MY BRAKES. THERE SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR DEFECT IN THE MONTE CARLO BRAKE SYSTEM. I JUST HAD TO HAVE A NEW ALTERNATOR REPLACED ON MY 1999 MONTE CARLO. I AM VERY UNSATISFIED AND WILL DEFINITELY NOT BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT. *JB

HAVE HAD REPEATED FRONT BRAKE WEAR OUT AND NOISE (SQUAEK/GROAN) ON MY 2000 MERCURY VILLAGER SINCE NEW. HAVE HAD 4 SETS OF FRONT BRAKE PADS AND A SET OF ROTORS REPLACED IN ONLY 28,000 MILES. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. THE OTHER TWO MERCURY VILLAGERS THAT I'VE OWNED (1996 AND 1998 MODELS) DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM.*AK

I HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS I HAVE WITH MY CAR, BRAKES AND ROTORS. IS THIS CAR A JOKE. THE DEALERS WANT TO RUN WHEN I COME IN, IVE BEEN THERE SO MUCH. NOTHING IS EVER FIXED. MY BRAKES ARE GRINDING NOW. PITIFUL. NICE LOOKING CAR BUTTTTTTT. I HAVE HAD HELL WITH THIS CAR FROM DAY ONE. I REALLY WOULD LIKE THIS PROBLEM SOLVED. 23.000. DOLLAR CAR YOU THINK THE PARTS ON IT WERE WORTH SOMETHING. PLEASE FIX!!!!! DOES THERE HAVE TO BE AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THIS IS TAKEN CARE OF? *AK

I PURCHASED A NEW 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU. SIX MONTHS AFTER OWNING THE CAR I BEGAN HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. I TOOK MY 6 MONTH OLD VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED. THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS. LATER, THIS SAME DEFECT OCCURRED THREE MORE TIMES. CHEVROLET ONLY MADE TWO MORE REPAIRS. EACH TIME THEY SIMPLY REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PLACED A SHIM BETWEEN THE AXLES AND THE ROTOR. THIS SAME MANUFACTURERS DESIGN FLAW OCCURRED ON THE FLOWING YEAR AND MAKE VEHICLES: 1997-2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU 1997-1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS 1999-2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO 1999-2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM I COMPLAINED TO CHEVROLET ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT NOTHING WAS DONE. THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN SAN ANTONIO SIMPLY TRIED TO AVOID ME. CHEVROLETS ON LINE COMPLAINT SYSTEM ALSO DID NOTHING. AGAIN, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS BRAKE PROBLEM. THE MAIN CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM IS DUE TO THE SMALL (THIN) SIZE OF THE BRAKE ROTORS, WHICH CAUSED A FAILURE TO DISPERSE HEAT ADEQUATELY. IF A DRIVER DRIVES INTO A RAIN STORM OR TO A CAR WASH AND THE HOT ROTORS COOL TOO RAPIDLY THEY WILL WARP. PLEASE SEE GM SERVICE BULLETIN # 00-05-23-002, DATED FEBRUARY 2000 FOR MORE INFORMATION. THE MADDENING THING ABOUT THIS SITUATION IS THAT CHEVROLET KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WHEN I PURCHASED MY CAR. CHEVROLET/GM FAILED TO RECALL ALL THESE VEHICLES, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW IT WAS A FLAW IN THEIR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, THEY LEFT THE PROBLEM IN THE HANDS AND POCKET BOOKS OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THIS TYPE OF CORPORATE IRRESPONSIBILITY. THIS IS A DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE. *NLM

MY 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS TO THE SHOP TWICE FOR THE SAME COMPLAINT. THE CAR SHIMMIES VERY BAD ABOVE 40 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED. I ONLY HAVE 18,700 TOTAL MILES ON THE CAR. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 8500 MILES AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE REQUIRED PARTS ACCORDING TO THE TECHNICAL BULLETIN ISSUED BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER. THE SECOND TIME (SAME EXACT SHIMMY INDICATION), I WAS TOLD THAT THE ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED AND THAT IT WAS A HEAT PROBLEM AND NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY. FURTHERMORE, THE PROBLEM WAS PERHAPS A DRIVER HABIT AND NOT ANY FAULT OF THE MANUFACTURE. I PAID THE BILL AND INFORMED THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THIS SITUATION AND WANTED HIM TO VERIFY THROUGH HIS DISTRICT MANAGER THAT THIS WAS APPROPRIATE ACTION AND NOT A WARRANTY ITEM. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD AND GET BACK WITH ME. *NLM

THERE IS A VIBRATION FELT IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR ALIGNED 2 TIMES, REPLACED THE TIRES 3-TIMES, REPLACED THE BRAKES 3-TIMES AND HAD THE TIRES ROTATED AND RE-BALANCED 6 TIMES, IN TWO YEARS. I HAVE HAD ALL OF THE RECALLS COMPLETED. THE VIBRATION STILL EXISTS AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIX IT. THE DEALER JUST KEEPS TELLING ME TO GET THE TIRES RE-BALANCED, OR GET NEW TIRES AGAIN. *NLM

1999 JEEP BRAKE ROTORS- SHAKING WHILE BRAKING. PURCHASED JEEP WITH 45,000 MILE AND THEY RESURFACED THEM BEFORE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. KNOW AT 60000 MILE IT SHAKES AGAIN PULLING LIKE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED. IT IS VERY SERIOUS SHAKING AND IF NOT PREPARED COULD AND PROBABLY HAS CAUSED ACCIDENTS. TOOK JEEP IN FOR UNRELATED SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT JEEP HAS COME OUT WITH NEW ROTORS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME $407.00 DOUBLE WHAT REGULAR ROTOR WOULD COST?? I WANT TO KNOW IF SOMEONE CAN HELP EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE NOT BACKING THEIR PRODUCT IF THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM? THEY OBVIOUSLY KNOW THIS OTHER WISE WHY ARE THEY TRYING TO SELL ME ANOTHER PRODUCT TO FIX THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. I HAVE HEARD AND READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT JEEPS AND THE BRAKE ROTOR PROBLEMS KNOW AFTER CHECKING THIS OFFICE'S COMPLAINT FILES. SOME ONE PLEASE POINT ME TO WHOM I SHOULD TALK TO. I AM IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FIELD AND HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE SHAKE WHILE BRAKING LIKE THIS BEFORE IS JEEP NOT BACKING IT'S VEHICLES?? *NLM

DURING FOUR YEARS OF OWNERSHIP OF A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, I HAVE HAD 5 REPLACEMENTS OF ROTORS. CAUSING SERIOUS VIBRATIONS OF THE WHEELS, STEERING AND THE ENTIRE AUTO. *NLM