BRAKE PARTS DISC BRAKE ROTOR Complaints

I HAD MY TOWN AND COUNTRY FOR JUST OVER 20,000 MILES AND I NEED TO REPLACE THE REAR BRAKES PADS ON MY VACATION. LUCKY I AM A MECHANIC AND COULD DO IT MYSELF. I CALLED THE DEALER DOWN IN FLORIDA AND ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT MODEL THEY SAID NO. I ASKED FOR PRICE ON PADS AND IF THEY HAD THEM. I CALLED THE PARTS STORE AND THEY HAD THE FRONT BUT NOT HE BACKS THAT WOULD BE A DAY. THE DEALER TOLD ME 4 TO 5 DAYS FOR THE BACK AND FRONTS. I ASKED THE PRICE AND THEY WHERE LESS THEN 1/2 THE PRICE. I ORDERED AND DID THE BRAKE JOB. I HAD TO CALL A DEALER TO FIND OUT HOW TO COMPRESS THE CALIBERS THEY DID NOT KNOW. I REMEMBER THAT VOLKSWAGEN HAD CALIBERS LIKE THIS AND IS TURNED IN. I DID THE BRAKES AND NEEDED TO DO THEM 3 MONTHS LATER AND ROTORS THIS TIME. I FEEL THERE IS A FACTORY PROBLEM HERE. *TR

AS A LEXUS OWNER AND INTERNATIONAL JOURNALIST (WASHINGTON, DC) I HEREBY LODGE A FORMAL COMPLAINT AGAINST LEXUS USA/TMS OFFICES IN TORRANCE, CA. MY MOTHER AND I SURVIVED DEATH, SUSTAINED TRAUMATIC SERIOUS INJURIES (WHICH LED TO MY MISCARRIAGE) DUE TO MY LEXUS CAR MANUFACTURER DEFECTS AND MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONING RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CONTROL COLLISION ON 09/21/2009. SINCE 09/22/2009 UP TO DATE 11/30/09 I HAVE BEEN CHEATED, SCAMMED AND LIED TO BY MY CAR MANUFACTURER AND SALES OFFICES CORPORATE LEADERS, WHO CONTACTED ME AND GAVE ME FALSE PROMISES OF MY CAR RE-PURCHASE, STATING THAT MY DEFECTIVE CAR IS SUBJECT TO A BUY-BACK AND REPLACEMENT IN ADDITION TO LEGAL LIABILITY ISSUES RELATED TO OUR MEDICAL BILLS. UP TO DATE I HAVE BEEN CHEATED, LIED AS BEING A VICTIM OF A CHAIN OF LIARS, CHEATERS AND FRAUD MASTERS FROM LEXUS-USA. PROOF OF ALL COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOUR OFFICE UPON REQUEST. PLEASE HANDLE AN EXPEDITED AND EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION IN THIS MATTER. MY CAR IS ABANDONED BY LEXUS USA HEADQUARTERS THOSE WHO CONTACTED ME A FEW TIMES AND CHEATED ABOUT PROMPT RESOLUTION OF MY CLAIM FOR ALL DAMAGES RESULTED FROM MY CAR DEFECTS. AS JOURNALIST AND VICTIM OF FRAUD, I WILL PREPARE A SPECIAL NEWS COVERAGE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT WILL DISCLOSE AND EXPOSE LEXUS USA DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICE AND FRAUD. I WILL SEEK RECOVERY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF LAWS. LEXUS USA OFFICE FRAUD MASTERS WHO HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO MY CLAIM, CAUSED ME PUNITIVE AND MONETARY DAMAGES. AS A RESULT I SUSTAINED MEDICAL, RENTAL AND OTHER EXPENSES. ALL WRONGDOERS SHALL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE DUE TO VIOLATIONS AND NON COMPLIANCES WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. PLEASE CONTACT ME AND ADVISE ME OF THE STATUS OF THIS CASE. *TR UPDATED 03/23/2010

ONGOING BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH ROTORS AND PADS. THE INITIAL FAILURE OF ALL ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED BY DEALER 11,505 MILES. REAR PADS HAVE FAILED AGAIN AT 17,589 MILES. THIS VEHICLE WAS IN FOR A STATE SAFETY INSPECTION AND FAILED SO AGAIN I WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH DEALERSHIP. *TR

BRAKE PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE EXTENSIVE WORK ON MY BRAKES EVERY 8000 MILES. I CAN SET MY ODOMETER BY THIS IT IS SO RELIABLE. WHEN I BOUGHT MY SORRENTO IN 2006 WITHIN THE FIRST 8000 MILES THE BRAKES WENT OUT. THE DEALERSHIP AGREED TO CHANGE THE ROTORS FOR ME. IN 8000 MILES THE SHOES, ROTORS EVERYTHING WAS BAD AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY REFUSED TO FIX IT. I WENT TO THEM AND THEY WANTED TO CHARGE AN EXORBITANT PRICE SO I WENT TO MY USUAL CAR REPAIR SHOP. THEY CHANGED THE BRAKES AND AS USUAL WITHIN 8000 MILES AGAIN THE BRAKES. I WENT BACK TO MY CAR REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID THIS TIME IT WAS THE BACK BRAKES (THE FIRST TIME THE FRONT). THEY REPAIRED THEM AND ASSURED ME THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN BEFORE ABOUT 30K MILES. NOW AFTER 8000 MILES MY BRAKES ARE AGAIN BAD. I HAVE COMPLAINED REPEATEDLY TO KIA, THEY DO NOTHING. THEIR CONSUMER PORTION OF KIA IS A JOKE. THEY ALWAYS SAY IT'S THE CONSUMER'S FAULT. MY CAR IS 3 YEARS, AND ALMOST 4 YEARS OLD AND I ONLY HAVE 29K MILES ON IT SO I AM NOT A ROUGH DRIVER, NOT A LONG DISTANCE DRIVER AND AM A 50 YEAR OLD WOMAN SO IT'S NOT LIKE I'M OUT HOTRODDING. *TR

REAR BRAKES ON MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ROTORS AND PADS AND THEY WAS REPAIRED BY FORD AT 40K BUT NOW THIS IS THE THIRD SET WITH ONLY 91K SINCE THEN AND IT TIME FOR FORD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT LOOK LIKE THIS IS A ON GOING THING WITH THE FREESTYLE AND 500. *TR

MY WIFE TOOK OUR 2008 DODGE CARAVAN IN TO HAVE HER KEY REPLACED AND ABRACADABRA @ TOMBALL DODGE, IN TOMBALL,TEXAS. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD , MY WIFE THAT EVERYONE INSPECTED HER BRAKES , AND THEY AGREED THAT HER BRAKES WEAR AND TEAR WERE DO TO HER DRIVING HABITS, AND SHE NEEDED TO REPLACE HER ROTORS ONLY ON ONE SIDE. SHE WAS TOLD THAT SHE IS USING HER RIGHT FRONT BRAKES MORE OFTEN THAN HER LEFT FRONT BRAKES. WHEN I CONFRONTED THE CSMGR SHE TOLD ME ALOT OF PEOPLE BRAKE ONE SIDE MORE THAN THE OTHER AND IT WAS MORE COMMON THAN I THOUGHT, BUT THEY WOULD FIX BOTH SIDES AND MAKE THEM EVEN AGAIN , IF SHE HAD THE WORK DONE THERE TODAY FOR 10% LESS THE COST OF THE NEW PADS AND ROTORS. REMEMBER, MY WIFE WAS ONLY THERE TO GET HER KEY REPLACED, AND WE WERE VERY LUCKY THE TECHNICIAN DETECTED THE RIGHT HANDED BRAKING ISSUE, WHILE DRIVING THE CAR INTO A NOISY SHOP HIS SUPER KEEN HEARING WAS ABLE TO DETECT BOTH SIDES. THE BRAKES, WERE REPAIRED AT A LOCAL SHOP A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE PARTS IN QUESTION WERE BOUGHT FROM TOMBALL DODGE, THEY HAVE YET TO COMMENT ON THE RIGHT HANDED BRAKING ISSUE AND ITS COMMONALITY. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 KIA SORENTO, THE ROTORS KEEP FAILING. AS OF THIS DATE I HAVE HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED TWICE AND TURNED ONCE. THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE LAST TIME I HAD THEM REPLACED WAS IN DECEMBER 2008. ON AVERAGE I HAVE TO HAVE THEM REPLACED OR TURNED EVERY 8 - 9 MONTHS. I HAVE REPORTED IT TO THE BBB AND TO KIA. KIA REFUSES TO PUT IT ON RECALL STATING THAT THE SAFETY HIGHWAY COMMISSION HAS TO REQUEST THE RECALL. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THIS PROBLEM BUT AM THE ONLY ONE WHO IS TRULY CONCERNED. PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEH, IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME AS TO HOW OFTEN I WAS HAVING TO HAVE THE BRAKES REPLACED AND COMPONENTS REPLACED. A FRIEND TOLD ME TO CHECK RECALLS FOR MITSUBISHI AND NOW I FIND THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAS A RECALL. WELL DUE TO ME BEING WAY PAST MY WARRANTY THE RECALL DOES NOT HELP ME, BUT FROM WHAT I HEAR THE DEALER REFUSES TO MAKE THESE FREE REPAIRS. REFUND FOR ALL CONSUMERS WHO BROUGHT THE THINGS. NO ACCIDENTS OR INJURY AT THIS POINT. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2000 CHEVY MALIBU IN MARCH OF 2001. IN EARLY 2003 I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE I HAD LOST STEERING ABILITY. I WAS TOLD THE SUB FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SO I HAD IT DONE. A WEEK LATER I HAD TO BRING THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. I WAS THEN TOLD THE ABS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SO I HAD THAT DONE. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE MY BRAKES NUMEROUS TIMES. JUST LAST YEAR I HAD TO REPLACE THE PADS 3 TIMES IN A 9 MONTH PERIOD BECAUSE THE PADS HAD BEEN WORN ALL THE WAY DOWN. DURING THAT 9 MONTH PERIOD I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE CALIPERS AND ROTORS ONCE THEN A WEEK LATER THE ROTORS HAD TO BE RESURFACE AGAIN. NOW I AM HAVING TO HAVE MY BRAKE PADS REPLACED AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. SO THAT MAKES A TOTAL OF 4 BRAKE PAD CHANGES IN LESS THAN A YEARS TIME. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC LX IN NOVEMBER 2005. IN AUGUST 2008 THE WEAR SENSOR ON THE FRONT BRAKES WERE SQUEALING AND I HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKE PADS REPLACED AND THE ROTORS MACHINED AT 8976 MILES. I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE I LIVE IN A GEOGRAPHICALLY HILLY AREA THAT MY BRAKES WOULD WEAR SOONER THAN OTHER AREAS. I FIND THIS UNUSUAL, OTHER CARS THAT I HAVE DRIVEN IN THE SAME AREA DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD THE FRONT PADS REPLACED AND THE ROTORS MACHINED ON 8/13/07 AT 19,093 MILES, ON 6/2/08 AT 27,878 MILES AND ON 12/8/08 AT 33,831 MILES THE PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AND I NEEDED NEW ROTORS. I WENT TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC THIS TIME AND THEY PUT ON DIFFERENT PADS WHICH ARE STILL DOING FINE. I WROTE TO HONDA AND SPOKE TO A MANAGER THERE AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A WEAR ISSUE AND THERE WOULD BE NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I ALSO FEEL THAT HONDA IS NOT STANDING BY THE QUALITY THEY USED TO. MY SISTER HAS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC AND HAD HER BRAKE PADS CHANGED FOR THE 1ST TIME IN 2008. *TR