BRAKE PARTS Complaints

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 HAVE A 09 LANCER I HAD THE BRAKE RECALL DONE A MONTH LATER I WAS DRIVING TO WORK JUST GOT OFF THE EXPRESSWAY WAS ON A SIDE STREET DOING 30 MILES PER HOUR THE SPEED LIMIT THE BRAKES FAILED CAUSING ME TO REAREND ANOTHER CAR I AM INJURED AND IN THERAPY ALSO NONE OF THE AIR BAGS WENT OFF THERE IS OVER $6000 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE ON JUST MY CAR. *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

I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT MY BRAKES ON MY SOLAR 2000, THE DEALER SHIP HERE IN RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA THEY WILL LAUGH AT ME, THEY DON'T DO ANY THING . I TELL PEOPLE IF ANY THING HAPPENS TO ME IN MY VEHICLE IT WILL BE BECAUSE OF THE BRAKES. I HAVE MY BRAKES DONE EVERY YEAR, AND I JUST HAD THEM DONE AND I STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH NOISE AND SOMETIMES NO BRAKES AT ALL. I GET MY BRAKES CHECKED THREE TIMES A YEAR. *TR

REPLACED BRAKES WITH ONLY 26,000 MILES ,THEN AGAIN AT 37,000 MILES, NOW IM AT 41,000 MILES AND MY BRAKES ARE MAKING NOISES AGAIN. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE MOTOR REPLACED IN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WINDOW,IT STOPPED GOING UP AND DOWN IN THE FIRST YEAR I HAD THE CAR. I HAD TO HAVE THE REAR WINDOW REPLACED DUE TO THE ANTENNA IN THE WINDOW BEING BROKEN, WHEN I TURNED THE REAR DEFROSTER ON THE RADIO HAD ALOT OF STATIC. SINCE THE WINDOW HAS BEEN REPLACED IT NO LONGER DEFROST , I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY TELL ME IT WORKS FINE. THEY TESTED IT INSIDE A WARM BUILDING. I ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE WHICH THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM, WHEN DRIVING AND EITHER THE AIR CONDITIONER/HEATER IS ON AND LIGHTS AT SAME TIME , WHEN YOU BRAKE THE LIGHTS DIM AND THE CONDITIONER/HEATER GOES LOW, ALSO THE INTERIOR LIGHT WILL DIM AS WELL. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES THEY SAY THERE IS NO PROBLEM. IM VERY DISGUSTED WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

PLEASE NOTE, JUST SPENT $847.00 ON THIS VEHICLE, BRAKES, SERPENTINE BELT ,ROTORS,THERMOSTAT. THIS VEHCILE HAS BEEN A LEMON SINCE IT WAS EXPORTED FROM CANADA AS THAT WHERE IT WAS BUILT!!! *TR