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Mine seem to be pretty warped. On the highway, using the brakes shakes the front end violently. Is this a known issue? Are brake rotors under designed on this car?
And they make up for it with an absurdly high potential cost - $1200 for brakes, which is ridiculous and hopefully not what it really would have been - even in Canadian dollars.32000km to brake pad change is absurdly low...
Hi MDXSTANG. Acutally I had lots of brake pad left. My previous service indicated that I had 80% left.And they make up for it with an absurdly high potential cost - $1200 for brakes, which is ridiculous and hopefully not what it really would have been - even in Canadian dollars.
E92 - I'm glad you got these replaced at no cost to you. That's great actually. There is, however, a problem with abnormally short brake life for you. Mine's at 41K miles and last I checked I still have miles left. I think Elvis reported quite a bit of mileage on the brakes of the MDX he had before trading it for his hybrid one, and Skirmitch is saying his lasted 80K miles on his 2nd gen, which is actually quite high for brakes.
Do you think you ride the brakes a lot or are you a 2 footed driver - one of those who rests the left foot on the brake pedal while the other foot's on the gas? There must be some reason why you got such low mileage out of your brakes.
I don't have ACC on mine so that can be a factor in the different experiences between our vehicles.I do not ride my brakes. But ACC seems to.
I had 56,000 miles. I am a 1 footed driver and I never creep at lights. Also,no ACC. Now I do,so time will tell.And they make up for it with an absurdly high potential cost - $1200 for brakes, which is ridiculous and hopefully not what it really would have been - even in Canadian dollars.
E92 - I'm glad you got these replaced at no cost to you. That's great actually. There is, however, a problem with abnormally short brake life for you. Mine's at 41K miles and last I checked I still have miles left. I think Elvis reported quite a bit of mileage on the brakes of the MDX he had before trading it for his hybrid one, and Skirmitch is saying his lasted 80K miles on his 2nd gen, which is actually quite high for brakes.
Do you think you ride the brakes a lot or are you a 2 footed driver - one of those who rests the left foot on the brake pedal while the other foot's on the gas? There must be some reason why you got such low mileage out of your brakes.
Every chance I get.Do you use ACC a lot?
Same!!!In my case, the car would shudder a tiny bit on the highway when braking. The dealer ended up resurfacing the rotors and that seemed to have solved it. I have around 15k miles on mine and many of them are city miles.
They said all rotors needed changing due to warping.I don't have ACC on mine so that can be a factor in the different experiences between our vehicles.
I thought you said the pads were pretty worn hence the question about the brake riding. If you have 80% left then that's likely not a factor, as you confirmed.
I still wonder about the rotors. Did they happen to mention if the rotors are 'clean' - i.e. don't have some pad material or something on them that might be causing the same symptom as as a warped rotor? Also - did they see if the warpage is just one rotor or is it multiple - ex: both fronts? This isn't something you'd be able to discern driving but they s/b able to check it with a gauge.
I just think it's poor quality brakes and rotors. I was having brake pad movement at about 15,000 but again that is normal. Right on that one?? I have never had to put brakes on a car at 32,000 miles.^ Would you say its the brake pad material that wear out faster than the rotors?
If so maybe just switching to a higher performance brake pad would do the trick.