Brake/Rotor Q's

[HaulinBuggy]

I have 11,500 on the odometer and my brakes recently started squealing. At first I thought it was because it wasn't driven in a while, but they started making noise at about 11k and are still doing it. I determined the noise was coming from the driver side rear brake, looked at the rotor and found a distinct groove in it -the other 3 are perfectly smooth- dealer says nothing is wrong with the brakes. While I was balancing my tires I checked the rear pads, to my calibrated eye they looked to be about a quarter of the thickness of the front.
I find it hard to believe that I will need new rear brakes soon with so few miles.

I am no expert on brakes, hell I even pay someone to change 'em, but a groove in the rotor with less than 12k means something ain't kosher right?

Also how often or at what mileage are you changing your front/rear brake pads (assuming you don't autox).

 

[11secCobra]

i had to change my fronts at 10,000, and my rears at 14k

 

[NyteByte]

You might have gotten something stuck in between the pad and rotor.

I had this happen on my old Celica. I tiny pebble got stuck in there and made a pretty deep groove.

 

[mike79]

Im taking mine in next week for this. My front pass side break is sqealing and its driving me nuts. It shouldnt do that.

 

[02yellowgt]

Stop driving around with your e-brake on.....lol

 

[JimBobWay]

a small grove is nothing to worry about. I'd run it for some time before I'd replace it.

 

[Juiced-03]

Ya my rears were changed at 23,000. I used Raybestos and let me tell you they are worse than the stock pads! I wish I used Hawk or Ford pads for the rear. My front still have good pad left and I am on 25,000 miles. I will probably go with the Baer rotors and Hawk pads when I swap the fronts.