Re: UHOH, we may have a problem with ole First Class HALT.

of normal driving you hear grinding. Then take the car back and they tell you they need to grind the rotors, show them where they said you had 50% left on your pads. They will comp it. This is exactly what happened to me once.

I went one place and they told me verbally my brakes were fine. I demanded something in writing. They refused, said I'd have to pay to take the tires off again. I left. One place even changed their story on me, I left anyway.

Most reputable dealerships/repair shops will give you something in writing and an accurate reading. 25% or less and I change them. Just so much cheaper than grinding rotors. Place I go lets me actually look at them when they remove the tires if I wait.

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Oddly, I had the exact opposite problem last year

Jun 12, 2019, 3:22 PM

I took my 10 year old 4Runner in because it sounded what i thought was an exhaust manifold leak on both cylinder banks. Its a well known problem with Toyota V8's of that era. It still does have what I think is a leak, and I think its gotten worse, maybe.

But anyway, last year I spoke to the Toyota dealer in Anderson (because its worth it to ride 4 hours and rent a hotel to NOT deal with the Toyota dealers in CHS), and they were able to get Toyota to pay for the parts if i paid for the labor. That's like $2500 in parts on a 10 year old car with 95K miles on it. I was surprised.

Anyway, I took it up there, let them look at it, and they said it was normal. As I said, I didn't, and still don't think it's normal, but they said it was, so wife of is still driving it. Maybe they were just putting me off, but they weren't paying for the parts and I would have gladly paid the labor. There was no reason why they wouldn't want that deal.

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