donaldwong1986

So when I start driving today, i suddenly feels that when I hit the brake to make a turn, the whole car will start shaking. The steering wheel keep on shaking until i let go of the brake.
So do you guys think that it is because i need to change my brake pad? or is it because the rotor is not straight?
but I has never hit any curb or anything like that.
This was my first time to feel that.
My car has 55800 miles on it. so I will need to do the big service later.
please help.

mltk53

hmmm, interesting~i would guess its the brakes too~but i dunno just inform the dealer along with ur scheduled service.

donaldwong1986

so you thinks it's not because of the rotor?
cause my TSX is 2004 and it is out of warranty already.
so I may need to pay a lot for that.

Tsx6363

uh.. tramlining??? what kind of surface were you on? and how fast were you going? if you were going on a really rocky/uneven surface it could be a mixture of ABS and Tramlining...

LuvMyTSX

It's probably the common brake problem a lot of people on here have. You probably need new pads. The OEM ones are shit and I replaced them at 28,000 miles due to massive shaking/vibrating. Drove me nuts. Search for it, you'll find many threads.

jlukja

From what you describe its one of two things:
1. (more likely) brake pad deposits on rotor. Get new brake pads (Hawk HPS?).
2. (less likely) warped rotors. Turn the rotors or get new rotors.

Ellas9

At 41,000kms (about 25K miles) I'm starting to get a steering wheel vibration on moderate to heavy braking - even some seat shaking (indicating a rear problem too). I'm also thinking its deposits on the rotor.

Since I'm in the warranty period....do you think they will resurface all 4 rotors free of charge? I've got about 80% of rear pads left so they can't say I'm heavy on the brakes (i.e wear and tear).

jlukja

There is a new TSB out (07-021, Issued April 19, 07) addressing the shimmy in the brakes. The corrective action is to refinish the front brake disks and install new front brake pads. I'll update the TSB section when I get the TSB hosted.

LuvMyTSX

Lol....that'll last what, another 10,000 miles or so until the "new" shit OEM pads screw up again? Haha.... You're better off swapping out for new pads like Hawks or something.

Edit: At least they have recognized the problem, I guess.

jlukja

Actually, this pisses me off. They don't seem to acknowledge the problem. There is nothing in the TSB about the pads being shitty. I agree, if they turn the rotors and install new OEM pads then the problem will just come back. :shakehead

ABPTSX

this happened to me too. dealer installed new pads and rotors i believe. it will prob come back again. they claimed i was breaking too hard or too suddenly under 40 mph which i dont