I went to the dealer today to have them check out my brakes. As I thought, the front rotors were warped. Since the pads were still in great shape (showing I had NOT abused them) they resurfaced the rotors and replaced the pads under warranty. They're nice and smooth now. Only one problem. Now it sounds like a old POS when I drive slow. Something (pad against rotor?) must be rubbing because there is a regular scraping sound that varies with speed. It sounds like someone dragging a steel shovel against concrete. I guess I'll go back tomorrow and hope they don't take they whole day again.

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2001 Silver 3.2CL Type S
Spoiler, Navi, Cupholder 2.0, 35% tint all around
Charter member of the Scratched Rim Club

 

That sucks that they didn't do a good job the first time. I have to do exactly that with my car since the rotors are warped. How many miles did you have? I'm worried I have too much (20k) and they'll charge me.

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01 Silver CL-S, Navi, Spoiler, V1, PIAA's
Retired: 94 540i

 

I have 22,500 now but started to notice the warped rotors around 19,000. I lived with it until the next service so I could have everything done at once. I'm pretty sure the fact that my pads were good is why they covered the rotors under warranty. If your pads are shot at 20k, they'll say you fried your brakes and its your problem.

PS. I went back this morning. They fixed the noise in about 20 minutes. Something about a backing plate. I guess someone installed it wrong and it was dragging on the rotor.

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2001 Silver 3.2CL Type S
Spoiler, Navi, Cupholder 2.0, 35% tint all around
Charter member of the Scratched Rim Club

 

I mentioned the shaking in the wheel to my dealer 2x (once at maintenance and once at a State Inspection) They could find nothing wrong.

If they don't find anything this time, I'm going to another dealer.

 

I really feel the dealer should replace the rotors. After all they get paid by Acura anyway. I used to own a turbo Volvo and the dealer replaced the rotors and pads under warranty without any hassle. That's what I called service!!

 

How do you know if your rotors are bad?

Not enough brakes for a big car, eh?

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Black/black CLS
Comptech headers, springs, swaybars
Koni yellows
Polarg M6 road lamps
Solaris Hi beams
Potenza RE730 225/45/17
Red AEM CAI
Denso Iridium plugs
35% metallic tint