After spending nearly three hours this morning cleaning my ride, I decided to take the wife out. While driving down the highway I noticed that steering wheel would shake pretty soundly when pressing the brake. This continued anytime I was going above 40mph. I hope this isnt the rotors, anyone experience this?

 

if it happens while braking its the rotors. and warped rotors on the TL is a common thing

 

no i havent but i have once when i was goind 124 down the high way when my brakes started to go out and then i just switched my rotors and brakes and shoes and eveyr thing else to brembos

 

the place i got my brakes chaNGED they did say my rotors were partcially warped from high speeds

 

thats since the term warped rotors isnt actually the rotor warping, but a build up on them (glazing)

 

how much am I looking at if it is rotors to replace?

 

600-700 at a dealership

 

couldn't you get those rotors turned/machined and use them again....i have the same problem and i was planning to get them professionally done at a shop....i think they are only like 10 bucks per rotor...!

 

try torquing your lugnuts first

 

1) Most cases it's warped rotors;
2) Alignment out of wack;
3) lugs might not be fully tightened as flydog said.

Installing the rotors yourself isn't super hard...here happens to be a DIY guide
http://www.abunchofcars.com/diy_page...frontrotor.htm

 

well, could it be counted as a factory defect, and then get free onez if ur still under warranty??????????

 

tear n wear.

 

so can you get them machined/restore and put them back on? will they work the same?

 

Depending on how bad the rotors are, they can be resurfaced and reused.

 

If you drove the car before washing it, and the rotors were hot/warm when they got wet, that can easily lead to rotor warping. Try doing a couple of full-on panic stops somewhere you aren't likely to get rear ended and see if that solves it.

 

you dont need to replace them. Just have them resurfaced.

 

Just watch when they get resurfaced. You'll see how they look when they're spinning on the machine. Mine were warped so I replaced the rotors. But I feel it coming back again so now I'm thinking maybe the caliper is touching them as they spin and deforming them.
So maybe I'll hit up the caliper next.

 

just have them cut if they can be

 

I would also recommend checking the lugnuts to make sure they're properly torqued.

 

can the lug nuts get stripped sometime or maybe ? do u think in the 3rd generation or 2004

 

Have the rotors resurfaced first, here it costs $10 a rotor if you do the labor.

I bought my 2003 TL-S in Sept 05 and i only put 4,000 miles on mine and i just had the front rotors resurfaced by the dealer. i had the same issue, pulsating in the wheel. The dealer normally charges $199 an axle for resurfacing ( which is total bullshit) rotors but they did mine for free seeing i only put 4k miles on the car in 7 months.

if you pull the rotors you might want to think about changing the pads because you already have it apart.

 

Is resurfacing the rotors a good temporary fix? How long will it last? My car has 127k miles.

 

That is absolute bullshit...a brand new set of OEM rotors don't even cost that much.

 

As was stated the OEM rotors have a tendency to warp. Resurfacing them will get you by for a time but the rotors will warp again. You should just change them out for some Brembo Blanks if you are looking for a good rotor but not necessarily a high performance rotor. If you want a slotted rotor check out the ROTORA slotted rotors: https://acurazine.com/forums/sponsored-sales-group-buys-10/rotora-slotted-drilled-slotted-rotors-special-cl-tl-tsx-324531/

 

So does using a different brand of rotor stop the warping? Or is this a TL defect that us TLers have to deal with?

 

If they are god they will help stop it. I have over 70k on my IRotors and they have no warping