I've done some searching and haven't seen a ton of posts about rotor problems on the 3rd gen TLs, but I have warped front rotors after 25k of driving (pads are less than half worn).

Dealer refuses to resurface or replace them under warranty. Seems very early to me on a car like this (it's not a G35 ) and I'm negotiating with them.

Comments? Experiences?

Saw that the rear rotors were redesigned in 06, but what about the fronts?

Thanks,
Scott

 

Lots of people get warped rotors, I never get them on any brand car.

I dont let shops work on my cars, I use high temp grease on the disk to hub, and one the wheel to disk, and do up the lug nuts with a torque wrench in a do one skip one pattern to 80 foot pounds.

The grease aaids in heat transfer, and stops rust, the torque wrench prevents
over tightning, and the result is I NEVER get warped rotors.

Brett

 

You can get warped rotors from excessive heat too, not just from having a bad tire installation. The TL has somewhat of a problem with warped rotors. What do you have, a 5AT or 6MT? Type-S? Depending on the model, there might be a TSB that can be dug up which will make acura resurface the rotors for free for you.

 

I tend to brake late and hard, maybe its from riding the motorcycle, the wife and even the son tell me about it....

I have had a Jaguar XJ6, a Passat, the TL, the wife had a taurus, a lincoln LS V8, the son had a buick and a camry, only the taurus warped its rotors, three times, but since it was under warentee, my wife took it to the dealers.
After the warentee was up, I did the brakes, no more warping.
Three times in the first 30,000 miles, no warpage in the next 30,000 miles.

It works for me...

Brett

 

Mine warped after only 1,000 miles and no hard usage. I got the dealer to agree to do them under warranty after explaining that warped rotors aren't a wear issue.

Very nice choice in cars BTW...

 

Scott check here:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=170763

And here:

http://www.in.honda.com/Rjanisis/pubs/SN/B071000.PDF - Page 2, Lower Right

You might consider printing that PDF out and taking it to your Service Manager.

 

My rotors warped badly @ about 22k-23k miles on a 06 5AT.... The entire hydraulic system on that car was f'ing shot.....