Hello everyone,

I have a question about warranties and brakes. My TL has developed a tendency to vibrate when I apply the brakes at high speeds. Since my car is a few months shy of one year old and I have almost 20k miles on it, would this be covered under warranty? I know brakes are typically maintenance items and thus, not usually covered, I tend to think that this is abnormally quick to have brake problems. What are your thoughts? Thanks.

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You may be out of luck. It may be considered a maintenance issue, not a warranty.

We had a brake problem on our Jeep (squick) and they did not want to do nothing about it. After bothering them for a long while, they covered it, but only because it was under 12k miles. Pass that it would be wear and tear issue.

I would imagine Acura does not have a 4 yr/50k mile warranty on their brakes.

Worth checking into, though

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Big woot to the Acura warranty department! I called the dealership to get a status and they said that I have very little wear on my brake pads (relative to 20k miles) but my rotors were warped. They called the warranty department and they said that since I have little wear and probably don't ride my brakes much, they decided to issue a one time only warranty on the brakes!! Woo hoo!

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My TL is the same, it vibrates a bit when I brake on high speed. My friends took it apart and took a look, the pads were almost like new but the rotors were a bit warped. The cause of that is when rotors spins, they get pretty hot and when you apply the brakes in high speed it will sometimes warp it, especially during the rain or water splashing on it.

I may be wrong haha..

 

I had the exact same problem. It seems Acura carried over the exact same brake system from the 2nd Gen to the 3rd Gen 5AT TLs. I am not a hard or late braker and never ride my brakes either. Mine started to become warped after about 10K miles. I noticed it while braking at highway speeds which remained until the car came to a stop. I called it to the dealer's attention at about 12K. They resurfaced my front rotors and replaced the rears. It's been fine since then. I plan on replacing them with aftermarket Brembo OEM rotors which are much less warp prone after my warrantee is over. I had good luck with them with my Camry. Good luck.

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