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183 messages, Last post on Mar 11, 2010 at 2:52 PM
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| I changed my rear pads and machined the rotors few days ago. The funniest thing at one of the dealerships they asked for $450 and the other did it for $160?! WTF. I never got the warning noise before the pads were gone. I kept my old pads. On the left tire I had over 1/4 of an inch left on both. But on the right side one of the pads is gone and it was all metal showing. Now that is far away from normal. Plus when I called Hyundai CS the said they never heard a complaint such as mine about rear breaks. And I'm not trying to convince anybody not to by hyundai but to convince hyundai to do a better job. | |
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Replying to: haidong (Aug 22, 2009 6:15 am) |
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Replying to: haidong (Aug 21, 2009 4:46 pm) |
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Replying to: haidong (Aug 22, 2009 6:15 am)
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Replying to: targettuning (Aug 24, 2009 5:37 am) The rotor where cut twice by the dealer first two days. I assume this was a used car. So at that point the rotors where to the minimum thickness and should have been replaced. How many miles did you drive it since you purchased it? The person before you could have been a "Speed Racer" or abused the brakes. Other then the brakes wearing out sooner than expected the car is OK. It surprises me when some people have a list of defects on a single car where others have no problems. You tell people not to buy a Hyundai because your brakes wore out to soon not knowing what the person before you did. I see oil smoke out of Honda's but I see they also have the loud muffler hanging from the back and they are running the car like it is designed to be raced. I would never judge Honda on these cars.
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Replying to: newowner10 (Aug 24, 2009 9:02 am)
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Replying to: targettuning (Aug 25, 2009 8:54 am) AND the fronts had cracks starting to form. Their quote $430. No thanks! I just went and picked up new pads, the rears are small enough for a motorcycle! No wonder they wore out so fast. I called the 800 number to share my experience. I still like Hyundai, this is my second one. |
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Replying to: haidong (Aug 22, 2009 6:15 am)  ) because I only paid $13,900 for the car.
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You are not alone regarding rear brakes on 2007 Hyundai Sonata. I bought the car with 31K miles and now it has 53K miles. The brakes never made any noise and never pulled the car to the side, but I always thought the car took too long to stop. Therefore, I had the brakes checked often, and was always told 50-70% of the pad life was left. Both Hyundai and independent shops gave same response. Today I had tires rotated and was informed that one side was almost down to metal because the calliper had seized (which suddenly caused one pad to wear very quickly). I received ridiculous quotes in the range of $600- $750 from the dealer and a large independent, to replace all the hardware on both rear wheels. I went to a smaller independent who offered a more reasonable quote of $300. He then realized that the other side had frozen pistons. Essentially the front brakes were stopping the car with no help from the rears. Once repaired, I stepped on the brakes and almost went through the windshield..... amazing what 4 brakes can do. My assumption is that they were never right in the time I owned the car. Hopefully this was repaired correctly, and not an indication of what I have to look forward to as the car ages and accumulates miles. By the way, other than brakes, the car has been OK but not great. Issues with air bag system and some interior parts, etc. coverred by warranty.
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Replying to: abramsmm (Sep 02, 2009 2:47 pm) It explains a lot. |
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