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I’ve just signed up to this forum and I have no real idea about cars, other than how to get in and drive!!! My Range Rover has a persistent brake issue and it’s destroying the driving experience! It appears that taking it to a garage to diagnose isn’t solving the problem.
I bought a Range Rover sport about a year ago - my dream car!! And pretty much ever since I’ve had it, I’ve had a problem with the brakes.
Since buying, I’m now on my third set of discs and pads - I was getting vibration under braking and the garage I purchased it from said there wasn’t an issue after sending the car back twice!! I decided to get another opinion and the garage had fitted the brake pads backwards (I’m told the pads are directional). The garage paid for me to have the brake pads and discs replaced at a specialist as I didn’t trust the garage I purchased the car from.
After a few thousand miles, it happened again.... so, I decided to take it to a friend who I could trust, he is located 200 miles away and said my discs were warped. I might not have bedded the discs in correctly or had been sat on the brakes at lights after heavy braking. So, on go another set of discs and pads.....
Fast forward 3 months... and here we are vibration under braking. Whilst I know very little about cars, I’ve been driving like miss daisy and there must be something else causing the issue.
I’ve read that it could be corrosion between the hub and the disc or th hub not being cleaned properly before the disc is replaced. I’m hoping that one of the garages would not make this seemingly straight forward error, so was wondering if it could be something else.
The car is such a pleasure to drive when it works as it should, but it horrible when it doesn’t! Please help!
I’ve just signed up to this forum and I have no real idea about cars, other than how to get in and drive!!! My Range Rover has a persistent brake issue and it’s destroying the driving experience! It appears that taking it to a garage to diagnose isn’t solving the problem.
I bought a Range Rover sport about a year ago - my dream car!! And pretty much ever since I’ve had it, I’ve had a problem with the brakes.
Since buying, I’m now on my third set of discs and pads - I was getting vibration under braking and the garage I purchased it from said there wasn’t an issue after sending the car back twice!! I decided to get another opinion and the garage had fitted the brake pads backwards (I’m told the pads are directional). The garage paid for me to have the brake pads and discs replaced at a specialist as I didn’t trust the garage I purchased the car from.
After a few thousand miles, it happened again.... so, I decided to take it to a friend who I could trust, he is located 200 miles away and said my discs were warped. I might not have bedded the discs in correctly or had been sat on the brakes at lights after heavy braking. So, on go another set of discs and pads.....
Fast forward 3 months... and here we are vibration under braking. Whilst I know very little about cars, I’ve been driving like miss daisy and there must be something else causing the issue.
I’ve read that it could be corrosion between the hub and the disc or th hub not being cleaned properly before the disc is replaced. I’m hoping that one of the garages would not make this seemingly straight forward error, so was wondering if it could be something else.
The car is such a pleasure to drive when it works as it should, but it horrible when it doesn’t! Please help!
