New Rear Discs/pads,but Something Still Not Right

[forevered]

i had new rear discs and pads fitted on tuesday at my local toyota dealer for £215,they were well worn, but i was going to wait a few weeks to have them fitted, until i was driving to work a week ago and could here a squealing noise coming from the car when on the motorway, so when i arrived at work (10 miles) i could smell burning which was coming from the rear nearside wheel which was hot to touch, so i thought i would get it booked straight in.

anyway since they have been fitted ive noticed the rear nearside wheel is still warm to touch when ive driven to work ( all other wheels cool) no burning smell or noise though.

do you think it could be a sticking caliper, or maybe wheel bearing problems. my cars 4 years old in march 37k miles.

cars booked back in tomorrow morning.

what do you think of the chances of a goodwill gesture from toyota if its the wheel bearing considering age and milage with full toyota history ?

[Red Yaris 54]

A sticking caliper should have been picked up by the garage when they did the disc/pad change......If they missed this I would think that you should stand a good chance of a "goodwill" jesture to free off the sticky caliper

If it is a wheel bearing, then you may be expected to pay for the repair, although you might think that the garage would have noticed a worn bearing when they did the brake work and bought it to your attention

[Uncle Buck]

Agreed Red - they should have noticed either way. It definitely sounds more like a sticking caliper, especially so in winter when all the road crud starts causing these kinds of problems. At such a low mileage, Toyota should do the repair work for minimal cost.

[forevered]

took my car back in this morning and they fitted some small part where the hand brake joins the caliper ?to be honest i cant remember exactly what part they said it was called, but its so far stopped the wheel feeling warm after a drive, the tech and service manager said they were confident it would work, but if it didnt it would mean a new caliper at about £150

i think i can still here a very slight grinding, dronning noise ( hard to describe) at speeds between 50-60 mph now and again from the rear?

see what happens next week traveling to and from work

[Uncle Buck]

Here's hoping ..... :)

[forevered]

got to work this morning and checked the wheel for heat and all wasnt well !

it was very warm again, so i phoned my local dealer and told them it was back and asked for a price for a new caliper (was told this was the only solution if it returned) i nearly fell off my chair when they gave me the price £258 for the caliper and mount, this was not including labour, but was told they would fit for free.agreed to have it fitted tomorrow, but said i was very unhappy at needing a new caliper at 37k and car not 4 years old until mid march.

i asked them to contact customer relations in the hope they may offer a goodwill gesture, and pay part of the cost, dealer didnt offer much hope but said they would ask. 30 minutes later got a call from dealer saying toyota would pay for everything !

ive got full history with dealer and ongoing service plan but didnt expect such a generous offer.

well done toyota ! if you dont ask you dont get.

[Daveyonthemove]

Thats good news, as mine has a similar issue.

I will push them for a good will gesture when the MOT report tells me my car needs new rear pads with only 33k on the clock, and a grinding noise in slow traffic.

Thanks for the update.

[Auris sr 180]

Just noticed on my cars rear pads are leaving marks on the spokes of the wheels thou the pads are only half worn original Bosch Toyota pads

[forevered]

new caliper fitted on friday, brakes spot on now (was told at dealer that one of the tech had been given a <the spuds of lurrrrvve>ing by the manager for not sorting the problem sooner )but the droneing drumming noise was still there, tech suggested it might be tyre noise,anyway to cut a long story short ive worked out myself what this noise is.

at the weekend when out driving in the strong wind i noticed at the speed it occurs 50-60 mph the tone of the noise changed with the wind, turns out its the new small ariel i put on over xmas that was from a new shape vw polo ! size shape thickness obviously not suited to the auris, so fitted a short ariel from a honda civic, noise gone !