7eregrine
The man, the myth, the legend
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- Land of Cleve
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- 2016.5 CX5
So my back brakes were making a bit of a grinding noise. Thought that was odd. That went on for a few days. Then it got REAL bad, like there would be a scraping noise after letting OFF the brake. That scared me a bit, right to the shop. Hoping something simple, maybe a caliper broke or something? Take it in: brakes are SHOT. I mean S H O T. NO pads left in the rear, basically metal on metal. Hardly any pad left on the front. As a result, all rotors need replaced. I was stunned. 44K miles BTW. Not stunned because I needed all this work done. I certainly expect to need to replace these things over time. But stunned by absolutely ZERO warning that this was occurring until it was near total failure. Did Mazda not use those squealer type brake pads in 2016? Y'know the ones that I thought every car on earth had that start to squeak when they get too low? Surely they did. How could this get this bad with no warning?
Quoted $800 at a local shop. Bought all the parts from R1 Concepts for $225. Local shop installing for $300. Cannot say enough good things about R1, especially if you can do this work yourself.
Colorado did you order from them? I know you were thinking about it.
Quoted $800 at a local shop. Bought all the parts from R1 Concepts for $225. Local shop installing for $300. Cannot say enough good things about R1, especially if you can do this work yourself.
Colorado did you order from them? I know you were thinking about it.