rotors replaced 3,000 miles ago due to warpage and severe bitching on my part to get the work done... (wouldnt replace them with gmpp rotors)....

so here i am 3,000 miles later... going down a hill coasting down and i lightly apply the brakes.... what do you know, ******* steering wheel violently shakes.

GM your rotors suck.

i emailed GM took them weeks to get back to me. i told them that many cobalts have been experiencing these problems. they tell me there is no recall or anything to suggest there will be. im just curious... what has to happen for a recall to occur? does someone have to die because of this ****? because i've seen some pretty ****** stupid recalls and somehow i dont get how premature rotor warpage is not a safety hazard.

 

I've got the same problem. I had the rotors re-surfaced because they won't replace them and had them replace the front pads. A few thousand miles later (like 2k) and the stupid things are warped and have grooves.

By no means do I drive this car hard. can't go over 30mph in bumper to bumper traffic

 

yea i've never slammed on the brakes since i've had this car and half the time i downshift aswell as brake. im not doing anything wrong this ****** sucks. taking it to a different dealership this time

 

My wfies cobalt has had the same prob. The dealership replaced them 1 time, and has machined them 1-2 times now. I called the customer care line and they just took all our info and typed in our comments. They said next time they warp to call them. I'm thinking of taking the car to a different dealership and seeing if they will replace them with something different.

 

Just had mine surfaced today,they said if it happen again they will replace them, the ceramic pads are to hard on these soft compound rotors

 

Damn man you should use your warranty

 

happen to my moms malibu. its a 05 with 27k on it and the rotors are warped. i blam it on her bc her and my dad both ride the brakes and slam on them to stop. but the dealer said they cant do anything because the pads are going to have the marks in them to. went to a chevy dealer that we no will take care of use and they fixed everything,

 

Priceless

 

I've only had my car for 5K and I put on slotted< but my lil bro's LS has about 36,xxx and his breaks are still fine.... i donno? This sounds hit or miss

 

i have the same problem. i ordered a set of powerslot rotors and hawk hps pads instead of dealing with GM refacing them or putting on a new set of the cheap ass rotors. mine warped at about 35,000 or so, at least thats when it started to get bad enough for me to want to replace them

 

mine lasted close to 40k i believe, i replaced them with uneek rotors and pads and no problems yet

 

I will agree that they are junk rotors...what do you expect from a country no one has even heard of that manufacturers them?

I have 12,600 miles on my car with mainly highway stopping and not even a hint of warpage. *knocks on wood*

 

within the first 20k i was in the dealer about every 2k. their excuse for constant problems "you live in the mountains going down the hills cause a tremendous amount of heat" but they fixed them everytime until i got sick of bitching at them so I got a diff set, put em on myself didnt have a prob after that

 

16k and just starting to get bad

 

Yeah i had my rotors replaced also at 6k miles the bad thing is they are warped again

 

mine arent warped or anything but turned kind of blue(heat i know) and have some groovage in them(not sure if thats a word lol), going to have them turned as soon as i feel like pulling it apart.

 

ohhh..when im braking and the wheel shakes thats the rotors...thanks beck! good to know mine are **** as well haha

 

ive had the same problem i since i got the car it really gets on my nerves i just have never had the time to get it fixed

 

warranty? what the **** is that?

 

beck, this has nothing to do with ur brakes, but i hate u.......... i wanted those damn wheels so bad (that u have) and they stopped making them in our bolt pattern!................. anyway.... just buy some unleek rotors and ebc green stuff pads, and forget about ur brakes for 2-3 years at leace.

 

I forgot to add that 18's don't help much either.

 

my buddy ran the EBC red stuff pads and tore through them his first time at the track. kinda weary about trying out the greens.

 

greens are for street use, they are awesome...... reds are race arnt they??? race pads ware pretty fast.

 

i had that problem they said they were not bad enough to replace under warrenty


SO put 3000 mile more on them and mad them replace them 30 miles before my warrenty was up on them
problem started at 7000 miles

 

at about 5-6k miles mine were warped and they resurfaced them