Brake issue
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Brake issue
Our 21 has about 2000 miles on it. I wash it every Wednesday evening. I took the car out this morning and after a few miles steering was feeling weird. When I applied the brakes to turn into a parking lot I got the shakes like warped rotors. When I got out of the car my right front brake was smoking. The rotor was chewed up and over heated. The left front looked like I took a arc welder to the rotor with a obvious high spot of contact. When I drove home, the brake peddle felt like it was on a spring. Rear brakes are fine and look like new. Going to the dealer Monday morning. This is the second problem. The first problem is I can't drive the car enough
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Digital glitches and fluid leaks are one thing... brakes entirely different, as far as I'm concerned. I wish you well at the dealership. Do let us know the rest of the story, please, when you find it out. 
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Our 21 has about 2000 miles on it. I wash it every Wednesday evening. I took the car out this morning and after a few miles steering was feeling weird. When I applied the brakes to turn into a parking lot I got the shakes like warped rotors. When I got out of the car my right front brake was smoking. The rotor was chewed up and over heated. The left front looked like I took a arc welder to the rotor with a obvious high spot of contact. When I drove home, the brake peddle felt like it was on a spring. Rear brakes are fine and look like new. Going to the dealer Monday morning. This is the second problem. The first problem is I can't drive the car enough
SIDBAR: One issue is washing every Wednesday! I always drive my car a short distance after washing so the rotors don't turn brown from rust! Recall with my C7 it started to rain when I was just finished washing pulled it directly into the garage. The rotors brown with rust except where the pads were. When I backed out of the garage the next day there was a loud nose as the pads came lose from the rotors. Recall some others reporting that as well. Also, if allowed to form that iron oxide it comes off when first driving BUT fine brown dust just goes on the wheels. May have nothing to do with your issue - just an observation.
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First time I read a problem sounding like what you found from C6, C7 or C8! May be eBoost activating when it should not BUT it affects all brakes not one. Let us know what the dealer finds.
SIDBAR: One issue is washing every Wednesday! I always drive my car a short distance after washing so the rotors don't turn brown from rust! Recall with my C7 it started to rain when I was just finished washing pulled it directly into the garage. The rotors brown with rust except where the pads were. When I backed out of the garage the next day there was a loud nose as the pads came lose from the rotors. Recall some others reporting that as well. Also, if allowed to form that iron oxide it comes off when first driving BUT fine brown dust just goes on the wheels. May have nothing to do with your issue - just an observation.
SIDBAR: One issue is washing every Wednesday! I always drive my car a short distance after washing so the rotors don't turn brown from rust! Recall with my C7 it started to rain when I was just finished washing pulled it directly into the garage. The rotors brown with rust except where the pads were. When I backed out of the garage the next day there was a loud nose as the pads came lose from the rotors. Recall some others reporting that as well. Also, if allowed to form that iron oxide it comes off when first driving BUT fine brown dust just goes on the wheels. May have nothing to do with your issue - just an observation.
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A piston freezing in a caliper can happen in any car. It's certainly not common, but I've seen it in other cars, though generally not at such a low mileage. GM should replace all the affected parts under warranty without any hassle. Other than waiting for parts, maybe.
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Reminded of a fun post where someone was complaining about the rust on his early C7 Z51 after washing, said he never saw that before. (Agree some rotors are coated but the Z51 for max performance are not.) But I asked if this was the first car he washed himself and all prior went to a car wash? He said yes it was. Yep after a car wash you drive the car. Doesn't take much to heat the rotors and dry them off. I just go a short distance, apply the brakes and return to the driveway to pick up water that drips from the mirrors, spoiler and some on the wheels. That is also when I apply tire dressing, now just 303.
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Strange that both left and right were both affected. I always do the short drive after washing, once around the block does it.
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Our 21 has about 2000 miles on it. I wash it every Wednesday evening. I took the car out this morning and after a few miles steering was feeling weird. When I applied the brakes to turn into a parking lot I got the shakes like warped rotors. When I got out of the car my right front brake was smoking. The rotor was chewed up and over heated. The left front looked like I took a arc welder to the rotor with a obvious high spot of contact. When I drove home, the brake peddle felt like it was on a spring. Rear brakes are fine and look like new. Going to the dealer Monday morning. This is the second problem. The first problem is I can't drive the car enough
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I took the C8 to our local dealer for the brake issue. They found the rotors warped and re surfaced them and installed new pads. They couldn't find the reason they overheated. They also ordered parts for the lift recall and checked the recall for the infotainment system going black in cold weather.
The car cam back to me detailed and spotless. I am very happy
The car cam back to me detailed and spotless. I am very happy
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I took the C8 to our local dealer for the brake issue. They found the rotors warped and re surfaced them and installed new pads. They couldn't find the reason they overheated. They also ordered parts for the lift recall and checked the recall for the infotainment system going black in cold weather.
The car cam back to me detailed and spotless. I am very happy
The car cam back to me detailed and spotless. I am very happy
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