brake warping how many of us had it

[redrobo150]

just wandering how many members have had brake disc warping on there leons
and was it 1 or both disc ,seems to be a few ive heard
and does anyone have any suggestions which disc and pads i should go for ,but not being to expensive butwould give a good performance
im got the price down to 306 pounds for official replacements
thanks

 

[Al]

I think mine are finally showing the signs of warping, but they have been on the car from new for almost 30000 miles now.

 

[AndrewJB]

Not on My Leon so far

But... I managed to Warp standard 256mm Ibiza Discs & EBC Drilled and Grooved 256mm Discs

 

[LeonFR07DSG]

my car has had warped / diostorted discs from when i bought it.... not knowing much about cars really they serviced it and said they were fine...just been sitting around for a bit...will improve...

never have... took it back after 1k miles and they wouldnt replace them under warranty... awesome service... looking at getting better front discs and pads... ferodos are a definate... waiting on a price for the cupra discs...dunno if i need new calipers awell though

 

[VADER182]

Re djhorace post.........were/are they being replaced under warranty?? If no cant believe that Seat think that 30000 miles is acceptable for brake discs to warp/fail!!! I have owned my FR for almost 12 months and am slightly worried about this VAG group reputation for quality......I think its laughable.......my old Clio 182 (£15000 brand new not £20000) went 65000 miles/five years without ANY problems, and they are crappy cheap French rubbish apparently!!

 

[Big_Mikey_G]

I had to have my rear brake pads and discs changed on my car at M.O.T this year. Car has done 68,000 miles but since i am not the original owner i am unaware of whether or not they are the originals. The discs werent warped but apparently there were grooves in them!

I have a warped disc on the front however, at low speeds <5 mph i can hear it rubbing against the pad with a squeaking noise. Ill be changing them when it goes in for service in March. Again i dont know if they are the originals or not.

Mike

 

[warren_cox]

My car is in for new pads at the moment, but no noise from Audi as to the disks being shafted (fingers crossed). 34k miles off a set of front pads is more than I got off the LCR (19k)

Inside pad worn to metal, outer pad 80% worn, hence no ABS warning light Was only when I heard that unpleasant sound / smell I thought better take her in.

 

[Fl@pper]

all depends 'how' and 'where' you use em, if i spent all day on the road doing 50k on a motorway a year you could see em lasting 3 years and 300k miles if you never touched em

whereas mine have only done 12k miles but over 5 years it's lack of use for them has killed em

in the past seen some new discs/pads not even last 200 miles and 24 hours on a trackday


end of the day warping can be caused by insufficent maintenance of the caliper sliders -

 

[Nath.]

all depends 'how' and 'where' you use em, if i spent all day on the road doing 50k on a motorway a year you could see em lasting 3 years and 300k miles if you never touched em

whereas mine have only done 12k miles but over 5 years it's lack of use for them has killed em

in the past seen some new discs/pads not even last 200 miles and 24 hours on a trackday


end of the day warping can be caused by insufficent maintenance of the caliper sliders -

My company astra did 50k on the first set of pads, then at 80k I had new discs and pads. I'm now on 105k in 17 months.

I do prety much all motorway/duel carriageway work.

The only time I have ever warped a pair of discs was when I was younger I fitted a new set then mullered them thinking that, that would bed them in quicker. I warped the poop out of them, fitted yet another set and run them in gently that time.

 

[Tam]

had fronts replaced twice now ... and backs once .. thats in 2.8 years and about 85,000

I think braking from triple figures to a standstill (at the end of a runway ) has worn them out quicker

Milton Keynes is a ****er for hot brakes FAR too many roundabouts.
Not had them warp yet ... though they have smoked quite often once parked up.