brake discs

[mossy69]

hi there I'm on to my 5th set of discs and pads in a year there still keep warping I've tried brembo duratec and other just wondering if any of you guys have had the same problem .... wondering if it could be the abs pump I'm baffled
any ideas driving me crackers this man
car drives fine ie wheel balancing etc.    help me lol

[Finglonga]

Still on the original discs at 81k and zero issues with them. Are you tracking the car?

[mossy69]

no not at all bud     steady away

[Watts]

Are you 100% sure the discs are warping ie have they been checked? Is it both sides or just one side? Have the brakes been checked for binding? Has the car been in for this to be investigated or just to replace the discs and pads each time?

[mossy69]

they have been changed 5 times now my local mot place is stumped

[2007GTI]

"local MOT place" hmmm, sounds dodgy to me. Did they feel warped? Did they use VW approval parts for replacement, or non genuine? What was the mileage between warping, or was it conveniently when you had an MOT? Has the car been to VW main dealer recently?

I was in a Kwik Fit a few years ago and overheard an employee saying to a guy with a 2 year old Audi with 9000 miles miles on he needed ALL new round discs and pads. Total BS, the car was fine, just money making.

On my Mk5, I did 40,000 miles on original discs and pads, current Mk7 is at 32k on original discs and pads.

[Carbon VW]

Ya there’s something not right here. I replaced rear discs and pads at 80,000miles. Pads were gone but changed the discs too due to excessive corrosion. bought front pads also but plenty of meat left so haven’t changed them yet. Used Brembo parts. I have also never aligned the car as she wears tyres very evenly. If it’s not broke don’t fix it ? As others have said above, get it to the stealers to at least diagnose your problem and go from there. Does sound like it could be binding though

[shiners]

hi there I'm on to my 5th set of discs and pads in a year there still keep warping I've tried brembo duratec and other just wondering if any of you guys have had the same problem .... wondering if it could be the abs pump I'm baffled
any ideas driving me crackers this man
car drives fine ie wheel balancing etc.    help me lol

Not sure if this will help you but I had a very similar experience with a Mk5 Golf GT TDI 170? It started off at 65k miles with the disc warp occurring over a 5K mile period then 4K miles and so on until it started at 1500 mile intervals. It turned out the issue was caused by slightly worn Lower Control Arm (wish bone) bushes. The wear on the bushes was not enough to flag up an Advisory at MOT time so it was not obvious that this was the cause initially. An utterly frustrating experience until the source of the problem was discovered.

[mossy69]

hi there spoke to an independent German car specialist told him my problem he said he has had a few customers with the same problem and told me its the brake discs patent discs are no good , and said that changing them to vw original discs and pads will solve the problem defiantly ........ if it was the wishbone you would feel it whilst driving    ,,,

[barrym381]

hi there I'm on to my 5th set of discs and pads in a year there still keep warping I've tried brembo duratec and other just wondering if any of you guys have had the same problem .... wondering if it could be the abs pump I'm baffled
any ideas driving me crackers this man
car drives fine ie wheel balancing etc.    help me lol

Not sure if this will help you but I had a very similar experience with a Mk5 Golf GT TDI 170? It started off at 65k miles with the disc warp occurring over a 5K mile period then 4K miles and so on until it started at 1500 mile intervals. It turned out the issue was caused by slightly worn Lower Control Arm (wish bone) bushes. The wear on the bushes was not enough to flag up an Advisory at MOT time so it was not obvious that this was the cause initially. An utterly frustrating experience until the source of the problem was discovered.

The bush would have still been worn regardless of changing the discs at those intervals so I think some garage has been pulling your pisser