Brake Calipers 2003 Sonata
Hi there --I took my Sonata in to the dealer to get the one year
service, and they wanted to do 100 dollars extra work. They said that the brake calipers were binding and didn't have enough clearance, and they wanted to take them off and sand them down, or sand down the drum. I didn't have the money at the time, and so I couldn't go for it. Does this sound like a rip-off? Since taking it in, I've noticed that the car has trouble doing a an acceleration after I put on the brake (if you change your mind about slowing down and need to speed up suddenly), and I wonder if they've screwed with my car, or if it's just the usual shift problem I occasionally encounter. I've got about 10,000 kms on it. Thanks for you help, Jack |
Re: Brake Calipers 2003 Sonata
There certainly could be an issue with the brakes causing your symptom, but
the suggested remedy sounds suspect. I was going to say that I thought it was more incompetence than rip-off, then I saw your mileage and age of vehicle. The calipers are warranted (at least in the U.S.) under the bumper to bumper warranty. If there's an issue with the caliper, it should be warrantable (unless you somehow physically damaged them, which I can't imagine in 10kkm). How 'bout they tell you specifically what the issue is and which component has the problem. If they can't do that, I hope you have another dealer nearby. I'd certainly start taking my maintenance work elsewhere where I knew the facility was honest and competent. |
Re: Brake Calipers 2003 Sonata
"hyundaitech" <howitsac@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<0bca4c87a33f95356fa450b218870642@localhost.t alkaboutautos.com>...
> There certainly could be an issue with the brakes causing your symptom, but > the suggested remedy sounds suspect. I was going to say that I thought it > was more incompetence than rip-off, then I saw your mileage and age of > vehicle. The calipers are warranted (at least in the U.S.) under the > bumper to bumper warranty. If there's an issue with the caliper, it > should be warrantable (unless you somehow physically damaged them, which I > can't imagine in 10kkm). How 'bout they tell you specifically what the > issue is and which component has the problem. If they can't do that, I > hope you have another dealer nearby. I'd certainly start taking my > maintenance work elsewhere where I knew the facility was honest and > competent. Thanks for the info --I'm going to ask them to be more specific on which component is at fault. And I'm going to look into the warrantee issue. I just thought it was ridiculous that they'd be asking for money to fix a brand new car, as if the cost of regular servicing under my lease wasn't enough. It was certainly driving fine before they messed with it. And actually, it was doing pretty good today. As for dealers... the only other one in my city is one that I KNOW is not honest. (They were selling new Sonatas with knock-off tires instead of the standard Michelins, as if they switched them before putting them on the lot.) Thanks for your help. Jack |
Re: Brake Calipers 2003 Sonata
On 10 Sep 2004 20:03:04 -0700, jeffv@gtn.net (Mr. Vega) wrote:
>"hyundaitech" <howitsac@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<0bca4c87a33f95356fa450b218870642@localhost.t alkaboutautos.com>... >> There certainly could be an issue with the brakes causing your symptom, but >> the suggested remedy sounds suspect. I was going to say that I thought it >> was more incompetence than rip-off, then I saw your mileage and age of >> vehicle. The calipers are warranted (at least in the U.S.) under the >> bumper to bumper warranty. If there's an issue with the caliper, it >> should be warrantable (unless you somehow physically damaged them, which I >> can't imagine in 10kkm). How 'bout they tell you specifically what the >> issue is and which component has the problem. If they can't do that, I >> hope you have another dealer nearby. I'd certainly start taking my >> maintenance work elsewhere where I knew the facility was honest and >> competent. > >Thanks for the info --I'm going to ask them to be more specific on >which component is at fault. And I'm going to look into the warrantee >issue. I just thought it was ridiculous that they'd be asking for >money to fix a brand new car, as if the cost of regular servicing >under my lease wasn't enough. It was certainly driving fine before >they messed with it. And actually, it was doing pretty good today. > >As for dealers... the only other one in my city is one that I KNOW is >not honest. (They were selling new Sonatas with knock-off tires >instead of the standard Michelins, as if they switched them before >putting them on the lot.) > >Thanks for your help. > >Jack Heh... Knock-off tires couldn't be much worse than the ones that came on my car. These things are almost bare after 14000 Miles. I was reading reviews up on TireRack.com and everyone seems to think that these tires suck something fierce. |
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