Anyone notice this yet, when the front brakes are warm-hot enough?



Technical Service Bulletins Summary


Make: NISSAN
Model: MAXIMA
Year: 2000
Service Bulletin Number: NTB00016
Bulletin Sequence Number: 109




Summary Description:

SOME VEHICLES MAY DEMONSTRATE A LOUD, LOW FREQUENCY GROAN NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT BRAKES DURING STOPPING. *TT

 

Yes my car does that under semi-hard or high speed braking but it is nothing any of my other cars havent done.....Is this a TSB??

Mark

 

yup! I'm glad its just not me. Driving me nuts with the groaning noise.

 

I experienced this too after some hard driving and braking through the city. I relaxed and took it easy on the brakes and it went away. phew!

 

This has been covered ad-nauseum. It's simply that your brakes have glazed. There is a hard slippery covering over the pad/rotor that causes poor grip when braking, causing the groaning sound. there are 2 solutions. 1 turn the rotors and grind the pads (not covered by any TSB. 2 let it go away, it will take a few days and you will forget to remember to listen to the sound go away.

There is no problem aside from increased braking distance (under emergency conditions).

 

Is this something new? Glazed brakes? What the hell is that? Never even heard about that on any other makes of cars. According to my dealer, you can't turn the rotors, because they are too thin already. Is that true?

 

Do a search, you will find tons of threads on this. Your dealer is more or less right. The rotors are too thin to start off with, that is why they are warping. But you can turn them, as evidenced in by the brake TSB.

Glazing can happen to most any brake, especially if they are not vented enough during heavy braking.