So im pretty easy on my brakes. Even when I see someone pull in front of me, I downshift (engine brake) rather than slamming on brakes and whatnot, unless of course I really need to get on the brakes. Well the other day, I had to get hard on them cause of course, some jackass sees me approaching quick in the left lane, while he was in the middle and decides to jump in front of me just before I was about to pass him. well long story short, the sterring vibrated quiet aggressively. Well I come home, do my research and all I see are rotors need replacing. Well I was heading to my mechanic the next day for a oil change, he took a quick peak and thought ok, could be the rotors. I went to someone else for a second opinion, and he says check this out, he shows me the bottom slider pins completely seized. I had not even heard of what they were before and he your pads and rotors look fine for now, I would start with getting those fixed first. Well can they be the ultimate problem for highway braking vibrations?

 

I've never had such a problem in regards to my slider pins being completely seized however I've replaced the rotors on my Maxima numerous times.

Did you feel the vibration in your steering wheel (front rotors) or more in your seat? (Rear rotors, rare)

Tip: Don't wash your car after a long drive with hard braking - warps rotors quickly.

 

yes, the slider pin can be the main problem. if they don't slide properly your brake piston will only make contact with the inside pad, ultimately causing overheating of the rotor, pad, and the piston pushing that hard on only one side of the rotor will almost always cause an instantly warped rotor under extreme braking.

1. clean & grease the slider
2. test drive
3. if still vibration? clean hub surface, replace pads and rotors all at the same time & seat the new pads per manufacturers directions after #4 below.
4!!!! per Nissan requirement, have a shop turn your rotors while they are on the car, this will eliminate any hub runout for the rotors.

 

I have... several times.