Bulk Buying

[Adam]

Talked to a good mate of mine who is a mechanic at my local ford dealer and he said they have just purchased the equipment required to machine the rotors, so it must happen alot if they bought a lathe. The other thing he said was that they are told to machine the rotors to the point where they are at the minimum thickness and then replace them. When I asked if everyone would get a new set of rotors and whatever other components need replacing once they have solved the problem he said he didn't THINK so, but surely they would have to because the problem isn't completely fixed until everyone gets the updated rotors. Unfortunately this is a silly mistake on otherwise an excellent car.

[mercturbo]

I just hope Ford don't go down the GM road of telling people its "a percetion thing, theres nothing wrong with it really, its just a rattly engine that uses many litres of oil between services, but wer'e working on a fix" well its been two years or so and I don't see that one fixed yet!! Just drag it out until people get sick of taking it back. Ford needs to do better than this, of course we all love the car but these things take the shine off it, I wonder if Porch, Merc or BMW, get warped discs?

[Guest esky]

I spoke to ford customer service about my warped disks. They admit there is an issue with the disks, and once they get a fix, I will be informed.

Quite frankly, not good enough.

[Mals BA XR6T]

The problem is REAL.

Mine warped at 1500ks, machined at 3000ks, warped again a 4500, machined again at ~7000, warped at 9000, and replaced at ~10,000ks (by request, front only)

It's a problem, but you wouldn't probably notice if you drive a manual, or don't leave your foot on the brakes for an extended time. Try it, hold your foot slightly on your brakes while going down a gentle slope, as soon as they start to get hot you'll notice shudder (maybe slight steering wheel side to side motion) and once this has happened it doesn't recover, regardless of how cool/warm they are from there on.

You need to do your own tests... I mean who has actually "tested" their ABS?? How does your car respond?

[ASNU]

I think everyboby commenting on there issues on brakes has or going to get the exact same problem happening.I really cannot see Ford doing a recall and will continue on there path of machine,Machine and more machineing.Brakes that have been done like Chrislaks are already showing the same symptons like eskys car with limited milage but be aware you will be back again for the same thing.

Esky,I feel sorry for you mate,Just not good enough and I cant see them returning or giving you a nice call to give you new rotors,Good luck anyway.

I am personally going to upgrade to those new DBA slotted rotors for many reasons.My car is my office and anytime spent sitting in a dealer to get the same thing fixed just costs me time and money expecially when the same thing will happen down the track.Fix it first time and be done with it I think.This car is very impressive in so many ways and I would say it is the best Ford I have owned and will be even better with the brakes fixed properly.

[richdave]

  Mals BA XR6T said:

I mean who has actually "tested" their ABS?? How does your car respond?

I have...and I was impressed. Not the OMG WTF feeling I am used to in the VT.

[NT TURBO]

I know, why doesn't Ford bulk buy the DBA's and give em out free at the next service, problem solved.

[Turbo6man]

ASNU> Please don't confuse your posts if they are directed to me as T6man - there is a T6man registered already.

I still believe you are exagerrating when you claim ALL people are affected or will be affected by this problem. If you read even this one thread you will see there are some who don't have the problem and there are many BAs out there already with higher kms than yours and don't suffer the problem.

Further to my statement about machining repeatedly - why do you still insist on this occuring when you have no ecidence to support your statement - from what I've read here there seems to be only one person who has experienced the shudder after machining was done.

I personally know of three owners who have had theirs machined and it has fixed the problem - if you want a technical explanation as to why this works simply read other threads in these forums and particulaly those from DBASteve (I think that's his correct nic).

Cheers mate and I hope yours is sorted for you soon ...

[Mommers]

They should make the premium system standard and just make the price higher.

[axw01]

Turbo6man, I have had my fronts replaced once at 18000 (13000 highway running on QLD-WA-QLD trip) and then machined at 21. They now require machining again at 24500 and the car is booked for it to be done next week. The dealer told me the first time that they were machined that it will continue to occur and that one machining will not fix as the problem in the material is not just restricted to the surface. He also told me that they have been advised by Ford to just keep machining until the rotors are too thin, then replace. This is fact not fiction, I kid you not!!