BRAKE SHUDDER ISSUE

[Redhawk]

Yep,

9000km for me and experienced it once. Am waiting for it to get worse.

Spoke to my service dept, they said Ford are working on a fix, but in the meantime they will only skim the discs, them when they get down to minimum thickness they replace them, send the old ones back to Ford for measuring.

I have just done 13000km with standard brakes and no problems.

I drive mainly in the Melbourne suburbs and I drive hard, I'm averaging 17.5 L/100km, and I use the brakes hard too. I have the auto.

Gee geea 17.5 lts/100k, man I thought I drove hard and I'm getting 16.25 lts/100 km. :D B)

[turbotrana]

I had the brake shudder thing with my VT Commodore. This was a known common problem and Expensive Daewoo just said they would machine the disc and put different pads on. Brakes still shuddered after having had this done a few times. A few weeks ago I spoke to a DBA guy about the problem and he said that DBA traced the problem not to the disc or the pads or calipers but the disc HUB. As per what he said, a batch of hubs didn't run as true as they should have and then eventually cause brake shudder after heavy braking. Each hub is $300 trade which would explain why they would not want to replace them under warranty. However this does not explain why the premium brakes in the BA remain good.

[Guest dbasteve]

However this does not explain why the premium brakes in the BA remain good.

The Ford hub is a better design than the GM one.

[BAXR6T]

I just got the call from Ford Customer Care Centre stating the fix for the brake shudder will be released to the dealers on Monday. This is the new shims fix...bla bla bla. They will be booking my car in next week. I have also asked for new discs since they have been machined twice and my car hasn't done 8K yet. I had them machined 1.5 weeks ago with the new lathe. We will see what comes of it

[1axr]

baxr6t

please keep us informed on the progress.

mine have been done 3 times in 16000km

[Gareth]

baxr6t

I'm with you on this one.

why should we pay out more money for something that should have been included in the first place.

quality stoppers should have been included in such a powerfull vehicle.

I'ts almost criminal putting krappy standard brakes on these cars.

I think the problem is that they are trying to build these cars to a price, and can not afford to fit really good brakes to an under $50K car. I do a little track driving and therefore optioning premium stoppers was a no brainer for me, and I tell you what, they are good. You have to go really hard to get any fade at all, so I reckon they are worth the spend.

[Superoo]

I guess I haven't had such a bad run considering some of the things I've heard on here - shudder has become evident on my T in the last 1000 kays. Currently have done 8200 kms and it is getting worse with light braking from 80km/h. For what it's worth, I consider my use of the brakes as fairly light - often downshift to knock off a lot of speed before applying them.

I'll be taking mine back at 9000 for an oil change/ tyre rotation/ solenoid replacement so I'm hoping they will have some resemblance of an idea as to what to do for the shudder on a permanent basis . The blank look does little for the confidence.

[mcdog]

BA Fairmont 5.4. Dealer replaced disks at 17,000 due to high speed shudder. Now has 26,000 and problem hasn't reoccurred. 80% of driving is 100km/h zoned rural roads

[Cobra]

just been informed that a fix for the brake shudder will be in the field in the next few weeks .... :phone:

now we just have to wait ... (are we ready for new calipers and pads ? rumour rumour)

... the term "next few weeks" might take on new meaning as time goes on .... :(

did I say that ?

a few weeks is up ... time to get pro-active

[Trumpy]

Well,

I have been in 13FORD 's ear this afternoon, and apparently they are sending out the "parts" to the dealers first thing next week. The dealers should already have the new machining tools. The person on the phone also said that they were going to be calling all those that had registered their complaints with 13FORD tomorrow or early next week.

So with any luck I can get my brakes fixed again (5th time in 10000km) early next week and get down to the real job of testing how good this "permanent fix" really is....