WEIRD noise from my stivo?

[robby_g]

Just wondering if anyone has experienced this before, after i have hit lift a couple of times and gone for a 'spirited' drive i experience this grinding clunking noise when i break normally to slow down to a stop at the lights for example. It sounds a lot like ABS kicking in when i slam on the breaks to avoid an accident!! and im only break very S L O W L Y...........?

What could this be? i have a 2005 corolla sportivo with only 21k on it....surely my breaks aren't gone already? its only been a year and i rarely drive my car HARD continuously or break HARD continuously?

if someone could shed some light on this it would be great....thanx in advance.

[fad]

Do you feel the noise on the break pedal? I had a car which was unevenly wearing the pads. Was causing ABS to kick in slowly stopping.

[CAP]

The brakes, especially the discs warping has been a problem on SA built Corollas.

Have Toyota fix it, it's their problem for fitting poor quality components.

Be firm (but polite :D ) that they need to fix it and it's not a "Normal wear and tear issue".

[order last 1]

Hi all, I have same problem here for my 05 sportivo, too! Is this very serious? Any damage will it cause to the other part of components? :(

[selyaT]

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[Dead]

Oddly enough now that I have the P1's on my car the grinding is gone. It doesn't do it anymore :o

Could it be the stock wheels in my case lightly brushing the stockers? Or is it the fact that the 6 spoke design lets the brakes breath a bit more?

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[MR and MSROLA]

You guys have 05 Stivos.. which means warranty... :D just get toyota to figure it out...

[Dead]

You guys have 05 Stivos.. which means warranty... :D just get toyota to figure it out...

AHHHHAHAHAHAHA!!!

I took it to 2 different dealers here and they just scratched their heads. I was the one that ended up saying 'replace my brake pads and surface grind the rotors'. Even then that didn't fix it completely.

Changing the wheels did though? I still find that totally weird. That you sam? lol

[Teknoman]

i had that problem too, toyota just told me to keep monitoring and at first they even said it didn't exist so i had to take a tech for a ride myself so i could reproduce it >.<

[ar44]

Yeah i have the same problem, im taking mine in for its service on thursday and getting them to look at my front brakes.

[jps137]

Just wondering if anyone has experienced this before, after i have hit lift a couple of times and gone for a 'spirited' drive i experience this grinding clunking noise when i break normally to slow down to a stop at the lights for example. It sounds a lot like ABS kicking in when i slam on the breaks to avoid an accident!! and im only break very S L O W L Y...........?

What could this be? i have a 2005 corolla sportivo with only 21k on it....surely my breaks aren't gone already? its only been a year and i rarely drive my car HARD continuously or break HARD continuously?

if someone could shed some light on this it would be great....thanx in advance.

I had a similar problem of ABS engaging on my 05 Camry (I know not the same car but could be a similar cause). At the same time as I braked a blinker also came on steady (not blinking - I can't remember whether it was right or left) and my reverse sensors gave the "oh #$@% your about to hit" sound.

Apparently there was a loose connector and it was a relatively simple fix for the dealer. It could be as things heat up after a spirited drive that something is coming loose

[GTiR88]

yep got grinding brakes on my 05 38000 kms stivo too....

reported it to toyota over the last 3 services problem still not fixed.... will report again at 40000kms

[xoom]

very simple fix ..... DBA rotors & ferodo DS2500 pads

[Dead]

very simple fix ..... DBA rotors & ferodo DS2500 pads

Yes I need money and time for that though bill :(

Fixed signature for you btw:

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[ar44]

I just had a 30000km service completed with them paying special attention to my front brakes on my 2005 sportivo. i arrived and they said the noise and braking feel was a common problem and in some circumstances the discs cannot be machined and require replacing. Anyway in my situation they deglazed disc rotors , unfortunately the noise resurfaced after 15-20 mintues of solid driving. Seems the solution is a replacement.

Edited May 3, 2007 by ar44