Re: Brakes Bad Already?!?

From: Andrew McHorney (andrewmchorney@home.com)
Date: Sat Jul 03 1999 - 17:17:50 EDT


Dakota brakes are nothing to boast about. Mine went at 20,000 miles and the
dealer wanted $110 for pads ( no labor). I went to Midas.

Andrew

At 03:56 PM 7/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Well, now that I am finally over the whole battery incident, I am getting
>some bad noise from my brakes. If I just tap the brakes, no matter how
>hard, I get a high pitched squealing noise. When I press them a little
>harder, the truck starts to shudder. When I press them all the way down to
>a complete stop, I get this horrible grinding noise that sounds like metal
>on metal. It is really embarassing pulling up to a stop light. Could my
>brakes be going bad already at 27,700K? I can feel the grinding through the
>brake pedal! I'm gonna take the truck in the dealer on Tuesday (Yeah, I
>know the brakes aren't covered under warranty anymore, but maybe they can
>tell me what I need to do about them) and I'm also gonna have them check the
>Check Engine Light that comes on once a week and a mysterious leak under the
>hood. I really hope I don't need new brakes, because I am really low on
>cash!
>Later!
>Ben Vaughan
>webmaster@dakattack.com
>http://www.dakattack.com
>AOL: AttackDak
>ICQ: 558772
>Therapy is expensive. Popping that bubble wrap stuff is cheap. You choose.
>
>



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