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Hi all,
My friend had me use his 2002 Suburban LT Auto Ride to pick him up from the airport last night.
It's the first time I've driven a Suburban, so I'm not familiar with their feel, but right off I felt that the brakes required more than usual pressure to stop like if they were severly glazed or something.
On the way back from the airport, I mentioned to him that his brakes didn't feel right to me. He then proceeded to give me the horror story of his problems with the dealer trying to get the brakes to perform better. Since he bought it, he wasn't satisfied with them. They turned the rotors and replaced the pads several times, each time with a different story. The rotors finally warped from being cut too much or poorly chucked.
He took it to an aftermarket guy in the area that's supposedly the GM wizz.
He put on new rotors, and ceramic pads, and it seemed a little better.
Being that it's his wifes primary car, he hadn't driven it for a while till last night on the way home.
I don't know whether his wife has poor braking habits that glazes them, or if they are just inefficient. It is a heavy vehicle.
I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with this ??
Are the brakes poor on this vehicle ??
Thanks
My friend had me use his 2002 Suburban LT Auto Ride to pick him up from the airport last night.
It's the first time I've driven a Suburban, so I'm not familiar with their feel, but right off I felt that the brakes required more than usual pressure to stop like if they were severly glazed or something.
On the way back from the airport, I mentioned to him that his brakes didn't feel right to me. He then proceeded to give me the horror story of his problems with the dealer trying to get the brakes to perform better. Since he bought it, he wasn't satisfied with them. They turned the rotors and replaced the pads several times, each time with a different story. The rotors finally warped from being cut too much or poorly chucked.
He took it to an aftermarket guy in the area that's supposedly the GM wizz.
He put on new rotors, and ceramic pads, and it seemed a little better.
Being that it's his wifes primary car, he hadn't driven it for a while till last night on the way home.
I don't know whether his wife has poor braking habits that glazes them, or if they are just inefficient. It is a heavy vehicle.
I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with this ??
Are the brakes poor on this vehicle ??
Thanks