guerillax
04-01-2008, 09:56 AM
Greetings, fellow Legacy owners!
I am a longtime site lurker, owner of a 99 SUS for the last 9 years. My dad also had a 95 LSi for 10 years, we love our Subaru cars!
For the last few years, however, I have had horrible luck with my brakes. My brakes were completely shot in 2006, and in August of that year, I had full service at Midas.
August 2006 – 76000 miles, full ceramic pads, new rotors and caliper service performed
Car spent August 06- May 07 as a garage queen in Florida
June 07 – 79k miles - CV Axle replaced because it spit grease on my brake pads, rear pads warrantied
August 07 – 82k miles – Full car service performed, brake fluid changed and inspected
August 07 – 83k miles – catalytic convertor replaced, brakes inspected once again and no issues found.
August 07 – Last week – 85k miles – Car has spent all fall/winter/spring in the Florida garage.
I took the car to the dealership to deal with the chronically spongy brake pedal. All the miles put on the car are miles driven on the highway between Florida and Ohio during May and August. The car has seen barely any rain and no snow or salt since the August 2006 brake job.
The dealership just called with an estimate for a 600-dollar brake job. 90 bucks each for rotors. The rotors are allegedly rusted, causing the spongy pedal. The pedal seemed to have a lot of free play, when I hit it all the way down, it brakes perfectly. There is virtually no braking power until that point, however.
At any rate, I see that through Subaru Parts sites the stock rotors are 60 bucks, and some brembo rotors are only 40 bucks from tire rack.
I called the Midas in Ohio that has done all the work on the car and they say it sounds very unlikely that they are rusted, considering that they inspected the system twice in the last few thousand miles. These guys are legit and have saved my friends and family a lot of money over the years, my parents have been going to them for nearly 30, so I don’t think that Midas has any incentive to lie.
I am wondering what you guys suggest? Being a broke college student, I can’t go all out on a brake package. I really want my Legacy to last me the next few years, and seeing that I am graduating, I’m sure that way more miles are going to be put on the car in the near future.
Sorry for the discombobulated post, I am just so stressed out over this whole situation!
I am a longtime site lurker, owner of a 99 SUS for the last 9 years. My dad also had a 95 LSi for 10 years, we love our Subaru cars!
For the last few years, however, I have had horrible luck with my brakes. My brakes were completely shot in 2006, and in August of that year, I had full service at Midas.
August 2006 – 76000 miles, full ceramic pads, new rotors and caliper service performed
Car spent August 06- May 07 as a garage queen in Florida
June 07 – 79k miles - CV Axle replaced because it spit grease on my brake pads, rear pads warrantied
August 07 – 82k miles – Full car service performed, brake fluid changed and inspected
August 07 – 83k miles – catalytic convertor replaced, brakes inspected once again and no issues found.
August 07 – Last week – 85k miles – Car has spent all fall/winter/spring in the Florida garage.
I took the car to the dealership to deal with the chronically spongy brake pedal. All the miles put on the car are miles driven on the highway between Florida and Ohio during May and August. The car has seen barely any rain and no snow or salt since the August 2006 brake job.
The dealership just called with an estimate for a 600-dollar brake job. 90 bucks each for rotors. The rotors are allegedly rusted, causing the spongy pedal. The pedal seemed to have a lot of free play, when I hit it all the way down, it brakes perfectly. There is virtually no braking power until that point, however.
At any rate, I see that through Subaru Parts sites the stock rotors are 60 bucks, and some brembo rotors are only 40 bucks from tire rack.
I called the Midas in Ohio that has done all the work on the car and they say it sounds very unlikely that they are rusted, considering that they inspected the system twice in the last few thousand miles. These guys are legit and have saved my friends and family a lot of money over the years, my parents have been going to them for nearly 30, so I don’t think that Midas has any incentive to lie.
I am wondering what you guys suggest? Being a broke college student, I can’t go all out on a brake package. I really want my Legacy to last me the next few years, and seeing that I am graduating, I’m sure that way more miles are going to be put on the car in the near future.
Sorry for the discombobulated post, I am just so stressed out over this whole situation!