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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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ok so my wife is driving my car becaus i am in Kuwait and she said my brakes were making a lot of noise so i told her to take it to break check....

so she did and they said that the pistons need to be rebuilt because of my fluid being bad (know the fluid not that old) they also said the brakes are fine just they are overheating,,,,due to the pistons being bad and bad fluid?

so i need i help there is obviosly not much i can do bcause i am not there so i ned to know if this is a common issue or should I have her pay the 300 bux to get the "problem" fixed.

the car is an 05 with 80,000 miles (roughly) on it. They said that the cost does not include replacing the brakes "if she wants to do that" i mean arent they suppose to tell her if they need replaced or not! REALLY irritated, help please.
Old Oct 18, 2008 | 11:17 PM
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if u obviously can check it by yourself and its a matter of a breaks which are an important part of a car i would take it to a dealership so they can look at it... thats my 2 cents
Old Oct 19, 2008 | 12:17 AM
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check it out by myself huh? Ya the dealership is my next choice to tell her but they are expensive for them jsut to look at it.
Old Oct 19, 2008 | 01:00 AM
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sorry dude wai i was trying to say was "cant" because of your situation... well i know it is expensive i think thats the best way.
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have you taken the rotors to get resurfaced, because i got mine done and the breaking was alot better than before.
Old Oct 22, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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ok so a buddy of mine took it to the same place and _____ed them out.....if you have a Just Brakes near you, i would try to stay away. They got Banned from Fl. and they are under investigation in SA, texas. Nothing was wrong with my brakes just need some TLC to the rotors. Thanks
Old Oct 23, 2008 | 01:42 AM
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yea i dont go there anymore, i used to when i had a buddy of mine working there as a manager. if they feel that you dont know whats going on, they will take you for all you got.

id just rather do it myself. which i did, replaced my rotors that only had 8K on them. went with slotted
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