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Originally Posted by jconnolly1119
Thanks for all the info Dave. I do have one question about the bedding process though. If I bed the brakes and then take the car up to the dealership to document the problem for a warranty issue, are they going to look at the amount of pad material on the rotors ( due to the bedding process ) and claim that this IS abuse by the owner. I know alot of dealerships really don't know much more than we do about these cars and DC has never had a car come with a brake system like this ( or at least that I'm aware of). I'm just afraid I'll bed the brakes and some yahoo at the dealership will look at the rotors and go "what the hell have you been doing to this car?"
I guess what I really need to know is "what should we do first?" By the way, my car has 530 miles on it right now.
Thanks Dave
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The bedding process puts a very light gray haze on the rotors. It's what all rotors are supposed to look like. Unfortunately, most people don't know to do this, so they end up with uneven transfer or no transfer at all. Often they end up with a judder problem as a result and they end up thinking their rotors are "warped." Replacing the rotors does make the problem go away, but unfortunatly also reinforces their faulty mental model of what really happened. For those who want to read more, check out:
http://www.stoptech.com/whitepapers/...otors_myth.htm
To answer your question, I would say go ahead and try the bedding process. The transfer layer is subtle and the dealers are unfamilier enough with this car that they won't have a clue. They aren't sophisticated enough to look for it and it they were, they would also know that it's a
good thing. Whatever you do, don't bring up the bedding process to an uneducated service advisor, since they are going to be looking for any way to not have to deal with this. I could just see one of those guys latching on to this and using it against you.
One more thing. I expect these pads are so abrasive when cold that they will chew away any transfer layer put down by the bedding process. These things seem to behave like track pads rather than street pads.
