hollywood91

I've just installed the K4015 package from Rock Auto. That's drilled and slotted rotors with ceramic pads. $260. for the set (4 rotors and 2 sets of pads) for the early 2012 models with the smaller brakes. I got this set as the rotors are plated, hopefully this will cut down on corrosion of the rotors which is a problem here in Ontario with salt on the roads. I have them properly broken in and after about 1000 miles, I am so far impressed with the improved braking. The car has about 20,000 miles and my reason for changing was corrosion on the rotors. The vehicle sits pretty much unused from April till November as a ride a motorcycle as much as possible during the summer. Last fall, I removed the rotors and had them refinished, this year the pads on the front were down enough that they would not have lasted the winter. Will check back in the spring and let everyone know how they are standing up.

I had a '05 and 06 Ford Escape with the same problem. Ford replaced the filler neck on the '06, but I had to make a lot of noise. I always fill myself and make sure that I slow down the flow when nearly full. I can usually get $8.00 to $10.00 in after the nozzle clicks off the first time. Its a common problem with a lot of new cars. Ed

I have had Dodge products for years and once had problems with pre-mature brake pad and rotor wear on my '94 Grand Caravan. Once the warranty period was over, I replaced with high quality aftermarket products. I currently drive a '12 Journey SXT/3.6. with about 15,000 km on it. I find it stops very well at this point with very little brake pedal pressure and none of the other problems that have been reported on this site. Usually fast wearing pads are made of softer materials. This will improve stopping distances and usually cause less wear on rotors. Harder pad material will last longer, but will require more pressure on the pedal to get the same stopping distance, resulting in higher temperatures on the rotors. This heat (and corrosion of the venting fins) is what is causing the rotors to warp. Most OEM and a lot of the aftermarket rotors are now coming from China with large variations in quality. I hope to get more than 30,000 km from the original set of brakes, but will not hesitate to replace with aftermarket whenever that time comes, warranty or not. At that time I will replace with high quality slotted and drilled rotors, but probably softer pads. I don't mind cleaning the dust of my wheels, they have to be washed anyway. Ed