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Originally Posted by dclark2171
My warranty is long expired on my 2013 Limited. I have over 250K and the truck runs great. However, I've decided to stop messing with the dealership for service.
1. When turning extremely left, weird rubbing noise (nothing visible)
2. Brakes have a rubbing noise and sometimes happen when the brakes are not applied.
I need break service plus the turning issue addressed. Has anyone had any experience with a nondealer service center in Columbus Ohio? Plus, anyone to avoid?
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Hi dclark2171,
I have a 2012 4Runner Limited. My 1'st question is, are you running over-size tires... i.e., 275/55R 20s; which is what I'm running; No Lift(?)! I have N/P with rubbing though! The next thing that I had trouble with is, Rusty Front brake-pad sliding pins/Rod Hardware! One day I was running on I-95; I was doing about 85 mph, which felt fine with the Good-Year Eagle LS-II's I'm using!
This Runner still has only 27,800 Miles on it "TODAY"; but RUST... is a Huge Problem with the 5'th 4Runner; especially, like in the salt-belt near where you live! So coming off of I-95, when I hit the brake (at 85mph), the steering wheel starting shaking HARD! And right then I knew my rotors were warped! But I NEVER Noticed it before that day!
So I took it to my local Good-Year tire/front-end shop, where an ole buddy still works; I used to be an auto mechanic back in the '80s and we used to work together! So he pulled the wheels off, came and got me, and showed me that the rotors had turned
BLUE from the heat (so they warped, badly).
They were too thin to lathe, so I was out for New pads, New Hardware, and two New Rotors... $600.00 bucks with labor! I'm telling you this bc yours may be making noise; which mine didn't do... at all! You could even check them yourself, if you have the time. Pull the Front tires off and look at the rotors; if they're Blue in color, and if the brake-pads are really worn!
~rig~ Best to you dclark2171!