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Originally posted by 2002t4rlewis
i changed the pads and rotors not even a year ago
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Though not expected, it is not unheard of for rotors to fail much sooner than one would think should be normal. If you do a search on warped rotors, you will find quite a lot of info on this. Some people seem to get good life from their front pads and rotors, and others are replacing them much sooner than what I would consider to be 'normal'. And the possible reasons for premature rotor failure depend on several different variables. Did you replace the pads and rotors with OEM, or after market? (not that I think all after market parts are necessarily bad). Do you use your brakes hard? Do you live in an area where you might get the brakes/rotors hot from use, then drive through cold water or slush which might cause a rotor to warp because of the abrupt temp change? Did the person that installed the new pads/rotors install them correctly? Did the wheels get installed using an air wrench and get over-torqued? Possibly the calipers have a frozen piston or two, which could cause the front pads to not release completely and overheat the rotors?
Since you are not the original owner, you probably don't know for sure if the pads and rotors were already changed once or more time before you got it. You indicated that you put about 24k miles on it in one year. Is that mostly highway driving, or a lot of stop 'n go in traffic. It is going to be hard to pin down the cause of the warped rotors without more information.