2011edgese

Wait for a week. Look for low level again, if you do have a low level, you have a leak somewhere. If you don't have a low power steering issue no more then chances are you have a very small leak somewhere not to be too concerned about

If your fluid is low. Bad news. Leaking rack or high pressure hose leaks.

Btw.. I have a friend with a 2010 civic. Does the exact same thing. Hate it. I tried to find the bump noise, can't find it.

Lol. Yup... aholes will spray the shocks and charge you. The reuse your old shocks on their car. Some shops are soooo Aholes. Do this test. Push with all your weight on the shock area. If it's bouncy. . Bad sock. If it glides back up with no bounce, good shock.

Sounds like it's on the inside of the car. Simple fix I think. Grab wd40. Stick you head under the dash. Spray on all the u joints or joints that are on the steering column. Which ever ones you see. . Spray. See if that gets rid of it. It goes away after a few minutes because it warms up. So material expands. What ever is clicking, tightens up.

Lol. With my luck. I'm going to tumble over a hill.

Good info ls! It's a good read for sure. Now. .. In 6 months I'll check the pads again and if they ate wearing uneven on the same caliper, then there's something up with the caliper or must likely a hydrolic issue. Then I hunt more. But what's up with lots of dealers saying its normal on these type of cars? But I suspect maybe a slight wear difference is considered normal. Not a extreme 1% wear and 40% wear pads. But on the good news, brakes are 100 feel good and no noise. I didn't change or had the rotors surfaced. Just did a good cleaning and lubing and rebending slightly the clips for a snugger fit to the calipers.

Ls..... yes, I'm aware of these steps and did everything but user a torque wrench on the caliper. Also. .. These are factory brakes. So you can eliminate warpage or improper torque. All the outer rear pads were around 50 to 60%. But the inner pads were a lot low. D.s. was the worst at 1 percent. While the passenger was at around 15%. What ever did this, I think is resolved with the brake job. The brakes feels really good. And there is absolutely no drag on either wheels. I jacker up both wheels on several occasions to make sure. I'm guessing a little of how the brake system works with a few other factors combining to possible binding. Like the clips not snugging as good. The pins not gliding as efficient and maybe even some debris lodged in the pads. Everything combined. When I did do the job, there was no noticable corrosion no where. Pins where gliding and floating nicely. And no drag on the wheel before I even took the wheel off. So its odd. That's why I'm leaning towards what lots of people have mentioned. It's normal to see this on these node brake systems. Also. .. im one of those crazies that do open the bleeder to push the caliper piston in. Lol. I can just visualize pushing tiny dirty particles up the abs module or passed sensors. Im firm with opening the bleeder! And yes. .. bleed afterwards. Some people say its not necessary, but on some cars it is. This is one of them.

Here's a interesting post. Guy with a 07 civic had uneven rear pad wear. Dealer told him its 3 possibilities in this car. 1: air in the line 2: I forgot 3: braking lightly. One wheel will get slightly more pressure that the others by nature. This was from the Honda dealer . So there's so many opinions! That's why it would be nice to get the core details how this system works.

Ahhh I see. Good info. I have the fwd. I'm guessing stability control function doing the work then. It would be very nice to get the data on the edges brake system. Like what does what and when. I've come across some posts of some brake systems using the rears to show down at Highway speeds. But in city driving, the crimes are used more. But this was for a different car manufacture. Anyone have this precise data from Ford? I don't think alldata would go into details. also in my case.... D.S rear was the most unevenly worn. The P.S. was unevenly worn but not that extreme. And fronts were meaty and evenly.

Heres a post.. But for a 2006 Chrysler car.... This is pretty much what I've come across and told. "However the rear brakes will always be given a little extra force when going in a straight line at any speed and will deactivate the rear boost when in any turn. 4ETS, ESP, ABS, EBA and Electronic Brake Force Distribution do strange things under different driving conditions resulting in uneven brake wear which is normal for the ML's"

But giving it a deep thought. It should not be very uneven. I sure there's other factors making it more pronounced.

http://brainonboard.ca/safety_features/active_safety_features_traction_control.php ecm with wheel sensors activate module pumps to increase brakes without the driver knowing. Pretty much what I suspected. Now. .. personally, I think the caliper system should be redesigned to eliminate the uneven wear. How? Don't know. Few ideas but to long to write.

That's my understanding as well. That's why I'm leaning towards is a design issue that has not changed. And that is the problem. Manufactures are implementing these new features on cars and ignoring to integrate others with them so they work in conjuction without flaws. Remember. .. traction control reduces wheel speed. Only way to do that is to apply brake pressure. Unless I'm wrong on that. But if traction control is constantly used to maintain optimal grip on all wheels on all turns, I can see the uneven wear easily. Google "uneven rear brake pads". There's millions of people with this now. And almost all of them are suv or ctossovers. Plenty of lexus and Mercedes aswell. And most people are told the thingI was told by my tech friend. It's the new brake system. Rats are eaten up gadget now and uneven due to traction control always regulating wheel spin.

Interesting. If any of you take it to the dealer and find out. .. Let us know

I know. They should! I don't know why myself. But this is a very common thing now on these cars. Not only just Ford, other manufactures as well. I personaly think it's the design. Not optimal. That's what I think. Most dealers are telling customers that is normal on these cars now. I'm just glad I'm not the only one. Lol. When I did mines, I noticed nothing unusual about everything.

Race cars have equal pads. But we aren't driving race cars I know. But as the tech progresses, all cars will have same set up all around.

Not all cars. Some new modern brake system have equal pads now.

Lol!

Sorry. .. I should have typed in inner pads instead of center pads. so those are the pads on the inside of the car not the pad closest to the rim

Jay found out that these cars are designed to put morebraking power on the rears first to eliminate the nose dip.

Wait. . No camber? What if it needs it?

okay I found out the problem. In which is not a problem. And is normal.I reached out to a tech friend who works on all types of cars. And he gave me the clear explanation that completely makes sense and why ford says its normal as well.if you have a vehicle, especially a SUV or crossover, and you have traction control, with the brake system designed to put more pressure on the rears then the fronts to eliminate the nose dip, then you will have uneven brake pad wear on the rears specially the center Pads. It is the fundamental design of it with traction control. So now I am very happy. Makes sense to me, what do you all think? Alsoread on how traction control works and I believe you will be convinced yourself

Check your pads if they have been done recently. The rear pads have a notch on them that you are supposed to align to the caliper bore.

lol. Should have wrote that a gremlin flew out of the insulator. just realized a mod wrote a note under my post. Lol. Well... I survived the ban.