Warranty on Monaro brakes

[EssexHSV]

Hi All,
I was reading on the VXR online forum and read that a few guys have had front and rear brakes replaced on the VXR8's
Do you think ill have a chance in hell getting my front disks replaced on my Ro under warranty?
Has anyone on here been successful in getting warranty to replace there Ro's from disk?

[2blackhats]

Discs seem to be a bit of a bone of contention. Some people have had success getting warranty replacements, others not. Personally I would tend to be pessimistic as strictly speaking discs are consumables. But, hey, you never know....if you can prove they're made of chalk and not fit for purpose, you may have a chance.

[EssexHSV]

2blackhats said:

Discs seem to be a bit of a bone of contention. Some people have had success getting warranty replacements, others not. Personally I would tend to be pessimistic as strictly speaking discs are consumables. But, hey, you never know....if you can prove they're made of chalk and not fit for purpose, you may have a chance.

I think mine are made from chocolate lol so i think ill give it a go. Nothing to loose then really
I did complain about them when the car had only done 5000 miles or less.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

EssexHSV said:

Hi All,
I was reading on the VXR online forum and read that a few guys have had front and rear brakes replaced on the VXR8's
Do you think ill have a chance in hell getting my front disks replaced on my Ro under warranty?
Has anyone on here been successful in getting warranty to replace there Ro's from disk?

Hiya
The answer is it depends on the dealer. We had ours done under warranty at Slaters Colwyn Bay with no problems at all although Lookers in Brum said there was no way. Phone around mate. PM me if you want any more details

[monkfish1]

2blackhats said:

Discs seem to be a bit of a bone of contention. Some people have had success getting warranty replacements, others not. Personally I would tend to be pessimistic as strictly speaking discs are consumables. But, hey, you never know....if you can prove they're made of chalk and not fit for purpose, you may have a chance.

Id suggest the problem is the pad specification rather than the disc. Discs dont fail on their own.

[essexhsv]

monkfish1 said:

2blackhats said:

Discs seem to be a bit of a bone of contention. Some people have had success getting warranty replacements, others not. Personally I would tend to be pessimistic as strictly speaking discs are consumables. But, hey, you never know....if you can prove they're made of chalk and not fit for purpose, you may have a chance.

Id suggest the problem is the pad specification rather than the disc. Discs dont fail on their own.

I can see small cracks all around the disc and they shake and make quite a bit of noise when im doing 150 plus or should i say 120 and above.
You can have a look at the Sunday if you like at Ace.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

I'm guessing that my bit of information was of no use to you then.

[stigmundfreud]

Bonnie and Clyde said:

EssexHSV said:

Hi All,
I was reading on the VXR online forum and read that a few guys have had front and rear brakes replaced on the VXR8's
Do you think ill have a chance in hell getting my front disks replaced on my Ro under warranty?
Has anyone on here been successful in getting warranty to replace there Ro's from disk?

Hiya
The answer is it depends on the dealer. We had ours done under warranty at Slaters Colwyn Bay with no problems at all although Lookers in Brum said there was no way. Phone around mate. PM me if you want any more details

did you ever get your seats done? IF not get them done whilst you still can

[Bonnie and Clyde]

stigmundfreud said:

Bonnie and Clyde said:

EssexHSV said:

Hi All,
I was reading on the VXR online forum and read that a few guys have had front and rear brakes replaced on the VXR8's
Do you think ill have a chance in hell getting my front disks replaced on my Ro under warranty?
Has anyone on here been successful in getting warranty to replace there Ro's from disk?

Hiya
The answer is it depends on the dealer. We had ours done under warranty at Slaters Colwyn Bay with no problems at all although Lookers in Brum said there was no way. Phone around mate. PM me if you want any more details

did you ever get your seats done? IF not get them done whilst you still can

No never got them done, saying that they'd said they'd fixed them twice. We'll just get Monkfish to sort it when we get down there. At least they know what there doing

[vr6man]

I had the dreaded brake judder (front and rear) and I had my discs and pads replaced. I paid for the pads and the discs and labour were done under warranty. this was at picadors.

[monkfish1]

essexhsv said:

monkfish1 said:

2blackhats said:

Discs seem to be a bit of a bone of contention. Some people have had success getting warranty replacements, others not. Personally I would tend to be pessimistic as strictly speaking discs are consumables. But, hey, you never know....if you can prove they're made of chalk and not fit for purpose, you may have a chance.

Id suggest the problem is the pad specification rather than the disc. Discs dont fail on their own.

I can see small cracks all around the disc and they shake and make quite a bit of noise when im doing 150 plus or should i say 120 and above.
You can have a look at the Sunday if you like at Ace.

Can do if you want. Cracks are usually heat induced, so at some point they have been given a very hard time. Not a failing of the disc as such though.

Edited by monkfish1 on Saturday 24th January 13:02

[cv8 mike]

vr6man said:

I had the dreaded brake judder (front and rear) and I had my discs and pads replaced. I paid for the pads and the discs and labour were done under warranty. this was at picadors.

I bought mine with new front discs/pads and 2000 miles later i have the steering wheel judder more so at high speeds. This happened after the car had sat for a week.

[anonymous-user]

The standard brakes on CV8 and VXR are shite. You can replace them as many times as you like and the same thing will happen eventually. The only way to cure it for good and add decent stopping power is to fit APs.