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2000 Protege Grinding breaks
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givebeesachance
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May 23, 2007, 12:34 PM
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2000 Protege Grinding breaks
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So I got a standard 2000 Mazda Protege. 70000 Miles no major problems.
But then I decided to take a little drive through a Wyoming blizzard. Sparing the horror story of a Texan wedged between semi trucks in a pre dawn blizzard for 30 miles I'll just say that, at one point, I spun off the road.
It wasn't a bad accident I got going again pretty quickly but for the first few moments I was driving I felt like I was on a see-saw, my suspension bouncing up and down. Even after that wore off I could swear that every time I turned to the right my tail was sliding out just a little bit. From this point I had to drive over 1000 miles to get back home.
However, the worst of it was the grinding. Now, whenever I break there is a fierce grinding from the front axle. I also hear it to a much lesser extent at low speeds. It probably doesn't stop at higher speeds but is just over powered by the engine noise.
Finally, while I was driving the other day, I lost pressure in my breaks. It happened once then was fine, then it happened again a couple days later and was fine for the rest of the trip.
Any theories/ replacement costs would be much appriciated.
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Tom Greenleaf
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May 23, 2007, 1:46 PM
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Re: 2000 Protege Grinding breaks
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Howdy Tex! Welcome to Winter driving! Heck we can handle that here while talking on a cell phone, coiffing the "do" in the dimming vanity mirror and still have a hand to flip someone off!! Sorry - couldn't help it.
The snow on the side of the road can be just fluff or full of chunks of ice no better than rocks to your car. The first complaints that went away were probably packed up snow and ice in the wheel well which later melted but left its mark.
What probably happened is a dust shield to brakes got bent into the rotor and the flexible hose got torqued on badly with just symptoms at first then now probably a leak.
This has to get a brake and front end check and alignment. Tell the story so they will really look at the flex hoses or just replace them. They wouldn't be suspect so much with now missing snow.
This is a serious safety concern so don't wait. An alignment job alone could cost $70, brakes will be more if worn out and hoses and you'll have to ask when they find what has to be done.
Stay cool,
T
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givebeesachance
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May 27, 2007, 6:55 PM
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Re: 2000 Protege Grinding breaks
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Unfortunately, on my way to the garage to get my car fixed the breaks went out fully and I had to replace the calipers and everything. I should have stopped as soon as it started making noise but oh well. Thanks for the advice and now I have some of my own.
Don't wait.
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