I assumed that may be a possible cause as well but I never had that problem with the OEM rotors and pads before being swapped out. Never changed my driving style either but i did move from Texas to Hawaii. Environment play a factor? The car is currently at 93K miles and it only used OEM rotors and pads up until I swapped them out last year with the Z17 front and rear brake kit replacements.
Power Stop Z17 brake kit set at 30K miles
I had the Z17 brake kit (geomet rotors and pads) installed last year and have around 30K miles on them. I know the 3rd gen Mazda6 vehicles have brake issues but I'm surprised that a Japanese brand trying to go premium has rotors go bad this early in mileage compared to Toyota and Honda vehicles. My brakes started to create vibrations at highway speed braking and I only use this car as my daily driver. I'm trying out the Autozone Duralast semi coated rotors and Gold pads (the Gold rotors and Elite pads are not available in my state). I figure it'll wear uneven again and at least swap them out under their warranty. Anyone else have similar issues or better mitigations for daily?
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I just did a full rotor and pad job on the car yesterday. I guess the Z17 brake kit (rotor and pads) did their job. It could of been a combination of issues that caused the parts to prematurely wear incorrectly. I noticed some of the guide pins were stiff (cleaned up and used the correct lube) and both front piston gaskets were damaged (probably from the previous owner or shop that last did the brake job). With Hawaii stop and go traffic within 10 miles, brakes will get beat up around here. I replaced them with Autozone rotors and Gold pads so at least I could get some "warranty replacements" if they do fail within a year. Going to be looking into front caliper replacements because there's no telling how bad those gaskets were torn nor the condition of the pistons inner sleeve. Parts are not easy to come by out here and 9/10 times have to pay an exorbitant amount of money to ship a simple part out here. Amazon doesn't even ship a lot of things out either compared to the mainland so that option is very limited as well.
Here's some photos of the uneven pad wear, cracks and pitting on the Z17 rotors and pads. Hopefully by doing the brake job myself will produce a better outcome compared to what was done before. Also, I don't think the geomet coatings lasted as long as they should have, even living here under island conditions.
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Here's some photos of the uneven pad wear, cracks and pitting on the Z17 rotors and pads. Hopefully by doing the brake job myself will produce a better outcome compared to what was done before. Also, I don't think the geomet coatings lasted as long as they should have, even living here under island conditions.
To make more things interesting, the wife just sent me this when she was trying to go to work. It wasn't like that before and decided to pop up one week after the brake job.
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As far as I know, I did the maintenance correctly. Even put it in maintenance mode for the rear brakes.
As far as I know, I did the maintenance correctly. Even put it in maintenance mode for the rear brakes.
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