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I have a 2003 Mazda Tribute. Occasionally, when ...
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I have a 2003 Mazda Tribute. Occasionally, when applying the brakes on dry or wet pavement, I get a hard pulsating of the front brakes. The dealership cot the rotors to true them up, however after a week the same problem continued. What's up with that?

 

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2003 Mazda Tribute 3.0L

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Status:  Closed   Value: $10
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June 3 9:44 AM (4 minutes and 46 seconds later)
         
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The rotors may be too thin and warped all over again.The wheels may have been overtorqued and caused the problem to reoccur.You will most likely need new rotors at this point to correct the problem.Make sure the wheels are torqued properly this is very important.If they are not torqued evenly it will happen again.The calipers should be checked(and the pads)for binding issues also possibly causing the rotors to overheat.

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