Toyota - Camry :: Rear Caliper Piston Is Frozen?

I have an '04 Toyota solar a. In 2012 I replaced the rear calipers and rear break pads and rotors Now 18 months later I have been told that my rear caliper piston is frozen and I have to replace both calipers and beak pad and rotors. Does this sound reasonable. It will cost me another $600. What should I do

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Phaeton :: Headlight Washer Covers Not Retracting Fully

The bumper cover on my car was replaced due to deer damage. I just noticed the headlight washer covers don't retract themselves all the way unless I give them a little push by hand. Can this issue be fixed?

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Prius (2010-12) :: Found Caliper Piston Boot Torn When Changing Brakes

Was replacing the rear brakes on my Mom's 2010 Prius II and found a tiny tear in the piston dust boot on the driver side. The piston still moves freely. I was hoping the boot could be replaced without removing the piston but from reading the repair manual on the brakes it specifically says the boot must be placed on the piston before the piston is installed.

So now I'm debating on what to do. I can rebuild the caliper for almost nothing but I can't bleed the brakes because of the Prius' system. I would have to take it to the dealer afterwards and not sure about driving it there. Do things could be damaged with air in the system?

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Golf IV R32 :: Wheel Is Hard To Rotate When Car Is On The Lift - Front Caliper Piston Size?

One of the caliper does not fully retract when I don't push the brake, the wheel is hard to rotate when the car is on the lift.

I pretty sure it is the square ring the problem.

I know that those square ring worth only a couple of bucks.

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Santa FE SM (2001-06) :: Driver Side Rear Brake Piston Stuck

My '03 3.5 has the driver side rear brake piston stuck. Tried the C clamp but no movement. Short of replacing the entire caliper...

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Golf IV / Jetta IV :: Sticking Left Rear Caliper

So I just did my rear brake pads and rotors a few days ago. For the last few months, my e brake hadn't been working well (have to pull it way up, and still weak).

While doing the brakes, I noticed the park brake arm was more or less seized on the left rear. I worked it a bit, and then my park brake worked perfect - 4 or 5 clicks, right on.

Then I noticed it isn't disengaging (brake smoke). I figured the ratcheting mechanism in the piston must be kaput.

So today I got a new (reman) caliper & bracket, installed it, and... still sticking. Cables are fine, the arm is moving fine. I'm now certain that the problem must be hydraulic, but what?

I would think that a master cylinder or booster would cause all the brakes to drag, or at least one axle worth, but that isn't the case. After a short spin on the freeway with little brake use, 3 of the brakes show 40 - 45C or so, and the sticking one shows 150C. (with an infrared thermometer).

During the brake job I noticed the left side was harder to turn in than the right, so I guess that could have been hydraulic back pressure somehow. Didn't seem to notice any damage to the hoses, they look pretty mint. master cylinder still?

I did the rear bearings at the same time. The bearing on the left was bone dry, probably from overheating in the past - I'm sure this POS stuck at some other time too, overheated and lost its grease. right side was fine but I figured might as well do them both.

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Golf V R32 :: Rear Caliper Bolt Part Number?

According to the repair manual, you need to replace item 3, a Torque to Yield bolt, when removing the caliper. What is the part VW part number?

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Golf IV R32 :: Rear Caliper Seized When Disengage Emergency Brake

My caliper gets seized when I disengage the emergency brake.

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Prius (2004-09) :: One Rear Brake Caliper Not Braking Properly

I have a 2007 Prius gen II with 50,000 miles on it. I took it for MOT ministry of transport annual test and it failed on rear brakes. The near side puled 82kg the off side puled 242kg I puled the pads and copper slipped the pads and sliders the piston pushed bake with ease reassembled them and re tested them witch increased the near side by 5kg. How did you rectify it.

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Ford Excursion :: Rear Brake Caliper Line Installation?

Routine maintenance gone wrong.

Installing rear brake line and failed to put on the rear washer and stripped out the bolt hole mostly. Will still unscrew and screw back in but not enough to stop a slow drip. Is there an easy repair or time for a new caliper? Thread tape is not brake fluid resistent.

If no repair, what brand should I go with? Are they all similar or MC better? Can get Fenco for $50 and MC for $100. A1 Cardone and ACD for about $75.

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Lexus RX 2010-15 :: Seatbelt Keeps Retracting And Locking When Using It

The passenger front belt on my new 450h has a weird behavior. It keeps retracting and locking when someone uses it. You can hear it ratcheting back. It even gets tighter if you exhale. Dealer replaced it once and the problem persists.

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Prius (2010-12) :: Brake Fluid Leaking From Rear Driver Caliper

I have a leak from the rear driver caliper, it seems to come from behind the bolts that hold the emergency brake to the caliper (I had my wife push the pedal repeatedly so I could find the issue). I haven't been able to remove the retaining bolts (the allen head bolt doesn't want to play) to see what the issue might be.

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Golf V R32 :: Caliper Bolts Missing On Driver Side Rear - Possible To Drive?

Is it possible to be able to Drive an R with the drivers side rear caliper bolts missing?

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Camry :: 2014 SE - Rear Passenger Side Brake Caliper Frozen Open

So, my right, rear, brake caliper froze in the open position a little while back; I hit the brake hard, it held, heard a clack, then it let go and stayed in the open (uncompressed) position. I lost some braking power but at least have been able to drive. No visible brake fluid leak, other three brakes working fine.

At 125K, I've decided to do a full brake job, and am about to search for some of the parts on the awesome stickied parts reference list up above. I'll hopefully find some parts are available at NAPA, where I'm also ordering the right side cv axle.

So, I'm only finding remanufactured brake calipers at NAPA. Are they decent or should I look for something new elsewhere?

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Ford Super Duty (1999-2016) :: Rear Brake Caliper Locked Up?

About a year ago, I had my right rear brake caliper lock up on my F350 dually. The shop said it can happen and replaced both rear calipers. Last week I started to hear something from the rear and within less than a a few days, before I could get to a shop the noise increased and when I looked the rotor had been gouged on the right rear.

I cannot see the left rear rotor to compare as the wheels don't line up on that side to see through. So my question is this. Could it be the caliper failure was a symptom and not the cause. Maybe a proportion valve or something that could affect the pressure on that one wheel.

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Santa FE SM (2001-06) :: 2003 - Rear Driver Side Brake Caliper Stuck Roughly

This is my second time posting for the same issue on a 2003 3.5L with 120,000+ miles. Rear driver side brake caliper is stuck again. I have replaced both rear calipers after the driver side stuck a few months back. So most likely the first time was caused by something else.

What else could be causing this? Brake line, master cylinder, or other? I did not replace any brake lines the last time this happened. Just calipers and pads.

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Lexus RX 2004-09 :: Stop Steering Wheel From Retracting When Insert Or Remove Key

How to disarm the auto steering wheel function on a 2004 rx330. I would like to stop the wheel from retracting every time I insert and remove the key. The manual says to contact the dealer.

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Ford Super Duty (1999-2016) :: Replaced 5th Time Rear Brake Caliper And Slider?

one of my f350 super duties has had the right rear brake caliper and slider replaced 4 times in less than a year. it has just gone for the fourth time today. i called ford who, after a long phone call, said it could be the metering valve. i have looked everywhere for this valve.....no luck. so i called them back and he said it was part of the HCU. after a few minutes, he finally told me it was also called the ABS module.

my question is..........can i just replace this metering valve or do i have to replace the whole unit?

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Ford Super Duty (1999-2016) :: 2001 F250 - Left Rear Caliper Starting To Hang Up Again?

I have for the 4th time in a little over a year developed another issue with a rear caliper hanging up last year i ended up replacing both rear calipers with reman. from NAPA. 3 months ago i had to replace the right rear again. Now currently i am having the left rear starting to hang up again. I've done a fluid flush and everything. I'm kind of at a loss. I don't normally have this much trouble with brakes. Some of the symptoms that go along with this are a spongy pedal and inconsistent brake feel just like when you have air in a line.

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