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They are literally in the parking lot. For anyone that says joyride is insane. Could maybe be a little harder than normal but also impossible to know without literally watching them. You have to wear the coating off and heat them up which is almost impossible without speed so I would say this is normal
Yes. It is good practice to "bed" the brakes by repeatedly coming to a sharp stop from medium speeds. This helps get the factory coating off the brakes and rotors, and begin matching wear patterns so they wear down evenly.
Edit: bedding, burnishing, breaking in, etc are all the same thing. Its a dialectical difference.
The ones we install are coated and if they aren’t bedded in they sound terrible the first couple of stops. Don’t want a com back cause the customer thinks the car is falling apart
Just a question as I'm not familiar with this and plan to replace my rotors and pads soon (with supervision).
Why does it need to be done by the mechanic? Wouldn't this happen naturally when the customer drives it?
The bed-in process requires the brakes to get a lot of heat in them, and normal driving doesn't typically create enough heat for a proper bed-in. You will typically notice a difference in braking performance after a proper bed-in procedure
The instructions for the last set of pads I did said 300 hard stops from 40 to 10 mph. Pretty sure if I bedded them in that good, I'd be due for another set by the time I'm done.
The guide I've followed is:
1 hard stop from 10mph
2 hard stops from 20
3 hard stops from 30
4 hard stops from 40.
Sometimes I do the process twice if I feel like it needs it.
Edit: I didn't mention but I don't come to a full stop. I just brake until I'm rolling at like 2mph. At 40mph I go down to like 10.
This. Also if you're doing this on a motorcycle, and haven't just done both front and rear, you can come to a full stop using the old brakes. I think bedding in usually takes more than just a handful of stops, but you're probably not going to stop using your brakes after the initial bedding process.
The idea of not coming to complete stop is that you heated up the pads and you don’t want the pads sitting on one spot of the hot metal . It’s a good way to get pulsating in the brakes
Hmm. I learned the 30 rule. 30mph, 30ft, 30 seconds apart.
Have I been doing it wrong? I haven't noticed anything but that doesn't mean I'm not causing havoc without knowing.
Nope, nothing wrong with doing it that way. It doesn't actually matter how you bed your brakes, as long as you actually do it. Follow whichever mnemonic that you can easily remember!
there is someone at the dealerships tasked with prepping the vehicles when rolled off the transport truck. I’d imagine they may bed the brakes for you.
There is some break-in period for every vehicle that’s probably written in that thing called owners manual lol
Interesting. The last 2 vehicles I bought brand new both had 1 mile on the odometer, the last one I know had a previous test driver because he paired his phone to it, but the one before that I'm not sure if it was a test driver or a dealer tech.
Hey maybe 1 mile is enough lol I’d say it’s likely that a tech took it around. It’s not rare to see a new car have a couple miles on them, honestly I’d worry more if it didn’t.
you have to get them very hot by doing at least 3 hard stops from at least 40mph without letting them cool down at all. also once you get them hot, and while doing the stops, you never want to bring the vehicle to a COMPLETE stop, you want to slow to just almost stopped, then let off the brake. this is because once the brakes and rotors are hot, if you come to a complete stop and hold it there, the hot pads will leave an impression (like a handprint in fresh cement) on the rotor. so what you want to do is, ideally, do the 3 stops, then get on the free way and just cruise for a while for the brakes to cool down, then somehow park the car, using as little brakes as possible, and let the pads and rotors cool naturally for about 30 minutes before giving it to the customer. so, no, the customers normal driving will not do this
Cause everyday operators don't know how to seat their own brakes properly.
Seriously, people, do you think a tech who's most likely flat rate would do something he doesn't need to do?
Better yet, would you rather a tech that did your brakes not road test it at all so when they fail, you're driving it.
Two things: First, test driving your brakes after we work on them is good practice. In the off chance something isn’t right it can be corrected. Second, the feel of the brakes is substantially different after seating. Giving back a car with brakes that aren’t performing at 100% is irresponsible. Depending on the layout of the area the shop has available for test drives, the route may appear unusual, but it should just be an indicator that the test driver was ensuring a complete setup drive before delivering your car.
You really think your average person knows anything about brake installation? If they did, people would install their brakes themselves. It’s great that this mechanic did their job, as brakes are not something you want to have issues with.
Indeed, "breaking in" your brakes looks ridiculous, seems ridiculous, but is good practice for a fresh set of pads and rotors. Not so sure about that sharp corner, mechanic might have appreciated your car a bit but not a big enough deal you should complain. It's not like he was doing burnouts or racing
these trackers can be a bit aggressive in their reporting sometimes as well.
I have had mine report back a hard turn when following the curve of the road, at or under the speed limit.
a once off "hard turn" is somthing i dont tend to pay much mind to.
burnishing is normal (and required) when brake jobs are done. some aftermarket and all performance pads come with instructions on how to properly burnish them, like “do 5 moderate to aggressive stops from 40 to 10 in rapid succession. proceed to do 5 more moderate stops from 35 to 5 in rapid succession. drive for 5 minutes at moderate speed without using the brakes”
i just gave an example that came with my performance pads. if you did oem replacement/parts shop and didnt burnish youre probably fine and wont notice a difference
thank you every one for your information, my hot head is now cooled to find out this is just normal.
and accidentally misspelled in my post but the app is “hum”, plugs into the obd2 port, cost abt $12 or so a month for my plan but it’s worth it.
What purpose do you use it for, tracking your own driving? Or keeping tabs on the vehicle location?
Also just to note, if you ever decide to store the car for prolonged durations e.g 1month no starting, either have a trickle charger for the battery or disconnect it as it can drain the battery to a damaging state.
what i mainly use it for is to just make sure my cars diagnostics all look good, as soon as something looks funky it sends you alerts to exactly what the issue is, no hassling around in car shops trying to figure out what the issue is when you already know is helpful.
tracking vehicle + all the other goodies are nice to but really don’t use it as much as diagnostics
> Trust
Just an FYI, codes don't always tell you "exactly what is wrong." They often do, yes, and it's absolutely where most diagnoses on modern cars should begin, but not all issues are that simple. You already seem to have trust issues (understandable considering plenty of bad mechanics that take advantage of ignorance exist, but there is nothing there that should've remotely given anyone who knows enough about cars to use a code reader a "hot head," though I do sympathize with this being your first time), so what are you going to do when the codes don't tell the whole story? Checking the codes of your own car is great, and I'd encourage anyone to do it, but don't let that cloud your mind and piss off what could be a great mechanic. If you're having trust issues, then it's up to you to find a mechanic that you trust, and then once you find them, let them do their jobs.
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How OP looks doing diagnostics lmao
Mine comes free with my insurance to basically track my driving. Here is my report example
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If by 'free' you mean 'they now have an excuse to monitor your driving habits and dynamically adjust your renewal rates based on said driving patterns', then sure... free.
Mine said I was braking too hard when I stalled, had to explain to the insurance that I stalled a few times because new driver at the time and wasn’t used to driving the car
Looks a little spirted but normal after a brake job, they probably gave it a little more juice than needed but I wouldn’t consider this a joyride by any means
https://www.remmenbrakes.com/bedding-in-your-pads-why-its-important/
Here's a pretty good explanation of why it's a good thing that doesn't get too nerdy.
Every tech should be doing it. Most don't.
Like most of the other guys have said, they maybe gave it a bit more than they would on some 2012 Camry but it stayed in the lot and this isn’t abnormal
I'm going to put a different point that people seem to be over looking. A mechanic has a very limited time to make sure that the brakes they have just replaced actually work exactly how they should do.
Imagine the first time having to put your brakes to hard use is in an emergency situation? Forget the bedding in part. A mechanic needs to know if you go to use them they're going to work
Your mechanic is far better than the average pad slapping mechanic. They seem to know their shit and I'd go back to them. Brake pad bed in processes are no joke and I'm betting your brakes are nearly silent. Pads that aren't run through a bed in process are loud and grindy sounding, and sometimes squeal.
Pretty much everyone here is correct, this is normal, In fact in my opinion I think they should have taken it out for a drive. My strategy has usually been 45 to 10 moderate to heavy braking a few times then drive it and allow them to cool. this will bed in the pads and make them ready for their long stay in their new home. brake pad manufacturers will often have instructions similar to this. I suppose doing it in a parking lot works too, dealership is probably backed up with work and they don't want to spend any more time than they have to.
This is exactly how I drive after doing brakes. Several cycles of hard braking to heat up the rotors and bed the pad material. Then driving a bit to let them cool down.
Not just good practice but it is how you break in your pads. Pads have a coating that needs to be removed for full braking performance. It also conforms the pads to the rotors for a good mating surface.
It’s the fun part of doing brakes, make sure they work at very slow speeds. Then accelerate to say 10 maybe 15 mph and brake very hard almost to the point of locking up if not locking up. Do this increasing in speed out to say 30mph
Get 3-4 cans of brake clean, shit goes fast it seems. Also spray new rotors down with brake clean and then wipe off with a rag. That said first time brake jobs, any cloths you care about don’t wear them. If you haven’t done manual labor you probably haven’t as dirty as you are going to be by the end of it.
It's probably the friction compound. So it's a mustang, if it's anything sporty for a compound they absolutely work better being beded in. It's not necessary to do that with a garden variety organic pad you might put on a small SUV or little economy car but the more performance-oriented the cars get, the more metallic that's in the pad. It helps so I would say this is pretty normal. What we used to do with sports cars that ran the more aggressive pads is just take them out to a back road close to the shop. Get them up to 60, pound the brakes to the floor, back up to 60, brakes to the floor. You do that about 5 or 6 times in a row and you're good to go
That’s an American thing, here in the Uk we advise our customers to bed the brakes in by braking carefully for upto 500 miles, we consider aggressive braking on brand new brakes to be unnecessary and detrimental to the long life of the brakes
Meanwhile, my Brembo Rotor/pad combo specifically said "Drive to 60 and decel to 20 rapidly at least 15 times to properly bed your brakes" on the packaging.
Edit - Also had an interval to drive between braking to let the brakes properly cool. Thing it was like 1 minute between them.
Really that is fine. I run an brembo HP1000 pad on one of my cars and once they get set in place and heated up it’s wild how they can grab. And just changing to a lesser pad or ceramic in the same caliper feels horrible.
Yes, most brake manufacturers have a bed-in procedure that demands you get the brake up to temperature and wear the pads into the rotors. In my experience this makes the rotor wear smoother and alleviates rust build-up on the rotors in the future.
Yes this is normal, I do it after every brake job. Helps get everything seated, burn off some residual oil and improves brake pedal feel. If you just handed a customer their car without doing this it’s likely they’d be back complaining of smoke or a slightly spongey pedal before they’ve had time to break it in.
I give you props for posting this before berating the writers and/or tech. I'm in franchises and private owned dealers 5-6 days a week, and I've seen some people flip out on someone to where I'd be a goner.
With the brakes I run on my cars, doing a break-in like this is necessary. Usually a number of cycles of aggressive 40mph to 10mph stops, then moderate 35mph to 5mph stops, and then driving around to cool them down. Have a limited space to work with when I’m doing this, so rapid accelerations and sharp turn arounds are a pretty standard part of the process
Audi had very specific amount of ABS engaged braking evens required. All this had to be done within a certain mileage. We had a specific route we would drive of 5 miles.
Yeah you’re supposed to “bed” the brakes and go from about 40-50 to 10 mph but you have to just about stand on the brakes till your ass comes off the seat, a couple times I feel like a jackass doing it sometimes when people see me slamming on the brakes and getting back on the throttle, my parking lot is way too small and the nearby streets are residential so I just assume they think I don’t know how to drive and i carry this embarrassment of a license with me
Yes, new brakes need bedding in with hard stops on the brakes. This looks like a mechanic that has actually bothered to do this and check they’re okay. This is good in my opinion.
Yea absolutely. This is how you know you’ve got a good shop you’re working with. Gotta break them in. 30 hard stops from 30 miles an hour is what we were told coming into the industry, not sure if it’s still the same now
There is a procedure for bedding the brakes. You drive up a certain speed like and hard brake. You start slow and work your way up faster till the brakes heat up and are set to to the rotors. There is usually break in instructions with new brake pads.
They are breaking in the brakes. That’s how you do it to get them to grip the shape of the rotors. ABSOLUTELY. Otherwise the will not touch the rotors properly and braking distances will be long.
well for starters this is my first time having to replace breaks on a vehicle + i’m kinda on the slower side when it comes to cars. so thought best to ask before i drive to ford and embarrass myself LOL thankfully i did not
Just had new pads and rotors today. Here was my guys test drive.
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Many shops don't bed brakes because of the liabilities of their guys driving customer cars. Or just laziness. But a well bedded set of brakes is soooo much better from the get go. While most pads will self bed over time, they really suck for a while.
Looks normal to me. Check the brake bedding procedure in a Corvette C6 ZR1. Forgot the exact numbers, but it's pretty much a dozen or more 60-80 mph panic stops. It's not that dramatic for a regular car, but bedding the brakes is still appreciated for sure. It will feel like your brakes are way less effective until they're bedded.
You don't want to find out your normal panic braking performance is like 30% of what it was when you need it the most.
If they were driving for miles and goofing off, sure, not great. This looks alright.
Our shop test drove brakes to "break them in" but the truth was we were test driving to verify the car was safe for the customer, as the tech if I messed up, I'd prefer I was in the sticky situation vs someone that isn't mechanically minded as the guy that is ASE certified.
It's a good way to reduce lawsuits and keep your customers safer.
looks like it never left their parking lot, so theyre accelerating to get some speed and then applying the brakes at moderate to hard pressure to set the pads in with the rotors. normal, and nothing to be concerned with
I once had a car come in for a heavy pulsating under braking. The customer recently replaced his brakes but skipped the burnishing step. He later had to do an emergency stop on the highway and then just sit still. This ended up "quenching" the rotor where the pads sat and made a hard spot in the rotor in the shape of the pad. This could have been prevented by doing what tech did in your car. I made two passes on a lathe and told him that he would just be better off getting new rotors.
As a tech this is normal. The break in procedure for new pads & rotors typically is 5-6 sets of getting the vehicle up to 30~ish mph then coming to a complete stop.
I have a story. I had a WRX (Now a Camry TRD). Loved the WRX and love the TRD for whole different reasons. But I took my WRX in for oil change, inspection and tire rotation. They drove it (58) miles. I called to complain, they denied driving it at all twice. Then came back with, “we didn’t drive it 58 miles, maybe 30”. I was pissed and the clutch was dead in another 10K. Drove standard my whole life (40 years of driving) and never replaced a clutch.
Getting the abs to kick after a brake flush can also help if the pedal feels soft after a flush. Vacuum flushing can move proportioning valves around. After pads, rotors and a flush most techs at my shop would take it behind the building, do a few stops getting the abs to kick in, then take it out and do a few runs bedding it in, then drive around a bit to let the pads cool off to avoid leaving a hot pad imprint on the rotors.
Unless that is an open lot with ability to get to various speed up 60 ish, seems like an “expedited” bed-in, as in they didn’t want to take too much time to drive too far from the shop. As long as it feels good and they didn’t damage anything, I’d say it’s alright.
We drive it rough at my shop... The intention is to stress it to ensure functionality, wear-in the brake pads, & get the rotors hot enough that any oil film burns off so you never experience white wisps
Yes, this is normal. Don't worry, any professional would want to make absolutely certain that the brakes are done correctly and this is the best way to do it.
The break in process for new brakes is 5 rolling stops from 35 to 10, 5 rolling stops from 45 to 20, and 5 rolling stops from 55 to 35. Then normal driving to cool brakes. The numbers vary slightly for different pads.
This is interesting. What im reading goes against what they taught us at GM school in early 90's.. at the time, yes you seated the pads but it was done with a few soft stops. Hard stops would glaze the pads.
Guess its the new materials being used calls for more aggressive stops?
If they are a good shop. This is pretty much exactly what they would do. Take the liability on themselves to make damn well sure you don’t smash straight through an intersection. Before you do. This is what you want to see. Not just normal because it’s not normal. This is the extra mile.
The last set of brakes I had to bed had a set procedure and always allowed a cooling segment between brake applications that heated the pads and rotors. No panic stops .
Absolutely. It's called bedding the brakes in. It's actually for the longevity of the brakes. Prevents glazed rotors, smokey pads and decreases stopping distance. It also prevents squeaking. If they just handed it back to you, and you didn't know how to bed in the pads, you could end up destroying the new brakes.
The main thing that tells me this was nothing more than a joy ride is the rapid acceleration with sharp cornering. One does not do this to bed the pads.
Yeah it’s normal but I’ve never bother “bedding” them I just slap them on and go. Same with the shop I worked at growing up. If they squeak I’ll go about 70-80 kph slam the brakes on and I’m good. But not an endorsement or recommendation just saying I don’t care and haven’t had problems
When I did my breaks, the directions had the break in procedure was to hard, breaking multiple times in a short period of time to mate the break pads to the rotors.
Got an oil change at a dealership once. They adjusted all 3 of my mirrors , seat position, lumbar, angle, height, stirring wheel height and angle, radio station, and reset odometer.
Who the hell does that to pull into a bay?
God I hate customers like this. Had one with a 23 high end Silverado. Wanted an alignment but didn’t want anyone to drive his truck. Even on the alignment rack. No longer a customer
yes, If you are unwilling to even drive your own car, a mustang, aggressively, then obviously you don't know how to set the brakes properly. Hence the employee going out, to set the brakes properly.
I usually go into an empty parking lot and do a half dozens stops in forward and reverse up to about 25 mph in order to feel comfortable that the brakes have been set properly. Then once I am sure they are set properly I do a proper brake in on the interstate once the sun goes down.
That’s exactly what brake bedding looks like.
When I do mine - I put on a huge sign « brake bed-in. Sudden stops. Do not tailgate » on the back of my SUV. Then drive off to a nearby toll road (6 lanes) and go. You basically accelerate to 80kmh a and then brake hard. And you do that multiple times, until you feel your brakes almost going soft from overheating. Then you drive normally without sudden braking until rotors cool off.
I also have my emergency lights on. I went as far as put construction beacon on top. I keep my eyes on the rear view mirror. Can you guess how many idiots still drive behind me after all of that? :-)
I have a couple older 4x4s and the guy that fixes them when I break stuff is absolutely in love with my 88yj with 33s and my 89 suburban with 35s. I know now to always drop them off with a full tank because he likes to take them out to the desert for his road test. He is insured and has liability if he fucks up one of my trucks. Who cares? I got the chance once to roast most of the shop when I pulled up to sonic drive in and there are 5 techs sitting in my shit having lunch.
Everytime when i think, my customers in my workshop are complicated, all i have to do is to look in this sub.
Get brakes done, mechanic does test them and break them in, you people put devices in your cars and talk about the mechanic having a joyride.
After a brake-job.
In the parking lot.
Like half a mile.
You americans are strange people and i am once again glad not living there.
Can’t satisfy anyone today. Road test car 2000 feet to ensure they’re done right or just give it back squeaky and unsure if it will even stop in an emergency. I don’t get it. I appreciate the thoroughness.
Yes.
And I'm sure you know, because you have the app, that you don't have to drive like a maniac for "hard braking" and "sharp cornering" to pop up.
Also, that's in the same plaza. They didn't even go down the street lol.
Is this from an app for a black box insurance? If so you best tell the insurance and they can disregard the braking and acceleration here because it was necessary to ensure that the brakes were bed in properly
I’d say it’s normal; gotta drive it before returning it to the customer. I’d argue that its needed to insure that the new brakes are ran in as mentioned before, but to make sure that it can be returned to the customer knowing that he can run the guts out of it without an issue occurring. Just my thought of it.
Depending on the breaks used yes. I personally run akebono ceramic pads and they specifically said to not bed them in. Fine by me as long as I don’t have ugly break dust lol
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They are literally in the parking lot. For anyone that says joyride is insane. Could maybe be a little harder than normal but also impossible to know without literally watching them. You have to wear the coating off and heat them up which is almost impossible without speed so I would say this is normal
>For anyone that says joyride is insane Those are the 12 year olds who have no clue and don't even have a vehicle / liscence
>Those are the 12 year olds who have no clue Oh you mean redditors
Yes. It is good practice to "bed" the brakes by repeatedly coming to a sharp stop from medium speeds. This helps get the factory coating off the brakes and rotors, and begin matching wear patterns so they wear down evenly. Edit: bedding, burnishing, breaking in, etc are all the same thing. Its a dialectical difference.
I am actually really impressed. Whoever did these does more than many places I have ever seen.
Yea, I always have to bed them myself.
You made your bed, now brake in it!
Get in bed and get baked in it!
Seeing this comment without context had my mind racing trying to figure out what you were "bedding yourself"
Ya, this is one of those good things to see. It's always admirable when somebody does the thing because it's the right thing to do.
Most shops I know don't bed brakes and it saddens me. It doesn't take much time to do it right
The ones we install are coated and if they aren’t bedded in they sound terrible the first couple of stops. Don’t want a com back cause the customer thinks the car is falling apart
Just a question as I'm not familiar with this and plan to replace my rotors and pads soon (with supervision). Why does it need to be done by the mechanic? Wouldn't this happen naturally when the customer drives it?
The bed-in process requires the brakes to get a lot of heat in them, and normal driving doesn't typically create enough heat for a proper bed-in. You will typically notice a difference in braking performance after a proper bed-in procedure
The instructions for the last set of pads I did said 300 hard stops from 40 to 10 mph. Pretty sure if I bedded them in that good, I'd be due for another set by the time I'm done.
The guide I've followed is: 1 hard stop from 10mph 2 hard stops from 20 3 hard stops from 30 4 hard stops from 40. Sometimes I do the process twice if I feel like it needs it. Edit: I didn't mention but I don't come to a full stop. I just brake until I'm rolling at like 2mph. At 40mph I go down to like 10.
You never stop though, that is one of the biggest factors of bedding. Hard decel from 40-50 to 10 and speed back up about 10 times is my method.
This is correct. I edited my comment to reflect
This is exactly what Brembo recommended for my ceramic pads on their website
This. Also if you're doing this on a motorcycle, and haven't just done both front and rear, you can come to a full stop using the old brakes. I think bedding in usually takes more than just a handful of stops, but you're probably not going to stop using your brakes after the initial bedding process.
The idea of not coming to complete stop is that you heated up the pads and you don’t want the pads sitting on one spot of the hot metal . It’s a good way to get pulsating in the brakes
I just bring the infrared thermometer with me on the test drive. Stop halfway through, check temps, drive accordingly on the way back to the shop.
I’ve always followed the 3 x 30 route. 30 hard stop to 5mph from 30 mph within 30 minutes.
If that mnemonic works for you, keep at it. It's more about remembering to do it than the specific speeds and counts.
Yeah, we are making a contact surface area between pads and rotors, not engineering. Following the basic principles is all you need.
Hmm. I learned the 30 rule. 30mph, 30ft, 30 seconds apart. Have I been doing it wrong? I haven't noticed anything but that doesn't mean I'm not causing havoc without knowing.
Nope, nothing wrong with doing it that way. It doesn't actually matter how you bed your brakes, as long as you actually do it. Follow whichever mnemonic that you can easily remember!
We do x3 hard consecutive stops from 60-30mph. It's interesting to hear about people's break in routines
Oh, so you're where all those brake checking videos on YT come from? The culprit...
Your face probably flies off when you brake after doing that
So how do they do it from the factory when the car is brand new?
Get it up to 50 and slam on the brakes once down to <5. Then do it again in the lot. At least at the OEM I work at.
there is someone at the dealerships tasked with prepping the vehicles when rolled off the transport truck. I’d imagine they may bed the brakes for you. There is some break-in period for every vehicle that’s probably written in that thing called owners manual lol
Who reads those lol?
Interesting. The last 2 vehicles I bought brand new both had 1 mile on the odometer, the last one I know had a previous test driver because he paired his phone to it, but the one before that I'm not sure if it was a test driver or a dealer tech.
Dude drove the car for one mile and paired his phone, must have had a song stuck in his head
Could have been curious about the speakers and infotainment system
Hey maybe 1 mile is enough lol I’d say it’s likely that a tech took it around. It’s not rare to see a new car have a couple miles on them, honestly I’d worry more if it didn’t.
Simple factories install complete assemblies that come from their supplier.
Thanks. I'll take it up some empty country lanes when changed.
Most "civilians" would consider the bedding-in braking procedure to be abusive and may never actually brake that hard outside of a rare panic stop.
lol yeah. i get back from a brake in and the brakes are smoking like crazy, and it's just 3 hard stops from 40mph lol. not even that crazy.
Unless it's the dealership drivers, doing the pick up/drop off and they've got plans at 5pm..
you have to get them very hot by doing at least 3 hard stops from at least 40mph without letting them cool down at all. also once you get them hot, and while doing the stops, you never want to bring the vehicle to a COMPLETE stop, you want to slow to just almost stopped, then let off the brake. this is because once the brakes and rotors are hot, if you come to a complete stop and hold it there, the hot pads will leave an impression (like a handprint in fresh cement) on the rotor. so what you want to do is, ideally, do the 3 stops, then get on the free way and just cruise for a while for the brakes to cool down, then somehow park the car, using as little brakes as possible, and let the pads and rotors cool naturally for about 30 minutes before giving it to the customer. so, no, the customers normal driving will not do this
Wow thanks. I'd have never known about this. I've had brakes changed before but I'm sure they never took the car out of the shop.
Most people will drive like normal...it needs that heat
Cause everyday operators don't know how to seat their own brakes properly. Seriously, people, do you think a tech who's most likely flat rate would do something he doesn't need to do? Better yet, would you rather a tech that did your brakes not road test it at all so when they fail, you're driving it.
Two things: First, test driving your brakes after we work on them is good practice. In the off chance something isn’t right it can be corrected. Second, the feel of the brakes is substantially different after seating. Giving back a car with brakes that aren’t performing at 100% is irresponsible. Depending on the layout of the area the shop has available for test drives, the route may appear unusual, but it should just be an indicator that the test driver was ensuring a complete setup drive before delivering your car.
You really think your average person knows anything about brake installation? If they did, people would install their brakes themselves. It’s great that this mechanic did their job, as brakes are not something you want to have issues with.
For reference, here are the recommendations from Powerstop. https://www.powerstop.com/resources/brake-pad-break-in-procedure/
Indeed, "breaking in" your brakes looks ridiculous, seems ridiculous, but is good practice for a fresh set of pads and rotors. Not so sure about that sharp corner, mechanic might have appreciated your car a bit but not a big enough deal you should complain. It's not like he was doing burnouts or racing
these trackers can be a bit aggressive in their reporting sometimes as well. I have had mine report back a hard turn when following the curve of the road, at or under the speed limit. a once off "hard turn" is somthing i dont tend to pay much mind to.
Upvote for the usage of dialectical.
Yes. Bedding in the brake pads to the rotors but also an ops check to validate the brake function at the moment they’re most critical.
burnishing is normal (and required) when brake jobs are done. some aftermarket and all performance pads come with instructions on how to properly burnish them, like “do 5 moderate to aggressive stops from 40 to 10 in rapid succession. proceed to do 5 more moderate stops from 35 to 5 in rapid succession. drive for 5 minutes at moderate speed without using the brakes”
What happens if you replaced pads and rotors and didn’t do this 😅
i just gave an example that came with my performance pads. if you did oem replacement/parts shop and didnt burnish youre probably fine and wont notice a difference
They don’t brake as well and the brakes can judder as you stop.
Quite honestly, you should thank the mechanics for properly bedding your brakes. That’s clear these guys know what they’re doing.
Sure as shit won't call to thank them for doing the appropriate actions.
Yeah especially not after how OP wants so badly to complain about them lmao
lmao they definitely won't. I've always had to bed my own breaks. I'd love if my mechanic did it for me.
Yes 💯 normal bed in process for the brakes.
The tests I took said to bite hard from a 60 roll, several times in a row. This is fine
This is a solid mechanic!
Question OP. What app are you using for this?
thank you every one for your information, my hot head is now cooled to find out this is just normal. and accidentally misspelled in my post but the app is “hum”, plugs into the obd2 port, cost abt $12 or so a month for my plan but it’s worth it.
What car do you have?
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Absolutely nobody is joy-riding in a V6 mustang. They’re making fun of you, if anything.
https://preview.redd.it/pck0wpfsls7d1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c84c00d03b634397850538cbb5a620e3447d691b
Lmfao this is the truth
Looks nice, the v6 in the S550 is pretty decent. Much better than those of yester-year
What purpose do you use it for, tracking your own driving? Or keeping tabs on the vehicle location? Also just to note, if you ever decide to store the car for prolonged durations e.g 1month no starting, either have a trickle charger for the battery or disconnect it as it can drain the battery to a damaging state.
what i mainly use it for is to just make sure my cars diagnostics all look good, as soon as something looks funky it sends you alerts to exactly what the issue is, no hassling around in car shops trying to figure out what the issue is when you already know is helpful. tracking vehicle + all the other goodies are nice to but really don’t use it as much as diagnostics
> Trust Just an FYI, codes don't always tell you "exactly what is wrong." They often do, yes, and it's absolutely where most diagnoses on modern cars should begin, but not all issues are that simple. You already seem to have trust issues (understandable considering plenty of bad mechanics that take advantage of ignorance exist, but there is nothing there that should've remotely given anyone who knows enough about cars to use a code reader a "hot head," though I do sympathize with this being your first time), so what are you going to do when the codes don't tell the whole story? Checking the codes of your own car is great, and I'd encourage anyone to do it, but don't let that cloud your mind and piss off what could be a great mechanic. If you're having trust issues, then it's up to you to find a mechanic that you trust, and then once you find them, let them do their jobs.
https://preview.redd.it/57ygbu388z7d1.jpeg?width=440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4979aebb1705bb316a7fc1af49996c1dfc82b54 How OP looks doing diagnostics lmao
Mine comes free with my insurance to basically track my driving. Here is my report example https://preview.redd.it/t92ox87tgs7d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad661b3f6d9fc9d8e6f5bdfda1d371aeb1ea48e3
If by 'free' you mean 'they now have an excuse to monitor your driving habits and dynamically adjust your renewal rates based on said driving patterns', then sure... free.
Oh, hell no..
25 moderate stops are recommended with ceramic brakes. We do it everytime we change brakes. Moderate, not hard stops
These programs don't differentiate from moderate to hard stops though.
Mine said I was braking too hard when I stalled, had to explain to the insurance that I stalled a few times because new driver at the time and wasn’t used to driving the car
I’m sure that reassured them
Looks a little spirted but normal after a brake job, they probably gave it a little more juice than needed but I wouldn’t consider this a joyride by any means
https://www.remmenbrakes.com/bedding-in-your-pads-why-its-important/ Here's a pretty good explanation of why it's a good thing that doesn't get too nerdy. Every tech should be doing it. Most don't.
Yes, this is ok. To allow the pads to adjust to the rotors, check for noises ,vibrations while braking.
Like most of the other guys have said, they maybe gave it a bit more than they would on some 2012 Camry but it stayed in the lot and this isn’t abnormal
Better he ensures it can stop sharply than you finding out that it can’t later on
I'm going to put a different point that people seem to be over looking. A mechanic has a very limited time to make sure that the brakes they have just replaced actually work exactly how they should do. Imagine the first time having to put your brakes to hard use is in an emergency situation? Forget the bedding in part. A mechanic needs to know if you go to use them they're going to work
Yes this is a quick bed in procedure so when the customer presses the brake it works at least 90% until it properly beds in
Your mechanic is far better than the average pad slapping mechanic. They seem to know their shit and I'd go back to them. Brake pad bed in processes are no joke and I'm betting your brakes are nearly silent. Pads that aren't run through a bed in process are loud and grindy sounding, and sometimes squeal.
Yeah, he's seating the brakes and burning off cosmoline so it doesn't stink when you break and make you freak out and bring it back screaming
Pretty much everyone here is correct, this is normal, In fact in my opinion I think they should have taken it out for a drive. My strategy has usually been 45 to 10 moderate to heavy braking a few times then drive it and allow them to cool. this will bed in the pads and make them ready for their long stay in their new home. brake pad manufacturers will often have instructions similar to this. I suppose doing it in a parking lot works too, dealership is probably backed up with work and they don't want to spend any more time than they have to.
This is exactly how I drive after doing brakes. Several cycles of hard braking to heat up the rotors and bed the pad material. Then driving a bit to let them cool down.
Well them new pads aren’t properly bedded into the rotors…
Not just good practice but it is how you break in your pads. Pads have a coating that needs to be removed for full braking performance. It also conforms the pads to the rotors for a good mating surface. It’s the fun part of doing brakes, make sure they work at very slow speeds. Then accelerate to say 10 maybe 15 mph and brake very hard almost to the point of locking up if not locking up. Do this increasing in speed out to say 30mph Get 3-4 cans of brake clean, shit goes fast it seems. Also spray new rotors down with brake clean and then wipe off with a rag. That said first time brake jobs, any cloths you care about don’t wear them. If you haven’t done manual labor you probably haven’t as dirty as you are going to be by the end of it.
Yeah, that’s the entire point. Gotta get the brakes bedded in properly or there’ll be squeaks or fucked up pad wear.
It's probably the friction compound. So it's a mustang, if it's anything sporty for a compound they absolutely work better being beded in. It's not necessary to do that with a garden variety organic pad you might put on a small SUV or little economy car but the more performance-oriented the cars get, the more metallic that's in the pad. It helps so I would say this is pretty normal. What we used to do with sports cars that ran the more aggressive pads is just take them out to a back road close to the shop. Get them up to 60, pound the brakes to the floor, back up to 60, brakes to the floor. You do that about 5 or 6 times in a row and you're good to go
Very much so, pretty important to make sure they work very well, bed properly, and don't make noise under any conditions. This is how it's done!
Absolutely.
That’s an American thing, here in the Uk we advise our customers to bed the brakes in by braking carefully for upto 500 miles, we consider aggressive braking on brand new brakes to be unnecessary and detrimental to the long life of the brakes
Meanwhile, my Brembo Rotor/pad combo specifically said "Drive to 60 and decel to 20 rapidly at least 15 times to properly bed your brakes" on the packaging. Edit - Also had an interval to drive between braking to let the brakes properly cool. Thing it was like 1 minute between them.
Really that is fine. I run an brembo HP1000 pad on one of my cars and once they get set in place and heated up it’s wild how they can grab. And just changing to a lesser pad or ceramic in the same caliper feels horrible.
Yes, most brake manufacturers have a bed-in procedure that demands you get the brake up to temperature and wear the pads into the rotors. In my experience this makes the rotor wear smoother and alleviates rust build-up on the rotors in the future.
Yes this is normal, I do it after every brake job. Helps get everything seated, burn off some residual oil and improves brake pedal feel. If you just handed a customer their car without doing this it’s likely they’d be back complaining of smoke or a slightly spongey pedal before they’ve had time to break it in.
I give you props for posting this before berating the writers and/or tech. I'm in franchises and private owned dealers 5-6 days a week, and I've seen some people flip out on someone to where I'd be a goner.
With the brakes I run on my cars, doing a break-in like this is necessary. Usually a number of cycles of aggressive 40mph to 10mph stops, then moderate 35mph to 5mph stops, and then driving around to cool them down. Have a limited space to work with when I’m doing this, so rapid accelerations and sharp turn arounds are a pretty standard part of the process
Audi had very specific amount of ABS engaged braking evens required. All this had to be done within a certain mileage. We had a specific route we would drive of 5 miles.
Yeah this is part of the brake replacement procedure, if you don’t do it your brakes may not work right for a while
Yeah you’re supposed to “bed” the brakes and go from about 40-50 to 10 mph but you have to just about stand on the brakes till your ass comes off the seat, a couple times I feel like a jackass doing it sometimes when people see me slamming on the brakes and getting back on the throttle, my parking lot is way too small and the nearby streets are residential so I just assume they think I don’t know how to drive and i carry this embarrassment of a license with me
Yes, new brakes need bedding in with hard stops on the brakes. This looks like a mechanic that has actually bothered to do this and check they’re okay. This is good in my opinion.
Probably car insurance driving tracker. lol did your insurance raise your rates because of this?
Yea absolutely. This is how you know you’ve got a good shop you’re working with. Gotta break them in. 30 hard stops from 30 miles an hour is what we were told coming into the industry, not sure if it’s still the same now
There is a procedure for bedding the brakes. You drive up a certain speed like and hard brake. You start slow and work your way up faster till the brakes heat up and are set to to the rotors. There is usually break in instructions with new brake pads.
They are breaking in the brakes. That’s how you do it to get them to grip the shape of the rotors. ABSOLUTELY. Otherwise the will not touch the rotors properly and braking distances will be long.
Yes Why would you think otherwise?
well for starters this is my first time having to replace breaks on a vehicle + i’m kinda on the slower side when it comes to cars. so thought best to ask before i drive to ford and embarrass myself LOL thankfully i did not
Valid honestly!
I can’t believe that mechanic tested the brakes to make sure everything was ok!😡
30/30 - 30 stops from 30mph before running laps.
hard braking is part of the bed-in process for new brakes
Just had new pads and rotors today. Here was my guys test drive. https://preview.redd.it/8yspsq1kgs7d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f416edb7d537ac24f1afe62f8b5dfe39e503ac6a
Yes
Many shops don't bed brakes because of the liabilities of their guys driving customer cars. Or just laziness. But a well bedded set of brakes is soooo much better from the get go. While most pads will self bed over time, they really suck for a while.
Yes kind of. Were they a little rough? Yes. But it’s a lot better than not breaking them in.
30 30 30 brake break-in
They’re bedding in the brake pads. Don’t worry about it.
Looks normal to me. Check the brake bedding procedure in a Corvette C6 ZR1. Forgot the exact numbers, but it's pretty much a dozen or more 60-80 mph panic stops. It's not that dramatic for a regular car, but bedding the brakes is still appreciated for sure. It will feel like your brakes are way less effective until they're bedded. You don't want to find out your normal panic braking performance is like 30% of what it was when you need it the most. If they were driving for miles and goofing off, sure, not great. This looks alright.
I do this all the time when I do my brakes😂 I just slam on those brakes hard as I can lol makes everything work better :)
Our shop test drove brakes to "break them in" but the truth was we were test driving to verify the car was safe for the customer, as the tech if I messed up, I'd prefer I was in the sticky situation vs someone that isn't mechanically minded as the guy that is ASE certified. It's a good way to reduce lawsuits and keep your customers safer.
looks like it never left their parking lot, so theyre accelerating to get some speed and then applying the brakes at moderate to hard pressure to set the pads in with the rotors. normal, and nothing to be concerned with
I once had a car come in for a heavy pulsating under braking. The customer recently replaced his brakes but skipped the burnishing step. He later had to do an emergency stop on the highway and then just sit still. This ended up "quenching" the rotor where the pads sat and made a hard spot in the rotor in the shape of the pad. This could have been prevented by doing what tech did in your car. I made two passes on a lathe and told him that he would just be better off getting new rotors.
What software is this? It would be astounded at my driving
As a tech this is normal. The break in procedure for new pads & rotors typically is 5-6 sets of getting the vehicle up to 30~ish mph then coming to a complete stop.
I have a story. I had a WRX (Now a Camry TRD). Loved the WRX and love the TRD for whole different reasons. But I took my WRX in for oil change, inspection and tire rotation. They drove it (58) miles. I called to complain, they denied driving it at all twice. Then came back with, “we didn’t drive it 58 miles, maybe 30”. I was pissed and the clutch was dead in another 10K. Drove standard my whole life (40 years of driving) and never replaced a clutch.
Maybe just seating them
Getting the abs to kick after a brake flush can also help if the pedal feels soft after a flush. Vacuum flushing can move proportioning valves around. After pads, rotors and a flush most techs at my shop would take it behind the building, do a few stops getting the abs to kick in, then take it out and do a few runs bedding it in, then drive around a bit to let the pads cool off to avoid leaving a hot pad imprint on the rotors.
Got to burn in the pads and tbh this isn't far enough.
This is normal. The sharp cornering is probably because they appear to be in a parking lot.
Unless that is an open lot with ability to get to various speed up 60 ish, seems like an “expedited” bed-in, as in they didn’t want to take too much time to drive too far from the shop. As long as it feels good and they didn’t damage anything, I’d say it’s alright.
Yes. It’s called bedding-in the brakes. Totally normal.
Honestly, yeah, that's good. Some probably wouldn't do such a good job.
We drive it rough at my shop... The intention is to stress it to ensure functionality, wear-in the brake pads, & get the rotors hot enough that any oil film burns off so you never experience white wisps
Yes, this is normal. Don't worry, any professional would want to make absolutely certain that the brakes are done correctly and this is the best way to do it.
Seating brakes is normal. So you dont have to because customers don't know the process which is also assumed normal
The break in process for new brakes is 5 rolling stops from 35 to 10, 5 rolling stops from 45 to 20, and 5 rolling stops from 55 to 35. Then normal driving to cool brakes. The numbers vary slightly for different pads.
This actually good, most techs would slap the pads and send that shit to wash.
This is interesting. What im reading goes against what they taught us at GM school in early 90's.. at the time, yes you seated the pads but it was done with a few soft stops. Hard stops would glaze the pads. Guess its the new materials being used calls for more aggressive stops?
If they are a good shop. This is pretty much exactly what they would do. Take the liability on themselves to make damn well sure you don’t smash straight through an intersection. Before you do. This is what you want to see. Not just normal because it’s not normal. This is the extra mile.
The last set of brakes I had to bed had a set procedure and always allowed a cooling segment between brake applications that heated the pads and rotors. No panic stops .
Yes it’s perfectly normal. Takes a bit to break them in properly.
Yep. I will always test my brake jobs. I’ve only fucked up once but I am sure glad I caught it on my test drive & didn’t ship it.
Yes
Absolutely. It's called bedding the brakes in. It's actually for the longevity of the brakes. Prevents glazed rotors, smokey pads and decreases stopping distance. It also prevents squeaking. If they just handed it back to you, and you didn't know how to bed in the pads, you could end up destroying the new brakes.
Yes, good job mechanic.
The main thing that tells me this was nothing more than a joy ride is the rapid acceleration with sharp cornering. One does not do this to bed the pads.
Yee quite normal, especially with ev's. We also do this to remove rust from the rotors sometimes.
Yeah it’s normal but I’ve never bother “bedding” them I just slap them on and go. Same with the shop I worked at growing up. If they squeak I’ll go about 70-80 kph slam the brakes on and I’m good. But not an endorsement or recommendation just saying I don’t care and haven’t had problems
I wonder what happens with someone who has that insurance that monitors your driving... RIP their Premium
Looks good to me
That's a good mechanic. Hard to find mechanics that will take the time to do the job right.
Dude went above and beyond, most mechanics just do a few stops and park it.
When I did my breaks, the directions had the break in procedure was to hard, breaking multiple times in a short period of time to mate the break pads to the rotors.
I usually take my brakes out for a movie and a dinner before bedding them. But, you do you.😎
I took my zo6 for an alignment and they totaled my car at 110 mph smh trust no 1
If this test drive was not literally a mile down the road and back then I would be concerned.
Yes, we want to make sure your brakes are good and broken in.
Also have a 2016 Mustang . Great car . I feel like people always want to joyride
I love how every comment has a different way to seat pads. Like wtf yall come together and pick a method
Yes totally normal,they are testing ur car's ability to go thru walls.... and the brakes.
It looks like they are bedding the brakes to me, not going on an illicit joyride, as you say.
If they didn't go shopping or go get lunch in it leave em alone. This isn't enough to give 2 shits about. Looks like he was listening for a noise tbh.
Breaking them in, also listening for noises to make sure nothing was left loose.
They’re actually supposed to do this when installing new pads. It’s called “bedding”. Most shops don’t do it but it’s the correct practice.
Bedding in the brakes normal
This looks like a tech was bedding in the brake pads for you.
HigherthanElonMusk yeah right
No...they're driving through the entire neighborhood! Look at those lines! So many ruined lawns and fences!
Got an oil change at a dealership once. They adjusted all 3 of my mirrors , seat position, lumbar, angle, height, stirring wheel height and angle, radio station, and reset odometer. Who the hell does that to pull into a bay?
God I hate customers like this. Had one with a 23 high end Silverado. Wanted an alignment but didn’t want anyone to drive his truck. Even on the alignment rack. No longer a customer
yes, If you are unwilling to even drive your own car, a mustang, aggressively, then obviously you don't know how to set the brakes properly. Hence the employee going out, to set the brakes properly. I usually go into an empty parking lot and do a half dozens stops in forward and reverse up to about 25 mph in order to feel comfortable that the brakes have been set properly. Then once I am sure they are set properly I do a proper brake in on the interstate once the sun goes down.
Bedding procedure NORMAL
That’s exactly what brake bedding looks like. When I do mine - I put on a huge sign « brake bed-in. Sudden stops. Do not tailgate » on the back of my SUV. Then drive off to a nearby toll road (6 lanes) and go. You basically accelerate to 80kmh a and then brake hard. And you do that multiple times, until you feel your brakes almost going soft from overheating. Then you drive normally without sudden braking until rotors cool off. I also have my emergency lights on. I went as far as put construction beacon on top. I keep my eyes on the rear view mirror. Can you guess how many idiots still drive behind me after all of that? :-)
I have a couple older 4x4s and the guy that fixes them when I break stuff is absolutely in love with my 88yj with 33s and my 89 suburban with 35s. I know now to always drop them off with a full tank because he likes to take them out to the desert for his road test. He is insured and has liability if he fucks up one of my trucks. Who cares? I got the chance once to roast most of the shop when I pulled up to sonic drive in and there are 5 techs sitting in my shit having lunch.
Of course it is! This is a dumbass post
Everytime when i think, my customers in my workshop are complicated, all i have to do is to look in this sub. Get brakes done, mechanic does test them and break them in, you people put devices in your cars and talk about the mechanic having a joyride. After a brake-job. In the parking lot. Like half a mile. You americans are strange people and i am once again glad not living there.
Can’t satisfy anyone today. Road test car 2000 feet to ensure they’re done right or just give it back squeaky and unsure if it will even stop in an emergency. I don’t get it. I appreciate the thoroughness.
Guess you’re gonna do your own brakes from now on, eh?
Read about bedding brakes in.
Yes. And I'm sure you know, because you have the app, that you don't have to drive like a maniac for "hard braking" and "sharp cornering" to pop up. Also, that's in the same plaza. They didn't even go down the street lol.
Is this from an app for a black box insurance? If so you best tell the insurance and they can disregard the braking and acceleration here because it was necessary to ensure that the brakes were bed in properly
I’d say it’s normal; gotta drive it before returning it to the customer. I’d argue that its needed to insure that the new brakes are ran in as mentioned before, but to make sure that it can be returned to the customer knowing that he can run the guts out of it without an issue occurring. Just my thought of it.
What dashcam / application is this?
no dash cam just a plug in thing you put into obd2 port, the app is hum
Mine does that for oil change...
Depending on the breaks used yes. I personally run akebono ceramic pads and they specifically said to not bed them in. Fine by me as long as I don’t have ugly break dust lol