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hey i think i have a problem with my brakes, when i am slowing down on the freeway its always jerky, but when i am slowing down from like 45-0 its fine and normal! anyone know whats going on? i searched the threads and peepz said its warped rotors but the thing is that mine dont do it all the time just on the freeway, please help me out and what should i tell honda to do or what will they do? my brakes are fine they gave me a reading at the last service and the pads are fine. the car has 9,000 miles on it thanks alot!

 
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My car just hit 8 grand, and I have that problem sometimes also. BTW I have an LX....I think it is rotors. I'm not stressing about it though kuz I plan to overhaul the whole system.

 
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yep, ur rotors are warped, I have that problem too, but only slowing down from 100 to about 70. If you roll up to a light really slow and lightly apply the brakes and you will feel the car kinda lunge forward occasionally. I dont suppose that this is covered by the warranty is it?

 
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around 11g miles I needed new brakes. Went to Honda paid around 250 for front brake replacement. When u brake those the car rattle a lot at high speeds? And do u hear a somehwat grinding noise form the front? If so... go get ur brakes replaced...

 
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Don't think so, friction parts aren't covered by warranty.

 
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its my gurls 2k1civic she just got it she bought it used, she totalled mine but i noticed that in her car, it doesnt rattle but it does lunge foward at times.

 
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If the car vibrates then the rotors are warped. You can get your rotors re-surfaced. That should fix the problem. After you get them re-surfaced you'll need to break them in properly just as if you had new brakes.



<< If you roll up to a light really slow and lightly apply the brakes and you will feel the car kinda lunge forward occasionally. >>



This is normal. If you upgrade your suspension to a stiffer setup then this effect will lessen somewhat. Instead of the back of the car lifting up though the whole car will squat down when your suspension is stiffer. You can remove even this effect with stiffer shocks.



<< its my gurls 2k1civic she just got it she bought it used, she totalled mine but i noticed that in her car, it doesnt rattle but it does lunge foward at times. >>



I think you're talking about the same thing. It's normal.

One more thing to remember is that if you apply the brakes and your car pulls to one side more than the other, then one side is braking more than the other. This could be caused by any number of things, but you'll need to check your brakes out. That's for sure.

 
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Look in the problems forum.. someone wrote something about warped rotors and getting them resurfaced for free before 20K miles or something like that... not 100% sure but there is something definitely in there about this topic

 
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could be the struts. they're just not good for higher speed. you'll feel warped rotors at all speeds.