New brakes still noisy - wrong rotors????

[slipkid]

I have a '99 Eclipse GSX. One of my front wheels was making loud scraping, grinding, noises even when brakes not engaged, so I took it to local shop who told me the calipers were "locked/frozen" on that wheel and that the pads, rotors, and calipers all needed to be replaced. And in addition they noticed that the other front wheel had the same problem (just not making any noise).

So they replaced the rotors, pads, and calipers on both front wheels.

Have driven the car 2 days since then and noticed big improvement immediately; no noises at all the first day, plus I guess the brakes were really draggin' because I get a lot more pickup now!!

But today I notice I am getting the grinding/squealing noises again. Not constantly like before but quite often. And if it is not happening and I apply the brakes, then it starts squealing and continues to squeal for several miles afterward while driving even with not applying the brakes. Plus it sounds like it is the other wheel making the noise now.

Could they have done something wrong when replacing the parts? Not installed something right????? I noticed on my invoice that the parts for the rotors says "Honda rotors-N". Does Honda make rotors that fit my car or did they install the wrong thing????

Appreciate any clues. I am calling the shop up tomorrow to see what they have to say. Also by strange coincidence today my "service engine soon" light came on and won't turn off so something else is going on too. Sigh...

 

[slipkid]

As far as an OBD2 reader goes, depending on your personal goals for the car i highly recommend you may w consider spending the money on a logging device for the car instead of just a dedicated OBD2 reader like you can find at Pep Boys/Autozone. Many of the loggers will also have a function that can read and disable the CEL codes. Having some kind of logger is an invaluable tool in finding problems that arise like dead o2s, etc, especially if you are planning on getting into heavy mods in the future.

Before i got DSMLink i used the pocketlogger software from obd2.com with a cheapo e-bay palm pilot . It wasn't extremely fancy but had decent logging capabilities and it would also tell me what codes were popping up and allow me to clear them.

Search this site for the different logging tools people are using. Many can be had for cheap, some were available for free last i checked. Send me a PM if you want any more info about the pocketlogger software i had used.

Thank I will look into all that.

P.S. Looks like we have the "same" car!! Color anyways....