Rear Caliper pins seized up - Dealer says it's not covered...
07-30-12, 08:03 PM
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I have done countless brake jobs in the past, but found that my driver's rear caliper had seized. I had a friend (ASE Master Tech) take a stab at it, but he couldn't get the caliper to separate from the bracket, even with a torch. I ended up buying the assembly from my Lexus dealer. Sucked, but what can ya do?
07-31-12, 03:38 AM
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I have done countless brake jobs in the past, but found that my driver's rear caliper had seized. I had a friend (ASE Master Tech) take a stab at it, but he couldn't get the caliper to separate from the bracket, even with a torch. I ended up buying the assembly from my Lexus dealer. Sucked, but what can ya do?
02-02-13, 06:45 PM
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I brought my 06 in when this happened to me. They said it was NOT covered because when I was previously in for service, they applied grease to the slide pin under the TSB (which they're saying should have made it good), so they wanted $900 to replace them. 
I had them put it back together and did it myself.
I had them put it back together and did it myself.
02-02-13, 11:32 PM
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When the service manager told me the rear calipers are seized, they offered to replace them under warranty but only if I purchase new pads and rotors that would've cost me $1000.00. I declined and I'll be replacing the rears myself from Rock Auto. I can do the whole 4 corners for less than what they were going to charge me.
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