Purdy99

Hi guys, hoping someone can help me with this. I have a 99 RX that recently, has started to make a grinding noise when I apply the brakes. This noise occurs only just as the car comes to a complete stop on mild to firm braking. (If I pump the brakes lightly to come to a stop, it does not occur. If I brake but don't come to a complete stop, there is no noise.)

I took it into the local Lexus dealership, and they found nothing wrong with the brakes, pads, or rotors. They suggest it might be an alignment problem because my tires are showing uneven ware, but I just had the car aligned a month ago.

Any ideas on what it could be?

thanks!

Lexmex

I sometimes get this during or after wet weather and after coming to a stop at the bottom of a hill, even when I am going 5 mph down the hill.

My uncle, a mechanic down here, told me it is likely some dirt or other substance accumulating on the rotors creating a thin film. I align almost every week due to my racing activities, and I still have this problem...so I doubt it is an alignment issue.

At first, I thought it might be some air in the brake lines or bad fluid or the rotors getting too hot, but it would occur even a few weeks after we changed out the fluid on some occasions and even after I would start up the car to go to work.