I noticed all the rotors(?) rusted. The only thing I did was take the car for an automatic car wash. So many years of rain didn't do anything. Anyone else have this - how did you fix it? Pic attached. Thanks.



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Rusted rotor repair procedure.
1. Ensure that your drivers license and car key are in your pocket.
2. Comfortably position yourself in your vehicle.
3. Depress the brake pedal and turn key or press and hold Start button, untill vehicle starts.
4. Paying attention to environment, with foot on brake pedal, engage Drive mode by shifting gear selector lever into D position.
5. Drive normally for approximately 15-20 minutes.
6. Some initial rubbing noise should be disregarded as normal.

Jokes aside. Just drive. They must have had some heck of aditive in their water. It'll rub away from normal driving.

 

 

That's perfectly normal if the rotor is wet when stopped (which is not necessarily very common as when driving the rotor is dried from the heat of braking and somewhat protected from rain when stopped). But yes, if the rotor is wet, it will rapidly develop surface rust. Applying the brakes a couple of times will completely remove this surface rust.