brakes drag after 20 minutes of stop n go.

Old Jul 1, 2020 | 02:29 PM
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I have 2008 saturn vue awd I've changed calipers and pads twice. They're dual piston calipers. When took off this time they were wore uneven. Can feel the brakes sticking as drive it. Steering wheel jumps and can hear it in the front end. When stop brake area is extremely hot.
 
Old Jul 1, 2020 | 09:49 PM
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Not being sarcastic in the least, but one of the answers above is likely to be the cause. Multiple issues with multiple parts of the braking system can lead to more or less the same behavior. The 2nd generation Vues with the new body style are notorious for this. Read the entire thread above and troubleshoot from there. Good luck
 
Old Jul 1, 2024 | 06:34 PM
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Default Basically same issue and this is solution for me

my brother is a mechanic and gave me the same advice. I just finished replacing the master cylinder and the two front rubber brake hoses. Brakes now lock up so bad I can’t get the car to move 3000 RPMs in drive or reverse. It starts happening after a couple of minutes driving. It goes away by itself after 10 minutes or more with the car off. I do send the mounting notes on the master cylinder allow you to sleep play, and the brakes work fine with no drag! I’m going to take off the master sander and see if I can adjust the pushrod. if I can’t do that successfully I’ll get some washers to distance the MC from her body.
very interesting thread!

Originally Posted by jcj5072
I know this is an old thread but the problem persists. I posted on another thread that there are two likely problems if brake drag develops in the Theta platform cars ‘10 or older. One is the brake hoses get squeezed by rusty brackets and the other is tha the master cylinder goes bad and leaks into the brake booster. The the booster malfunctions and both need to be replaced. So here’s what I’ve learned. If your brakes seize intermittently it’s probably the brake lines (hoses) problem. If it’s constant it’s probably the master cylinder/booster problem. Okay, assuming you find that problem and fix it, problem two can, but not always rear it’s disgusting head. Sometimes the new brake booster/master cylinder combo, even if they are ACDELCO both, can be slightly out of adjustment which will result in, BINGO, the same siezing problem. This is what sends people off the deep end. I had to remove the new master cylinder and screw on the pushrod inside the booster. Now, I compared the new and old adjustment of the push rod and they were the same. Yet, I had to turn the rod in about three turns. You have to clamp the base of the rod and turn the insert in with a socket. This cured my problem including the Stabiltrak/traction Control lights. This whoordeal took me over a week to figure out and since my original problem was the hoses, it kind of aggravates me that GM hasn’t owned up to this issue. I don’t even care if they waited till my (or your) car went out of warranty before contacting us because it still would have been better to pay than to go crazy chasing the problem. Hope this post helps. I didn’t explain some technical stuff but I wanted to focus on clearing up the confusion.
 
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