alright a couple of issues are going on with my h3, first of all it was in the shop just last week for the brakes almost like a grinding sound and it was fixed for a day or so now i smell brake pads all the time so oi have to take it back in for that. next is anybody felt a viberation at a stop, it stops as soon as i start going then as soon as i stop it starts again wtf. i do have a shopping list so i am going to take it in but just curious of what the viberation is any help would be appreciated

 

The vibration is most likely your rotors are warped.

 

that should be fixed for free right? and what do u think the viberation while stoped is

 

You have a stuck caliper and one of the brakes is dragging and true like Mark just said, as a result of a overheated brake rotor, it probably has warped.

 

i to have noticed lately when i have to stop qickly, i am hearing the breaks grinding...

i m taking mine in also.

 

If your brake rotor is warped, that is usually do to excessive heat build up, which is caused mostly by really hard braking. If you brake hard, your rotors will eventually warp, especially if you are exposed to extremely changing temperatures. You should NOT have a warped brake rotor already, unless as Dennis said, your caliper is stuck. There are pistons in the caliper that push the brake pad against the rotor/disc to stop your vehicle. If one of those pistons is frozen, it may be rubbing the brake pad on the rotor ALL the time, which is causing the heat to warp the rotor, and the smell you smell, AND the grinding noise, because your brake pad is probably wearing right down to nothing. They need to check this stuff out. That is a serious issue.

They should have caught that the first time around. That bothers me that an experienced mechanic would not have caught that.

 

I like the brakes on the H3 that was the first thing i was bragging about to the salesman when i took it for a test drive my three 4runner the rotors sucked i was replace them every 15k. ALSO DEPENDS ON QUALITY