Rusty Brakes

[The Critic]

2014 Prius V, 106K.
Car spent the first 40K in the suburbs, then moved to a neighborhood in San Francisco near the ocean. The vehicle is driven several times a week

This is probably the rustiest vehicle I have seen by CA standards. I am sure some of you will laugh at me…

Even the shims are peeling!

 

[tomcat27]

Lucky you! Here in the midwest, things are a little different....

 

[SeaJay]

Been there, done that. In my experience, the brake lines will rust out first.

 

[64bawagon]

You were right, I did laugh

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Tends to happen to cast iron.
Dang rain!

 

[JoelB]

That's 1 winters worth of rust here. I wish I thought that was rusty!

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Wow it looks like they've been on the car a whole week

 

[JRed]

The rear swaybar on my 2007 Prius looks like I could peel it like an onion from all the rust. Everything else looks pretty well mint, though. Pretty surprised. It has seen plenty of salted roads in the winter.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Rusty? I've seen brand new cars on the dealer lot with more rust on the rotors than that!

 

[mk378]

The front brake is OK. The rear brake is a problem because rotor areas where the pad should touch are rusted. When that happens the rust eats into the pad, so rusting can continue. It spreads until there is only a small ring of bare metal left, and the brakes don't work very well.

Also on the rear is that the right pad for the vehicle? It looks like the pad ear is not in the guide because the plate isn't wide enough.

 

[JeffKeryk]

I shudder when I see Mid West and other area's cars. I wouldn't know where to start.

 

[The Critic]

Also on the rear is that the right pad for the vehicle? It looks like the pad ear is not in the guide because the plate isn't wide enough.

That is pretty normal for Toyota vehicles on this type of caliper design.
Those are the original pads and rotors on this vehicle.

 

[eljefino]

For those not in the know you've gotta put a prius in neutral once in a while and do a nice brisk stop from high speed to keep the rotors clean.

I bet you can get those sway bar end links out without destroying them, so this car is still in excellent new-england shape.

 

[Hall]

Is there something wrong with them ? Looks normal to me....

 

[ecotourist]

For those not in the know you've gotta put a prius in neutral once in a while and do a nice brisk stop from high speed to keep the rotors clean.

I bet you can get those sway bar end links out without destroying them, so this car is still in excellent new-england shape.

That sounds like a good idea. Would that work on a Tesla? Do Teslas have a neutral?

 

[Pew]

That's way too much rust. Time to buy a new one, I'll get rid of the car for you

 

[Trav]

Nothing I would call rust there. The bracket isnt even rotten.

 

[supton]

This is probably the rustiest vehicle I have seen by CA standards. I am sure some of you will laugh at me…

laugh, curse, throw heavy objects...

 

[JHZR2]

This is my brother’s rav4 hybrid (2020?) after one rainy night at the beach:

 

[JeffKeryk]

That sounds like a good idea. Would that work on a Tesla? Do Teslas have a neutral?

Yes. You learn how to find it as soon as you go to the car warsh. One of the kids working there will show you.
Don't ask me how I know...