Need your guys opinion. My lemon of a Cadillac (i.e. 2013 ATS) started making a grinding or rubbing noise which seemed to come from the front driver's-side wheel, noticeable when I applied the brakes. For example, as I slowed to a stop at a stoplight. When I was at the dealer a few weeks ago for an oil change and tire rotation, they checked it out and said the right front brake shield was rubbing the rotor and they adjusted it. Low and behold, a couple weeks later the noise was back. I took the car back to the dealer where it's been for a week now. The technicians hear the noise and say it occurs even when not braking, but they couldn't figure out what it was, contacted GM technical support, and my service advisor called yesterday and told me that it was "tire to wheel contact" and that the tires were slipping on the rim. WTH!?
The car has the OE Michelin Primacy MXM4 ZP. He said that he's seen that a few times with those tires and the only real fix is to replace them. Of course it's not covered under warranty but he said he could have the tires removed, wheels cleaned, and the tires remounted and balanced (under warranty) to see if it fixes the problem. Does this sound like a load of [censored] or is there some truth and merit to the explanation?
I'm so tired of the problems with this car. In the 25 months that I've owned it, it's been to the dealer for a variety of problems for a total of 77 days now which is 10% of the time I've had it. Grrr!
The car has the OE Michelin Primacy MXM4 ZP. He said that he's seen that a few times with those tires and the only real fix is to replace them. Of course it's not covered under warranty but he said he could have the tires removed, wheels cleaned, and the tires remounted and balanced (under warranty) to see if it fixes the problem. Does this sound like a load of [censored] or is there some truth and merit to the explanation?
I'm so tired of the problems with this car. In the 25 months that I've owned it, it's been to the dealer for a variety of problems for a total of 77 days now which is 10% of the time I've had it. Grrr!