Hello everyone. Newbie here with a 2003 Disco.

Was coming home about a month ago from a weekend trip with the wife and kids and smelled the unmistakeable aroma of burning brakes. Pulled over on the side of the road and found both of the front rotors smoking. Long story short waiting 3 weeks for parts (I live in Germany) got it back yesterday with new pads, rotors, calipers and hoses.

Driving home today from a trip to the park once again with the wife and kids and smelled burning brakes. Got out and found the rotors hot but not ruined. What the F is the problem. I automatically thought it was the calipers the first time but know I'm not sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Maybe your rear brakes are not doing their job forcing the fronts to do too much.

 

hmmmm new calipers should of fixed that. Who did the brake job? They should have some sort of warranty on their work, I would hope. I would take it back and tell them.

When you press the brakes does it pull to the left of right?
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thats my guess too

 

yeah I took it back to the shop and had the mechanics look at it again. They went on a 30 minute test drive and didn't have any problems.

Doesn't pull left of right when braking.

 

When are they overheating, while driving or while stopping?
Does your cruise control work?

 

Can't tell you on the cruise control...I'll have to get back with you on that one. I think I know where you're going with this one though. I'm guessing that if the brakes were being applied it would automatically cancel the cruise. I'll check that shortly.

A little of both I guess. Initially before replacing calipers, rotors and pads I was driving down the freeway when it started. This last time I had just driven down a pretty steep hil...no HDC and noticed it afterwards.

 

Well here is my thought on the cruise, if you are a 2 foot driver not only will the cruise not work but the brakes may overheat too as your left foot will be resting on the brake pedal thus applying the brakes and canceling out the cruise.
My ex-mother in law was one of those drivers, took her Explorer into the dealer many times to have the cruise checked out, she finally gave up on cruise because she would not stop driving with 2 feet.
Riding the brakes will also overheat them.

Coming down a big hill from expressway speeds fully loaded you will overheat the brakes, these trucks are very heavy and are hard to stop, especially from expressway speeds.
Fully loaded they are also hard to stop, remember the faster you go and/or the more weight in the truck the more work the brakes need to do.

The best thing to do is to start slowing down early when exiting the expressway or when pulling a trailer or have the family and all the luggage in the truck.
When going down a steep hill you can also shift into 3rd gear and have the engine help slow you down to keep the brakes from working to hard.