Prius v - Seized Caliper Pins & Non-OEM Rotors

I had a post back in the summer, for getting my rear brakes replaced at 66K miles.

Prius V -- Rear Brakes Down to Metal at 66K Miles? | PriusChat

I was in a hurry and didn't have the gear to lube the slides. I went in to the dealership and they are saying the rear caliper pins are seizing, and the pads are now shot at 70k miles.

They called out the pads being pretty worn last time and were being truthful, so I'm hoping they are being equally truthful here. Sounds like I just need to grind down the slide pins and lube everything up. That's TBD, because I need to jack the car up and get at the pads.

I feel a little bad if I just chewed up some new OEM pads in 5k miles! Why didn't they call this out earlier!

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They are calling out a full pad, shims, and rotor job on each side of the rear axle.

Can anyone weigh in on non-OEM rotors for their Prius V? (Has anyone done a non-OEM pad & rotor job that didn't squeak and sound horrific? Would you recommend a brand? I just remember doing brake jobs in high school using the cheapest stuff at Autozone cause I was broke, and it was awful results....).

If the pads are toast, I will replace them with OEMs (I have had horrific results with non-OEM pads).

 

This gets even sketchier.

The service guy on the phone was a little sketchy, and was telling me they were going to disassemble the calipers and sandblast them and all sorts of nonsense and I needed the fully monty on each rear axle.

SO -- I am looking at his paperwork and they claim the rear caliper slides are seized.

What is this sketchiness on the little Toyota paperwork, you'll notice they marked all the brake pads are fine. But they didn't measure any of the pad thicknesses like I asked.

BUT, they marked that the DRUM BRAKES are nearly dead. This car doesn't have drums does it? I don't see anything looking like a drum.

It's definitely possible the caliper is seized / sticky since no one has ever lubricated the slides and it's been through 4 salty winters in Chicago.

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SCHAUMBURG TOYOTA, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

If this car has no rear drums, I am going to tell them I want at least this oil change comped.

 

So, I jacked up the car and checked out the caliper slides...

THERE IS NO SEIZING OF ANY SORT. PADS REPLACED AT 66K, LOOK FINE.

CALIPER PINS LOOKED TOTALLY LUBED AND NOT CORRODED AT 70K (THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN LUBED).

I lubed up the caliper pins anyway with some 3M Silicone paste, and bolt everything back together.

This is like borderline fraudulent for a service department to claim that level of wear in a braking system. I seriously I am going to make a fuss to Toyota corporate. Waste of 2 hours of my time chasing this.

PS -- life is so much easier with an electric impact wrench...

 

@Mendel Leisk -- I read about the silicone paste earlier after my post at 66K.

I got the 3M Silicone paste recommend by "Eric the Car Guy" on Youtube, it's the rubber friendly stuff. Not cheap, like $30 for a tub or something off of Amazon.

I didn't have anything before, and I just needed to get new pads ASAP on the car.

 

@farmecologist -- those rotors look non-OEM? I usually have bought OEM parts for my cars (I don't wrench a ton, but on this Prius V I am planning on working on it more just because it is my dog car).

Have you bought non-OEM pads & rotors for your Priuses (Priui?)? Any advice to share?

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I was looking at your other thread. Wowsa that is a dirty car, that needed some work!