1990 Lumina Brake problem...

Just FYI, and kinda curious if this has happened to anyone else. I got it fixed, but it took me a bunch of trips to get this one under control. Apparently my caliper was totally shot on my rear diver side brake. It caused everything to go out of whack, I needed new pads, rotors, and the caliper killed itself. The guy kept fixin stuff, but it took him 3 trys to finally nail that stupid caliper.

Has this happened to anyone else, or did I get a lemon with horrible brakes? :cool:

By the way, I wouldn't be driving a Lumina if I had the money for a Lincoln LS... if only...

I have been having the same problem jus with my front driver side. It seems to jus wear the pad at an incredible rate. The first time they said it was a bad pad, then it was a caliper, I fixed i think i am still having the problem though. I did replace alot of the lines to the brake a couple days ago, i think that may have help. I guess only time will tell.

Originally posted by FghtinIrshNvrDie
Just FYI, and kinda curious if this has happened to anyone else. I got it fixed, but it took me a bunch of trips to get this one under control. Apparently my caliper was totally shot on my rear diver side brake. It caused everything to go out of whack, I needed new pads, rotors, and the caliper killed itself. The guy kept fixin stuff, but it took him 3 trys to finally nail that stupid caliper.

Has this happened to anyone else, or did I get a lemon with horrible brakes? :cool:

By the way, I wouldn't be driving a Lumina if I had the money for a Lincoln LS... if only...


Thanks for the info post.

Rear Calipers on W bodys were notoriously troublesome, pins seizing, rear linings not not contacting the rotor surface, frozen pistons... ect. ect.

Brakes. Sigh.
Fronts wear fast..because...backs don't work...because..right parking brake cable siezed...
The back parking brake adjuster arms were pulled all the way on (RH fwd pointing) they would not return, so, the adjusters never adjusted, pads never really wore. Fronts do all the stopping. The rear calipers were new. On mine the Right Parking brake cable was the start off all the brake troubles. It stops good now that all the wheels are stopping the car.

Had the same problem also....what i find to help is to apply the parking break daily...it adjusts the rear breaks....should not take no more than 2 full strokes to set brake...if it does you might wanna have it checked

I know on the older W bodies the brakes sucked horribly. My 1991 olds cutlass supreme went through a full set of pads in about 4 months, and that was mostly highway driving. Sticking calipers, most of the stopping power is at the front, etc. We'll see how this new 1999 lumina holds up to the test of time. So far I'm at four months and no major problems. Knock on wood.