Hello fellow Mazda family!
I come to the forum on this gorgeous and sunny Monday morning because my poor Maddie(my car's given name) has recently had more than her fair share of issues.
A little over three weeks ago I took my car in to have some work done and was floored by the steep cost for the work. I was informed that my rear brakes and calipers had seized and that my strut had blown on my passenger side. Well, to say the least, I declined to have the shop do the more than $2000 worth of work in favor of purchasing the parts and doing all of the mechanical work myself(mostly my boyfriend as I am super petite and have little mechanical knowledge.)
Anyway, yesterday all of the work was finished; we replaced both back struts with new and better quality ones, replaced both calipers, and purchased new banjo bolts from the dealer(one was stripped 1/3 of the way), but as we attempted to bleed the rear brakes; we got 0 fluid from the rear driver side and a little dribble from the rear passenger.
Today, just to ensure we knew what the problem was, we dropped Maddie off at a local mechanic who's reputation isn't tarnished by corporate greed. The man was kind enough to inform us that I needed a new proportioning valve and a full flush. For $630, I kind of felt like I was back to where we were before(more expensive work!) but after looking around online...I noticed a lot of people saying that this valve going isn't very normal and or rarely happens. So, my question is, although this shop is much better than PepBoys, NTB, or Monroe; is it possible that there is another issue aside from the proportioning valve?
When I purchased the car I will add that the rear brakes never 'fully' worked and my e-brake was pretty much non-existant. My e-brake is fully working now but I still don't have any movement with my rear brakes. The front brakes work just fine as well.
I come to the forum on this gorgeous and sunny Monday morning because my poor Maddie(my car's given name) has recently had more than her fair share of issues.
A little over three weeks ago I took my car in to have some work done and was floored by the steep cost for the work. I was informed that my rear brakes and calipers had seized and that my strut had blown on my passenger side. Well, to say the least, I declined to have the shop do the more than $2000 worth of work in favor of purchasing the parts and doing all of the mechanical work myself(mostly my boyfriend as I am super petite and have little mechanical knowledge.)
Anyway, yesterday all of the work was finished; we replaced both back struts with new and better quality ones, replaced both calipers, and purchased new banjo bolts from the dealer(one was stripped 1/3 of the way), but as we attempted to bleed the rear brakes; we got 0 fluid from the rear driver side and a little dribble from the rear passenger.
Today, just to ensure we knew what the problem was, we dropped Maddie off at a local mechanic who's reputation isn't tarnished by corporate greed. The man was kind enough to inform us that I needed a new proportioning valve and a full flush. For $630, I kind of felt like I was back to where we were before(more expensive work!) but after looking around online...I noticed a lot of people saying that this valve going isn't very normal and or rarely happens. So, my question is, although this shop is much better than PepBoys, NTB, or Monroe; is it possible that there is another issue aside from the proportioning valve?
When I purchased the car I will add that the rear brakes never 'fully' worked and my e-brake was pretty much non-existant. My e-brake is fully working now but I still don't have any movement with my rear brakes. The front brakes work just fine as well.
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