Hot brake rotors(disks) , replaced everything, its still hot

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  1. ToyotaCoyotta

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    Prius 2009 Europe, xw30, currently have 155000 kilometers

    I noticed that my front left break rotor is getting hot after I drive so I replaced rotor, pads, re-assembled the caliper (Cylinder and two bolts are moving like they should),

    However It was still getting hot after I drive a short distance

    This time I was even seeing smoke coming out so I consulted with some people who suggested me to change the wheel bearing & hub assembly so I did, but the disk is till heating up...

    Where should I look for the issue? Already spent like 300 Euro and I still have the issue....
     
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    I think you should have figured out WHY it is getting hot before wasting money on guessing....
    It could be ABS related, or a defective brake hose. Rubber hose.

    If you had posted this in the 2nd generation Prius section you might have someone else with
    the same issue that could help.

     
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    sorry I dont understand what did u mean ? did i post this in wrong thread ?
     
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    Well I took it to the mechanics and they firstly changed the discs and pads, then they told me its bearing but I refused to believe and reassembled caliper, but it didnt work so i changed bearing too… I was also told it cant be the hose because It would return a Dtc fault if it was not giving or receiving brake fluid
     
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    It shows you have a 2006 Prius.... Generation 2
    This is the 3rd Generation.....
    NOT a huge dear, two different vehicles and issues... and repairs

     
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    Take it back and get your money back. Legally, if they tell you "this" will fix the problem,
    and it doesn't, you do not have to pay for it.
    Then take the car to honest place.
     
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    where does it shows I have a 2006 prius, I have a gen 3 2009
     
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    Its eastern europe, there are loads of mechanics who dont give a fk and you cant do nothing
     
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    Xw30 that's the 2z head gasket cars . Bad caliper or stuck not moving valves In abs system . Hub almost never . Folks do this hub thing a lot.
     
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    Not you, me. :) I've reported.
     
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    That's what it showed before you changed it....

    And before you added the 2009 to your original post....

    Being sneaky didn't work....

    But whatever, you need to take your car to someone who knows what they are doing.


     
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    AFTER I posted after I told you......

    " ToyotaCoyotta, Today at 12:01 PM
    Last edited: Today at 1:31 PM"

     
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    Actually the Gen3 was introduced in Europe in 2009, and not till 2010 in US, so OP is posting in the right place.
     
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    If you raise that corner of the car and try to turn that wheel by hand, does it turn relatively freely, or with heavy drag?

    If with drag, and you then open the bleed valve of that caliper, does some fluid escape? Does the wheel turn more easily after that?

    Does just a small amount of fluid escape, or more of a sustained stream?

    Tests like these can give you ideas. Using a scan tool to watch the pressure reading in that line in real time can give you ideas. You can also buy pressure transducers, and adapters to attach them at the bleed screw taps, and observe their pressure readings.

    It is helpful to know at least whether the drag is because of fluid pressure acting on the caliper, or the fluid pressure is properly released but the caliper in some mechanical way is not releasing.


    Edit: note: if it's a front corner of the car, you also need the other front corner raised before you can turn the wheel. (The other front wheel will turn the other way ... so there will always be more effort involved than just turning a single free wheel.) Or, you need to get the car into Neutral instead of Park (which requires going IG-ON, and then you can't simply power off with the button again because that shifts back into Park. If you just pull the fat white wire in the underhood fusebox, you can make the car immediately lose power without shifting back to Park.) Then, you're not spinning another whole wheel/hub/rotor assembly, but you are spinning MG1 inside the transmission, so it's still noticeably more rotating mass than just a single wheel.
     
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