I recently purchased a 97 Pathfinder that according to the dealer still had >50% of the life of the front brakes on it.
During the test drive there was some squealing sound that sounded a lot like metal on metal and I made mention of this to the sales person and got word that it would be inspected and fixed prior to my taking the vehicle.
Flash forward a week and I take the car, on the drive home...the squeal returns. It takes about 15ish minutes to show up, and I think in their work they never drove it more than around the parking lot. I make arrangements to bring the car back for work to be done later in the week but a few days later while driving the sound comes up fairly quickly and while driving I smell something very hot almost like it is burning. I stop and take a deeper look into things and discover the front wheel rotors are hot enough to boil my spit. If I had just finished driving down a steep grade and rode my brakes the whole time, this would be normal, but I just finished driving on a road that had a
35 mph speed limit with no stop lights. The heat had to have come just from driving.Any ideas as to what this could be? I've read some things about some seals inside of the wheels drying out and requiring more grease, but would that happen on both sides at the same time?
The service dept at the dealership seems to be clueless and I'd rather not get my complaints and their failure to address them documented, wait for the front end to catch on fire, and sue them...I just want the vehicle fixed.