Yesterday while driving my brakes went out, and the car shut off. Started back up, and drove off hearing a grinding sound coming from the left front wheel. Looked at the disk and noticed a groove at the very top and at the base of the disk . .........I was able to get it home safely with the brakes working, but a gringing sound only from the left front wheel.........i looked at the other disc and found now abnormal grindings.....No indicators are lit up on the dash. Took car to dealer this am.........Should I be very worried. I do have a 7/70 warranty inplace........im at 62,000 miles now. anyone had this problem with the left caliper on the 05 crossfire..........

 

Your front brake pads may be worn out, get them checked urgently. A grinding sound is usually metal to metal and you will ruin your rotors driving like this. Front brake wear sensor may only working on one side.

 

Kardiac..I had the EXACT SAME thing happen to me. I was on an interstate and and RV cut me off..applied brakes and NOTHING happened. Then a light came on in my dash. I pulled off the interstate, FRONT LEFT brake was grinding metal on metal. Took it to the dealership..my front left brake caliper piston had been stuck closed and wore my pad all the way down to the metal. I was only at 40 k miles.

 

If this is a pad wear problem it is not covered by the warranty, wear items cannot be covered for obvious reasons. I doubt that this is the first set of pads, if it is you have done very well and needed new ones anyway.
Always look at the car and see if you can find the problem, when the service rep tells you it is so and so, how do you know he is not making it up? Always ask to see the old parts, if they do not have them you have to wonder why.

 

MMMM... that sounds like something that shouldn't have gone wrong.

kardiac keep us posted!

 

Usually brake failures are not covered under warranty and it could be argued by the dealer as to how much is covered if say a caliper seized up. In any case figure at this point a rotor and pad change on the front. Doing it one's self about 200 bucks, no tellin what the dealer will charge.

 

I had the pads wear down to metal on one wheel of my 2007 300 due to rusty caliper slide pins. One dealer said I had to pay, so I took it to the dealer were I purchased it and they did it under warranty. The first dealer had taken of all the wheels to study the situation and I believe the mechanic was p***ed of at having to put them on again with no pay. So he put the nuts on the wheels so tight that the impact gun at the second dealer could not take them off, he had to use a 5' extension on a socket breaker. Most of them finally came off but some had to be drilled off and the studs replaced. I will not be going back to this dealer ever again.
My advice is to find a dealer you can work with and stick to them, the trouble is it often costs money before you find them.