Installing new brake pads on toyota camry solara 2006 front rotors and pads and rear pads. Steering wheel would shake while breaking on 50+ miles per hour speeds. All fixed now.
Do you have ABS? Not? Brakes vibrating will be because you have warped discs front or rear. Front wil be accompanied by shaking steering wheel. Rear you will feel pulsing on the brake pedal only. ABS will cause the pedal to pulse under heavy braking only.
So, If you have a shaking steering wheel and pulsing brake pedal, have the front discs replaced or resurfaced. You may get away with a resurface since yours is a relatively new model.
Pulsing pedal only: when driving, pull up the parking brake gently (dont do it suddenly or you'll like something out of an action movie, broadside across the highway only looks good in the movies) you may feel a jerking motion as if someone is pushing and releasing the brake pedal, have the rears replaced/resurfaced.
Does it vibrate if you press them at speeds 40mph and above? If so, then you will most likely need new rotors and/or brake pads. Sometimes it can be temporarily fixed by resurfacing the rotors, but that is not the safest way to go because they basically thin out the rotors to make them even. You will need replacement not too long after that. Good luck
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with 50,000 miles i have turned rotors 3 time with new brakes
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