Glowing brake rotors, take 2. ACTION.

[CoyoteStarfish]

This one throws me off a bit.

A few months ago, I was zooming down the interstate having a great time. Music blasting, sunroof back. Ahh, great night for a car ride.

I smell something funny, and notice my power is dropping rapidly (floored was only giving me 40MPH by the time I was able to pull into the emergency lane.)

Pull off, smoke billowing from the rear passenger tire well. The rotor was RED HOT. Obviously, cooked my seals and brake pads. Obtained new seals and replaced the faulty seal and the pads and went on like nothing happened.

Two days ago, same thing happens. This time on the driver side, the side I neglected to rebuild.

Both times, after the brakes cooled I could drive them like normal again. I just did not trust it afterwords and promptly proceeded with a rebuild.


What caused this failure? Can it happen to the front rotors?