Hey guys,
So recently with all the snow in my area, I've been driving my Veloster N through a lot of wet conditions, and have noticed pretty bad delays, especially on highways, between when I hit the brake pedal and when my brakes actually start to grab and slow the car down. Initially, I didn't think much of it, but recently upon pushing the brake pedal, this same behavior occurred except the car pulled to one side and almost sent me directly into the divider.
I did some reading on this in the forums/Facebook group and found that this occurs with the Veloster because the brake pad material reduces its ability to remove water from the rotor/pads and causes a delay in how quickly it can start slowing the car down. And in some cases, if one side drys before the other, it will pull the car in one direction, which is what happened to me the other day.
Now I get that this is a performance car and these brakes were built with the track in mind. But, at the end of the day, this is still a streetcar, and it seems ridiculous to me that a streetcar has a safety issue such as this on rainy days. From what I read, it appears swapping the pads to any other aftermarket performance pads completely alleviates this issue.
So with that in mind, is this a common side effect of performance brakes, or is this an issue specific to these Hyundai brakes? And if it's the latter, isn't this something Hyundai should take responsibility for? Cause at this point, I feel very uncomfortable driving my car in any sort of wet condition.
Sorry about the rant, thanks for the help
So recently with all the snow in my area, I've been driving my Veloster N through a lot of wet conditions, and have noticed pretty bad delays, especially on highways, between when I hit the brake pedal and when my brakes actually start to grab and slow the car down. Initially, I didn't think much of it, but recently upon pushing the brake pedal, this same behavior occurred except the car pulled to one side and almost sent me directly into the divider.
I did some reading on this in the forums/Facebook group and found that this occurs with the Veloster because the brake pad material reduces its ability to remove water from the rotor/pads and causes a delay in how quickly it can start slowing the car down. And in some cases, if one side drys before the other, it will pull the car in one direction, which is what happened to me the other day.
Now I get that this is a performance car and these brakes were built with the track in mind. But, at the end of the day, this is still a streetcar, and it seems ridiculous to me that a streetcar has a safety issue such as this on rainy days. From what I read, it appears swapping the pads to any other aftermarket performance pads completely alleviates this issue.
So with that in mind, is this a common side effect of performance brakes, or is this an issue specific to these Hyundai brakes? And if it's the latter, isn't this something Hyundai should take responsibility for? Cause at this point, I feel very uncomfortable driving my car in any sort of wet condition.
Sorry about the rant, thanks for the help