Toyota Sienna Front Brakes (2011-2022) 

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Bolt is really hard to get out of the front ones without a pry bar and a socket wrench.

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@@5MinuteFixit My brake job turned out awesome. I had the rotors resurfaced and the brakes now have nice smooth, yet steady and dependable, stopping power. Thanks again for the detailed video.

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I feel the braking is adequate but I think it depends on what other vehicle you may be comparing it to. We’ve had ours loaded down with 4 People a roof top box full and the trunk filled up to the windows and it sure feels heavy but never felt out of control or under braked.

@@5MinuteFixit Well my Sienna is imported and I am aware that cars for the american market may have a little bit softer braking. I generally drive Toyota's but they are typically not only for the European market. I did maintenance on the brakes yesterday (cleaning, greasing) and found that the front right rotor on the inside has a strip of a good half inch rust. meaning not the full capacity of the rotor is used for braking. this ofcourse affects the braking experience. when slamming the brakes the braking power is there. it is just in the daily use that I feel they could be grippier. I will get a new set of front rotors and pads and see how it goes then.

today I replaced the brake rotors and pads. on both sides the inner surface was 50-60% serious rust. the pads had indentations from the rust, this explains it all I guess. the previous owner did not really drive a lot with the car. the new hardware is from brembo (so good quality) and after a few minutes drive i could feel the grippier response. will see the performance after the wear-in period, but i have good hopes its going to be really good.

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I think there are many trains of thoughts regarding wether or not to change the rotors at the same time as pads or not. In my opinion if the rotors are still in good shape I see no reason to swap them out. I’ve done this many times on various vehicles and haven’t had an issue. Hopefully this helps! Thank you for watching and please check out my other Sienna and Toyota maintenance videos if you are interested! Thank you!

@@5MinuteFixit Nice video, replaced my pads and resurfaced the original rotors after 40k miles and they warped after 3k miles. I recommend going with new pads and rotors at the same time.

if you brake on the freeway the car vibrate, change both the pads and rotor at the same time

They aren't important in terms of braking power or stopping distance, they simply let you know when your pads are getting worn to the point of needing replacement. If you keep a close eye on them you will know when they need to be replaced anyway. Hopefully this helps! Thank you for watching and please consider giving the video a thumbs up if you haven't already! Thank You!

Unfortunately I do not have a video of the rotor replacement. In order to replace the rotor there are two bolts that hold the caliper on (I believe they are 17mm) once the caliper is removed the rotor should slide off of the studs. In some cases it needs some persuasion with a hammer but should come off fairly easily. Hopefully this helps! Thank you for watching and please consider giving the video a thumbs up and checking out my other Sienna and Toyota maintenance videos as well! Thank you!

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No that shouldn’t matter at all as long as you have the torque set correctly on the wrench it should be accurate. Hopefully this helps! Thank you for watching and please consider giving the video a thumbs up if you haven’t already! Thank you!

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not a mechanic but in my experience, you don't need to open it. but when I do my brakes I open the brake fluid cap so that it will be easy to compress the piston, I also remove some of the fluid otherwise it will overflow when you compress the piston, once I am done I will top it off.

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That’s interesting, you didn’t open the bleeder while replacing the pads did you?

@@5MinuteFixit I did not

Has it resolved itself? I’ve never had this problem after a brake pad change.

@@5MinuteFixit not yet. It's weird because pressure builds with the car off, then I start the car and it's soft again. The car still stops, it just takes a long press. I want to avoid bleeding, but we'll see what happens. Thanks for the video and for responding.

@DigMySpanky I’d say if it doesn’t remedy itself to do a bleed, maybe some air found itself into the system from the reservoir possibly. Thanks for watching!

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Yes they are the old springs, the pad kit I had didn’t come with new ones. Thank you for watching!

@@5MinuteFixit that is frustrating. I just purchased the same pad kit and it had the new springs.

I agree they should have included new springs.

You only need to bleed the brakes if you change the calipers, or if you are doing a brake fluid change or flush. Thank you for watching! Hopefully this helps!

@@5MinuteFixit thanks so much for replying! I really appreciate it

Lot of meat left of the pads you replaced.

The brake warning on the dash usually means that the parking brake is engaged. Hopefully this helps! Thank you for watching.

I also have this warning, it only appeared after a few days of replacement, how did you solve the problem?