The left rear rotor was scarred , I noticed that right away when we got to Florida, the rear wheel was noisy as we pulled into the smooth roads of the development where we stay. So I had a good look at the brakes with a flashlight , trying to figure out if the noise was a bearing or the tires. At that point the pad was not touching the rotor, must have returned at some point. This is the same wheel as the wheel bearing that has gone bad. Makes sense, probably overheated the bearing on the trip here, about 1300 miles over two days. If I was at home in Ontario I would just bring it home and change them out myself but no option here.
Doubt a dealer would do just one side so let 'em do both , grin and bear it pay the bill. Just ticks me off that I took the time to lube and clean those brakes each year because of this thread , all for nothing. Just lousy design or pads , or both. I had an Acadia for 6 yrs before this Explorer , not a single bit of warranty work done on it. We did replace the front and rear rotors and pads on it but that was due to mileage. Last year I got to Florida and the throttle body failed, the tailgate goes up like it has a mind of it's own at times...the tires are end of life, suppose it could be worse but for a new bought vehicle now with 27k miles (mostly highway , very few miles in winter weather) this vehicle has been abysmal. I baby my vehicles, customers deserve better Ford. My last Ford was a Windstar in 1999, bought new, what a disaster, new engine put in one year in under warranty, then year three the transmission went, I dumped it then. Now I remember why we went to other brands.