# 2007 Toyota Scion - Smoking brakes **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** toyota\ **Created:** [November 1, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-scion-smoking-brakes/128038 "2018-11-01T20:11:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AntonioGutierrez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@AntonioGutierrez](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AntonioGutierrez)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-scion-smoking-brakes/128038/1 "2018-11-01T20:11:08Z")
Brakes getting smoking hot after installing new pads and rotors ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-scion-smoking-brakes/128038/2 "2018-11-01T21:45:27Z")
Stuck calipers cause by pushing the pistons back for new pads into a corroded area. Or failed master cylinder ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-scion-smoking-brakes/128038/3 "2018-11-04T00:52:01Z")
Did you grease the caliper slides??? Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-toyota-scion-smoking-brakes/128038/4 "2018-11-05T04:02:37Z")
All the brakes ? Jack up worst one and see if you can spin the tire by hand…If it’s dragging, find out why…