# Shuddering Camry upon braking

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/shuddering-camry-upon-braking/90596>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 14, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shuddering-camry-upon-braking/90596 "2015-07-14T00:31:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Laeno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@Laeno](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Laeno)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shuddering-camry-upon-braking/90596/1 "2015-07-14T00:31:55Z")

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I have a 2009 Camry v6. The car shudders and the steering wheel shakes when I tap the brakes if I am going over 40 mph. I keep it aligned and I have good tires on it. It has been doing this for awhile.

what could be the problem?

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**Author:** ![SteveC76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SteveC76](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveC76)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shuddering-camry-upon-braking/90596/2 "2015-07-14T00:35:29Z")

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Sounds like the front brakes pulsating, When was the last time you had your brakes inspected? Can you also feel the vibration in the brake pedal?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shuddering-camry-upon-braking/90596/3 "2015-07-14T00:46:18Z")

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**^**  
More specifically, it sounds like the brake rotors are warped–which isn’t actually that unusual.

While it is possible that you can have the rotors machined in order to “true” them, don’t be too surprised if you are told that you need to replace the rotors. The cost of replacing the rotors actually isn’t that much more than the cost of machining them.

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**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shuddering-camry-upon-braking/90596/4 "2015-07-14T02:09:35Z")

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Warped rotors. Get new rotors. Turned rotors warp faster.

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shuddering-camry-upon-braking/90596/5 "2015-07-14T03:40:15Z")

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Count this as a third vote for warped rotors.