1995 Hyundai Accent Brakes are squeaking / lurching

Tiny
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  • 1995 HYUNDAI ACCENT
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  • 2WD
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  • 56,000 MILES
I obtained a 1995 Hyundai Accent Hatchback a year ago. It sat on my driveway for about 4 months, and when I started to drive it I noticed the brakes were rusted and made a horrible noise while braking.

I brought my car in to have all the brakes / rotors replaced. After about 2 or 3 months of driving it, I noticed that the front brakes are making squeaking and sometimes clunking noises, even when the brake pedal isn't depressed. When I do press my break, I feel a distinct lurching every time the wheel goes around, as well as my break pedal bobbing up and down as the wheels rotate.

I believe the rotor is likely warped, but I am more wondering what could have caused this to happen after 4 months of replacing the rotors? I don't want to spend another $600 to replace to brakes to have this happen again in a few months.

Thanks for your advice
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 AT 10:50 AM

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Tiny
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Common cause is wheel lugs being over torqued. Had tires replaced or balanced since brakes?
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010 AT 12:00 PM
Tiny
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Thanks for your reply. The tires were replaced with winter tires about 3 months ago. This problem was happening before the tires were replaced, however. But this is still something I will look at.
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010 AT 12:07 PM

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