Anyone else have this problem? I took it to the dealership and they said that its normal because they are ceramic, and it could be just brake dust.... Any ideas or are they not being honest....only 16000 miles

 

tsb about the squeaky brakes. print that out, take it in, and if your car is within the vin range, you get new brakes that should squeal less.

http://www.finishlineperformance.com...6-04-1369b.pdf

 

I also had the same problem...had the TSB and got new brakes and rotors. It has now been 4 months since I had this done and the squeal has come back. My wife is the warranty service writer at the local dealership and told me that they would not replace the second set of brake pads and that it would have to come out of our pocket. Kinda sux, if you ask me!

 

Ceramic? Are you sure? I was told that the brake pads are actually metalic, and that squealing is normal for those types of pads. Also, the TSB only covers a specific range of cars, and unfortuneatly, ours didn't fall inside of that range.

It is completely annoying, and I'm tempted to change out the pads myself just to get rid of the squealing. I've been told that ceramic pads, because they are not metalic, do not squeal. Anybody feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

 

If you make a couple hard stops it cures the problem for a little while. What is happening is you are glazing up the pads with soft stops, and when you apply the brakes hard on a back road or some place when no one is around, you eat that glazed part of the pad off. Make a couple hard stops say from 50mph to 10mph without stopping completely and see if that cures it for a while. It does mine. Too much city driving.

 

ceramics do typically exhibit less squeal, and they don't release as much brake dust.

 

Wait--we DO NOT have ceramic pads, correct?

 

ceramic...hahahahahaha

 

I've had the brake pads replaced before, but they reappeared 5000 miles later on the new pads... it gets annoying and embarrassing. Braking hard doesn't help me much.

 

Mine squeal as well. It is embarrassing to have a sweet ride and then that happen, especially if hot women are watching.

 

My brakes squeel as well, and I just bought my car about a month ago. I figured since it was a brand new car that the light squeel sound is normal

 

Read about bedding your brakes........

If you do it it will stop squeeling....until it wears through the transfer layer again.


Re-bed them when it starts again.


If you want to hear squeeling...put in a set of high temp pads, and drive them on the street. They are designed to work at high temps...at low temps they are actually really abrasive...and wear off the transfer layer( and rotors). Squeel like crazy until they are hot :D

 

I'd rather have squeely brakes that stop great...than poorer compound brakes that don't :D

Brakes are always a compromize.......quiet, low dust = less efficient usually.

Usually pads that don't dust are eating your rotors............