Brake squeak at 4600 miles

[Zelek]

Took the car to work today and noticed when I low speed brake with not a lot of pressure on the pedal, I'm getting a pretty loud squeak. It's hard to tell if it's the front Brembo's or the rears. I've tried some back to back hard braking to see if that helped and it did not. Anyone else experiencing this yet? OEM pads shouldn't be this noisy especially after such low mileage. The car isn't even two years old yet.

Anything I should check first? The rotors all looked fine upon initial inspection but I haven't done anything further.

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[tdstuart]

Has it rained recently?

Most likely the brake hardware just needs some grease. You can buy a small amount of brake grease for super cheap. Then just take off the wheels and pull out the pads and put grease on the metal hardware.

When my rotors were warped the car would shake with really hard long braking, never heard it squeal tho. Since your car has only driven 4600 miles we can safely assume that the brake pads are not worn down.

Most likely some grease will fix it but maybe one of your pads cracked and is making the noise.

 

[Zrussian13]

Might be dirt. My rear wheels get squeaky if I don't make time to wash it often enough. I replaced my pads around 30k thinking I was hitting screech tabs but probably could have gone 30k more cause they were just dirty.

 

[Zelek]

Has it rained recently?

Most likely the brake hardware just needs some grease. You can buy a small amount of brake grease for super cheap. Then just take off the wheels and pull out the pads and put grease on the metal hardware.

When my rotors were warped the car would shake with really hard long braking, never heard it squeal tho. Since your car has only driven 4600 miles we can safely assume that the brake pads are not worn down.

Most likely some grease will fix it but maybe one of your pads cracked and is making the noise.

My car never sees rain. Other than some spray on wheel cleaner before scrubbing them a bit, that's all I do. I may need to check the pads all around this weekend.

 

[Mikepol2]

Mine always has this annoying and embarrassing creak when the hill start assist or parking brake releases, sounds like an old beater. Loud as hell.

 

[Magnetic Stang]

Brembos are notorious for this. It's normal. My SRT Chargers did this. My GT does this. If you clean them it'll go away for a while. It has to be dust build up. A different kind of pad may help but I've always ran OEM pads.

 

[MCS]

I've read that about the pads as well. My GT does this as well and has done so since early days. Just crossed 18k KM on it two days ago. I've heard someone mention Powerstop Z26 as a good pad?

 

[Michael_vroomvroom]

Took the car to work today and noticed when I low speed brake with not a lot of pressure on the pedal, I'm getting a pretty loud squeak. It's hard to tell if it's the front Brembo's or the rears. I've tried some back to back hard braking to see if that helped and it did not. Anyone else experiencing this yet? OEM pads shouldn't be this noisy especially after such low mileage. The car isn't even two years old yet.

Anything I should check first? The rotors all looked fine upon initial inspection but I haven't done anything further.

If you see nothing wrong and those hard brakes did not clear it up, I'd try this:
https://www.liqui-moly.com/en/us/brake-anti-squeal-paste-p000410.html

I alternate between the OEM and racing pads, and every now and then I have to apply something like that to stop her making those embarrassing squeals:

Have to take out the brake pads to do it though. It's a bummer, but easy enough to do for the front (not had cause to do the rears yet) if you've done it a few times, but the first time it's a drag. Or ask a garage to do it if not comfortable doing it.

 

[stev3french]

Mine squeaked with 500 miles on them. Changed the pads out for something different (and lower dust) and they have been silent. Might be worth looking at different pads?

 

[Zelek]

Mine squeaked with 500 miles on them. Changed the pads out for something different (and lower dust) and they have been silent. Might be worth looking at different pads?

I wouldn't be opposed to that as long as they have the same bite the OEM pads do. I know they dust a lot but sometimes the trade off for lower dust is losing some bite. My 2017 GT didn't make any noise for 20k miles with Brembos those this was a little surprising this time.

 

[JuicySmollet]

Mine still squeak after 10K miles. If I use the gears to slow down and don't really use the brakes except for light braking, they will squeak...mine doesn't see rain and stays pretty clean. If I purposely use the brakes harder, the squeaking goes away. It just likes to be driven hard.

I am interested in different pads though since I don't track it. The dust is ridiculous.

 

[Vertex]

Hey @Zelek just want you to know this is totally normal on our cars. Brakes should still function the same and this will be a fairly common recurrence. The only way to get rid of it which I've done a few times now since I've owned mine is doing some somewhat aggressive braking from 70mph down to about 20mph 3 or so times in succession and then just driving the car like normal again afterward.

These seem to get a buildup of brake dust on them after just normal driving and will start squeaking on slower speed braking I've noticed as part of my commute when I take it to work is about 10-15miles of city driving. Easy fix, just an annoyance

 

[WD Pro]

Hey @Zelek just want you to know this is totally normal on our cars. Brakes should still function the same and this will be a fairly common recurrence. The only way to get rid of it which I've done a few times now since I've owned mine is doing some somewhat aggressive braking from 70mph down to about 20mph 3 or so times in succession and then just driving the car like normal again afterward.

These seem to get a buildup of brake dust on them after just normal driving and will start squeaking on slower speed braking I've noticed as part of my commute when I take it to work is about 10-15miles of city driving. Easy fix, just an annoyance

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There is even something similar in your owners supplement :

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[Vertex]

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There is even something similar in your owners supplement :

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I don't think I'd go quite as far as it does in the owners manual since you aren't taking it to the track. Like I said the 3 or so brake maneuvers I do when mine start squeaking takes care of it for a good 2-3 weeks before it starts happening again. 70-20 mph stops not super aggressive but harder braking and then I continue my drive either to/from work and the noise is gone

 

[Zelek]

So I went and bought some brake cleaner and some grease and of course, I go and wash my wheels with the power washer and now there's no noise anymore. Probably just some buildup or something stuck in-between one of the pads.

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