Squeeky brakes
10-08-2006, 12:47 AM
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Squeeky brakes
Anyone here have trouble with really loud and obnoxious brake squeel? Every morning I pull into the parking garage at work I have to try to avoid using the brakes because it is so embarassing to pull up in a nice new car only to have it sound like an old POS when you come to a stop. I've taken it into the dealer twice now and was told that Ford allows for some brake noise. It's gotten to the point where it squeeks almost all the time now when I brake, unless I brake really hard. Anyone had success getting the dealer to replace the pads or rotors under warranty? The pads look fine, they aren't down to the stop or anything. Is this an issue with bad brake pad material? Could I just replace the pads with aftermarket pads and fix this on my own? My car is a 5 speed, don't know if this has anything to do with it.
10-08-2006, 12:57 AM
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RE: Squeeky brakes
Mine occasionally do this also. How many miles are on your car? Do you brake hard occasionally? Have you ridden the brakes for a decent amount of time?
Your tranny has nothing to do with it either. If it gets bad, try another dealer and if no luck , if it's that bad, go with another brake pad.
Your tranny has nothing to do with it either. If it gets bad, try another dealer and if no luck , if it's that bad, go with another brake pad.
10-08-2006, 04:31 AM
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10-08-2006, 04:39 AM
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10-08-2006, 06:25 PM
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RE: Squeeky brakes
Thanks guys! Nice to have all the TSB's in one place. Will definately take this to the dealer after I verify the build date. Car has about 22k miles but it's been doing this for the last 10k miles or so and I have it on record that it was taken in at that point so they shouldn't be able to deny it based on mileage. The reason I mentioned the manual tranny is because with stick cars I find that I don't use the brakes nearly as often and maybe that has something to do with the problem? A dealer told me once that I should try to go out on the back roads and hammer on the brakes but this doesn't seem to work for very long. Will take her into the dealer and see what happens. Thanks again!
10-08-2006, 08:35 PM
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RE: Squeeky brakes
ya my brakes always streak when i backed out on the downhill, i took it to the dealership twice to get it checked, they said they never heard it
so i got mad and i have to stick with those embarassing brakes, been that way since i got the car brand-new last year [:@][:@][:@][:@]
so i got mad and i have to stick with those embarassing brakes, been that way since i got the car brand-new last year [:@][:@][:@][:@]