NEW VANTAGE OWNER - SQUEEKY BRAKES

[A1]

Hi Guys
Finally got the car delivered last friday, been having lots of fun over the weekend. Will get some pictures up very soon.

Got one issue, the brakes at very low speed make a squeeky noise, even after 1 hours drive? any advice?

[anonymous-user]

Squeaky breaks = common. Drive fast and brake lots is the cure!

[Luckyluciano]

Same as above do some hard breaking to get the glaze of the brakes.

[bogie]

if you have an early car then it may not yet have had the anti-squeal shims in behind tha pads ...cant remember when they started to be standard fitment

other than that, its just a case of pads need to be bedded in properly and used hard from time to time

try finding a straight, quiet bit of road

do 2 or 3 stops from 40-10mph, then 60-10mph then try a couple say 70mph - 0mph as hard as you can

that should clean the crap off and bed them in nicely

[A1]

Its october 2007 car.

Will try what you mentioned

Thanks

[TurboMiller]

Hi there,
Had exactly the same issue on mine when I picked it up earlier this year.
After some quicker driving and harder braking, problem solved

[JohnG1]

The advice about braking to a stop from speeds is spot on. Bear in mind that if your car is a garage princess you will need to do this when you bring her out of the garage. I get this if I leave mine undriven for two weeks....

But then I warm her up and carry out a few emergency stops and bobs yer uncle.