Squealing Brakes Poll - I need at least 100 votes

[Rockin the BlueSS]

i do a lot of fwy driving... the brakes squeak a lot! when i hit the petal they start to squeal and i have to let off and then get back on the petal and they stop... every time i have to stop! its getting old fast.... and it is the only problem i have with the car... i do have the old set up though with the weights on the calipers and no roller skates on the pads not sure if anyone has found any correlation yet

[caverman]

About 2,500 miles and I've never had it on the Camaro.

My freakin Yukon does though and it drives me nuts. Spent about $100 on a new set of pads and threw the perfectly good stock pads in the trash only to have it continue to squeak. I did rough up my rotors with some scotch brite but didn't make a difference. I didn't have the rotors turned but probably should have.

[2010 Bumblebee]

Originally Posted by gelboy1015

2SS here. Ive got about 650 miles on mine, and my brakes squeal every now and then. Ive noticed it happens with somewhat light pressure when approaching your stopping point... I especially hate it when it does it while Im coming up to a light and people are looking at me... lol.

Originally Posted by SA CHEVY

2SS here and yeah it happens every time I do light braking. I noticed it about a month after having the car and said man with 1,000 miles this is a little early but figured it was just maybe some dust in there but rolling on 3,800 now and still happens every time I approach to stop under light braking. Have only had to brake hard 2 times since having the car and neither time did it make a sound however driving it every day it happens pretty much every time I apply the brakes. May be something associated with these type of brakes but have never had them before so my knowledge in that respect is lacking. Hope this helps a bit to describe at least one situation.

Originally Posted by egad09

Bought my 1SS on April 7th and have just started to notice a bit of squealing. Only happens under light breaking when approaching a stop sign or red light for instance. If i stop a little shorter I don't seem to hear it.

Originally Posted by ducq

My brakes only squeal high pitched when I'm going very slowly in reverse and sometimes when I'm moving forward very slowly barely appllyong the brakes. I'm talking about barely going 1mph, other than that no squealing at high speed braking whatsoever

Mine do the same. OP, if you drive fast and are heavy on the brakes you will glaze your rotors and brakes thu8s making them squeel or squeek more.

Originally Posted by caverman

About 2,500 miles and I've never had it on the Camaro.

My freakin Yukon does though and it drives me nuts. Spent about $100 on a new set of pads and threw the perfectly good stock pads in the trash only to have it continue to squeak. I did rough up my rotors with some scotch brite but didn't make a difference. I didn't have the rotors turned but probably should have.

You could have just taken them off and sanded them a little.

Originally Posted by Rockin the BlueSS

i do a lot of fwy driving... the brakes squeak a lot! when i hit the petal they start to squeal and i have to let off and then get back on the petal and they stop... every time i have to stop! its getting old fast.... and it is the only problem i have with the car... i do have the old set up though with the weights on the calipers and no roller skates on the pads not sure if anyone has found any correlation yet

Do you drive fast or slow down very fast on off ramps? This is mostly where the brakes get glazed and eventually your rotors warped too.

Originally Posted by Top Thrill

You may want to edit your post and ask for only SS owners to answer the poll. Any V6 car has a differant braking system and will lopside your poll.

It doesn't matter what kind of car you have. It matters how you drive it. Ever since the invention of metalic pads, or even before, brakes have squealed. It has to do with a couple of things. first the brakes and rotors get glazed and harded and squeel. Dust might play a factor. I remember we used to sand the brakes down, and\or put this blue/red goop on the back of the pads. Now I think they use never sieze.

[Rockin the BlueSS]

Originally Posted by 2010 Bumblebee

Do you drive fast or slow down very fast on off ramps? This is mostly where the brakes get glazed and eventually your rotors warped too.

for the fact that it takes me an hour and a half to two hours to go 35 miles i am not going very fast to slow down... and i could understand that the pads are being glazed except for the fact that the times i heat the brakes up (after braking to a stop from high speed) they are quieter... but when i get into traffic and casually stopping the brakes squeak every stop...

[WadeWilson]

Mine come and go as well. It's rather irritating, but I'm having my new rotors and Hawks ceramic pads installed next week, so I'm hoping that will remedy the problem.

[2010 Bumblebee]

Originally Posted by HDDAN

If you are riding the brakes comming to a stop (lightly pressing the pedal) this will happen. If you go out to a secluded spot and brake hard a few times the squeeking will go away. If you continue to brake more aggressively, the squeeking will stay away. I know because this is what I have done. These are high performance Brembo brakes, they do not want to be used like the brakes in Granny Clampett's truck.

I have to disagreed with you. Yes the squeel is being noticed with light pressure, but aggressive braking all the time will do more harm than good and eventually the squeel might get worse.

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Here is my suggestion. Drive normal, obey the speed limits, don't tailgate, stay 50-500 feet away from the car in front of you so you don't have to step on the brakes so much and so hard, plan ahead, when your exit is coming up take your foot off the accelerator and let the car slow down a bit without the brakes, don't stop all of a sudden or in the last 10 feet all at once.

Do these things and your brakes will squeel less and last longer. You will get less rock chips and tickets. Your fuel economy will increase and you will get in less acccidents.

[SlingShot]

Originally Posted by FB3

My brakes never squeal and do not leave brown crap on the wheels.

However, I removed the stock pads and replaced them with Hawk ceramics. What a difference.

I plan on doing the same ... I hate the dust on the SS, the LT is so much easier to keep clean ...

[The Stig]

bumblebee:

I'm not a heavy braker, and have a 1.5 hour highway commute (so not speeding and then slamming on the brakes). I have been told by two seperate techs at two seperate dealers that if I want to fix the squeaking I should be going about 40 and slam on them. Now, I refuse to do this. Period. What I don't understand is that they've (the dealerships) have replaced my pads twice now, so I've had 3 sets of pads since she was at 5,400 and now I have 9,200 miles on her. All 3 of those sets squeal. I don't understand how I can be glazing every set of pads in (averaging here) about 1,267 miles.

Again, thank you all for voting and posting feedback. I greatly appreciate it.

[dickholloway]

i had same problem...to dealership with TSB in hand, they fixed. no squeaks.

[The Stig]

Glad to hear that they stopped squealing for you.

Please keep voting, the more numbers to crunch the better. Thanks.

[Iwantone2]

15500 miles, since August '09

My breaks squeal a lot recently :(

[bilydean]

They squeal only when I use them.

Dean

[vernal]

Originally Posted by egad09

Bought my 1SS on April 7th and have just started to notice a bit of squealing. Only happens under light breaking when approaching a stop sign or red light for instance. If i stop a little shorter I don't seem to hear it.

Ditto for my 2SS. Can't say it better than this guy.

[04Ram2500Hemi]

Take a look at the thread I started about this issue. Friday AM I will copy the Bulletin for everybody to see, but it's #10-05-23-002.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90623