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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 01:48 PM
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I owned my tc for a lil less than 1 year..it only has around 10,000 miles on it...but everytime i press the breaks it makes a loud squeaky noise...the dealer told me it was because of the brake dust so they cleaned it and my car was good for about a week when the noise came back !!! it's getting me so maddd !!! wat do i do?
Old Aug 1, 2006 | 05:20 PM
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how hard are you braking, and do you do a lot of down-hill braking?

You could try pads that have lower brake dust problems... I think Axxis Ultimates are good pads that a lot of people use here
Old Aug 1, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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I had the loud sqeaky noises for about a 1 month period this spring. Extremely loud and annoying in a parking garage. Once I hit the brakes a few times it would go away until it was cold again. Just magically went away on it's own.
Old Aug 3, 2006 | 04:32 AM
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I had that squeaky noise on another car and was told it was caused by air pockets between the brake pads and rotors. I replaced the pads and the noise disappeared.
Once after a brake job the brake technicians told me to avoid hard stops on new pads or else air pockets may form and cause a ...drum roll please... "loud sqeaky noise!"
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