I've only had my tC for 18,000 miles or one year and seven months from October of 2007. It's been sitting outside the house for the past month or so being driven on the weekends and about twice during the weekdays. Today i noticed that it started screeching whenever i started braking. Before i was told it was due to the rust that the rotors get from sitting outside but this time i think i heard the metal indicator on the brake pads. Is it time for me to switch my pads or is it another case of rust?

I don't drive hard and i don't track the car so why would i have to change it so suddenly?

 

did u eyeball the pads to see if its low?

 

it has about this much --- from looking up top at them. this is only the front ones after i turned the steering wheel to look at them

 

your probably fine, they'll squeak from time to time...My car has 29kish on it and im still on factory pads and rotors.

 

cool. that's good to know. cuz i just had to replace all 4 of my tires cuz one got a flat then the other three were bald.

 

that sounds about right...I changed mines at around 20k...Just boils down to general up keep

 

yeah rust definitely. I've heard the light scraping sound as the rust comes off