New Car - Squeaky Brakes
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2006 E55 AMG
New Car - Squeaky Brakes
I just passed 1000 miles on the new car and the brakes are very squeaky when slowing to a stop. It's kind of embarrassing when pulling up to a stop light and your E55 sounds like a $500 used car. I took it in for service and they said there are no bulletins on the problem. They blew out brake dust and called it good. Still squeaking! Other than dropping $1,500 for new rotors, (still hemmorhaging from the Renntech mods) any suggestions?
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04 E55
Brake squeek can be caused by the pads getting glazed (from too little heat). Take the car out on your favorite twisty road and put the brakes through a workout. Don't abuse them, just run it hard enough to make sure they're good and warm. Stop-and-go city driving will cause all sorts of wacky things to happen to "performance" brakes.
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2003 SL500
Before you possibly do anything with "the glazing" try having the pads pulled and checked for rear friction marks. Where ever you see shinny metal is an indication of friction = noise. Lube these spots with silicone brake lube. Reinstall and check for squeel. You will find out right away whether or not this is a glazing problem or not. My 30 years of auto repair would put my money on something else other than "glazing".
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Had the squeal on my 04 500 MB replaced the pads and rotors twice and each time after about 2000 miles one side or the other started to squeal; the only solution was to change to different non MB rotors (I used Zimmerman) and the problem vanished completly. MB has been having trouble for quite some time now with one of their rotor vendors which are slightly out of tolerance causing a vibration which in turn causes the squeal and it effects about 1/3 of the cars at any given time. Try to get your dealer to replace the pads/rotors and hopefully you'll get a good set....MB, what a way to run a company 
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i had a problem like this when i had my jag. they were totally cool when i said, "yo, car's got about 7k miles on it and is squeaking like a banshee" at a service; got the car back and the service dude told me that they noted the problem, it was so awful that they went ahead and did a complete 4wheel brake replacement. something tells me that with my 4000 mi. e55T that's seen nothing but mild city driving but whose brakes howl like it's a full moon everytime i slow down, i've got a real fight on my hands when i try to get some love on this issue from the stealership.
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The dealership told me that there were no service bulletins on the brakes. It sounds like the problem is pervasive. If the problem doesn't correct itself in the next thousand miles or so, I'll take it back in and see if I can get the "all wheel brake replacement" hookup.
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Originally Posted by Rudyrono
The dealership told me that there were no service bulletins on the brakes. It sounds like the problem is pervasive. If the problem doesn't correct itself in the next thousand miles or so, I'll take it back in and see if I can get the "all wheel brake replacement" hookup.
