Brakes worn out at 7,500 miles????!!!
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Brakes worn out at 7,500 miles????!!!
My '06 E55 is chirping lightly when I touch the brakes. I assume that indicates pad wear. I have not been driving like a maniac. (well, sort of ) No track time. Just 7,500 miles of good clean driving. Isn't this a bit early to have my brakes wear out?
Is the dealer gonna charge me for this? Doesn't seem right.
Is the dealer gonna charge me for this? Doesn't seem right.
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Cold brakes? Go out, bring the vehicle to speed and brake hard, but not hard enough to trigger ABS. Repeat the process several times. If brakes still squeak, then you might have worn pads or some other issue.
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I've had my 06 now for about 4 months. The brakes started squeeling within 150 miles. I took the car to a local dealer (not where I bought my car) and they couldn't find anything wrong. They said the pads would eventually break in and stop squeeling. They even suggested I do some hard braking to get them to stop sqeeling. Didn't work. I'm taking the car to the dealer where I bought it and they're replacing the brakes. DragonAMG said I should go with the Pagid pads from Evosport. I'm going to look into it because it's downright embarassing when your E55 sounds like a cheap used car.
I've had my 06 now for about 4 months. The brakes started squeeling within 150 miles. I took the car to a local dealer (not where I bought my car) and they couldn't find anything wrong. They said the pads would eventually break in and stop squeeling. They even suggested I do some hard braking to get them to stop sqeeling. Didn't work. I'm taking the car to the dealer where I bought it and they're replacing the brakes. DragonAMG said I should go with the Pagid pads from Evosport. I'm going to look into it because it's downright embarassing when your E55 sounds like a cheap used car.
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...I'm going to look into it because it's downright embarassing when your E55 sounds like a cheap used car.
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Are you a clean freak like the rest of us and do you wash your wheels, tires and brakes???
The pads have wear sensors so you should see a light intermittent at first indicating pads are getting near the end of useful life. looks like (O). It could be possible that you have a malfunctioning caliper and one pad has been worn prematurely but it doesn't sound like that is the problem.
Is the chirp right when you apply the brakes and even if you continue braking the chirp does not continue or do they squeal continously whenever the brakes are applied? If it is continous they might be worn out.
Mine chirped after I washed the calipers but it has gone away now.
You could always take off the wheels and have a look it is very easy to see how much pad material is left.
The pads have wear sensors so you should see a light intermittent at first indicating pads are getting near the end of useful life. looks like (O). It could be possible that you have a malfunctioning caliper and one pad has been worn prematurely but it doesn't sound like that is the problem.
Is the chirp right when you apply the brakes and even if you continue braking the chirp does not continue or do they squeal continously whenever the brakes are applied? If it is continous they might be worn out.
Mine chirped after I washed the calipers but it has gone away now.
You could always take off the wheels and have a look it is very easy to see how much pad material is left.
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Are you a clean freak like the rest of us and do you wash your wheels, tires and brakes???
The pads have wear sensors so you should see a light intermittent at first indicating pads are getting near the end of useful life. looks like (O). It could be possible that you have a malfunctioning caliper and one pad has been worn prematurely but it doesn't sound like that is the problem.
Is the chirp right when you apply the brakes and even if you continue braking the chirp does not continue or do they squeal continously whenever the brakes are applied? If it is continous they might be worn out.
Mine chirped after I washed the calipers but it has gone away now.
You could always take off the wheels and have a look it is very easy to see how much pad material is left.
The pads have wear sensors so you should see a light intermittent at first indicating pads are getting near the end of useful life. looks like (O). It could be possible that you have a malfunctioning caliper and one pad has been worn prematurely but it doesn't sound like that is the problem.
Is the chirp right when you apply the brakes and even if you continue braking the chirp does not continue or do they squeal continously whenever the brakes are applied? If it is continous they might be worn out.
Mine chirped after I washed the calipers but it has gone away now.
You could always take off the wheels and have a look it is very easy to see how much pad material is left.
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Now that you don't care, I'll tell you. Worn brake pads are not covered under warranty, however, most dealers I go to would swap em out with that low of miles.
Also, not that your pads are worn, but I went through my rear set on the '05 at 7500 miles and the front were almost gone at 10K
Also, not that your pads are worn, but I went through my rear set on the '05 at 7500 miles and the front were almost gone at 10K
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Anyone else seen this? Wash the car and put away in the garage right away. After about two days or so go to take out of garage and brake pad is stuck to rotor. There is superficial rust on the rotor from washing the car but I've never had a car do this before.
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Originally Posted by machz990
Anyone else seen this? Wash the car and put away in the garage right away. After about two days or so go to take out of garage and brake pad is stuck to rotor. There is superficial rust on the rotor from washing the car but I've never had a car do this before.
my car does that too, if you wash it and put it away wet or it rains a lot and the car sits, no big deal I guess but I've never had a car do it either.
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I had the rust on mine too. I also had the squeal as well as the chirp......
The rust was no biggie. Just take it out for a spin and the rust will be gone.
The squeal appeared mostly after washing the car from my previous experience. The brake pads are touching the rotors so when you apply light brake, they squeal like a pig. This is solved by doing some 0-60-0 in an empty parking lot at 3am in the morning.
The chirp just boggles me. It suddenly appeared out of the blues and stayed for a day and then suddenly disappeared......
The rust was no biggie. Just take it out for a spin and the rust will be gone.
The squeal appeared mostly after washing the car from my previous experience. The brake pads are touching the rotors so when you apply light brake, they squeal like a pig. This is solved by doing some 0-60-0 in an empty parking lot at 3am in the morning.
The chirp just boggles me. It suddenly appeared out of the blues and stayed for a day and then suddenly disappeared......