justin

My dealer tells me that this is common and won't check the brakes. Anyone else have problems with brakes squeeking?

jeremy

yeah i have had the same problem everybody i know who has an A4 has the same problem and has been told the same thing by Audi. . . I don't understand why they won't just fix it before they keep shipping more that do it.

DaveL

Family has owned 8 Audi's and all of them have had squeaking brakes at some point.
The stock pads on my A4 were silent for 25k miles. I switched to Raybestos pads and they now squeak off and on. Friends with VW's, M-B, and BMW's have expereinced squeaky brakes as well. It seems to be a trait common to german brake pads.

As long as braking performance has not diminished, it is normal.

Justin Glatz

This occurs on the Audi's because they are factory equipped with semi-metallic brake pads... that is why they brake far better than many other stock cars that have similar rotor specs and calipre pressure. What happens is this; the semi-metallic pads heat up, as do any pads. All pads leave a slight residue on the rotor after coming to a complete stop. This residue hardens after sitting. Normally, this woudln't squeal, but since this residue is of a semi-metallic nature, it squeals until it is "burned" off.

Squeal also occurs while driving just due to the nature of some semi-metallic pads. If you think these squeal, try some full kevlar race pads... loud enough to hear over my 101dB exhaust ;-).

Anyway, the local Audi dealership told me to drive my 1.8t 50ft with the parking brake on if the squeal annoyed me... once I new what that sound was, it didn't annoy me anywmore.

Justin
BMW 850 [eurospec]
Mitsubishi Eclipse [r]
Suszuki Katana GSX600

RickS

My dealer gave me the same BS! Stock pads are $hit, change to Mintex Red Box!

But Mine SquEAk a Little

Not sure what "squeeking" is . . .

pauls

seems to me AoA doesn't want to address it... I got a brochure with my A4 saying it was normal

DaveL

Mintex may be better pads, but squeaking has been reported with them also.