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View Poll Results: Do your stock brakes squeal/screech when the temperature drops below ~40 degrees F?
MY2010 - yes my brakes squeal occasionally or all the time in cold weather
63
55.75%
MY2011 - yes my brakes squeal occasionally or all the time in cold weather
38
33.63%
MY2010 - no they don't squeal, even in cold weather
4
3.54%
MY2011 - no they don't squeal, even in cold weather
3
2.65%
The temperature doesn't get below ~40 degrees where I live
4
3.54%
I don't have stock Audi S4 brakes
1
0.88%
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Brake Squeal Poll

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Old 12-16-2010, 09:55 AM
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I figured there are enough of us that have the cold weather brake squeal/screech issue when stopping that we should gather some data. This could come in handy when arguing our point to AoA about a permanent fix.

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MY2010 - yes my brakes squeal occasionally or all the time in cold weather
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Since when is 40 cold? Up here, by the end of Feb, that's a nice day where you don't need a coat.
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2011. ~6000 miles. No squeel (keeping fingers crossed now that I posted this). Only seen temps as low as mid 20's though. (F).
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Originally Posted by carguyrob
I figured there are enough of us that have the cold weather brake squeal/screech issue when stopping that we should gather some data. This could come in handy when arguing our point to AoA about a permanent fix.
Great idea. This continues to be the only problem with my car. I sound like an 18 wheeler at stop lights.
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Since when is 40 cold? Up here, by the end of Feb, that's a nice day where you don't need a coat.
That isn't cold here in Chicago either...but it does seem to be the threshold at which the brakes start their screaming.
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Amazing that so far, 93% (28/30) of respondents experience brake noise. I wonder if forum moderator can make this thread a sticky so that we could get more data.
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Mine squeal occasionally when it's cold (only at very low speeds). MY 2010.
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So far, over 91% of respondents that live in cool climates have the squealing brake issue.

I would like to see more people respond to this poll so we can increase the poll population.
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I would say xpost this thread to some other forums (e.g. QW, AZ, etc.) to get more population.

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