Squeaking Brakes

[paulvinh]

May 2018. 30k miles.

I’m starting to hear a slight squeak when I creep/ move slow and brake slowly or on autopilot in traffic.

Could someone tell me how to fix this or if this is a common issue?

 

[Az_Rael]

Mine does it too. 37K miles. I thought it probably needed a brake cleaning service, just haven't booked a service center appt yet.

 

[kbecks13]

Mine does it too. 37K miles. I thought it probably needed a brake cleaning service, just haven't booked a service center appt yet.

It's likely just some minor surface corrosion/deposits that need to be knocked off. Did it get wet recently or around the time it started making noise?

I'm in SoCal and mine always squeak a little right after rain and/or a car wash. Try doing some hard braking (~70% of ABS limit) from medium speed a few times, should clean it right up. We rarely use our brakes because of the regen, so they need a little firm usage every now and again.

 

[paulvinh]

I’m in SoCal too. I will try to get it cleaned to see if it stops the squeaking.

 

[ry-ballz]

I’m in SoCal too. I will try to get it cleaned to see if it stops the squeaking.

Just go out and do a couple hard stops.
Probably just surface deposits on the rotors.

 

[hoshino]

Same in SoCal here also. After Last week when it rain on Wed/Thurs I get occasionally squeak when braking.
Probably will get noticeable again after this storm this week over Thanksgiving.

Anyone in Socal get the warning that your Regen braking isn't working normally need to drive a bit longer to warm it up?
I had 2 straight mornings of that.

 

[jordanair45]

Mine has been doing it while only reversing. Before the rain started when it got coldeR

 

[Az_Rael]

I had mobile service come out for this issue. They did a brake burnishing procedure (basically hard braking a few times then letting the brakes cool). That seemed to have worked. Glad I had them do it, as I had tried something like that in the past, but I wasn’t doing it right so couldn’t get it to work.

 

[flyingowl]

Nothing to worry about. My previous Audi did same thing if it sits too long.

 

[Autumn]

I had this same issue. Only 8000 miles. I took it to the service center and they said the break pins? moved so they replaced them under warranty.

 

[Az_Rael]

Nothing to worry about. My previous Audi did same thing if it sits too long.

Mine was doing it every day, all day long, and in dry weather. It was very annoying to pull up into drive thrus with my brakes squeaking like a 20 year old car.

 

[toolman335]

There have been many threads about this, so you're not alone. Rarely using the breaks due to Regen is mostly great but it has drawbacks. Mine did it from the day I bought it for a couple of pushes of the brake pedal only when in reverse(again, many threads about that).
I reached my snapping point and had service come for a visit. I had tried all of the tricks.
The tech took it for a hard drive and he returned it in perfect condition. I haven't heard a peep in weeks lol.
He said if that hadn't worked that he had some kind of caps to replace.

 

[jsmay311]

Just go out and do a couple hard stops.
Probably just surface deposits on the rotors.

+1.

I've found that after the recent addition of the "Hold" stopping mode, my use of the friction brakes has dropped significantly, so there's a greater likelihood of this happening now.

 

[TrumpetTitan]

Mine has been doing it while only reversing. Before the rain started when it got coldeR

Mine started doing this exactly under the same condition, colder weather, only while reversing.

After reading comments about deposits from very little use of pads, I think it's because I use the pads heavily for autocross, but the autocross season ended in October and now I pretty much just use regen except while parking the car.

 

[jordanair45]

Mine started doing this exactly under the same condition, colder weather, only while reversing.

After reading comments about deposits from very little use of pads, I think it's because I use the pads heavily for autocross, but the autocross season ended in October and now I pretty much just use regen except while parking the car.

weird. I need to take mine in for service