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After 3 days in the garage I am told that my Polo squeak ( www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=37755 ) in the offside front wheel area is "probably" caused by the brakes needing deglazing due to "driving style". This will cost £220 as it is not covered by the warranty. Head office have repeated this "driving style" excuse when I spoke to them. I am confused as to how a squeak can be caused by shiny brakes when they are not engaged and secondly why this fault should occur at all after about 6 months in a brand new car. The frequent soft braking style will be used by anyone driving in London. Because the brakes don't come under the warranty I have to pay for deglazing or try hosing the brakes down along with a series of hard braking manouevres, neither of which option will permanently cure the problem. I am not sure where to go from here with the complaint ? If all brakes have this problem then surely 99% of cars in any city will develop the fault after a few months ?
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after I stopped laughing I thought what a great way to make money,rub a set of brake pads with emery cloth and charge £220 for it.
you are being taken for a ride
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new one on me this ,i get in many cars that have glazed pads or rear shoes a 5 mile drive and they are cured but ive got to admit i do a bit of left foot braking and dont have cars following me that i might confuse.
Can i suggest you get out into the country this weekend give the car a damm good drive no excessive braking but use them more than often and im sure you will cure the fault.
Finally if the pads had been in say 4 years or were pattern parts these seem to go hard and feel glazed, then i would just change the pads if the discs were serviceable,usually with change out of £20.but your car is only 2 years old.
am i missing something here??
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\"a little man in a big world/\"
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Have both pads worn even ie one not worn as much as the other?
could be caliper fault not fully releasing one pad
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Steve
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So they squeal eh?
A squealing brake is simply one or both of the pads just ever so lightly contacting the disc on rotation, resulting in a vibrating frequency that happens to be audible.
I fail to understand how pad or disc materials can become 'glazed'. What they mean is that some undesirable debris has adhered itself to the coarse structure of the pad material - grit, salt, oily stuff etc.
Concur with oldman. Do try a higher speed drive using some forceful braking.
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I am still a bit confused by the fault and wonder whether I am making myself clear or whether the garage understands the problem. This is nothing to do with squeeking caused by applying the brakes, which I understand is caused by a build up of grime or whatever. This is a continuous squeek as the car is moving as if it is the wheel or axle.
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Does the squeal stop when you apply the brakes ?
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I had a similar experience happen to a 3-4 year old car - would get a squeel from the brakes when the road turned slightly to one side - a quick stamp on the pedals would clear the noise, but changing the pads permanently cured this !
You could do it yourself for approx £30 for pads !
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The squeak is not in any way related to applying/not applying the brakes. It is apparent the whole time the wheels/axles are moving. This is why I am confused as to whether the brakes can be causing this. I do have a squeak applying the brakes when reversing downhill from my drive but have no idea whether there is any relationship between the two.
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Brakes are sticking on slightly surely? Pads should not be in contact enough to squeek.If so sticking caliper or pistons.
Had this with a rear caliper on my Passat.
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I wasna fu but just had plenty.
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If not brake related,would suspect a wheel bearing being dry.but not neccesarily from that wheel unless they or you is certain?,of direction of squeek
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Steve
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