Can someone help me with my squeaky brakes

Question

I got new brake pads about 2 or 3 months ago and the people at Midas ended up working on the rotors, taking some "meat" off them. It's a 2000 Impreza L and I've noticed in the past couple of weeks that as I brake, there is a squeaky sound emitted from the car. Is this normal or is there something i can do?

Answer 1

Well you might have gotten some crappy brake pads/shoes..

what I always do for the customers is take them back off and sand them down with a sander if they dont want to take them back and get the better ones.. If it stops just fine with no vibrations or jolting.. then that would be it..

Answer 2

take it back to midas, they forgot to put the antisqueak barrier on.

Answer 3

You should get new rotors not re-work the old ones. You may have glazed the new pads which means you will have to get them glaze busted. See http://www.hawkperformance.com/motorspor...

Answer 4

there's a spray you can get at the auto parts store that is supposed to help with it.  you spray it on the rotors i guess.

Answer 5

sometimes when you get brake pads if they arent the really good ones the brakes dust off onto the roders, wich causes a sqeak... if you POWER wash your tires brakes and roders it should help... if not then you already need new brakes

Answer 6

You may need to coat the rear of the brake pads with a layer of silicone. The treatment put on by the brake shop wears through and the piston vibrates against the back of the pad. Silicone acts as a buffer and prevents the metal to metal contact.

Answer 7

Has it rained a lot? That could have them squeak..

Other than that, I would call them back up and have them checked.

Answer 8

I think u need steering fluid.

Answer 9

squeaking is almost normal in a car, depending upon how much you stop.  Did they put lubricant in the proper place when they replaced the pads.  Frankly, I would and am running on ceramic pads now and will always run with ceramic pad.  They don't growl and squeak like the others.