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The brakes on my Corolla are squeaking slightly when I brake.
Car: Toyota, Corolla, 1998 - Back to Fix-It - Toyota Repair Manuals
Q.The brakes on my 1998 Toyota Corolla are squeaking slightly when I brake. It sounds like just one brake is making the noise, and it is not very loud, but it started a couple of months ago. I just had my brakes done at the dealer last week, and though they replaced the front pads and resurfaced the rotors, and they sprayed "BGBrakeQuiet" and used brake cleaner on the rear brakes, I have the same squeak I had before I brought the car to them! The brakes are good, and they were good before. I just wonder why my brakes are still giving me that little braking squeak. (In the life of my car, this is the second brake job to the front brakes the car has had, the first time it was just the pads that they changed out and that was 8-9 years ago.)
I have driven the car for one week since it was worked on. I noticed the squeak this weekend when the radio was off. I have not tried to fix the noise myself since I don't know what to do. I have not called the dealer yet, but am just about ready to. I will have them drive the car around and listen to the squeak with me in the car.
Answer Some break squeak is considered normal although it is annoying to some drivers, it wont cause any brake problems.
Since you went to the dealer, I would assume they used the OEM pads, that usually are the quietest. The problem is most likely the rotors, the problem with refacing rotors is that the finish is never as smooth when done on a shop brake lathe as the finish on new ones. We use a brake lube called Cermi Lub, on all metal contact areas of the pads. This seems to help as the squeak is caused by vibrations between these areas, and not between the pad and rotor. You may find that to totally eliminate the squeak, you .. >> login for more
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