Ceramic Brake Pads Grinding Sound

New brake pads are a bit stiff and need to be broken in.

Ceramic brake pads grinding sound.

I first thought i might have worn the pads down through the very unreliable wear sensors. I just installed a full set of drilled and slotted rotors and ceramic pads on my 2004. So i replaced both the front and rear pads with a set of ceramics and left the old rotors in place and the result is the sound of stones grinding together when i brake hard or at slow speeds. The front brake pads are easy to replace and is a do it yourself sort of thing.

11 best 4 channel car amp for sound quality. Eventually the rotors became badly scored and when i pulled the pads i discovered they were not ceramic and were filled with chunks of scrap iron or steel. Make an additional 2 to 3 hard stops from approximately 40 to 45 mph. I once bought oem ceramic pads for the p5 and after a few hundred miles they began grinding.

One of the causes of your car making grinding noise when braking is worn out brake pads. The rotors were too badly damaged to be turned and had to be. But this noise should lessen as you drive your car and allow the pads to become worn in. Do not drag brakes.

After step 4 your new pads are ready for use. That was not the case as i still had about 50 of the pads left. My cc brakes started making a grinding sound at about 10k miles but only at low speeds just like yours. My guess is your brake light is coming on.

The rotors don t seem to be particularly bad but i m not a mechanic. I bought them on ebay for around 250. When your pads are being bedded in you may hear some squealing screeching or grinding. Most importantly ceramic brake pads are more resistant to heat which also preserves the life of your brakes too.

At low speeds these things are loud they make a grinding sound like the brakes are shot. Wearever brand made in china. The process of breaking in new brake pads is referred to as bedding in. This takes a lot of stress off the brake discs which means they will last longer too.

The grinding noise is the brakes pads proably the noise is in the front. He put on ceramic brakes not certified toyota parts. This can lead to the brakes making grinding noise whether you push the brake or not. Ceramic brake pads cause much less noise in comparison to metallic brake pads because they are not as abrasive.

I took it to the dealership where i have all my service done and they said the noise is because of the ceramic brakes. Allow 15 minutes for brake system to cool down. The same can be true with brake pads.