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- 2014 QX70 AWD
Yup. The squeaking started just a few days ago. Right after I hit 20k miles.
Seriously annoyed.
Seriously annoyed.
Have you had a chance checking the caliper pins for lack of lubricant?Yup. The squeaking started just a few days ago. Right after I hit 20k miles.
Seriously annoyed.
Have you had a chance checking the caliper pins for lack of lubricant?
Is it the pad wear scraper, telling you the pads need replacing?
Check the rear brake pads. The CX5 has an electronic brake distribution that puts more bias to the back brakes. They will wear out before the front. Many people are reporting 20-40k on the rear brake pads.
That being said, brakes are always squeaky this time of year. The salt and dirt from the roads, humidity and wet roads during the day, condensation overnight means the rotors have that little layer of rust every morning.
I have the same issue on my Mazda6 25k miles with electronic e-brake. I get an irritating high pitched squeak when braking. It goes away when I drive in an empty lot at 20mph then quickly slow down (not stop). I do this 3-4x and the squeak goes away. It returns the next day or so . The break pads have a lot of beef in them and I stop good. It may be break deposits stuck on rotors although I suspect the deposits are formed after excessive heat. I don't get the squeak sound as much in the winter months. In contrast, the manual e-brake equipped CX-5 at 65k+ miles never had squeaky brakes.
Do you do a lot of city stop and go braking?
Yeah I wouldn't worry too much about it right now and simply turn up the music a bit louder and ignore the squeaks if your dealer reported the pad wear correctly. There's not much they can do unless they're willing to replace the pads and rotors. Did your dealer say they checked the caliper pins for lack of lub according to many forum members here who checked them by themselves?Update- so I dropped it off for an inspection sticker this morning. Asked them to check out the pads. Dealer called and said that all 4 (front and rear) appear to be about half worn at this point... @21,000 miles.
I definitely don't ride the brakes, and rarely ever need to apply them aggressively. Not really sure how to feel at the moment... but they said not to be overly concerned with the minor squealing I've been hearing.
(shrug)
Yeah I wouldn't worry too much about it right now and simply turn up the music a bit louder and ignore the squeaks if your dealer reported the pad wear correctly. There's not much they can do unless they're willing to replace the pads and rotors. Did your dealer say they checked the caliper pins for lack of lub according to many forum members here who checked them by themselves?
Haven't seen any "How To" on checking brake caliper pins as it pretty much straight forward for those who did it. You need to loose 2 bolts/nuts to pull the pin out and check. Re-torque the bolt/nut to the spec after you applied rubber grease.I'll have to check the paperwork later on this afternoon. First off, I've never done any brake work before, and secondly, my driveway is in the process of melting (spring thaw), so its awfully muddy, uneven and certainly unstable for jack purposes for the time being.
Having said that, has anyone put together a DIY thread for lubing the caliper pins in the "How To" section?