2000 Sonata brake squeal
When the car is cold the brakes tend to squeal (a minor squeal but noticeable) when coming to a stop. Partially easing up on the break pedal when stopped results in a sort of a scraping sound. After the car has warmed up it seems much better, although if I listen closely I can still hear a bit of a squeal when stopping. Do I need brake pads or something? I bought this car used a few weeks ago. It has 68000 km on it. I've had the service depts of 2 Hyundai dealers inspect the car for mechanical problems. Both of them told me the brakes were probably fine, although they may not have actually inspected the brakes themselves. (Evidently, at one dealership, inspecting the brakes would have been $30.00 extra but he didn't tell me about that option until after the inspection and I was ready to go home by then.) I have described these sounds to them though and I'm pretty sure they both told me it was normal. Doesn't seem normal to me though. Tips/advice? TIA -- Joey Goldstein http://www.joeygoldstein.com joegold AT sympatico DOT ca |
Re: 2000 Sonata brake squeal
Joey Goldstein wrote:
> When the car is cold the brakes tend to squeal (a minor squeal but > noticeable) when coming to a stop. > Partially easing up on the break pedal when stopped results in a sort of > a scraping sound. > After the car has warmed up it seems much better, although if I listen > closely I can still hear a bit of a squeal when stopping. > > Do I need brake pads or something? That's a strong possibility. The squeal is likely to be the wear indicators on the pads (they're supposed to do that when the pads get low) and the scraping is probably a worn out pad scraping on the rotor. Brake pads are easy to check, simply by pulling off the wheel(s). The dealers had to be pretty stupid not to check this, as it would mean service work for them. BTW, $30 to check the brakes is a rip-off, as it takes all of five minutes from scratch and a minute or less if the car is already on a lift. If you don't want to DIY (it's easy), you may want to take it to a reputable local garage, rather than one of these dealers. I'd also stay away from the big chains, as they tend to try to sell a lot of unnecessary work. |
Re: 2000 Sonata brake squeal
Just had the brakes checked out. Evidently the pads are new,
everything's fine, and the noises I'm hearing are all normal. -- Joey Goldstein http://www.joeygoldstein.com joegold AT sympatico DOT ca |
Re: 2000 Sonata brake squeal
Creramic pads make noise...
"Joey Goldstein" <nospam@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:41943612.CDEC2F10@nowhere.net... > > When the car is cold the brakes tend to squeal (a minor squeal but > noticeable) when coming to a stop. > Partially easing up on the break pedal when stopped results in a sort of > a scraping sound. > After the car has warmed up it seems much better, although if I listen > closely I can still hear a bit of a squeal when stopping. > > Do I need brake pads or something? > > I bought this car used a few weeks ago. It has 68000 km on it. I've had > the service depts of 2 Hyundai dealers inspect the car for mechanical > problems. Both of them told me the brakes were probably fine, although > they may not have actually inspected the brakes themselves. (Evidently, > at one dealership, inspecting the brakes would have been $30.00 extra > but he didn't tell me about that option until after the inspection and I > was ready to go home by then.) I have described these sounds to them > though and I'm pretty sure they both told me it was normal. Doesn't seem > normal to me though. > > Tips/advice? > > TIA > > > > -- > Joey Goldstein > http://www.joeygoldstein.com > joegold AT sympatico DOT ca |
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