Break squeal?

M2381 · 12-10-2008, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Will@WheelSTO

Hay guys its Will from WheelSTO! I am not sure if any of you have herd but the is a BMW bulletin for brake squeal! There are certain brake pads sensors that came out, that were considered defective because of the over all design. The design would cause the brake pad wear sensor to contact the rotor for no reason! There are updated brake pad wear sensors. Something you guys might want to look into! Hope this info was helpful!

-Will-

Good to know

maaicher · 12-30-2008, 05:56 PM

Would have been nice to hear this from BMW, when i took it in at the 1200 mile service i asked about the brakes and they said i need to drive harder and to deal with it because there is nothing wrong

JuniorDee · 12-30-2008, 06:07 PM

drive harder and deal with it...........thats hilarious

gnatty8 · 04-11-2009, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by maaicher

Would have been nice to hear this from BMW, when i took it in at the 1200 mile service i asked about the brakes and they said i need to drive harder and to deal with it because there is nothing wrong

This is what my numbskull SA told me also.. Past 3,200 miles and still sqeak like a f*cking castle door.. Taken it in twice, and all they do is slop some gold colored paste all over the brakes that looks like sh*t but does nothing to stop the noise.. Anybody ever find any resolution to their brake problems? I don't care when anybody says about driving patterns or performance brakes, this is NOT normal..

Jerktown · 05-14-2009, 03:33 PM

I don't get the "drive harder" responses, since I have about 4500 miles on my 09 (2/09 build), and I never had the squeal until the other day, when it started right as I was slowing to my first complete stop after a long and hard canyon run, with the last 10-15 miles having been extreme downhill switchbacks, etc (lots of intermittent hard braking). Since then I've noticed it from time to time when coming to slow stops.

So, it started immediately after I was doing some very hard driving.

Mystic195 · 05-30-2009, 05:00 PM

Our car has been doing it since day 1 and has 1800 miles on it. It only squeals at low speed stops. The dealership told us to just keep driving it to break in the brakes. I think its time to take it in again. Anyone know anymore about the service bulletin?

RI55 · 05-30-2009, 05:19 PM

Ive had the squeal before, with a lot of stop and go traffic. If I take it on the highway and brake hard from triple digit speeds (I'm not advocating it) a few times then get back to "city driving" it goes away and then it eventually comes back but it does cure it for awhile. When it really bothers me I'll just brake normal and use the e-brake right before the car comes to a complete stop to avoid it, I'll probably get rear-ended if I keep that up though.

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maaicher Captain 62 Rep 791 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW M3 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Diego, CA iTrader: (10)	Would have been nice to hear this from BMW, when i took it in at the 1200 mile service i asked about the brakes and they said i need to drive harder and to deal with it because there is nothing wrong
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12-30-2008, 06:07 PM	#69
JuniorDee Captain 74 Rep 610 Posts Drives: the speed limit Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the land of brat and brotchen iTrader: (1)	drive harder and deal with it...........thats hilarious __________________ EDC.....viagra for your car
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Jerktown Private First Class 6 Rep 127 Posts Drives: 09 E90 M3-DCT Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bay Area, California iTrader: (0)	I don't get the "drive harder" responses, since I have about 4500 miles on my 09 (2/09 build), and I never had the squeal until the other day, when it started right as I was slowing to my first complete stop after a long and hard canyon run, with the last 10-15 miles having been extreme downhill switchbacks, etc (lots of intermittent hard braking). Since then I've noticed it from time to time when coming to slow stops. So, it started immediately after I was doing some very hard driving.
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Mystic195 Private 10 Rep 81 Posts Drives: 2015 MG/Black M3-IN PRODUCTION Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chicago, IL iTrader: (0)	Our car has been doing it since day 1 and has 1800 miles on it. It only squeals at low speed stops. The dealership told us to just keep driving it to break in the brakes. I think its time to take it in again. Anyone know anymore about the service bulletin?
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05-30-2009, 05:19 PM	#73
RI55 New Member 3 Rep 23 Posts Drives: 09 E92 M3, 03 RS6 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: East Coast iTrader: (1)	Ive had the squeal before, with a lot of stop and go traffic. If I take it on the highway and brake hard from triple digit speeds (I'm not advocating it) a few times then get back to "city driving" it goes away and then it eventually comes back but it does cure it for awhile. When it really bothers me I'll just brake normal and use the e-brake right before the car comes to a complete stop to avoid it, I'll probably get rear-ended if I keep that up though.
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