brake squeeking
 

i have 68k miles on my P5, and its mostly highway millage. then going down the road, they make the squeeking noise that sounds like the replacement indicator, but when i apply any amount of brake pressure, it stops??? any ideas on this?

???anyone

Jesse is right, its most likely just a very slight abrasion on a rotor that lightly chatters the pads. Not sure about protege's caliper design but most modern disc brakes have ways of reducing play in the brake pedal by compensating for pad wear. The tradeoff is that in some situations the pad, though slightly, is touching the rotor all the time. This is how you can get slight squeels without touching the brake pedal. When you press the brake pedal the rotor squeezes the pads back into their retainers tighter and it goes away...If protege's don't have something similar to this, its the opposite. There is noticable play between the pad surface and rotor surface and without the brake pressure the pads can rattle back and fourth off of the rotor making noise. when your brakes are applied same as above...

I think Protege's calipers do not allow excess play between the friction surfaces becuase when you look through the caliper to check the pad life they are always close, can only check the thickness of the pad itself...That and there is no more pedal effort needed with half worn pads than with new ones...

You should check your pad's wear anyway with your mileage...But if it goes away when you press the pedal it is nothing to be that concerned about, given you don't feel noticable braking without using the pedal...

i'm gona check it, but i can here it with the radio on and windows up, its that loud

squeaking happens to me but with the rear drum brakes on my gen3 and on light braking. it's really annoying since it doesn't occur consistently. i've already had the brake shoe checked and the brakes cleaned but it's still there. i wonder if it's the rotors?

Try braking hard from 50-70 mph to a complete stop several times in a row. Get the brakes really stinking hot. Then drive around until they cool off before parking the car. This will sometimes change the wear pattern on the rotors and eliminate the constant squeal.

Another thing to try is the anti-squeal compound you can buy at your local auto parts store. It's rubbery goop that you apply to the back of the pads to absorb the vibration.

so do you think it is the pad rubbing the rotor, or is the come kind of retining clip that might of come loose and is rubbing against the rotor?