I've noticed that my brakes appear to be squeaking right as I come to a stop at a red light or stop sign. At high speeds I don't hear it but only at lower (in city) speeds. I can't imagine I've worn out the brakes after only 7,500kms (4,600 miles)?? I drive the car daily so it's not like there is rust or other debris that builds up.... however, it has been really cold (-20C or worse with windchill) over the past week.

Anyone else experiencing this?

 

Yes, only 1200 miles. The old Corvette fix was to get the car to about 120, then slam on the brakes.

 

"Bedding in" seems to work on many cars!

 

Mine squeal mercilessly at low speeds when they are nice and hot. Embarrassing when you squeal back into your garage like a $5000 used Honda. Unfortunately, I've not yet found performance brakes that don't make noise...try carbon ceramic for comparison.

 

If you want silent brakes, you're going to have less effective brakes. High performance braking systems basically put metal against metal, which is destined to squeak at times. You'll also have to deal with their dust.

 

Yep.

 

So, what's confusing is that they didn't squeak for the first 7500kms so why now?

 

Sometimes pads glaze over as they wear. It may or may not have something to do with environmental conditions and/or how you use them. As mentioned above, you might try getting the car up to highway speeds in a safe area and try multiple hard stops. That may well "deglaze" them.

 

On the Aston forum BG Stop Squeal has been successful for many fighting typical brake noise.

BG Stop Squeal: Finally a cure for Aston Martin Brake Squeal issues - - 6SpeedOnline

While I've not tried the BG product on my car yet (DB9) I've had my dealer tell me to hit the brakes hard at speed to eliminate noise. That works for a short time but is never permanent.

 

I was able to get up to high speeds in a safe area -- and did the hard stop technique. It seems to have worked!

Thanks!

 

I'm resuscitating this thread -- I'm now driving my nearly 1 year old 2018 F-type R-Dynamic (12,000 kms (7500 miles)) and the brakes are squeaking like my old 2016 did. This time every time I do some "hard stops" to clear the glaze -- the squeaking comes back a day or two later. Anyone with some more recent experience with the JLR brakes?

 

For those that care -- turns out there is a TSB dealing with squeaky brakes. Just did my 1 year service and the tech isolated the squeaking to the rear brakes -- implemented TSB JTB00389NAS1. All is good now -- problem fixed.

https://jlr.oemdtc.com/TSB/SB-10065182-6903.pdf

 

 

Sadly, I'm having to post in this thread again -- the squeaky brakes are back. It's not as loud as it was prior to my 1 year service (ie 2-3 weeks ago), but it definitely is back. This TSB that they applied doesn't seem to note what to do if the problem is recurring.

Unhingd -- any suggestions? I suppose I could just go back to the dealership, but if this problem is going to recur again, then seems like a waste. It's hard for me to understand why the grease they applied is washing off so quickly. Any help/advice is appreciated -- is there anything I can do myself?

 

Can you tell if it's the front or rear brakes? My Porterfields/Wortecs are squeaking but if I apply the brakes under power for about 5 seconds, they're quiet for the rest of the day.

 

If it's mainly a "graunch" just as you come to a stop then that is pretty normal for Jag OEM rotors and pads, all three of my Jags did this, the solution was to swap out the stock pads for ceramic pads (or Porterfield R4S carbon/kevlar on the F-Type).
If it's more of a squeal when you apply the brakes lightly, every damn time and worse when cold, then it is usually something else.
Back in the day when I drove more "mundane" cars whenever I had squeaky brakes I found that a product called CRC De-Squeak fixed them once and for all, see here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Cans-CRC-...LH_TitleDesc=0
I couldn't find a listing for just one can, and I don't know if you can get it in Canada, but it sure works.
You spray it on good and thick on both sides of the rotors then "bed" it in just like bedding new brakes in - repeated heavy braking until you can smell it burnishing and you can see light grey smoke. Worth a try I reckon.

 

I'm pretty sure it's the rear -- that seems to what the dealership was able to conclude that since the sound went away and then came back, I've assumed that it is the same issue. The noise I'm getting is loudest when I'm just coming to a stop -- with light pressure on the brake.

 

Different issue than mine. In my case, it's only at very slow speed (<5 mph) with no brake pedal pressure. It seems to occur when the car has been sitting long enough for rust to start appearing on the rotors. (That's maybe all of 10 minutes when the rotors get wet).

 

Two things.
1, Georgia is a diminished value state and the insurance company send you a check for what they think is the diminished value. My XJ for more than one of these. The first was shortly after I got the car a woman backed int the rear bumper. The insurance company (State Farm) sent me a check for almost $3k and I fought it with an inspection and we settled at $9,500. The others were usually around 3k. All told, I believe, I've received over 14k.
2, I have Chubb Insurance and they have a stated value on each of my cars that they determine each year. So with the 6.5% title fee They will be sending me a check for at least $34,819.00 unless they find a similar XJ valued more, but i doubt that.