SQUEEKY BRAKES driving me crazy

I have the same problem as you. I just purchased my 2011 California this weekend, but so far, the brakes squeak like crazy at low-speed stopping. I have yet tried to bed them, but hopefully, that solves it.

I will be following this thread to see if anyone has suggestions.

 

Carbon ceramic brakes have very little dust, but on my 2013 California 30, they would squeak from time to time. I found that rinsing the brakes (when they were cool) with water would cure the problem, for a while, until they got dirty again and they would squeak. You want to be very careful about using any sort of wheel cleaner on these brakes, last thing you want to do is damage those rotors, they cost a fortune.

On my Cali T, the brakes never seem to squeak.

 

CCM brakes squeak. Basically the trade off of low dust and light weight rotors.

Try a few I speed stops to transfer some pad to the rotor. That helps sometimes.

My real advice. Just get used to the squeak. Not much else you can do.




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Fresh water rinse (when cool) is the only thing I have found to help. I use a regular garden hose with a jet nozzle. It seems to last a couple of days. I daily drive close to 500 miles per week.

 

Brakes are silent on my Cali T ?
Did they make a change in the system or pads?

 

Can someone please make a video of this squeaking.
I read about it all the time. How loud/persistent is it?
I get a little squeak from time to time, but nothing that would "drive me crazy."
Full disclosure, I am a bit hard of hearing!
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Steve had recommended putting some water on it and I just tried this. Pulled the car out with the brakes cold, washed them down with a hose, and then took it for a drive. Worked like a charm! No squeaking at all! Not sure how long it will last for but worth giving it a go.

Mine was pretty noticeable. Enough where it was somewhat embarrassing as you pulled up to a stoplight.

 

Give the water method a go and hopefully it will help.

 

Partial success! The "squeaky brakes" complaint seems to pop up so often here and in so many different models that it has to be intrinsic to the carbon brakes that F uses. At least that's my guess.

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either you get used to it or you get crazy. i did bedding and stops at every speed including 300 to 100. goes away for a while, then comes back.

porsche had a video basically saying there is no cure.

 

As I mentioned, my 2013 Cali 30 was prone to it, but it would go away (for a while) if I rinsed the brakes.

My 2015 Cali T does not squeal at all and never has ... I keep the car garaged and only drive it in fair weather with waterless washes, so there are definitely plenty of miles on the brakes without rinsing and they have been fine. Perhaps they did make a change for the T.

 

LOL. I suspect they made this video to send to dealerships, so that way when trophy wife/husband comes in to complain about brake squeal on their Porsche, they can show them the video and say "Sorry folks, our egghead scientists say break squeal is like COVID-19, no known cure!"
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Such a polite squeal from those Porsche brakes!

 

I dont know what changes to the brake system Ferrari did from Cali to Cali T but my car is a 2016 Cali T and it has Zero squeak.
Completely silent.