488 GTB - Brakes Squeak

Mine squeaked. My dealer cleaned the pads and rotated them (reinstalled the right pad on the left and the left pad on the right). It has been 2 years (about 1,500 miles) and no squeak so far...
Rotate the pads is something that you might want to ask your dealer about.
Good luck!


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totally unacceptable for a car like this.....no excuses

 

I recommend to REALY DO this …. and it may solve your problems.

A lot of drivers do not use the brakes as what they were made for … and drive like *****'s (sorry ) …

Never ever had any squeel in the 45.000 kms on my 458 !

But braked as hard as ever was possible on tracks and highways if needed ….

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A couple of track sessions and the problem will take care of itself.

 

make sure nothing is getting on the rotors when the car is being cleaned -- a lot of times the cleaner for the wheels can soak into the rotors

 

This topic has been covered before, basically these cars have a pre-brake function where the gap between the brake pads and rotors is reduced as you take your foot off the throttle thus this then can create some friction which is the squealing sounds you hear. Some are lucky and don't experience it but it seem to be quite common for 488's. Plus carbon ceramic brakes tend to squeak...
I was informed by my dealership that there is a software update that is supposed to fix this issue. It has not bothered me so I have not done anything about it...

 

My solution was to drive fast while slightly holding down the brake pedal to warm up the rotors. It worked for me.

 

I have a 2018 488 as well. I had significant brake squeek after a pretty hard track event (the brakes didn't make much noise beforehand, maybe a little). It drove me nuts, but I just kept driving it. It lasted for weeks, but after some good back road time, and hard braking, followed by daily driving, it just went away.

I have about 3500 miles on it now. I'd recommend hard braking after heating them way up (find a back road or somewhere you can get after it without anyone behind you), and do it several times. Then just keep driving it. It'll likely work itself out.

 

Isn't this one of the bad things when it comes to CCBs? My buddies jag has the same issue, he also says it's annoying but has learned to live with it. Pretty unacceptable for the price of these cars to just "accept it".

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Not much you can do about it. It's the nature of floating ceramic discs. I believe AP may have some pads with a different material. They might be worth a try.