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A4 Brake problem

  • 15-05-2015 11:01am
    #1
    Snakeweasel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 573 ✭✭✭


    Hi All, not sure if this is the right place to post this. I have a 08 A4 for the last few years and it has given me little to no trouble until this week when travelling to work I was taking the first exit off a roundabout and a squealing sound started as I steered left. It got louder and louder but faded once I sped up again. This happened for the next 2 days until the break pad warning light came on, this confused me as I had the break pads and discs changed in the last two months. The noise hasnt happened since the light came on, but now the light comes on every time I get in the car.

    I have it booked into the garage for next week, but am wondering if anyone has experienced this or knows what it sounds like?


Comments

  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Maybe the sensor fell out and rubbed up against the disc? Hard to know though, could be many things.


  • #3
    Snakeweasel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 573 ✭✭✭Snakeweasel


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Maybe the sensor fell out and rubbed up against the disc? Hard to know though, could be many things.

    I'm afraid it will be an expensive thing as I am considering trading up in a few months and dont want to spend a fortune on a car that I wont have this time next year


  • #4
    Snakeweasel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 573 ✭✭✭Snakeweasel


    OSI wrote: »
    See if you can spot a loose wire around the discs. Wouldn't be the first time a garage has cheaped out on pads with no sensors and cut off the old one and left it hanging.

    I really dont know my a4se from my elbow when it comes to mechanical things so I wouldnt even know where to look


  • #5
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Snakeweasel wrote: »
    I really dont know my a4se from my elbow when it comes to mechanical things so I wouldnt even know where to look

    Does it have alloys? Look into the wheel and see if there's a wire.

    But best get it checked regardless.


  • #6
    Stoolbend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭Stoolbend


    Is it possible that the pads on the other axle are gone now?

    Was it front or back you had replaced?


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