SteveT

Morning Cliff, apologies for the late reply, thought I would get some miles in before I replied. So, the car had the further investigation done with the same dealership, but at the other location, straight away I was met with a mechanic who was conscientious, listened and appeared nothing was too much trouble. He test drove the car with me, couldn’t find the intermittent squeak, but did remark the brakes were on the noisy side…!!? He did say, that being the new Generation 4 model with the mild hybrid system everything is so much quieter in the cabin, so any noise would be more noticeable..ie braking..!!!? they noticed straight away there was no grease in and around the pad housings and springs completely bone dry, of which should of been greased at the investigation previously… they checked the disc’s , calipers and for any wear on the new pads , all as it should be..!! Only thing noticeable was quite a build up of brake carbon (dust) on the brakes , which I have noticed myself when cleaning the car every week, but can’t explain when neither my wife or myself heavy brake and the car is only driven 10 miles a day for work . On previous inspections the noise has returned within days or 30 miles. At the moment there is No Binding Noise at low speed , as before and certainly not heard the Squeak and we have covered about 100 miles since the investigation. I can only hope this has resolved the problem, only time will tell…??? I still can’t explain was it a friction noise with no grease and what caused the pads to glaze so badly within 6 months…????

Good morning all, the latest update I have at the moment is, the car went in again on the 30/12, the mechanic told me there is nothing wrong…!!!? Well, I thought I would now get a second opinion on this. I took the car to the same dealership, but at different location , they are now going to have the car for the day and investigate thoroughly on 9/1/25 , so I am hoping we can get to the bottom of this somehow.

Evening Sid, many thanks for your information and advice. this is further questions I will ask at the dealership, when I take the car back in on the 30th. I will keep you updated.👍🏻

Afternoon Cliff, I much appreciate your advice, the car is currently booked to go in again to the main dealership on the 30th Dec ( the earliest booking) for further investigation, so I will keep you updated as we go…! Thanks again.

Good morning, can anyone confirm if there is a problem with rear brakes Bought a brand new Audi A3 from the main dealership in May. Since day one I have had a squeak and grinding noise on the rear brakes when running at low speed, less than 10 mph in traffic.. The car has been back into Audi three times . First time mechanic test drove the car with me , said he couldn’t believe how noisy the brakes were , but said they was no problem…? second time, they so called cleaned and re greased the rear brakes, which lasted about thirty miles Third time dealership, said the pads had Glazed, of which they replaced, at no cost to me, but the noise was back within a couple days…???? I would much appreciate, if anyone could shed some light on this..? many thanks.