Do not drag brakes.
Ceramic brake pads grinding sound.
When your pads are being bedded in you may hear some squealing screeching or grinding.
The same can be true with brake pads.
My cc brakes started making a grinding sound at about 10k miles but only at low speeds just like yours.
I once bought oem ceramic pads for the p5 and after a few hundred miles they began grinding.
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After installing new brake pads make 6 to 10 stops from approximately 30 35 mph applying moderate pressure.
Solid objects between these components can lead to major damage.
But this noise should lessen as you drive your car and allow the pads to become worn in.
So i replaced both the front and rear pads with a set of ceramics and left the old rotors in place and the result is the sound of stones grinding together when i brake hard or at slow speeds.
This takes a lot of stress off the brake discs which means they will last longer too.
I just installed a full set of drilled and slotted rotors and ceramic pads on my 2004.
The process of breaking in new brake pads is referred to as bedding in.
Allow 15 minutes for brake system to cool down.
Ceramic brake pads cause much less noise in comparison to metallic brake pads because they are not as abrasive.
At low speeds these things are loud they make a grinding sound like the brakes are shot.
The rotors were too badly damaged to be turned and had to be.
I took it to the dealership where i have all my service done and they said the noise is because of the ceramic brakes.
Eventually the rotors became badly scored and when i pulled the pads i discovered they were not ceramic and were filled with chunks of scrap iron or steel.
That was not the case as i still had about 50 of the pads left.
The front brake pads are easy to replace and is a do it yourself sort of thing.
Make an additional 2 to 3 hard stops from approximately 40 to 45 mph.
The grinding noise is the brakes pads proably the noise is in the front.
After step 4 your new pads are ready for use.
The rotors don t seem to be particularly bad but i m not a mechanic.
He put on ceramic brakes not certified toyota parts.
Most importantly ceramic brake pads are more resistant to heat which also preserves the life of your brakes too.
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New brake pads are a bit stiff and need to be broken in.
I bought them on ebay for around 250.
One of the causes of your car making grinding noise when braking is worn out brake pads.
My guess is your brake light is coming on.
