Hello,

I bought my '11 lr4 in 2011 and just joined this forum. (ughh too late?)

I've been hearing squeaky noise from breaks for couple months and I'm wondering it's time to replace break pads already. Mine is with about 21K mileage and I have got 2 scheduled maintenance service at the dealership. I still have six month left to get the scheduled service (I get the service once a year like the manual/dealer says)

Since I live in northeast and it has been lots of single digit cold days with snow, can it be the reason? or Do I need to run to dealership/any shops to check and replace the break pads?

Thanks for your help!

 

I assume this model year has a brake sensor. This should let you know when you need to replace pads.


Also, turn the wheel and see how thick the pads are in the calipers.


Guessing cold might have something to do with it. Not sure if they use straight salt or a mix of salt and slag. If the later, a piece of slag may be stuck in there making things squeak. Should fall out or get ground down over time.

 

I have a 2011 LR4 with 35,000 miles and live in Cleveland. Our brakes have squeaked since the day we bought it, just the first stop in the morning. Dealer just quoted me $1,800 for pads, rotors and sensors. My mechanic quoted me $1,000. I do not have a sensor light on, yet.

 

bates - is there a lemon law in Ohio? In CA, they have 3 chances to fix it and then you get to go shopping. You might be out of luck with 35K miles though...

 

Orkney - I am replacing brakes because they are shot, not the squeak.

 

If the brakes are shot, they will squeak

 

Big brakes always squeak. Period. Any car with Brembo's or big brakes will squeak no matter what.

 

This blanket statement is not true. From personal experience, I have had BBK's on race cars (e36 M3) and street cars (M6). I have had both Brembo kits and Stoptech kits. With proper bedding in of the brake pads to the rotors, you should have no noise.


The only time I have noise is when I had competition race pads installed in my race car BBK. These pads take a while to heat up and until they are hot, they squeak like crazy. With this in mind, using race pads on the street is not advisable as they don't get hot enough to provide good, consistent braking.

 

Okay, maybe I should refrain from generalizing all vehicles, but from my experience it seems that literally everyone I know with Brembo's on their car, even from the factory, have squeaky brakes. The Volvo S60R's squeak, Mitsubishi Evo's squeak, etc. OP's problem truly could be unrelated, but I'm just speaking from my conclusion that the LR4's use fairly big brakes seeing as the smallest wheels you can fit are (I think) 18's. Not saying that your wrong, but if the brakes, calipers, and rotors aren't physically compromised, then it probably isn't anything to worry about.

But seeing as the brakes could to be shot at 21-35k, that could be another problem that OP and Bates should look into. There is no reason why brakes should need replacing that early.

Honestly your probably know more about this then me, so I'll take your word over mine :b.

 

I have always known Land rover brakes to be squeaky. Its hard to say what is normal and what is excessive, its completely judgmental. Not being able to hear yours, its hard to say if its normal or not.

Good frictions, quality shims and proper lubrication can greatly reduce the amount of squeak heard.

Brake sensor light is a good idea, but for rear brakes, you have 4 pads (2 on each side) but only ONE sensor. If the brakes are not wearing evenly, the pads without wear sensors could be metal to metal before the pad with the sensor ever trips the light. Routine inspections are key, but I get a bunch of customers from the dealer that were told needed brakes and still had 50% left.