About 10,000 kilometres ago, the local dealership replaced the brakes on my 2007 Subaru Tribeca. Right away I noticed a loud, high-pitched squeaking noise coming from the front brakes when I stopped ...

We all know the sound well: brake squeal. The high-pitched noise emitted from the pads and rotors that causes stress, and sometimes embarrassment. But, don't fret. Porsche wants drivers to know it's a ...

What noise should a Porsche make? If it's under hard acceleration, you'd probably expect the roar of a flat-six, but at lower speeds your six-figure sports car might be making sounds more like a ...

Squealing brakes cost auto manufacturers several hundred million dollars a year in warranty repairs and are among consumers' top 20 vehicle complaints – even in luxury cars. Now, acoustics researchers ...

Dear Tom, Every time I hit the brake pedal, my brakes make this awful high-pitched squeal. When I stop at a light I get stares from people. It’s embarrassing! I just had the brakes done last month, so ...

Squeaky brakes are a serious automotive annoyance, but are they dangerous? How much does it cost to fix them? We've got your answers right here. All brakes make some noise sometimes. Don't panic! A ...

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance at one point in your driving career you heard strange noises coming from under, over, or inside the car. Some of the most scary such noises are those ...

Q. I have a 2000 Dodge Neon four-door ES. After about 1,000 miles, the brakes started squealing. At about 2,000 miles, they started squealing so loudly that they can be heard more than a block away.

Brake squeal: Nobody likes it. That high-pitched sound burrows into your brain stem, making you seriously consider crashing into the stopped car ahead rather than stepping on the brakes again. But ...

In the video below, presumably created in response to an abundance of customer complaints, Porsche explains that its cars are precisely engineered to the highest standards of excellence but brake ...

Q: My ’05 Toyota Tacoma, with less than 20,000 miles, has brakes that continuously squeal upon application. The local Toyota garage claims they disassembled each brake and found no root cause for the ...

I have a 1999 ford Mustang. It just hit 36,000 miles, time for new brakes. Now, I'm pretty uninformed when it comes to cars, and the dealers tell me $199 for the front brakes. I thought that was ...