My wife's 2014 CX-5 has a light squeak from the front right wheel. Its most pronounced when turning to the left (which must shift some weight to the right side of the car). Light brake pressure and no squeak,....or any other noise. The pads are fine and there is no unusual wear. Rotors are fine. I took the car into the dealer and they said "brake dust". I then removed the rotors and wire bushed them and pained all the non-pad surfaces. That seems to work for about 6-months. Now the squeak is back. I only use OEM pads. Love the car but hate this noise. Any suggestions? Thanks!

 

You simply may not have "bed" in the pads the best. It is more likely that you will either have to live with the noise or replace the pads and "bed" them in correctly.


This is only a guess based on your short information about your concern!

 

Callisto,
Thanks for the reply. What do you mean by "bed in the pads". Thanks!

 

I still do the extra checking and trueing of even new rotors on the brake lath as well we always as per my requirement bed in all customers brakes when ever we do a brake service at no charge. This insures that the brake will be the best they can for their designed life.

Bedding of the brake pads is easy. So I do not have to type what is easily available I will provide an good read. There is actually many inter available information on how to do it that you can find for your self.

Basic an easy to do , but must be done when the parts are first installed.

• Perform 3-4 medium stops from 45mph. Slightly more aggressive than normal braking. You don't need to come to a complete stop for each pass. This brings the brake rotors up to temperature so they are not exposed to sudden thermal shock.
• Make 8-10 aggressive stops from 60mph down to 15mph. For this set of semi-stops, you want to be firm and aggressive, but not to the point where ABS activates and the wheels lock up. It's important to note that you don't come to a complete stop but rather a semi-stop (~15mph). Accelerate back up to 60mph as soon as you slowed down to your semi-stop.

 

CX-5s have a habit of the brake calliper shims fracturing & shifting under load & scraping on the rotor.