Affected Component: EQUIPMENT

Date Published
MAY 13, 2015
NHTSA TSB #
10089845
TSB Document
Summary
PITSTOP: HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL NOISE BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP - ON SOME VEHICLES, CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF AN INTERMITTENT SQUEAL WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THIS CONCERN IS OFTEN DUE TO THE BRAKE PADS NOT FREELY FLOATING WITHIN THE CALIPER AND STICKING TO THE CALIPER BRACKET. THIS CONDITION MAY LEAD TO A VIBRATION AND NOISE WHICH IS HEARD DURING THE LAST PORTION OF BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL, BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP.