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 ...

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 ...

Question: What makes brakes squeak? Why do some brakes give off so much dust on hubcaps and others do not? Answer: The brakes on your car allow you to defy Newton’s First Law of Motion at every red ...

The braking system is one of the most important but least glamorous parts of any vehicle — so what do you do if your brakes squeak? Generally, you can’t see the braking system. Most don’t do anything ...

ATTENTION PORSCHE OWNERS—how dare you imagine for even a moment the precision engineering of a Porsche product was imperfect. Your complaints about brake squeal are invalid. You should know brake ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: Why do my brakes squeak? My Toyota has disc brakes in front and the rear. The disc brakes always seem to squeak when I come to a stop. I have carbon metallic pads. Is this normal? The brakes are ...

Squeaky brakes are common problems in the automotive industry. It's such a common nuisance that drivers usually ignore it until it becomes a big problem. Fixing these noisy brakes is actually an easy ...

The braking system is one of the most important but least glamorous parts of any vehicle — so what do you do if your brakes squeak? Generally, you can’t see the braking system. Most don’t do anything ...