I purchased a used 1998 Accord EX with 229K miles on it a few weeks back from a dealer. They had done a bunch of maintenance including new breaks but I have noticed a bit of high pitched squeaking when I break driving around town. Anyone know what might be up with it? Seems to break amazingly.

 

Is the noise coming from the front or rear brakes?

 

Hard to tell. Seems like front.

 

One quick test is to try stopping using the emergency brake. If the sound is present, then it is from the rear wheels. Do this in an area where there is no traffic.

You may want to jack up the front of the car and take off the tires. Then unbolt the lower part of the caliper. See if the new brake pads can slide along the metal retaining clips. The pad could get wedged in there. I would also use silicone grease on the caliper pins. The bearing grease can dry up over time and cause the calipers to stick.

 

I will try the break test but I don't know a lot about the guts of cars so I don't want to go messing around with unknown areas. The last thing I want to do is make it worse. Do you have any idea how much a mechanic might charge to just but some of the grease stuff on them or anything? Otherwise if the sounds is not a problem I will just ignore it.

 

That job isn't difficult, so I would guess that it wouldn't cost too much. Call a shop and describe the problem and see what they would charge to troubleshoot.

 

could be brake dust or the brake pads havet seated on the roters yet it. it takes about 500 miles for them to seat.

 

I haven't driven 500 yet but it seems like its every so slightly going down. Hard to say though.

 

I'm 800mi into my new pads and they still squeak a bit. Sometimes weather can have an effect on this, and also the type/hardness of the pads installed vs. the type of rotors you had. My Accord squeaked intermittently all the way through a set of Duralast Golds, even when I used anti-squeal, greased everything up proper and blasted everything with compressed air regularly to avoid brake dust. Sometimes it's just one of those things you have to get used to.

I would agree with having a shop take a look to ensure they're properly seated and greased, if you have a mechanic that you have a good relationship with you can probably even get this done for free. Otherwise take it to a tire shop, they'll almost always give you a free brake check. Just don't let them sell you on all new suspension afterwards