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Dec 23, 2014 | 07:17 PM

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mpwbw

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Originally Posted by KJ Smith

My '13 did the same thing. You can remove the pads and rub them on your driveway to roughen them up.... worked for about a week on mine.

I ended up just ordering new pads and replacing them. Original pads still had about 80% of their life yet, could not tolerate the squeal.

Pretty sad on a new vehicle having to change the brakes due to noise, but my retired UAW Dad claims that the weak link on new vehicles are tires and brakes. Also, the most important for safety, but that is a different point.

Dec 23, 2014 | 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by conger

Since the rotors showed heat cracks, any chance of Ford covering a piece of the bill? I probably won't wait that long to replace mine with ceramic pads.

Highly unlikely getting help from Ford since brakes are a normal wear and tear item. I have heard of an exception before, but that is rare.

Dec 24, 2014 | 08:05 AM

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QwkTrip

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I know at one time it was quite an engineering challenge to prevent brake squeal. Not sure if it is still considered difficult or if it should be old hat.

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Originally Posted by mpwbw

but my retired UAW Dad claims that the weak link on new vehicles are tires and brakes. Also, the most important for safety, but that is a different point.

Brakes are fricking FANTASTIC and are larger and more powerful than ever. That's both cars and trucks. The brakes we have today on common cars are better than what came on the best supercars in 1990.