Groaning brakes
Thread Starter
|
Mountain Pass
Joined: Jan 2020
Posts: 112
Likes: 9
From: Asheville, NC
Groaning brakes
2019 XLT 6.2 with about 3K miles. At low speed, especially noticeable when I'm braking as I go down my steep driveway, the brakes groan. Can also be felt when I'm in the seat. Is this normal? I would have thought that by now the pads and rotors would have gotten used to each other.
Mountain Pass
Joined: May 2018
Posts: 113
Likes: 4
2019 XLT 6.2 with about 3K miles. At low speed, especially noticeable when I'm braking as I go down my steep driveway, the brakes groan. Can also be felt when I'm in the seat. Is this normal? I would have thought that by now the pads and rotors would have gotten used to each other.
Posting Guru
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 1,555
Likes: 516
Normal. It's the pad chattering against the rotor. Same thing for brake squeal. You can alter the sound -higher or lower pitch- or eliminate it by brake pedal pressure. If the pads or rotors were glazed, your brake performance would be very poor.
Thread Starter
|
Mountain Pass
Joined: Jan 2020
Posts: 112
Likes: 9
From: Asheville, NC
Thanks for the feedback. My '99 Powerstroke never did this, but I guess this is the "new and improved" system. As long as it doesn't mean that my brakes don't work as well as they should I can live with it.
More Turbo
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 562
Likes: 45
If you can feel it in the steering wheel, my bet is the rotors are warped. They’ll need to be resurfaced or replaced. I had a ‘17 F350 before my ‘20 F450 and haven’t felt anything in the brakes on either. The 450 has an occasional squeal in one of the front brakes I’m keeping an eye on, but it’s the sound only, no vibration.
Trending Topics
Cargo Master
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 3,358
Likes: 250
My brakes groan also on low speed braking applications but I don't feel it in the wheel. It's been that way since new.
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
Rezvani's Latest Post-Apocalytic Monster Is a Ford F-150 Raptor Underneath
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Most Expensive Ford Trucks Ever Sold on Bring a Trailer
Joe Kucinski
2027 Ford Super Duty Buyer's Guide (Every Model, Engine, & Package)
Brett Foote
Top 10 Ford Truck Tragedies
Joe Kucinski
AEV FXL Super Duty - the Super Duty Raptor Ford Doesn't Make
Brett Foote
Lobo Vs Lobo: Proof the F-150 Lobo Should Be Even Lower!
Michael S. Palmer
Ford's 2001 Explorer Sportsman Concept Looks For a New Home
Verdad Gallardo
10 Best Ford Truck Engines We Miss the Most!
Joe Kucinski
2026 Shelby F-150 Off-Road: Better Than a Raptor R?
Brett Foote
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post