The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

brake noise problem 900 1997

posted by  r25064 on  Fri Apr 18 05:40 CST 2003
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] [RELATED]

I have a brake noise problem with my 97 960, which I would like to get some advice for. I bought the car as a non-preowned car with 5000 miles from a dealer. It has now 85000 miles on it.

The noise I am talking about comes from the left front. It appears when the brakes are applied and sounds like a grinding metal to metal noise. It is way stonger when the brakes are warm after several minutes of driving. In cold condition it is barely audible.

There is quite some history to it. It was not there when I bought the car. It developed after about 20000 miles in the same way as I can hear it today. Several checks by the dealer confirmed that the pads, brakes, and the rotors were all ok. After 35000 miles the dealer changed the brake pads and rotors and told me, that he would order special soft pads. Those soft pads were really wonderful, no noise at all. I drove them up to 70000 miles when new brake pads and rotors were needed again. The dealer obviously did not bother to put the soft ones in and I have the same old problem, even louder now. When the present pads were put on, I first had a squeaking noise for a long time. The dealer told me that this is part of the break in period and I should not worry. But after half a year it all developed into the grinding noise again.

Is anybody out there with similar experience? Does anybody understand where it comes from? Is it really the difference between "soft" and standard pads? Or could it be the installation as well? I could even think of some part in the front suspension being bad, although most bushings were already replaced once or twice. I had never any warning lights come on such that I believe the brake system is ok.






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.