I recently replaced the front and rear brake pads and rotors on my Toyota Sienna. The brakes are making a lot of noise. I used Akebono pads and Bosch Quietcast rotors. This is the second set of brake pads I've used in the last couple of months. The first set of pads were Wagner thermoquiet. I tossed them in the trash after a few hundred miles because they had a loud and weird groaning noise. But I just can't get the squeaking sound to go away. Akebono is supposed to be some of the best, is it possibly the Bosch Quietcast rotors? Would genuine Toyota parts be better?
Are the pads making noise all the time or only when you press the brake pedal?
Just when braking, primarily at low speeds.
Thanks for the reply.
So, your pads is the source of noise. It will go away by time but I don't know why this brand has this issue, maybe this is a faulty batch you got. You may return them and either buy another set from the same brand or another brand.
When replacing brakes did you make sure to use a little anti seize in the right spots? If you have the metal wear sensor, is it installed properly? A bit of lube goes a long way to reduce or stop noise completely. You can also wear in the brakes to the rotors using a braking procedure if you haven't done that yet as well.
P.S. any "genuine part"is most of the time just rebranded brand name parts. I could argue it is majority.
Thanks for the reply. I've actually taken everything apart and put it back together three times already, and everything looks to be installed correctly. I used the grease supplied with the Akebono pads...I've watched several YouTube videos about where to use the moly lube. Seems to be some debate about weather or not to use it, but I put it on since I figured Akebono wouldn't include it with the pads if they didn't think it was necessary.
The grease they I've you I always discard because it's just that, grease, will collect dirt and other impurities over time. From what I gather at least, there is a reason you use the same brand for part-kits, what I mean is that if you are using akebono pads you would also want akebono rotors, they are ment to mesh together so to speak from my experience. Like Yaser said, it should go away over time. You can also try to wear in the pads using a hard braking procedure, and that should "wear in" the pads. Go from 0-45/50mph then hard brake without turning on and to 20 mph
Try for 3-4 times and see if your problem goes away faster.