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Old 07-19-2005, 11:16 AM
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New Car with Defective Break


What is the name of your state? Texas

I bought a Honda Accord back in Jan 2004,in Texas and after 2 weeks, the break making a lot of squeaky noise. I called the mechanic and the mechanic told me probably related to weather; the noise always starting making noise in early morning and after I stopped driving for 5 hours and restart again (very loud noise). The squeaky noise getting worst, so I bring the car back to the mechanic, they clean up the pad, it is fine for 2 to 3 weeks, after that it start the squeaky noises again. According to the mechanic, they can't tell anything wrong with the break and it is just a noise. I have been back and forward to the shop over 4 times, and finally they replace the new break. I have this new break slightly over 2 months, now the noise came back again? Also they have replaced a NEW battery for my car because my radio is not working right. I have this car not even 2 years old. Can you advise me, do my car consider lemon? What is my next solution?

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Old 07-20-2005, 12:37 PM
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Lemon laws do not apply to used vehicles. I would suggest taking the car to a different mechanic, preferably one that specialized in brakes.
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Old 07-21-2005, 08:47 AM
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I'm guessing you do a lot of city driving, right?

Do the brakes (note the spelling) stop the car? Brake squeal is perfectly normal and is determined by a number of factors, including the type of pads used, the rotors, the braking system, how hard you brake, and more. In general it's caused by the type of pads being used causing a build-up of brake dust between the brake pad and rotor. It's the same phenomenon as scraping fingernails across a chalkboard. If the brakes work fine, don't worry about it. You can get rid of the problem yourself temporarily by jamming on the brakes from high speed to clear off the brake dust build-up. The brakes will heat up more than usual and some of the brake dust will actually adhere back onto the pad and some will be scraped off, eliminating the noise temporarily. People who do a lot of highway driving generally don't get brake noise because they regularly hit their brakes hard to slow down from highway speeds.
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