I recently put brand new brake pads up front and back, i atleast went through 3 brake pads in the rear including stock even though they were all not even half way finished. When i first drive the jeep for 5 minutes its quite, but as i brake it squeaks like hell. Here is the worse part, when im just driving without pressing brake it sounds like its rattleing from the brakes??

Edit: Original rotors have only 20,000 miles on them. Could heavy tires be part of the pproblem?

 

I had the same problem. I had the noise on the right side. Put new pads and rotors and then the noise moved to the left side. Got another set of pads (sent the first set back as a defect) and the noise was still there. In the end I wound up getting a different brand pads and so far no noise. What brand pads did u put on? I own a repair shop and we recently have been have noise problems with Wagner brake pads.

 

I used the best ones from autozone, i now have wagner thermo quiet on the rear with the auto zones in the front. Please help me, im still under warranty, should i let jeep dealer fix this?

 

My question is your Caliper piston ceased or leaking? If the piston in the caliper is not function correctly this will cause pad issues from retracting away from the rotor. OR you still using the old/stock brake pad sliders....these should be replaced each set of pads you replace.

 

1st thing is u need to determine if it's the front or rear making the noise. Not for nothing auto zone parts suck and the thermo quiet wagners are the same pads we are having noise issues with. We've used the thermo quiet pads for yrs at the shop and the issue is something that has happened over the last few months. I picked up a set of advance auto parts platinum pads and so far they have been good. No noise and low dust. Also make sure u change the slide clips and that the saddle pins a free. I always put a little high heat ceramic brake grease along wear the pads slides in the saddle. Hope this helps.

 

If you're replacing pads without changing rotors, you're asking for a crap shoot. Back in the day, they had enough meat on them to turn however, rotors these days are thin enough to warp after turning therefor your only option is to replace.

Aggravating your issue (and the fact no one has mentioned pad material implies a lack of understanding the properties) is that you should never install ceramic pads on a used rotor. It isn't dangerous, but unless you get real lucky, noise will ensue. Thermoquiets are ceramic and ceramic pads require new rotors and a specific bed-in procedure. Unfortunately, I don't recall Wagner including this tidbit on any advisory in the box. They just don't do well on a rotor already worn in from a previous pad's pattern. They tend to chatter just floating in the caliper.

So, in short, more info is really needed on your situation but if you're having noise issues with new pads (especially ceramic) on old rotors; it's not surprising. If you insist on reusing the rotors, just go with a cheap semi-metallic (or organic) pad set with either shims included or you can use disc brake quiet on rear of pad if not.