Member of family has a Nissan Tiida 2007. From new the brakes have squealed
to the point where the car is an embarrassment. Dealers have given up after
not showing much interest anyhow and specialist brake repairers have taken
up >$1200 with almost no change at all.
Anyone with similar problems or better still a solution?.
Cheers
John

brake pads or rotors .
the dealer is TOTALLY
fucking you !
get some balls .
D.


"John" <susan48 (AT) aapt (DOT) net.au> wrote

Problem is "D" is that it appears a design fault. My research shows its a
widespread issue the dealers havnt got a clue or inclination to cure. Also
goes for Nissan Aust who studiously ignore the problem. It started 3 weeks
from new and was unabated after many trips to dealers ruling out discs/pads.
Independent Brake Specialists have tried rotors,pads no improvement As I
mentioned its a family member who owns the car who also lives 100 miles
away. Her gender also makes your suggestion somewhat problematic!!!!!. You
are quite right though, Nissan and its dealers are totally !@#$%ing my
sister over.
John

On 11/9/09 2:25 AM, in article hd8jmo$62n$1 (AT) news-01 (DOT) bur.connect.com.au,
"John" <susan48 (AT) aapt (DOT) net.au> wrote:

cause of brake squeal - the pads are vibrating. There is supposed to be a
light coating of a special grease between the pads & shims & most Nissans
also have a set of springs (they look kind of like hairpins) on the outside
edges of the pads to hold them back. If all that is in place, there should
be no squeal. Just because a number of different shops have looked at it,
it is not a given that any of them verified that all the parts & grease that
are supposed to be there in fact are there.

I had a VW some years ago with this same problem (and the dealer was not
able to fix it). The cheap fix was an aerosol can of a sticky goop called
"brake quiet". You spray it on the back of the pads & if there are shims,
in between the shims & on the back of the shims. The noise went away after
that.

If all "correct" fixes fail & if you can find such a thing in the local car
parts store, give it a try on the front brakes. I wouldn't use it on the
rears for fear it would defeat the adjusting mechanism (rear brakes are have
different mechanisms to accommodate the parking brake).