Acura announced that they recently (June 2006) announced the realease of a replacement brake pads to resolve the annoying brake squealing issues. Previous replacements still causes the squeal as I had them replaced few months ago.

I don't know if you have experience the squeals but I have since I purchased the car. Usually happens at low speed or high speeds (after you have driven for a while before pressing the brakes). It is most annoying when going thru a drive-thru as you are constantly pressing lightly on the brakes with the loud squeal.

I was at the dealers last week for other issues and 'AGAIN' complained about my brake squeal and they told me the newly released pads have been ordered and should be in a few days.

I'll post results.

 

I also have this problem. Mine is only at slow speed like coming out of my driveway. thanks.

 

same here, thanks.

 

I also have it. My solution is to turn up the cranking sound system!

 

same here, art

 

ive also had the same problem.... called my dealer today and asked if i could get them since im getting my brakes changed

 

I had mine replaced last week. They turned the front rotors, and installed updated pads. Hope they are the new, new ones. Part # for the pad set was 45022-SJA-030 (springs 45227-SJA-013)

So far so good. I was worried taking it in because the terrible low speed squealing wasn't present when I dropped off. Was waiting for the dreaded "Unable to duplicate customer concern at this time".

 

Called up local Acura dealership, San Jose, Ca. area. NOT aware of any brake pads updates. Is this update only on certain States?

 

Got all 4 pads replaced with new updates. Much less squeak but do get some. But i'm happier than before!!!!

 

Had mine replaced 2 months ago for all 4 brakes. Since then no squealing, even at low speeds. The dealer also replaced the door handles on the driver's and front passenger's doors since dimple wasn't always working to open doors. They even replaced the 2005 exhaust tips with the 2006 tips at my request imo the 2006 tips look better although i never had problems with soot or dust collecting on the bumper as other users described with the 2005 tips (my color is lakeshore silver).

 

Can someone post the June 2006 TSB for the fix for the squealing brakes. Thanks

 

Well unfortunately I must report the brakes are again squeaking during low speed stops. There's also an occassional squeal when initially applying the brakes...goes away in a second and very intermittent. I'd estimate I got about 500 miles on the new pads before the squeaking started up again.

I wonder if I got the new pads per the TSB or just had them replaced with the same ones that originally came with the car. Would be interested to see that TSB if anyone has a copy.

 

I took mine in and they put some sort of a coating on the rotors and it fixed it

 

I doubt if they coated the rotors-any coating would wear off quickly with braking action. More likely they put some silicone grease on the contact points between the calipers and the pads, which is the time-honored way to reduce or eliminate brake squeal. If the pads squeal against the rotor, the only fix is to use a different pad material-I once put aftermarket "performance" metallized pads on my Vovo 850 which worked great but squealed like the dickens. I reverted to stock pads and the squeals disappeared.

 

Well, that is what they told me. I'm a software guy. This is hardware.

 

yeah i took my car to the dealer the other day - they replaced my front rotors, pads and pad springs. squeaking has thus stopped. all covered under warranty

 

Are there any service bulletins for this that can be posted. I talked to the service advisor and he has no clue what this service bulletin is about. Thanks.

 

Please post the part numbers of the replacement brake pads in your service write up

 

No problems for me

 

they are just the OEM parts

 

Is this actually a TSB? I have been dealing with the brake squeaks for quite some time now. I just had my B16 service done and mentioned it to service consultant. He said they were unable to reproduce the squeaking. This is soo frustrating because I've been driving my car for almost a year now and I ALWAYS hear it. I'm not sure what to do at this point. For those who have had their brakes replaced, can you post either a TSB or how you went about it?

Thanks!

 

I need to see the actual pads before I contribute my $0.02. BUt a feqw questions, Do the pads come with shims? Do you use the old shims with the new pads? I have seen some dealers disregarding shims and then you will hear some horrible squealing. If indeed shims are needed, they must be used with new pads. Some pads actually come with new shims...which is nice because shims that have been onpads for awhile are a btch to remove. Also, the lube as described above is placed on the shims which help quite a bit.