Horrible screeching noise on my GD3 fit.
#1
03-21-2015, 07:17 PM
Horrible screeching noise on my GD3 fit.
So today i noticed that my GD3 2008 honda fit make screeching noise ( like someone is dragging metal underneath my car ) on the right front wheel area.
Not sure when it actually happen ( my friend noticed it last week but i though he was fucking with me since i couldn't replicating it ). Today after braking hard on the autobahn ( at around 70 mph, to the point where i can feel the ABS kick in ) and as i was driving up the side of a mountain through a winding road, i noticed the screeching noise. The noise doesn't seem to be there when i'm driving fast, only on around 1st or 2nd gear.
After some google-ing, i did the following step.
1. Remove the front right wheel and check for stuck rock behind the brake caliper ( the little metal shield behind the brake rotor ). I do noticed rust on the caliper.
2. topping brake fluid.
3. put it in reverse and reverse it hard.
4. go over a speed bump hard
5. hard braking to the point where i can feel the Anti-lock kick in.
after some further troubleshooting, these are the following things that i did and what i think cause the screeching sound.
1. if i drive around in a left circle, the noise doesn't seem to happen. Only on right turn or sometime randomly as i'm driving straight ( again only at low speed)
2. If i tap the brake slightly, the screeching noise go away.
3. Car doesn't pull to the right at all if i let my hand off the wheel ( at both slow or high speed )
4. I have my friend stepping on the gas while the engine is in neutral, i put my ear right next to the engine and i don't hear any screeching noise.
What the f*** is going on ? i just bought the car used a few weeks back ( according to the owner, she hasn't change anything yet beside oil and transmission fluid.
Not sure when it actually happen ( my friend noticed it last week but i though he was fucking with me since i couldn't replicating it ). Today after braking hard on the autobahn ( at around 70 mph, to the point where i can feel the ABS kick in ) and as i was driving up the side of a mountain through a winding road, i noticed the screeching noise. The noise doesn't seem to be there when i'm driving fast, only on around 1st or 2nd gear.
After some google-ing, i did the following step.
1. Remove the front right wheel and check for stuck rock behind the brake caliper ( the little metal shield behind the brake rotor ). I do noticed rust on the caliper.
2. topping brake fluid.
3. put it in reverse and reverse it hard.
4. go over a speed bump hard
5. hard braking to the point where i can feel the Anti-lock kick in.
after some further troubleshooting, these are the following things that i did and what i think cause the screeching sound.
1. if i drive around in a left circle, the noise doesn't seem to happen. Only on right turn or sometime randomly as i'm driving straight ( again only at low speed)
2. If i tap the brake slightly, the screeching noise go away.
3. Car doesn't pull to the right at all if i let my hand off the wheel ( at both slow or high speed )
4. I have my friend stepping on the gas while the engine is in neutral, i put my ear right next to the engine and i don't hear any screeching noise.
What the f*** is going on ? i just bought the car used a few weeks back ( according to the owner, she hasn't change anything yet beside oil and transmission fluid.
#2
03-28-2015, 04:18 PM
Did you check the thickness of the pads while you had the wheel off? Sounds like the wear sensors to me and new front pads may be in your future. Just in case you never heard of them the wear sensors are metal tabs attached to the inside front brake pads and make contact with the rotor and make noise just before the pads wear out completely.
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