Morning all

Wondering if anyone can give some advice

I have noticed a slight grating noise on my brakes for a while, although this goes when they are warm. (Octy vRS)

Nothing sinister there I thought.

I have then noticed more recently, that the brakes do not seem to clear water on them, one or tow hairy moments on the motorway as brakes did not bite very quickly.

When wet, the initial performance is a bit more “uncertain†until it seems they have had time to clear.

I.e. After a wash, it now taking ages to clear the brakes when driving.

When dry and brakes heated up, they seem to work totally fine, if a little noisy.

I have recently looked at the brakes, the pads seem ok, but there is a slight lip on the front left disc, not so much on the driver side.

The brakes only have 14k miles on them (dealer fitted) which to me seems far too small amount to be worn discs.

driving style not aggresive at all. if anything is the opposite.

Any thoughts? I am not a mechanic at all, and loathe to get new ones so early.

Thanks

Gordon

It sounds like you've either got poor quality pads, or they may not be fitted very well, or maybe both.

Any 1/2 decent mechanic should be able to tell you either way within a few minutes of looking at the brakes.

I have seen a few posts on initial poor braking in the wet when using OEM brakes. I don't have OEM brakes so cannot confirm this.

As for noisy brakes first thing, this will be down to corrosion on the discs when it's been raining or very cold, mine do this most mornings and is perfectly normal.

Thanks guys

I not bothered by the noise, i am aware this is normal till they heat up.

Just wondering what options are to get it fixed apart from new parts, but it looking that way....

Cheers

G

I not bothered by the noise, i am aware this is normal till they heat up.

More about scrubbing off the surface rust from the disk faces than waiting for components to warm up.