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We are the buyers and the reason Porsche produces these vehicles. We need to be heard so that Porsche address our concerns and make us happy. I own a Lexus ISF with incredible brembo bream and no matter how I drive the car, the stopping distance and brake response is amazing, and of course it is free of any brake noises. Please Porsche brake performance is good but not out of the ordinary world sports car performance standards, so please no squeaks!
 
We are the buyers and the reason Porsche produces these vehicles. We need to be heard so that Porsche address our concerns and make us happy. I own a Lexus ISF with incredible brembo bream and no matter how I drive the car, the stopping distance and brake response is amazing, and of course it is free of any brake noises. Please Porsche brake performance is good but not out of the ordinary world sports car performance standards, so please no squeaks!
My Cayman GTS brakes squeaked until I bed them in
 
I take possession of our new S on Monday (exciting!) & I already have been warned by the dealer about the brakes squeaking.

I had exactly the same issue on my Audi - it started at around 20,000kms. It was more likely to occur in colder (& wetter?) weather & usually went away after a few minutes (again dependent on the temperature). The Audi service manager told me exactly the same story as the Porsche dealer - these cars are meant for hard driving & braking (isn't that great news??). Soft (for me - normal) driving/braking will induce squeaks. The Audi brakes were cleaned a couple of times during routine servicing & the squeaking always came back.
 
I also have squeaking breaks with my 335i occasionally when temperatures drop below 40ish. My remedy is to pick a curvy back or preferably mountain road and perform a short enthusiastic drive. That usually takes care of the squeak for the next 1000 miles or so. I won't be shocked if the Macan I ordered will have that too...I will gladly apply my solution as well. March '16 can't come soon enough :)
 
I also have squeaking breaks with my 335i occasionally when temperatures drop below 40ish. My remedy is to pick a curvy back or preferably mountain road and perform a short enthusiastic drive. That usually takes care of the squeak for the next 1000 miles or so. I won't be shocked if the Macan I ordered will have that too...I will gladly apply my solution as well. March '16 can't come soon enough :)

It will, but for me it's sporadic and not a big deal . Ok , sometimes it's a tad annoying but overall nuth'n but a thang. ;)


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I just brought my MY16 Macan S in for squeaky brakes (2nd time, first time I brought it in for a different issue but the SA heard my brakes as I pulled in and said they'd look at it). This time I was told that the brakes are meant for hard driving. Doesn't bother me most of the time, but sometimes they are REALLY loud and that's what gets me. Seems like a bad excuse if you ask me. Granted my X5 had terribly loud brakes in the winter months especially until the car warmed up a bit.
 
As many there have stated performance calipers and performAnce brake pad compounds are the culprit. If you drive the car in a parking lot going 60 and pound on the brakes to about 40 and drive off it should be better, try it a few times. I have been told in the past coming to a complete stop is not necessarily good because you can potentially glaze the brake pads. In other words do not let the pads cool down immediately. All 3 of my Porsches have a squeaky brakes: 2010 Base Cayman, 2011 Base Cayenne and 2012 Cayman R. I assume my 2016 Macan S will as well. It does not go away but you will eventually get used to it, at least that's what I as told the first I complained about it as well.
 
....This time I was told that the brakes are meant for hard driving.....
This is a common story. Here's the question that immediately comes to my mind. How do those folks explain the thousands of Porsche's and other high performance cars out there, that are not driven hard, and which don't have squealing brakes? Given that logic gap, the story is likely more myth than fact.

Here is what wikipedia has to say on the subject of disc brakes....under the sub-heading of Brake Squeal:

"Sometimes a loud noise or high pitched squeal occurs when the brakes are applied. Most brake squeal is produced by vibration (resonance instability) of the brake components, especially the pads and discs (known as force-coupled excitation). This type of squeal should not negatively affect brake stopping performance. Techniques include adding chamfer pads to the contact points between caliper pistons and the pads, the bonding insulators (damping material) to pad backplate, the brake shims between the brake pad and pistons, etc. All should be coated with an extremely high temperature, high solids lubricant to help reduce annoying squeal. This allows the metal to metal parts to move independently of each other and thereby eliminate the buildup of energy that can create a frequency that is heard as brake squeal, groan, or growl. Cold weather combined with high early-morning humidity (dew) often worsens brake squeal, although the squeal generally stops when the lining reaches regular operating temperatures.
Dust on the brakes may also cause squeal and commercial brake cleaning products are designed to remove dirt and other contaminants.
Some lining wear indicators, located either as a semi-metallic layer within the brake pad material or with an external "sensor", are also designed to squeal when the lining is due for replacement. The typical external sensor is fundamentally different from the noises described above (when the brakes are applied) because the wear sensor noise typically occurs when the brakes are not used."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_brake

Bottom line; fixing brake squeal requires disassembly, cleaning, and lubrication of the metal-to-metal contact points on the calipers. I was taught this technique nearly 40 years ago, and have found it to be 100% successful on the cars I've worked on.

If your current dealership cannot solve the issue for you, take the car elsewhere. Also, be sure to give your previous dealership's service department an unsatisfactory performance rating on their customer satisfaction survey (if you get one).

You may ultimately need to find a good independent Porsche shop to fix it, unfortunately. Persistence is the key. Best of luck to you. It's very frustrating for you, I'm am sure.
 
So since my original post 6 months ago I've had squealing with both my Turbos. My last one which was the 2015 and my new one which is the 2016.

Here is the good news, both stopped squealing at roughly 2,500km BUT what I did was bed them in several times (on both cars) on an empty highway, late at night, and drove them relatively hard for about 500km after.

For the bedding process I basically accelerated to 100km/h and then used the brakes to quickly reduce the speed to about 20km/h (do not let the brakes fully engage -- do not come to a full stop) then quickly accelerated back up and did this about 10 to 12 times in quick succession. You will start to feel the brakes get softer towards the end and may even smell them, from my research this is apparently normal. After this I let them cool and coasted for about 3 to 4 minutes before fully engaging the brakes again. It's important to let them cool and not to engage them right away after this process which is why an empty highway is ideal. I did this twice on each car on different days and as mentioned above squeal and squeaks were gone by 2,500km, regardless of how I brake now.

Disclaimer: The above is not a substitute for professional advice, it's simply what worked for me. Don't be foolish and do it while other cars are around you. Do not blame me if you get a ticket trying this. ;)
 
The brake squeal is unacceptable. My dealership made good and called to obtain approval from Porsche to replace my rear brake hardware. That was done around 10,000 miles. Now, at 15k they continue to be nice and quiet. You need to press and get the repair done. Don't accept BS answers! If it was normal all Macan's would be making noise.


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Today for the first time I heard a low frequency noise coming from the brakes (not high pitched like I normally hear on brakes). It only happened today for the first 5 or 6 stops, it sound like a trumpet just when the car is about to completely stop. Very loud too.

The last time, I decided to brake hard, it did the sound, but after that it didn't anymore.

Temperature today was in the 40s / 50s and it was raining. My car was parked in a garage, which is covered, but mist can still come in. I'm thinking the combination of temp and moisture was the main reason, but the strange part is that this is not the first time we have had these conditions in New England and my car had gone through far worst weather.

Any ideas of what might be going on?
 
Trumpet . If it ain't Gabriel or Louis Armstrong , and I would hope it's neither , you should schedule a service visit . We can all guesstimate all we want but brakes ain't about guess works. Safety first right ? Right . Let us know what your service department tells you on how they fixed it .


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Tried searching, but haven't found much.

As the title says my break squeal every time I break, does anyone have the same issue? Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance,
Andrey
Read all the comments and was wondering about this squealing. In all the vehicles I have owned, never had brakes squeal on me.

My wife had squealing on her Macan. She had been washing the wheel area with the wax cycle.

I find that if you do a touch less, the wax portion will spray everywhere and the only way to stop the squealing is to cook off the wax that is on the rotor/ brake pad. When I wand wash I avoid getting the wax cycle in the wheel area.


If the pads are clean, and the rotors are clean there is no squeal. If you glaze the brakes from underuse, this will cause squeaking too and then you need to cook it off as described in one of the previous responses.
 
Today for the first time I heard a low frequency noise coming from the brakes (not high pitched like I normally hear on brakes). It only happened today for the first 5 or 6 stops, it sound like a trumpet just when the car is about to completely stop. Very loud too.

The last time, I decided to brake hard, it did the sound, but after that it didn't anymore.

Temperature today was in the 40s / 50s and it was raining. My car was parked in a garage, which is covered, but mist can still come in. I'm thinking the combination of temp and moisture was the main reason, but the strange part is that this is not the first time we have had these conditions in New England and my car had gone through far worst weather.

Any ideas of what might be going on?
I have attached an audio file of the noise, which I was able to record today. Each time I brake, you'll hear a trumpet-like noise. Very awful and loud. Need to get it into service. Today, temp was about 40F and it was raining (very much the same as when it first did it).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/u2pd631xisgnwrd/New%20Recording%202.m4a?dl=0

To hear, click on link above.
 
Just as a small data point I am at 19k miles and just experienced my first brake squeal yesterday. It was about 45 degrees and raining. Annoying but I think it's just water and brake dust. Have you tried a few hard stops?
 
Just as a small data point I am at 19k miles and just experienced my first brake squeal yesterday. It was about 45 degrees and raining. Annoying but I think it's just water and brake dust. Have you tried a few hard stops?
Hard stops do work after a while (as a matter of fact, some of the stops you listen in the recording is me stoping hard), but I'm curious, when you say squeal I'm imagining a very high pitch noise... not a trumpet-like noise like the one I was able to record today (in the link). Are you hearing what I'm hearing? Is that the squeal you refer to?

I sent the file to my dealer's service dept, to see what they have to say.
 
....Each time I brake, you'll hear a trumpet-like noise.....
Certainly not a typical brake squeal. It's almost like the shuttering some folks report they've experienced with their windshield wipers on glass treated with Opti Coat (or equivalent).

Whatever it is, I'd get it into the shop promptly for a look.....just to be sure there isn't a foreign object lodged in there, or a broken part. Keep us posted.
 
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