Sad to see that.
I have the brake squeal but will likely be upgrading to performance pads and rotors when available. I don’t like the dealer touching my stuff unless it’s simple. I’ll do my own work thank you
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Another July build with no problems.
@jmp671 the brake pads are probably from Akebono. They are the largest OEM brake supplier. They are far from junk. Noise doesn't relate to junk. Most of my Corvettes had the noisiest brakes of anything owned and they performed the best as well. They'd get noisy after driving and braking easy. They needed hard braking to keep quiet. I solved the noisy Corvette brakes with my current one. Carbon ceramic - not cheap......
Zero problems but only 1300 miles. I will say that if your truck does not come with fixed running boards, do yourself a favor and have some paint protection film added to the fronts of the rear fender flares. They take an unfortunate beating and will chip immediately.
@Nordic -
Been thinking the same thing on upgrading. Nothing seems to be ready yet though. What’s your recommendation in terms of supplier when they are available?
My truck sits outside and the rotors get surface rust on them all the time. I haven't noticed any marking/hot spotting on them. I do brake maybe harder than most people. I don't ease up to stops riding the brakes lightly.Jus- wasn’t referring to the pads being junk, more the rotors from what the mechanics are saying. Had numerous mechanics tell me the hot spotting on the 2019 rotors is bad. Take that for what it’s worth.
Admittedly not a hands on car guy other than the basics. What is it about the hard breaking that resolves that. Have a number of friends with the same issues on their 2019
That is terrible! After seeing this and a friends as well has the protection applied to new one last Tuesday to prevent it. it came out very well. Sorry this happened to you guys to warn us.):
Jus- wasn’t referring to the pads being junk, more the rotors from what the mechanics are saying. Had numerous mechanics tell me the hot spotting on the 2019 rotors is bad. Take that for what it’s worth.
Admittedly not a hands on car guy other than the basics. What is it about the hard breaking that resolves that. Have a number of friends with the same issues on their 2019
The rotors on the Ram are large. Light use can cause issues. This has been discussed here. I "bedded" my brakes the first week I drove the truck to avoid issues. Basically performed numerous hard stops back to back to heat up the rotors and mate the surfaces. I've had no issues.I think it's because a lot of soft breaking causes the pads to glaze up the rotors and when you hard break it breaks off the glazing.