> A month after buying the car used (Carfax OK) my brakes started making a
> very loud groaning noise when I take my foot off the pedal from a dead
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> extremely bad as the weather gets warmer. If anyone has any ideas I would
> greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
If it is the back brakes, it is possible that your parking brake cable is
corroded (sticking) and needs to be replaced. That happened to my 95
SE (rear pads and rotors needed to be replaced)
If you have any problem at all with either of the front pads, you may
either have air in the brake system (not properly bled) or a seized
caliper. The last car I had with a seized caliper was a Subaru 4WD
sometime in the early 80's (probably moisture from off roading).
I have done extensive competition (parking lot slaloms and high speed
autocross), and only once did I not get 30,000 miles out of a set of front
pads. That was when I put fresh ones on during competition without
breaking them in (they only lasted 20K mi). And rear pads lasted
somewhere around 100,000 miles (until parking brake cable started
sticking).

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paddy21 - 11 May 2004 12:50 GMT
Great, thanks for the info. The car goes back in today to be looked at
again. And if this doesn't work I'll have to part with it. Thanks again.