Thread: Brake Ticking?? new pads, no change.. WTF!!

I noticed today while driving that when I hit my brakes I hear a slight ticking. As the car slows down so do the ticking. It sounds like a card in bicycle spokes. It doesnt do it on acceleration, turning, coasting, etc. Only while braking. Does anyone have any ideas of what this may be?

I am hoping to pull tires tonight and get a better look at it.

They are sending me new pads. So I will wait to tear into the car until I get those. Should be a weekend project.

Changed the pads today, made sure the clips and brackets were all correct (from what I could tell) and it is still doing it. ?

Is there something else that can cause this issue? I think it is only during braking, it definitely gets louder when applying the brakes.

Any other thoughts?

They are sending me new front rotors now lol. If that doesnt fix it, then I guess the car will be going to the shop.

Stupid answer... no lol. I never had, and have never had problems. New rotors are coming my way.

Drilled and slotted rotors? or just stock replacements?

I figured cross drilled and slotted. I've experienced and heard the same thing on a couple of different vehicles. The "card in bicycle spokes" analogy is exactly how i would explain it. Probably only noticable when you are next to something that reflects the sound like a fence or building otherwise you can hardly notice it just driving on the streets?

This is normal and I wouldn't worry.

I'm surprised the company is sending you new parts based on the symptoms. It is very common.

Well, I got new front pads and rotors out of the deal haha. I only hear it with the radio and windows down lol. So I will put new parts on and go from there lol. And I can hear it regardless of where my car is.

Yes, I am not that stupid. They are directional. And hadnt always made that noise.

Just a thought-don't know anything about the emergency brakes in these cars as it's my first GM ever. But I had an 03 Ford F-150 that had same issue. Turned out to be the emergency brake pad in the rear had completely fallen off the metal and was ticking on the inside of the brake rotor. Like I said, I don't know how these e brakes work, but with the F-150 the emergency brake shoe was on the inside of the rear rotor. So just something to check if you haven't found it yet....

I need to pull the rear tires still. I was thinking something with the E-Brake.

also check and make sure your pads are not loose inside the bracked. try to rotate them, if there is play then the pads are the cause this does happen a lot. also if it is too tough to insert or remove the pads this could be casusing it aswell. the ticking noises usually come from the pads moving around inside the shims.