My 23 RS3 which I bought off the lot has the carbon ceramic option. They squeak quite a bit. There’s no real rhyme or reason. It comes and goes as it please. But pulling up to my kids school in a kyalami green rs3 with squeaky brakes isnt exactly subtle. I’ve read this is an expected thing with ceramics but would like to know if it’s normal and if anything can be done about it. Not the end of the world but annoying.
Ceramic Brake Owners Is the Squeaking Normal?
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O/T but the ccb's on my M3 make noises when cold. Nothing like the POS regular brakes on my old RS3 and RS4 though 
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Normal. Let the kids walk to and from school then they will get some excersise, and you don't have to embarass yourself .
The only noise I used to get was occasionally when I was reversing, but even that has stopped now, no noise from mine at all.
Got the reversing noise until about 1500 miles, I have now done just under 6000, but they have never made a noise going forwards
Since I don’t know what that is, probably not. First car with ceramic brakes so I didn’t know it was a thing.
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I had numerous sets of replacements brake discs under warranty on my 8v RS3 for squealing & warping … but the 8Y brakes were silent and not a peep from them - they weren’t the carbon ceramics though.
Ahaha touching wood! I went hard on them from the get go cause I was following a RS7 one day with Ceramics and it sounded dreadful, didn't want the same with my RS3.
This post has now saved my heart because I had just bought the rs3 and it started making sounds similar to yours and this scared me very, very much.
To me they only make noise when they get warm, after a spirited session. It's almost like they sing
Unlike the rear diff then
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Ahahahaha, yeah the diff bings and bongs at you, the CCBs are just singingUnlike the rear diff then
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So early mileage, mine squeaked when I reversed, and were also horrendous for actually braking in heavy rain. 7000 miles in and the wet weather effect has gone (or maybe i have got used to them) and they squeak when I reverse but only if I have been leaning on them on a hot day - and that brings a smile of satisfaction to my face
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100% agree about the heavy rain effect. First time it was very disconcerting and I actually thought I had a brake problem. Something to be aware of which isn’t a major issue once you are used to them.
