Instructions # Step 1 Recall the recent weather when you first hear the screeching noise. If the weather has been especially wet or rainy and you haven't driven the car in as much as 24 hours, the sound may just be the brake pads scraping some harmless surface rust off of the rotors. If this is the case, though, the noise should go away completely after about 10 complete stops. # Step 2 Stop the car and get out to look at the wheels for a visual inspection of the brakes. If your brake pads are worn down to 1/16 of an inch or thinner, the sound could be the metal-on-metal scraping of your brakes wearing out completely. Some brake pads have small metal tabs built onto them, and these tabs scrape along the rotors when the pads become too worn, emitting a loud screeching noise. If a visual inspection suggests that either of these are the cause, replace the worn brake pads immediately. # Step 3 Continue driving if you're still unsure of what the cause of the noise is, but drive with the windows rolled down. If you can, stick your head out the window a little bit as you make your stops. If the sound appears to be originating from the wheel well, there is likely a problem with the brake pads, calipers, rotors or a wheel bearing. If the noise sounds more like it's coming from underneath the car or in the very front, it may simply be a creaking suspension. Suspensions often begin to "settle" after years of driving, resulting in occasional noises which are usually not suggestive of major safety issues. # Step 4 Take your car to a brake specialist unless you determine that the noise is related to a harmless problem like slightly rusty rotors or unless the problem is worn brake pads that you intend to replace yourself. Share your findings with the mechanic if you were able to pinpoint the source of the noise to a particular place
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Check your brakes(pads and rotors)
Your bicycle, or your hearing is defective
try not to jam the brakes tap them slowly it might help
I would advise bringing your car to a mechanic as quickly as possible. Your brakes could fail. This puts you at a high risk for injury or even death.
check the brakes usually click when pads get thin
It's the brake calipers. Probably around $400 to replace in a shop.
It's hard to diagnose without hearing the noise, but if you're sure that it is not the brakes, it could be dirt/sand/rock in the brakes. If you're hearing the sound all the time (even when not applying the brakes), it could be wheel bearings.
Applying the brakes.
Using brakes slows your speed.
One of the components in your rear drum brakes (or disc brakes) could have come loose, but that could be just one of the possible problems. Does the clicking sound more like two metal balls tapping together?...you know, like the ones people have in their offices at work, and they tap back and fourth? The problem could be your rear drive axle, rear suspension or your brakes. I am unable to be more specific because i would need to know what the clicking sounds like. The cost of repair could be 100 bucks if its the brakes, all the way up to 1,000 if its the axle.
the clicking sound is the blinker. when you signal to turn with your blinker the light flashes and makes a clicking sound.