Squeak coming from front end?

[Jeff4]

I had a lot of squeaking on my 2016 e-Golf from the brakes. I was informed that the VW pads are metallic and prone to squeaking, especially after exposure to cold, wet conditions (as we experience here in Minnesota). One way to scour the brake surfaces, with a little less drama than slamming them on moving forward, is to put the car in reverse and apply the brakes. In my understanding, there is no regeneration when the car is traveling backwards, so even gentle braking input goes entirely to the brakes.

[Halfstar28]

Hi All,
Has anyone able to resolve the issue? I've brought my egolf to the dealer 2x. 1st time they adjust some brakes. After a few days, it makes the squeaking sound again. 2nd time they said there were somre tar stuck in my rear tire. Sigh. I have recording of the squeaking sound and it seems related to internal car breaking (Slowing down) while turning left for me.

[f1geek]

I tried a few hard stops driving backwards (no regen available in reverse) and squeaking seems better.

[johnnylingo]

Also getting this on 2019 SEL starting a few months ago. Happens most frequently when turning on city streets, but I've noticed it can also happen when coasting straight over speed bumps as well with no regen braking, which makes me think it's more of a suspension issue vs. brakes.

[f1geek]

I still think it is worth your time to try several hard stops after driving in reverse or panic stops, going forward, from 40 mph, both of which should fully engage friction brakes and should reset brake pads.

[johnnylingo]

Well, of course, the next day the squeaking had completely disappeared and could not be reproduced.

I would like to pop the wheels off this weekend and do a brake pad inspection, but does anyone know what screwy bit is used on these lug nuts? I assume these are proprietary and couldn't find any matching tool in the tire kit bag.

[f1geek]

The black things are lug screw covers. There is a loop shaped tool in the fix a flat bag (as well as lug screw key) to remove them. VW takes a standard socket to remove lug screws.

[johnnylingo]

Oh yeah ok here we go:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mDKImHAru_c

I looked in the bag 3 times and finally found it hidden under the top flap, lol. Definitely will do a complete write-up for this.

[BomBoi]

i do have this from time to time . its about 30K miles so i will have the brakes cleaned and inspected for anything odd.