DrGP

When I took my car in for the brake squeal(and it is still there but significantly reduced)I was given a pamphlet from Audi explaining why they squeal as if they were not really interested in solving the problem. But the reality is, bite the bullet and get yourself some new ceramic brake pads. They will not squeal and they will not create brake dust.

Egan917

I have a friend with ceramics on an S4 with no noise and no dust as DrGP mentioned; personally I am going to continue to push AoA to do something about it though as I just don't personally see how a brand new $60k car can have brake noise like a car from the 80's. At the very least I would expect AoA to cover costs of ceramic pads/install but we shall see...

jaybar

I posted this in another thread.

I took my 2012 S4 in for brake squeal 1 month ago. first TSB says for the dealer to sand brake pads down. That didn't work so they called HQ and Audi ok'd them to replace my front pads and rotors.. Let my car with them for 5 days so they had plenty of time to replicate the squeal.

Bas_sob

Man, I don't know what dealer you guys go to but I'm an tech and we perform the tsb where you sand the pads all the time. But s4 brake wear fairly quickly about 35k. Technically the warranty for brake noise is 12/12000, but just to keep customers happy our dealer will eat the cost, and the tsb does work if done right, but only for a little while

PhantomB8S4

just bought a 2011 S4 with 6k miles on it and had it for about 2 weeks now and I seem to be having the same problem which seemed to have started as of yesterday!

zerinS4

Hey guys,

Just had this issue addressed yesterday on my 2010 S4. All the info is in the workorder below. No fuss, no muss from the dealer and the problem is definitely gone. This TSB only covers cars to a certain build week in 2010 so I'm not sure when the cut off is. Basically all new rotors, pads, carriers and bolts.

Goony

Ummm.........over a year now and no noise since the TSB fix.

MeehowTT

AutoHaus Lancaster by any chance. I'm having a really hard time getting it done on my 2012 S4. IF you have any contacts you could pass along, that would be great.

Goony

Yes, Autohaus Lancaster. I was one of the first to have it done back in January 2012. If you're not getting satisfaction, call Customer Care and ask them to get involved.

zerinS4

2012 S4s do not qualify under the TSB as they supposedly have the updated parts already.