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Old 12-19-2009, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by HIRISC View Post
BMW put a very hard pad material on these because they pay for the brake service/parts as part of their 4 year no maintenance deal.
If that was true, then the pads would be quiet in Canada and other regions where four year included maintenance doesn't include brakes or wear items.

I believe that the hard (and thus noisy) pads have more to do with fade resistance and a heavy vehicle in this case.

Must be very frustrating. I would keep going to the dealer until BMW incurs sufficient warranty expense to make a change in the pads or caliper.
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