There are many factors that brakes can produce noises. We start from brake pad.

1. Worn off brake pads
This is normal, sometimes it's because of the warning lamp in panel has a failure sensor. We can check this by looking at the disc brake plate had a deep frictions with the base of brake pads. Change with the new pair of brake pads.

2. Failure of ABS divergence
This is common behavior, an electric appliance can have one in thousands chance of giving wrong signal of electric circuit. ABS alone can make it "thinks" to brake even though we didn't push the brake's paddle. This needs to bring to the dealer maintenance to check on ABS condition if is still tolerable to apply it or not. ABS can create error of divergence is because of possibility the cord/cable leak, cable's plugs contamination and causes short-circuited when washed or drove in high flooded road, or by the age of the car.

3. Detained of brake shoe pad's holder
This is usually caused by corrosion or bunch of dirts stuck around the hinges area that must have a loosen range, so the brake pad won't budge releasing from the plate and keep pestering the brake's capacity. It just need a little treatment by spraying anti-corrosion spray or dirt-removal around the hinges. But for maximum treatment, bring to maintenance for full cleaning whole parts and lubricated adequately.

4. Brittled of piston's oil seals
This needs a highly treatment, to change the oil seals that grasping the pistons. Brittled oil seal can detain the piston won't budge from pressing the brake pad shoe to the plate. This will cause a continuously friction even though we are not pushing the brake's paddle.

5. Using wrong DOT for the oil brake
This is sometimes skipped by the car's owner who didn't have a knowledge on the oil brake's viscosity. It makes a BIG difference. DOT-3 and DOT-4 can produced a different traction on the braking system.
Some cars is industrially-spec using DOT-3, else is DOT-4. DOT-3 has a lower viscosity than DOT-4, this depends on the capacity of the car, size of wheel, traction percentage, and sort of. The bigger size means needs bigger DOT, but this depends on the research and development division whether they need apply on which one.
Using a different viscosity will cause an indirect damages to the plate because of receiving different traction, not other else will soon follow. Furthermore, the ABS had been computerized with the same level of oil brake's viscosity.
While it's rare to produce

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