Noisey wheels/brakes

Tells

My car's making a weird kind of squeeky hissing every time I drive it.
It's recently been serviced and the report said brakes were fine. It's not grating or anything.. The noise seems to come and go..

Any thoughts as to what it might be?

Cheers

Muckie

Best to get it checked out. Does it come when your driving
slow enough and are about to stop. At a guess it could be dirt
or brake pads would need some copper grease or even changing.

Tells

Thanks Muckie

MONEY_MAKER

hat kind of car is it ? and does it only hiss when you are braking

Tells

05 Almera. The hissing seems to come and go,before braking, during braking, after braking.. Cheers.

crosstownk

Explain further the 'hissing' - could it be an air/vacuum leak?

Tells wrote:

The hissing seems to come and go,before braking, during braking, after braking.. Cheers.

There's no particular pattern in what you say but maybe there is a problem with the brake servo. Does the engine suffer from rough or erratic idling or even flat spots?

If you feel that there is a problem with the brakes then you should really have it seen to ASAP - the last thing you want is to be unable to stop!

owenmul

I had a noise like this before, i thought it was the brakes but turned out to be a knackered water pump.

This link may help you rule out/in a dodgy water pump:

http://www.ehow.com/how_7679_tell-cars-water.html

metzengerstein

Tells wrote: »

My car's making a weird kind of squeeky hissing every time I drive it.
It's recently been serviced and the report said brakes were fine. It's not grating or anything.. The noise seems to come and go..

Any thoughts as to what it might be?

Cheers

possibly a wheel bearing ,or else what the other guys said about the brakes


or check for snakes in your engine ha ha

Tells

Thanks owenmul, will check that.

The brakes are woking fine. It's more of a squeeky noise than hissing I suppose. And it's not constantly noisy..