BMW E90 M3 brakes sound

Tshakhuma

Member
Good day,

as the topic states, my brakes make a funny sound like when the brakes are finished but only after a few kilometers of driving especially city driving. I was advised at my last service in May that I have at least 18 000KM left on the brakes and there's no warning light on.

Could they have gotten it wrong maybe I need to get it checked again?

Also I have been doing a lot of reading regarding the bearings, honestly I am not easy about the issue since I am planning to see the end of finance term on this car which is 46 months to go. I am sitting on over 55000KM as per the pic below, oil temp once went beyond 100 just a bit on a heavy traffic driving because of accident and soon after as i went a little bit faster it stood at 100 not what that meant I had two BMWs previously and never experienced that,are there any referrals around Centurion/PTA perhaps I can chat to in regards to other things pertaining to maintenance as well.

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Mark21287

New member
Tshakhuma said:
Good day,

as the topic states, my brakes make a funny sound like when the brakes are finished but only after a few kilometers of driving especially city driving. I was advised at my last service in May that I have at least 18 000KM left on the brakes and there's no warning light on.

Could they have gotten it wrong maybe I need to get it checked again?

Also I have been doing a lot of reading regarding the bearings, honestly I am not easy about the issue since I am planning to see the end of finance term on this car which is 46 months to go. I am sitting on over 55000KM as per the pic below, oil temp once went beyond 100 just a bit on a heavy traffic driving because of accident and soon after as i went a little bit faster it stood at 100 not what that meant I had two BMWs previously and never experienced that,are there any referrals around Centurion/PTA perhaps I can chat to in regards to other things pertaining to maintenance as well.

cluster_9391852072.jpg

So with regards to the brakes, the most likely scenario is that they left the anti squeal backing plates out when the pads were replaced. But could also be due to a ridge on the discs due to excessive wear.

In terms of oil temperature, it is not unusual for the temperature to go over 100 - especially in traffic as the oil cooler will not be getting enough cool air over it. My M5 often runs at around 110 degrees in traffic...I don't think you have anything to worry about to be honest.
 

Tshakhuma

Member
Mark21287 said:
Tshakhuma said:
Good day,

as the topic states, my brakes make a funny sound like when the brakes are finished but only after a few kilometers of driving especially city driving. I was advised at my last service in May that I have at least 18 000KM left on the brakes and there's no warning light on.

Could they have gotten it wrong maybe I need to get it checked again?

Also I have been doing a lot of reading regarding the bearings, honestly I am not easy about the issue since I am planning to see the end of finance term on this car which is 46 months to go. I am sitting on over 55000KM as per the pic below, oil temp once went beyond 100 just a bit on a heavy traffic driving because of accident and soon after as i went a little bit faster it stood at 100 not what that meant I had two BMWs previously and never experienced that,are there any referrals around Centurion/PTA perhaps I can chat to in regards to other things pertaining to maintenance as well.

cluster_9391852072.jpg

So with regards to the brakes, the most likely scenario is that they left the anti squeal backing plates out when the pads were replaced. But could also be due to a ridge on the discs due to excessive wear.

In terms of oil temperature, it is not unusual for the temperature to go over 100 - especially in traffic as the oil cooler will not be getting enough cool air over it. My M5 often runs at around 110 degrees in traffic...I don't think you have anything to worry about to be honest.

Thanks for the advice.
 
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