Toyota Brand Mgmt / Brake Squeal 800-331-4331

[D-mac]

Can you please enlighten us more on this because I’ve never in my life heard that before??

There are three main types of brake pads- organic, ceramic, and semi-metallic. Any brake pad manufacturer's website will explain the trade-offs between the different types. In short, the pads besides semi-metallic are quieter and usually cheaper, but don't perform as well under heavy braking. .

 

[Gator]

Interesting, thanks for the information.

 

[BlueCruiser]

I've had a lot of vehicles and motorcycles and bikes, a fair number of beaters and never had one squeal like this at any time while I've owned it. It's not acceptable. If it's high performance brake pads that are causing the problem, they need a new formulation. See above for the audio file.

Agreed. I have also had all kinds of vehicles including high performance sports cars. None made a noise like this although some would get noisy when pads became dirty or rusty but could burn it off relatively quickly.

For what it is worth, seems to have occurred with multiple brands and vehicle types for the last 3-4 years so maybe there is something in the newer brake designs and materials? Do a simple Google search for squeaky brakes in reverse and we have lots of company.

 

[MAC25LC]

The 22+ Tundra had the same problem, fix wasn't issued until Toyota had enough complaints from owners, reporting it to the 1800 number and ensuring the dealership puts it in the system. Some folks waited up to 2 yrs for the fix.
The fix was replacing rotors, pads and shim kit.

 

[travh]

Our 2025 LC 1958 brakes started squealing at about 5k miles and we are now at 13k. We took it to our dealership and they said everything looked fine but they heard the squealing. They said they have had complaints about the same thing from some Tacoma owners but haven't gotten any resolution from Toyota. I sent in a complaint on the website and the person who responded said she hadn't heard of this problem but would take note. We took it to a different dealership and they said they had heard of the problem and offered to replace brakes and rotors but said the squealing would probably come back in a few months. They were going to report the problem to Toyota. Ours only does it while it's in reverse and ironically, it barely does it after a rain. I also have a friend that just got the Lexus version and she said she has the same problem. They are definitely lying when they say they haven't heard of the problem. The recall is going to be massive.