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2002 dodge neon brakes...
i constantly (meaning every 6 months or less) have to replace the brake pads in my '02 dodge neon. i know this can't be right/good. my brakes squeal terribly at the slightest little stop. i'm not a bad driver either, i just go slightly over the speed limit... but even so, that shouldn't affect the brakes THAT much should it? if anyone has any tips on how to make my brakes better in general, please share! i've tried to google the best brake pads for my car impaticular, but all i get is pages to buy brake pads and no reviews i find helpful.
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there could be something wrong with the rotars or the drum to my advice save up and get racing ceramic disk brakes you can do anything with em and they should last a while. It could also be a installation issue as well.
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Sounds like you got a case of warped rotors. That's what the pads compress when stopping. You can have them "turned" at Autozone for pretty cheap. Also too make sure when you are replacing the pads with a warranty on them. Usually at Autozone they'll have either a one year or a lifetime warranty on them.
Here's a sure fire way to tell you have warped rotors. The car shakes or shimmies under extreme braking or during repeated stopping such as in stop and go traffic, like stopping at every gosh darn red light.
If that's not the problem and you said it's been squealing. Have you applied some anti-squeal gel to the back of the pads before replacing them? Have you replaced the back brakes too? Sometimes drum brakes will squeal too. Although I am not sure if the 2002s came with four wheel disk brakes or disk/drums.
Here's what I'd do. I'd check the pads to make sure there's not excessive wear. If there is buy a different brand of pads and get a higher warranty.
I'd also buy some brake cleaner and thoroughly clean the calipers and surrounding parts. I'd then take the rotors off and have them turned. I'd then put the anti-squeal gel on and then while the car is still jacked up, bleed the brakes.
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