2 Reason where the sound came from. 1. You never wash your car 2. The brake pads is time to change. I think most Peugeot car owner here with original brake pads will have the same problem. Dust! Really thick dust. More then sufficient for you to write something on it. Every time I wash it with my car washer machine, the sound will goes off. After 1 week, it will came back. Original Toyota and Honda brake pads is softer, smaller, response slower and doesn't work on high temperature (not build for high speed and weight). The Peugeot 408 Turbo (1450 kg) weight are almost same as Camry 2.0 (1,480 kg). I guess they remove a lot metal without you knowing. I not try to be buyer, I own a few Toyota before. For for Peugeot owner, I guess you always welcome over speed limit summon. Until now, I am very scared to get caught by over limit.

Peugeot brake is harder. If you have join "Peugeot Experience Driver" then you will know. Hardly people will slam the brake 100% and you see hazard light turn on during the slam. If you want that noise remove. Very easy, change to softer brake pads. But this going goes off faster and scarified the performance. One of good example, try to listen how does a bus brake.

Get the ceramic pad with metallic mixture good for cold breaking and hot... hybrid pad.

i did that many times, the sound came back just after what it feels like the brakes are warmed up. also, I've sat in and driven cars that has bigger brakes somemore their rims are a lot dustier, but they dont seem to have the screeching sound .

I wash my car weekly and i dont think its the pads because the car is just 5 months old and i;m not driving it as if its a race car.
i also heard that peugeot brakes is a little different from other(i forgot softer or harder ). But my concern here is, There isn't any screeching on the test drive car when i tested it before i bought the car. The test drive car wasn't dirty but neither is it clean (u can see the rims have lots of dust). There was a 508 that i tested that was way dirtier than the 408 don't even have the screeching sound. So how come my car has it?

So the screeching noise is normal to peugeot? and no permanent solution to it?

My car had done 50k and i plan to change the tyres . Any advice on what is the best brand and price for 4 tyres. Any shop to recommend in subang jaya or Puchong ?

My pad got that sound since day one, it really annoying but I dont bother it as I know SC wont fix it.
At the end I change my brake pad into TRW, case closed.

The noise is not normal for Peugeot, or any car for that matter. My Pug is exactly 3 years old this month. I'm still on my original brake pads and disc. No noise when braking.

From the photos, your disc are in good shape, which means the pads are not worn. It's really difficult to say what is wrong without a physical inspection. I suspect NAZA is using cheap quality brake pads. Especially since SC can't find anything wrong! Due to heavy discounts,they are probably cutting corners. As I said I'm still on original pads and after 3 years still working well,but then I paid premium price,buying the car upon initial release.

You probably can solve it by changing to better quality pads.

This post has been edited by SKYjack: Jun 10 2015, 10:20 AM

Pad should be standard across , may difference year and made... problem with brake is depend on how to you used it. Everyone braking is difference. The first 500km after getting a new car or just skim the disc brake and new brake pad ,Is critical... we need to be gentle on it.... to bake in the disc brake and pad.. A proper brake in will last for a long time without issues.

If you hard on the brake on 1st 500km , the disc and pad not break in properly , then the rest of usage is problem, squeaking and other issues like judder.

The only solution is to skim agian and replace all new pad..... assume the disc rotor and pump is good shape

Hahaha you wash you car weekly but hardly people will wash the brake pad. . My car also have that noise. Last time there is a Tyre shop, he said to prevent the noise come out. Just skim the brake pad edges. Yes, really no sound after change new brake pads. Maybe this help you remove the annoying noise.

If that don't help, turn on your audio player. ;-)


This post has been edited by Eugene Ong: Jun 10 2015, 12:31 PM

Agree with you. Nowadays i saw a lot of people drive kaw2 straight afyer get the car keys. For the sake of testing. The engine may be run in by the factory but other part may not. It os important to take care the first 500-1000 km.

My lion is 8 month old and dont have any brake sound since day 1.
However rattling sound after 140km/hr still there

Oh i see... TRW solved the issue?? How much is that? Really annoying laaa..

Hi, anyone here done the 80k km major service oledi? Peugeot Puchong told me I need to leave my car here for 3 days cos need to change timing belt which take time. Called Chan Sow Lin SC, they told me 80k km is not a major service. So inconsistent. Other SC schedule already full for next week. Aiyo.

Check the thread 1 page 1, got pdf on service schedule , Yes is major...everything needed to be change.... going to be costly RM 2-3K...

Rattling sound over 140km ? inside or outside ? Some one in this forum said air con tube plastic holder broken it shake..... check it out...all the air con tube holder the plastic holder black color..

Rattling sound over 140km ? inside or outside ? Some one in this forum said air con tube plastic holder broken it shake..... check it out...all the air con tube holder the plastic holder black color..

Rattling sound over 140km ? inside or outside ? Some one in this forum said air con tube plastic holder broken it shake..... check it out...all the air con tube holder the plastic holder black color..

any news on upcoming new 2015 408? any specs leaks? hehe

I also give advise by foreman that Brembo brake pad are not so good. I change the original Peugeot brake pad RM420.00.

I had the same issue, I'm about 5 months into my car as well. SC changed my brake discs (covered under warranty) because the surface was uneven. My pads were supposedly in good shape. I've hit very high speeds after the change and have not had any sounds since. Driving around normally does seem to produce A LOT of brake dust, so give it a quick rinse every once in a while anyway.

To the rest, SC Service Manager suggested using original Peugeot brake pads. He claims that some of his customers have gone on to using other brands but they tend to perform worse. Apparently 408T isn't very welcoming of non-Peugeot parts.

This post has been edited by speed.demon: Jun 11 2015, 03:32 PM

I had some kind of rattling coming from my rear door at 50-60km/h (sounds like someone knocking on metal). SC opened up my door panel and the door handle (on the inside) was loose. Mechanic stuck on some tape and secured the handle. The entire panel cover was also a little loose so I'm supposed to go back when they get some clips. I had SC add some sponge inside the door panel for additional sound proofing - it's helped!

Yes, I saw the maintenance schedule. Just not sure why Puchong SC said need 3 days for this service.