Turbosprezarka
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2006
- Location
- New England
- TDI
- 2001 Jetta TDI (ALH) GLS, 5sp, Tornado Red, 301,593 miles, SOLD
Hi everybody. I own a 2001 Jetta TDI, currently with 132,000 miles on it.
I've noticed lately when I'm cruising down the road, if I depress the brake pedal, with the window open, I hear a "clicking" noise that happens just once, when I depress it approximately the first 1/4 of the entire pedal stroke.
So lets say I'm driving down the road at 40 and start to ease off the gas pedal, now say I'm at 30mph and I tap the brake pedal bringing the speed down a few mph. I will usually hear this click noise. But if I take my foot off and then reapply again I usually won't hear it again until I get the car moving for a longer period of time.
The car has excellent braking power, and I never feel any resistance in depressing the pedal, even if I hear this click noise. The car never seems to have excessively low coasting range, and I typically return 50+mpg on all highway, so I don't think any of the brakes are "stuck on".
It's odd because I never remember this before nor do I hear it on other cars I drive.
As a final note to try to provide as much history as possible, at 127,000 miles I put new brake rotors and pads on all four wheels. Note that I did not bleed the brakes at all, I just used the caliper tool commonly found for sale on TDI websites which allows you to screw the piston back into the caliper housing. I will note that when I screwed in one of the back calipers, it seemed to take much longer, and I wasn't making full progress of screwing the piston back into the caliper; it just kept turning without going back in. Then it was suddenly that it did start going back in.
Like I said braking is great and I'm not noticing any excessive brake dust on any 1 wheel in particular, and braking power is great. Any ideas?
I've noticed lately when I'm cruising down the road, if I depress the brake pedal, with the window open, I hear a "clicking" noise that happens just once, when I depress it approximately the first 1/4 of the entire pedal stroke.
So lets say I'm driving down the road at 40 and start to ease off the gas pedal, now say I'm at 30mph and I tap the brake pedal bringing the speed down a few mph. I will usually hear this click noise. But if I take my foot off and then reapply again I usually won't hear it again until I get the car moving for a longer period of time.
The car has excellent braking power, and I never feel any resistance in depressing the pedal, even if I hear this click noise. The car never seems to have excessively low coasting range, and I typically return 50+mpg on all highway, so I don't think any of the brakes are "stuck on".
It's odd because I never remember this before nor do I hear it on other cars I drive.
As a final note to try to provide as much history as possible, at 127,000 miles I put new brake rotors and pads on all four wheels. Note that I did not bleed the brakes at all, I just used the caliper tool commonly found for sale on TDI websites which allows you to screw the piston back into the caliper housing. I will note that when I screwed in one of the back calipers, it seemed to take much longer, and I wasn't making full progress of screwing the piston back into the caliper; it just kept turning without going back in. Then it was suddenly that it did start going back in.
Like I said braking is great and I'm not noticing any excessive brake dust on any 1 wheel in particular, and braking power is great. Any ideas?