Rear brakes rubbing

[1BimmerNut]

Just noticed Today...Is it just me - Noticed I have a brake rub from the rear - both sides. I hear it going slow in car parks etc. Is it just the sensor rubbing on the disc? Sounds just like a Falcon Taxi - Brilliant.

[Kgolf31]

The sensor is contained within the pad, aka the sensor will become exposed once the pad wears down.

Possibility of a seized caliper is probably not correct since it is happening on both.

Is your ebrake shoes too tight?

[drjekl]

by memory there is only one sensor for F&R so it couldnt be that either if you have it on both sides?

[Fifty3bags]

Did you figure out what your issue was? when driving to work today I noticed what seems to be the same thing on the driver's side rear brake. It sounds like a piece of metal rubbing when braking. It isn't the pads themselves, it sounds to me like the brake shield is bent and rubbing in a cyclical way. I drove it all weekend and never notced anything until driving today (I would have noticed if it were there)

[drjekl]

Originally Posted by Fifty3bags

Did you figure out what your issue was? when driving to work today I noticed what seems to be the same thing on the driver's side rear brake. It sounds like a piece of metal rubbing when braking. It isn't the pads themselves, it sounds to me like the brake shield is bent and rubbing in a cyclical way. I drove it all weekend and never notced anything until driving today (I would have noticed if it were there)

May be a rock?

[Kgolf31]

Originally Posted by drjekl

by memory there is only one sensor for F&R so it couldnt be that either if you have it on both sides?

Correct. Front left and rear right.

[Fifty3bags]

Originally Posted by drjekl

May be a rock?

That's what I'm going to look for. I did a little bit more digging and found that it could possibly be the heat shield got a little bent, but I'm leaning more towards a rock got in there somehow. I'll update when I take a look at it

[1BimmerNut]

Originally Posted by Fifty3bags

That's what I'm going to look for. I did a little bit more digging and found that it could possibly be the heat shield got a little bent, but I'm leaning more towards a rock got in there somehow. I'll update when I take a look at it

A rock on both sides is unlikely. I am thinking its either park brake too tight after a recent service but not sure if they touched it or I have bent the heat sheilds most likely as I use a brush to clean the wheels and it sometimes gets stuck against the sheild

[Fifty3bags]

I took the wheel off to look at it and couldn't find anything. The dealer I bought the car from is offering to have it fixed (bought it as is 200 miles away). They only offered me a tank of gas and car wash and fixing it, I feel like that's not enough, what should I ask for them do since I have to drive so far?