Hi all,
here's what happened to my 2002 E46 sedan 3 days ago.. was driving around at 20-40km/hr when i suddenly could hear the front hmmmmmmmmg-ing (that's the best way i can describe it!) when stepping on the brakes. The sound got progressively louder, but interestingly enough, didn't happen all the time(!!) When braking at speeds of around 50 and above, no sounds could be heard. At times, the sound got so loud it was embarrassing..like the sound of a plane's engine during takeoff! (ok, somewhat exaggerated, but you get the idea!) Couldn't stand the noise to brought it to my mechanic's for a quick look-see... he tested it and of course, there was no sound to hear. I then took over and sure enough, the hmmmmmmmmg sound was there again (once again, intermittently). Should have seen the look on my mechanic's face (like WTF is that coming from!) To make a long story short, it was the OEM brake pads that were causing it, even though they were still 70% good. Not sure if anyone has this similar experience, but I ran across the same 'issue' at http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=478357..
btw, you could actually 'feel' the hmmmmmmmmmg sound when using the brakes, and that led my mechanic and me to guesstimate that it was the brakes that were causing it. Changed the pads and it's been 'sound' free so far...
Just thought i'd like to share this in case someone else has the same experience... damn, it was loud!!! hahahahaha..
here's what happened to my 2002 E46 sedan 3 days ago.. was driving around at 20-40km/hr when i suddenly could hear the front hmmmmmmmmg-ing (that's the best way i can describe it!) when stepping on the brakes. The sound got progressively louder, but interestingly enough, didn't happen all the time(!!) When braking at speeds of around 50 and above, no sounds could be heard. At times, the sound got so loud it was embarrassing..like the sound of a plane's engine during takeoff! (ok, somewhat exaggerated, but you get the idea!) Couldn't stand the noise to brought it to my mechanic's for a quick look-see... he tested it and of course, there was no sound to hear. I then took over and sure enough, the hmmmmmmmmg sound was there again (once again, intermittently). Should have seen the look on my mechanic's face (like WTF is that coming from!) To make a long story short, it was the OEM brake pads that were causing it, even though they were still 70% good. Not sure if anyone has this similar experience, but I ran across the same 'issue' at http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=478357..
btw, you could actually 'feel' the hmmmmmmmmmg sound when using the brakes, and that led my mechanic and me to guesstimate that it was the brakes that were causing it. Changed the pads and it's been 'sound' free so far...
Just thought i'd like to share this in case someone else has the same experience... damn, it was loud!!! hahahahaha..