Rear brakes lexus ls 600hl

[Newbie777]

Hello,

I noticed my rear brakes squeal when I drive in reverse and brake.

I heard as part of the design and regenerative braking the rear brakes are not used/used much.

Recently when the tyres were taken off, I looked and the brakes and calipers, ..look like new.

Is there anything I can do to use them more? I have my MOT in 3months, not sure if this will be an issue.

Thanks

 

[wharfhouse]

11 hours ago, Newbie777 said:

Hello,

I noticed my rear brakes squeal when I drive in reverse and brake.

I heard as part of the design and regenerative braking the rear brakes are not used/used much.

Recently when the tyres were taken off, I looked and the brakes and calipers, ..look like new.

Is there anything I can do to use them more? I have my MOT in 3months, not sure if this will be an issue.

Thanks

 

My IS 300h brakes sometimes squeal a bit when reversing - done it for many years - going forwards no noise though and so not an MoT problem unless there are other issues with the brakes.

[steve2006]

When were the brakes last serviced?
I’ve noticed when it comes to servicing checklists the majority of actions are just that I.e. “check” so a cursory glance of the brake pads and discs to ensure they are above minimum thickness gets a tick.

Rarely in my opinion do the pads get removed and the callipers, shims etc cleaned and greased as required, in addition the rear combined drums/discs are unlikely to be removed for inspection of the parking brake components, condition and adjustment.

Providing nothing is binding I wouldn’t be overly concerned, a quick and easy check is to check the wheel temperature after a decent run to see if one is hotter than the opposite side either carefully by touch or using an infrared thermometer.