Your car equiped qith ABS? If so, my guess would be that your ABS is kicking in. What's the condition of the road where this happens? If slippy - ABS.

 

Hi Everyone,

Thanks, but my car doesn't have ABS. The road conditions are basically any type: dry, wet, snowy, etc.

So I'm pretty sure its related to brakes, calipers, rotors or drums.

For the guest who wrote to me and I didn't know how to reply:

My car is 2000 LE automatic model with 119,000km right now, but I've had this problem for a few months.

A bit of history of the brakes are:
-Nov 2006 and 87,000km, the dealer put in new brake pads and brake fluid flush.
-2009 and 103,000km, I got a maintenance service from the dealer and they said the front brakes were 80% and rear drums were 75% wear level, had a front boot ripped, which they recommended servicing front calipers and flushing the brake fluids. I didn't do the service but did not get any noise.
-2010 and 119,000km, the front pads still look ok, but I've had the noise for a few months or since spring.

I'm just wondering if the caliper or pads are somewhat not aligned, so they make this noise when braking medium to hard pressure? The service guys scare me by saying the calipers can rust up and won't stop the car properly. So maybe the caliper has issues with applying the pad properly on the rotor? Or would it be the drums?

Anyone experience this?

Thanks!

 

have you checked to make sure the anti rattle clips are installed and not broken, also there are metal "shims" on either side of the pads that keep the brakes from making noise, where is the clicking coming from? the sides of the car? front? rear? or middle? ie CV shafts??

 

I had this problem about a month ago if it is the same then it's a 60$ fix at any shop. Just bring it to a shop or if you can yourself jack your car up and take off both your front tires. Run the car so you can see the whole break system moving. Look VERY VERY closely at your calipers. You will notice it shifting ever so lightly. I asked the mechanic to do a front break clean up and it turns out if their is any dust behind the rotor when installed then it will shift the caliper. Thats what it sounds like your problem is to me at least. It was only one of mine that were clicking but it was annyoing as hell!

 

Clicking Brakes start after rear brakes replaced.

I have seen numerous references on various forums to a problem that seems to occur after the rear brakes are replaced on an 8th gen. Corolla. After replacing anything from shoes to the complete rear brake system there are complaints of a clicking noise coming from the rear brakes when the brakes are applied. I recently had the same issue and I think I got to the bottom of it. The Corolla brake shoes like most drum brakes have a leading and trailing set of shoes. The braking surface on the rear shoe should be much closer to the top of the shoe than on the front shoe. On aftermarket brake shoes (at least the Duralast from AutoZone) it is all but impossible to determine which is leading and which is trailing. I ended up going to the dealer and paying through the nose for factory shoes, but they were clearly different than the $15.00 aftermarket variety. Once I installed the factory shoes correctly, the noise went away and all was well. I probably could have used the aftermarket once I compared them to the factory parts but my time must be worth something :headbang:. If you are having this problem be sure to look carefully at where the pad lands on the steel backing. The one with the pad higher on the backing goes to the rear. :thumbsup:

 

Good point. This clicking noise is also present on Honda. I will check if that is the case as well. I am coming close to replacing rear brakes on the rolla. The Honda has been clicking and squealing (I do not have the originals to compare to). I will check for this also and I think the rolla still has the originals.

 

You really have to look carefully on the aftermarket

surgeon0
It just so happens that while I was trying to work with the geniuses at the AutoZone that I asked to see another set of brake shoes from some other vehicle to see if they make them all the same. They pulled up a set from a Honda and I found them to be essentially the same in that they were almost identical (all four shoes). Once I saw the OEM Toyota shoes I was able to identify which ones (of the Duralast) were the leading and trailing shoes, but the difference was only about an eighth of an inch. You could tell on the OEM from almost across the room as there was a substantial difference in the way the braking surface was installed on the steel shoe. Too bad the Toyota shoes were $58.00 versus $15.00.

 

I'm just starting to have the same exactly problem as described by raywong28 with my 1999 Toyota Camry LE which has ABS. Six months ago I had all new tires installed, but this problem started happening a week ago. At first I thought I was hitting lines in the road. But, then I tried light breaking on the freeway and it didn't occur. When it did occur was on the offramp when I have to break hard to stop. The clicking is faster when fast and slows as the car comes to a stop. It sounds like it's coming from the rear.
This couldn't happen at a worse time since I'm unemployed and sick. When I'm feeling better, I'll get under the car and see if I can see something bad. I heard someone mention "CV" as in CV boot; Last time I had a CV boot problem with another car it was expensive.
And what would happen if I let this go for a while until I get a job? I drive maybe once a week and 10 miles max.
Any help would be greatly appreciative.

 

First wrong forum this is for 98-02 corolla not camry so your car has different parts and im not 100% familiar with them all. That said brakes and cv are fairly simple. Tires dont click, ever, like ever.. So your issue isnt the rubber. Cv axles can click but will do it all the time especially when turning the wheel left or right. So if your click noise only occurs when you hit the brakes hard in a straight line im gonna guess you have something loose in your brakes. Could be a simple bolt loose alowing the caliper to shift a little and the pads vibrate making the click but since brakes are up there in safety features i strongly recomend you find a shop that offers a free inspection and have a pro take a look. Thats assuming your issue is just a anoying noise. Now if you break hard and the wheel shakes and vibrates badly you might not want to drive to the shop.

To put you at ease i strongly suspect something is loose and thats all should be cheap quick and easy.

 

Corolla?

How can you even tell this is a Corolla only forum?

But thank you for that valuable info. I'll post this in the Camry section.

 

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Start with this link and select the Camry forum for your model year under Camry section.
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Okay, see it.