Whirring/honking sound from brakes?

[spagboll]

Hi all,

I’ve got a 2011 Honda jazz 1.4 I-Vtec and I’m getting occasional whirring/honking sound and I think it’s potentially come from the brakes!?

Because it only occasionally happens, only managed to record about 2 secs of it, here’s the video:

https://youtube.com/shorts/KNn2IDsOM-A?si=CA1Rkvc9c14IPz2W

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

[GBH]

I'm presuming that this noise happens only when you brake? Hence your question.

I agree that it sounds like a possible worn / sticking brake. When were the brakes last attended to and what is the car's mileage?

It is worth jacking up each corner and spinning the wheel just to see if anything is binding. Depending on the results and your skills / knowledge will depend on the next step i.e. Start stripping and inspecting and lubricating or take it o a garage etc.

[spagboll]

Thanks for the reply!

So when I brake it does make a load scraping sound but the sound in the video doesn’t always occur. When it does occur, it’s usually after braking I think.

I’m hoping it’s just the brake system and not a wheel hub or whatever, but seems to be pointing toward brakes.


Going to take it to garage, I probs should’ve done it weeks ago as the brakes have been feeling soft - so it probably is worn pads/discs maybe

[GBH]

From what you are saying (brakes seem soft) I would suggest that,as minimum, the brake fluid needs changing, especially if there is no previous record of this having been done.

I would doubt that a hub bearing would be failing but a good garage should pick this up quite quickly when they inspect.

You may only need new brake pads and the caliper slide pins stripped, cleaned and lubricated with a change of brake fluid. Depending on what the garage find may add disks to the bill, but only an inspection can determine what needs changing.

HTH