Hello, We've got a 64 plate Panda 4x4 Ta. A couple of weeks ago we noticed that the brakes were making a noise when reversing down our drive. It didn't bother us too much, because our 100hp did much the same for the 7 years that we owned it. Any way we booked it in to be checked over, just to be on the safe side. The dealership phoned and said that they had changed the pads under warranty because they were of poor quality. They said that they had changed a few sets and this had cured the problem.


Anyone else heard of this?

There's a thread all about this somewhere...... Its a common 'fault'

My 14 plate 4x4 TA started "honking" in reverse.
A sort of rotation based "whoop whoop whoop " as I backed up.

The fronts also felt quite "gritty", a sort of light noisy scraping sound.

I was a bit too impatient to wait weeks for the dealer to look at them, so I had a look myself.

The brakes are built up completely dry and the calipers were starting to stick a little.
A dab of ceramic brake grease on the slider pins and thin wipe of copperslip on the caliper hangers, where the pads touch and it's been fine since.

Don't tell me the brakes on my 127 are still being used!!!?

We had the same with our 4x4 t/a - noisy brakes in reverse. The garage rectified this as soon as we told them - again i think they swapped the rear pads for a new set.

Ours have just started becoming noticeably noisy after 3k. Only spotted this yesterday.

Hi Guys

Just returned from fiat with the same problem,
was told rear brake calipers dry, lubricated with copper slip ,also replaced front and rear pads under warranty 2014 4x4 MJ

All the best
Great service

Another noisy brake in reverse sufferer here.

First thing in the morning or when warm makes no difference.

Could this be bringing the fuel economy down??

Squadrone Rosso said:

Could this be bringing the fuel economy down??

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Yes, definitely.

Easiest way of checking is to jack it up and see if the wheels move freely, I guess. Oh, and to see how much heat your discs are giving off after a run (assuming you've not been doing any heavy braking), as binding brakes will give off a helluva lot of heat.

Got mine done under warranty last Saturday! Now perfect! ?

Mine is booked in for Thursday morning. They reckon a strip, clean, rebuild / re-grease will sort it.

My Angry Panda was in this morning. I was told it was brake cylinder related.

Not 100% sure what they did but it was on the ramps for 45 minutes

Hopefully this will sort it. I forgot to mention the weird noise that's developed. Funny clink / clonk from the rear

Joining the club after 4k miles, been told they need to order in some modified brake pads after talking with fiat UK technical, they told me they had only seen this once before and that was yesterday! I showed them this thread and they were stunned!

Pretty sure mine are still dragging

My cross has been back in for a second go at the rear brakes! Hopefully that's it now!

If I reverse into a space, it makes a god awful noise

Yes that!

Had the work done and the problem has been solved, all quiet now and I can reverse in to spaces again without shame!