Light Rust or Grime on Brake Pads ?

[MadMax]

It's nothing to worry about, your rotors are bare metal and a little surface rust will happen when they get wet. In extreme conditions, your brakes can even "lock up" a little requiring a bit of forward movement to break free (this used to happen to my Passat in Belgium). But for the most part, they will clear up as soon as you use your brakes.

I travel a lot for work and if we get any rain while I am gone, my brakes usually are covered in surface rust when I get back. I just returned from being gone a week, and this is what mine look like...



It's nothing to worry about, it'll clear after a mile or so of driving and there is no advantage to trying to clean it off beforehand...

Cheers! M2

[YodaBird]

Originally Posted by MadMax

It's nothing to worry about, your rotors are bare metal and a little surface rust will happen when they get wet. In extreme conditions, your brakes can even "lock up" a little requiring a bit of forward movement to break free (this used to happen to my Passat in Belgium). But for the most part, they will clear up as soon as you use your brakes.

I travel a lot for work and if we get any rain while I am gone, my brakes usually are covered in surface rust when I get back. I just returned from being gone a week, and this is what mine look like...



It's nothing to worry about, it'll clear after a mile or so of driving and there is no advantage to trying to clean it off beforehand...

Cheers! M2

The rust isn't on the pads where it brakes, it's in-between and around the edges, there isn't any way to clean this off, no chemical you can spray on and after driving a little it comes off ?

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by YodaBird

The rust isn't on the pads where it brakes, it's in-between and around the edges, there isn't any way to clean this off, no chemical you can spray on and after driving a little it comes off ?

Every car with disc brakes has rust like this.

Dont be concerned.