2014 Q5 2.0t - Low brake pedal

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09-30-2014, 07:24 AM

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Have you bedded the brakes? Didn't think so. Do your job! Besides, it will tell you if they're actually working instead of guessing and worrying about it.

Instructions for bedding in your brakes

Geez dude, Fonzie's first post and you beat him up. Not very befitting a "Super Moderator" IMHO...

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09-30-2014, 07:27 AM

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A while back, Consumer Reports tested some compact luxury CUV's in the same issue. In the 60-0 dry/wet braking tests the Q5 was class competitive:

Q5 130ft./138ft., X3 130/138, RDX 132/144, SRX 135/147.

Around the same time, C&D did a comparo with 70-0 stopping distances:

Q5 169ft., X3 180ft., Evoque 165ft.

All were with 2.0t engines.

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09-30-2014, 09:05 AM

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Geez dude, Fonzie's first post and you beat him up. Not very befitting a "Super Moderator" IMHO...

Mr. Fonz: My apologies if you thought I was impolite or disrespectful. A beat up wasn't intended. It's not uncommon for Mrs. Elevens to be the only person who gets my humor.

Brutus: I had no choice with the pretentious "Super Moderator" label. Thankfully you're only the first to bring it up.

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09-30-2014, 02:32 PM

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No problem Elevens. I like to think we're above Audizine and the rest WRT beating up on each other (unintentional or otherwise). Just trying to stand up for the "little guy"...

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09-30-2014, 05:11 PM

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No problem Elevens. I like to think we're above Audizine and the rest WRT beating up on each other (unintentional or otherwise). Just trying to stand up for the "little guy"...

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09-30-2014, 07:04 PM

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...Honestly, I think I'd rather have the dust if that gives me better braking.

My experience:
I had installed ceramic pads on XC90, LR2, and Q5 - each time I ended up removing those ceramic pads, because of two problems:
1. they did not brake well and
2. they destroyed factory OEM rotors ( I always used new rotors when installing ceramic pads).
I used Akebono on XC90, EBC on LR2 and Q5. After installing the ceramic pads I would lose the "smooth" brake pedal feel, and brakng required more effort with somewhat "spongy" feel...
Ceramic pads usually felt almost the same as OEM when new, but after 10-15K miles they would become spongy and needed more effort/pressure.