# Nissan Maxima sounds like a foghorn when braking! **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan, maxima\ **Created:** [January 5, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-maxima-sounds-like-a-foghorn-when-braking/76527 "2013-01-05T11:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![melmar838](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@melmar838](https://community.cartalk.com/u/melmar838)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-maxima-sounds-like-a-foghorn-when-braking/76527/1 "2013-01-05T11:27:00Z")
Hi all I have a 1998 Nissan Maxima, and when I brake or am moving very slowly in stop and go traffic, my car sounds like a foghorn. I am thinking maybe I need new brake pads, but I thought brakes were supposed to squeal when they are bad. I remember them squeaking a little bit, but nothing major. Then all of a sudden I’m starting to get this foghorn sound. Any ideas/suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![AlanY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@AlanY](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AlanY)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-maxima-sounds-like-a-foghorn-when-braking/76527/2 "2013-01-05T14:02:20Z")
Yes, inspect your brakes and see if anything is wrong. Seriously. In the end you’ll have to do that anyway. ---
**Author:** ![shannon\_darst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shannon_darst/32/2606_2.png) [@shannon\_darst](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shannon_darst)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-maxima-sounds-like-a-foghorn-when-braking/76527/3 "2013-01-05T19:21:37Z")
If brakes get glazed they will sound like that. The only remedy is to change them.