# Rhythmic Squeaking Upon Deceleration?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/rhythmic-squeaking-upon-deceleration/68005>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chrysler, concorde\
**Created:** [September 17, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rhythmic-squeaking-upon-deceleration/68005 "2011-09-17T21:57:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![PJSPJS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PJSPJS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PJSPJS)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rhythmic-squeaking-upon-deceleration/68005/1 "2011-09-17T21:57:05Z")

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I recently started hearing a rhythmic squeaking noise upon decelerating. It doesn’t sound as though it’s coming from under the hood (such as a belt noise): it sounds like it’s coming from the back right wheel area. The noise isn’t very loud: it’s almost impossible to hear with the radio on. It isn’t constant: it gets slower and slower as I continue to decelerate. If it matters, the car is a 1995 Chrysler Concorde.

I don’t think it’s the brakes. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rhythmic-squeaking-upon-deceleration/68005/2 "2011-09-17T22:39:08Z")

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Why don’t you think it’s the brakes? The brakes would be my first guess.

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**Author:** ![PJSPJS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PJSPJS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PJSPJS)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rhythmic-squeaking-upon-deceleration/68005/3 "2011-09-17T22:40:18Z")

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Because I don’t hear the squeak when I’m actually stepping on the brake. I tried not braking and just letting the car decelerate and I still hear it. Plus, I think I know what the “brake squeak” noise sounds like and this sounds different: very short “eek-eek-eek-eek” sounds. But of course I may be wrong.

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rhythmic-squeaking-upon-deceleration/68005/4 "2011-09-17T22:54:23Z")

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Some brake pads have a little metal clip on them as a safety warning…Near the end of the pads life, these clips will touch the rotor at various times and make a screeching noise…Your foot need not be on the brake pedal for this to occur…