Q: Noise by thr breaks

asked by on October 08, 2016

I just changed the break pad and roots from the front about 4 months ago. But now every time I hard break or drive for about 15 min and break I hear a squeal or like something is loose. I check the breaks but they seem fine

My car has 154260 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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