Well we have driven the new STS about a 1000 miles. Since the car is awd it is supposed to have high performance pads on it. I don't know what kind they are but the brake dust is terrible. You can clean your wheels one day and after driving it several miles they are filthy the next day. I have never seen the dust this bad. I have ceramic pads on my 94 and also use a product called rejex. Makes me believe that the pads on the 06 are cheap. Just venting a little but this is mild to what am going to say to my dealer who I have been doimg business with for many years.

Ralph

That may explain the 20-25k pad life a lot of STS drivers are reporting. I personally dont mind dusty pads, as they tend to extend rotor life.

I bought Raybestos ceramic pads and they didn't do a very good job at preventing dust buildup. I'm going to splurge and spend $75 for dust shields. My wheels look horrible with all the black dust--it's ridiculous. Another thing, cheap pads don't handle heat as well as quality pads--I learned that lesson. Quality pads and dust shields should do the trick.

New brakes always produce a lot of dust. After another thousand miles or so and it won't be so bad.

A lot of dust, but the brakes on the v are fantastic.

Just posting that my pads are squealing, I would have to agree that the cheap factory pads are causing all the brake dust. My 03 CTS had brake dust, but nothing like this STS.
Back to the dealer AGAIN!:want: