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Thank you for all the replies. I have replaced the pad retainer clips and the dust boots for the guide pins, as well as lubricating the guide pins. I'll check if the noise is coming from the front or rear, but I'm fairly confident that it's from the front. Unfortunately most of the time I work by myself, so it's not possible for me to replicate the noise with the vehicle off the ground. Probably wouldn't be hard to get a friend of mine as an extra set of hands. Perhaps I could offer some lunch I'll definitely check out those pads from autoeverything. Right now I'm eyeing up some Monroe pads from rockauto. Little more expensive than what I usually go for pads, but for a vehicle of this caliber (compared to prior vehicles) I feel it's worth the extra money.

Hello everyone, this is my first post here. I'd like to mention right off the bat that I'm aware there's an MKX specific forum and this technically belongs there, but for some reason that forum seems basically dead, and I'd be willing to bet that nobody would see the thread in the first place. So, that being said, given the MKX and Edge might as well be clones, I've opted to post here. My mother, last Mother's day, purchased a 2010 Lincoln MKX, equipped with about every feature available. Nice ride. However, there's a very irritating issue that she wants gone, and she wants me to fix. The front brakes squeal like there's no tomorrow when light pressure is applied, only in reverse. When heavier pressure is applied, they make almost a grinding sound, again only in reverse. When moving forward, they're silent. At the time I did this we believed it was only one side, but turns out it's both. I pulled apart the passenger side and gave it a good inspection. The pads have plenty of material left, and the rotors are nice and shiny. No ridges, no gouges, nothing. I greased the guide pins with caliper guide pin grease, scuffed the pads on some 120 grit, brakekleen'ed the rotors and installed new retaining clips with new guide pin boots. The squeak remains, completely unchanged. I personally believe the next step is a new set of good quality pads. I've picked out a set of premium / OE quality monroe pads from rockauto, but I have not ordered nor installed new pads. Before I go buying new parts to throw at it, I'd like to know of anything I could check, or anything else that could be done. A recommended set of pads and rotors would be very nice to know. A vehicle this new shouldn't be squeaking like a worn out, rusted, jalopy from 1973. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.