My car now has about 43k miles on it. I changed to the ceramic wearever pads about 10k miles ago. I'm getting a very annoying sound that sounds like it occurs with the turning of the tires, a constant off and on dragging noise that I assume is coming from the brakes. I need to jack it up again and make sure its not a wheel bearing (almost sounds like it from my little experience in the past).

I went to pull my brake pads out last night and they were almost frozen in the caliper, I had to use two pairs of vice grips to pull them out. I don't recall this much tension from when I first replaced them. Does this seem normal? Almost makes me think the caliper is sticking/freezing up? I do live on the ocean with lots of sale in the air (car is kept in a garage).

Any thoughts? I'm debating about taking it in to the dealer under warranty.

 

I would at least try to use warranty on it, but at over 40k your regular warranty is gone your down to just power train.

 

No, its 50,000 miles or 48 months.

 

Can anyone answer my question, are the pads supposed to be frozen in the caliper like that? I feel like the pads are just dragging is all. I dont remember the OEM pads being so tight that I had to use calipers to pull them out.

Any thoughts?

 

They should slip in and out with little effort but I don't think the calipers are frozen. There are no slide pins to freeze in the ISF caliper and it's pretty unlikely that the pistons would be frozen.
Did you compress the pistons before trying to pull the pads out? What about after the pads where removed, did you check each piston to see if they compress fully?
The vise grips could have just tipped the pads on edge and made them harder to get out. Hard to say without being there.
If you still have the stock pads measure the length from contact point to contact point. I've had plenty of aftermarket pads that needed a little material removed due to poor tolerances. I would also put a very small amount of lubricant on the contact points when installing the pads in to the caliper.

If that's not your noise make sure your dust shield is not contacting the rotor. Maybe it got a bit bent and is making contact when there is load on that wheel.

Just a few ideas for you, again it's hard to say without having the car present.