Had almost identical symptoms around a similar mileage, that hesitation before power kicks in was the most noticeable one for me personally. Proper cleaning made a real difference afterward, felt noticeably more responsive within the first few drives once it was done.

Squeaking for a week on a car with electronic parking brake sensors usually means the wear indicators have been touching the rotors long enough to score them slightly. Worth asking them to check rotor thickness and surface condition alongside the pad replacement rather than finding out later that ro...

Not all pallet jacks fit the same channel width so even if it's integrated you might still run into compatibility issues depending on what jack you're running in Ras Al Khor. Worth measuring your equipment first.

The date code reminder at the end is genuinely the most useful advice in this whole post. A fresh 55D23L will perform like yours did, an old one sitting in warehouse heat for a year will not.