Brake pads

[WhiteD3]

Just getting my 24,000k/12m service done today. Dealer tells me that the disk pads need replacing within say 5,000k. He says normal life is 30,000k and the car's done 24,300k.

Cost is $615.

Is the timing and price reasonable?

Cheers.

[sniegy]

Hi WhiteD3,
This is about normal for time & cost. Ours is marginally cheaper.
Dont forget i would presume this includes Disc Rotors, Brake Pads & may even include the sensor. Not sure if it is required yet, but may in 5k km's.
But would verify with dealer first.;)
At a guess i would say Australs?:p

[WhiteD3]

Hi WhiteD3,
This is about normal for time & cost. Ours is marginally cheaper.
Dont forget i would presume this includes Disc Rotors, Brake Pads & may even include the sensor. Not sure if it is required yet, but may in 5k km's.
But would verify with dealer first.;)
At a guess i would say Australs?:p

Thanks Mate. S/Side LR which is Austral.

[DJBD3]

I keep asking the service manager "How are the brake pads?"
Each time the reply is "Fine."
He told Me at last service that on average the D3's He was seeing were getting 60k before pad replacement.

[WhiteD3]

I keep asking the service manager "How are the brake pads?"
Each time the reply is "Fine."
He told Me at last service that on average the D3's He was seeing were getting 60k before pad replacement.

Interesting. My colleague at work has a TDV6SE with 38k on it and the brakes are fine. I'll have to check it out.

[bigmac]

Just clocked 76k still on the same pads but I think they will need changing this service

[jik22]

Not exactly helping your problem, but one of the UK mags did an article last month about replacing the D3 front and rear brakes with the Supercharged RRS versions. All up cost (including huge Brembo front dics and calipers) was £800ish, and it was all a straight bolt-on. Only downside was the need for 19" rims to fit over the front discs! :(

Very cheap upgrade for those towing large weight or with seriously chipped motors....

[weeds]

Just getting my 24,000k/12m service done today. Dealer tells me that the disk pads need replacing within say 5,000k. He says normal life is 30,000k and the car's done 24,300k.

Cost is $615.

Is the timing and price reasonable?

Cheers.

do they really need to be done.......pull a wheel off and have a look, there could be more left on the pad then they are saying..

[justinc]

24K?? Thats good. I have a RRS TdV6 ATM that needs pads, sensors AND rotors at 22K.

I have even seen these require replacement at 19K. :eek:

The up side is that all the pads, discs and sensors, genuine are only $800. A lot cheaper than some other makes of vehicle...then again, do others need all these replaced at this interval???

(Question for Scouse: Scott, I have a D3 customer that has had all his brakes last 55K. Why are the RRS harder on brakes?? Aren't they basically the same??:confused:)

JC

[dcc49]

Just had front pads replaced at 40k by Austral in the Valley. Pads cost $152.84 plus GST. Labour $270.00 plus GST. I queried pads at just 40k and was told any time after 21k is quite normal. I've towed a 3 ton plus van for more than 15k of that 40 and its a lot of vehicle to pull up so overall I can't complain. The rears still have a fair amount of meat on them.

David C

[vnx205]

I'm not sure how anyone can come up with a figure for the expected life of a set of brake lining or pads based on how long someone else's lasted.

Surely driving style and driving conditions cause more variation than any other factor.

When I used to drive the Series III into work, I only had to touch the brakes lightly a couple of times in the 13kms.

Before anyone suggests that is because the Series III didn't go fast enough to ever need to slow down, it was actually because some of the corners had a bit of an uphill slope leading into them, so that combined with a bit of wind resistance, no braking was needed.

I have driven similar distances in other places where a dozen or more fairly serious brake applications were necessary.

I think trying to work out how long your brake pads will last based on someone else's experience is fraught with danger.

[Scouse]

Question for Scouse: Scott, I have a D3 customer that has had all his brakes last 55K. Why are the RRS harder on brakes?? Aren't they basically the same??:confused:

JCAs you can see from the responses here, every car/driver will get different km from their brakes.
Trivetts have 2 workshops. The one that services the City & Eastern Suburbs (hilly) do a lot more brake replacements/km than we do in Parramatta.
I've even heard of cars barely making the first 12000km service on a set of pads.

I'm not up on the exact spec of the normal Sport brakes compared to the D3 but they'd be much the same, if not identical I would imagine.

One problem that is starting to show is sticking/seized caliper slides. One pad will go to metal with the rest at around 2/3 - 3/4 worn. Of course, it's always the pad without the wear sensor that goes to metal :(.