Thread: D4 Rear pads ??

Originally Posted by minibloodhound

Mine only had 20000 on them when I had a warning message come up on the dash saying that the rear pads we worn. Sure enough when I had them replaced they showed them to me, and they were definitely worn down. Next set may have to be aftermarket as the OEM ones obviously don't last very long.

Mate, that's incredible. The pads must be very soft. Or are you driving your car the wrong way around ;-)

Brett.....

A lot of dirt road and sand driving will often wear out the rears long before the fronts.

Rear Pads replaced at 72000km and front pads assessed as being 30% worn. Mix of city, highway and dirt driving - I suspect driving style has a lot to do with wear rates.

I think the dealers are overly efficient in suggesting replacement brake pads.

I have had it recommended but put it off on the basis the vehicle has sensors to warn you. I am assuming that the warning is not going to be when the pads become critical and present a real safety issue because LR would leave a reasonable margin as insisted by their liability insurers!!!

So provided you are not in the middle of nowhere with limited access to a dealer why not wait for the car to warn you and get them changed at that point ?

Surprisingly there seems to be many many Km between when the dealer says do it and the vehicle.

One another point raised earlier, the rotors are "sacrificial" and not able to be machined so if warped etc they need to be replaced, however again hard to see why they need to be done after 30,000 odd km unless you are driving it around a race track regularly.

Whilst brakes and a critical safety component I think there is probably a bit of dealer profit tied up in replacing these components more often than really required.

Regards,

George

Remember that the sensors are only on one side so if the other side is wearing faster (could be due to all sorts of reasons) the sensor won't warn you and you will start hearing metal on metal. It is a good idea to keep an eye on the pads and not rely on the sensor too much.

I agree that the dealers make good margin on brakes and that encourages them to recommend that pads and rotors be changed a bit earlier than probably required. When I get my vehicles serviced and they call advising that brakes require replacement I always ask them to defer it and I check them out myself and make my own determination.

Originally Posted by garrycol

Unfortunately even though the dealers say they are worn, they may not be.

Indeed but if you're not knowledgeable yourself to make that call, then I'd go with what the dealer says...

M

Originally Posted by scarry

A lot of dirt road and sand driving will often wear out the rears long before the fronts.

Indeed they do... I was doing 3x rears to 1x fronts when touring Oz in the 110.

M

Originally Posted by camel_landy

Indeed they do... I was doing 3x rears to 1x fronts when touring Oz in the 110.

M

Why does this have a greater impact on rear vs front pads?