Thread: New Brake pads every 18K?

hell no, you should be able to clear 50K to a set of brakes... unless your driving like a rally driver or coast on the brakes a lot.. (thats an auto thing) but even then Id still expect over 30K Km to a set of brakes.....

any chance of a pic of how they're wearing?

If you reside in Sydney itself, the North Shore or the Eastern Suburbs then I can well believe the wear rate of your brake pads.

I'm at Trivetts in Parramatta & I know that Trivetts near the city do a hell of a lot more brake repairs than us. The North Shore & Eastern Suburbs are very hilly compared to out West.

Do you left foot brake?.....if so.......stop it and your pads will last longer.

Most left foot brakers rest their foot on the brake for the so called sharper response blah blah that some advanced driver trainers used to push.

Best to sit a bit further back to increase the time between braking and hitting something.

This does 2 things, 1. is wear out your brakes quicker and 2. is your brake lights are on all the time which makes them useless due to people dont know when your really stopping.

If you dont LFB, then look at other things like sticky calipers or driving style.

Originally Posted by Mic

Hi there, I am a relatively new owner of a 2006 HSE TD4 Free lander. I was fairly horrified when at the 20k mark the front brake pads needed replacing and rotors machining, but as i didn't own it from scratch (it had done 5k) was assured by Trivet Landrover in Sydney that this was fairly standard and perhaps the original owner was a lead foot. Less than a year has passed and the brake noise has reappeared ( now 38k) and again the landrover people assure me this is normal, (20 to 30 k is typical he says) I have yet to take it to get done but from my previous experience with cars (I'm mainly been on motorbikes) this seems ridiculous. Is this a deisel phenomenon? Should I be budgeting for an annual pad replacement? What gives?

Hmmm, sounds like the Disco2 for some.

I replaced the rotors and pads with aftermarket stuff. The rotors last longer and pads produce less dust.

Originally Posted by mcrover

Do you left foot brake?.....if so.......stop it and your pads will last longer.

Most left foot brakers rest their foot on the brake for the so called sharper response blah blah that some advanced driver trainers used to push.

Best to sit a bit further back to increase the time between braking and hitting something.

This does 2 things, 1. is wear out your brakes quicker and 2. is your brake lights are on all the time which makes them useless due to people dont know when your really stopping.

If you dont LFB, then look at other things like sticky calipers or driving style.

Nothing wrong with left foot braking , Just leave the foot off the pedal and your brakes wont wear
I for one are a fan of this type of driving , It makes sense if you can do it correctly

i left foot drive too, force of habit from operating heavy machinery although i do find it better

Most new cars wear brakes because they go faster.The brake pads and rotors are soft so they are very effective but wear quicker.My original defender pads wore out quickly but the brakes were very good,now they last longer but the peddle feel has gone.Most diesel engine cars today will out perform petrol cars of yesterday. Pat