Generally speaking, how many miles are you getting out of your front/rear brake pads and discs?

I'm coming up to 30k now and the front seems to be losing a bit of bite - or am I just imaging things perhaps?

Would be interested to hear your experiences.

All depends on use tbh mate,

Urban you'd be looking at replacing both sets soon

Motorway they can last 60k if you don't scream up to junctions

Just have a look throught the alloy, the front's I would imagine at 30k will have 4 - 5mm left on them, rears are a bit tricky to see through the wheel but they generally go before the fronts do, EPB doesn't help and you can assist it by letting it off manually rather than drag away (helps preserve the clutch as well) another tell tale is check the fluid level in the bottle, don't top it up as it will restore itself when new pads are fitted anyway, if the level is dropped by 10mm you are getting close to new pads, hth.

My ODO shows 78000 km / 3yrs and still have original brake pads. They passed OK on last 75k km inspection and I was assured that till 90k km they will last for sure. I believe it is just the driving style that dictates the lasting mileage.

Company Superb (140 manual) had original pads at 70k, 160 DSG (with hill hold) the rear pads are being replaced with only 18k!!!!!!, bought second hand so not sure if previous owner had left hand brake on sometimes, doing a lot of town work or the hill hold could wear the pads more?

 

appreciate automatics go through pads quicker but 18k miles is ridiculous!

Just have a look throught (sic) the alloy, 

 

Need to challenge that suggestion, Supurbia. It's not at all uncommon for calipers to get slightly 'sticky', and as a result, the wear seen on one pad is not a safe guide to the wear on the other. Only reliable way to assess brake pad thickness is by getting clear line-of-sight access to both pads at each wheel. If this means removing the wheel (as it often does) then so be it.

Need to challenge that suggestion, Supurbia. It's not at all uncommon for calipers to get slightly 'sticky', and as a result, the wear seen on one pad is not a safe guide to the wear on the other. Only reliable way to assess brake pad thickness is by getting clear line-of-sight access to both pads at each wheel. If this means removing the wheel (as it often does) then so be it.

 

 

I'll have to agree with you as you are correct and that does happen, so the only real way to check it 100% is to have the wheels off.

Wow, good to hear that some are lasting that long. Much longer than some of my previous cars - and I'm not particularly hard on the brakes.

My Berb just went back to the lease company after 4 years and 88,000 miles it was still on original pads, and no sign of needing replacement, I probably do 60% motorway, 20% urban, 20% open countryside.

My Berb just went back to the lease company after 4 years and 88,000 miles it was still on original pads, and no sign of needing replacement, I probably do 60% motorway, 20% urban, 20% open countryside.

`Berb`?

`Berb`?

Superb!

Superb!

Ahhhh, thanks.

Mine was just serviced for the 2nd time at 37,000 miles and the advice was I have about 6 or 7,000 left on them.

Over 100,000kms and about 5mm left on the front and 3mm left on the rear.  On the original pads, driving is mainly rural, with a bit of urban and rarely sees a motorway.

DSG / auto will use the brake pads faster than a manual because there is no engine braking. In effect the brakes have to stop the car, unlike a manual where you can downshift and use engine braking.

My Audi brake pads seem to have been replaced every 20-30K miles, they are now 60% worn after 16K miles. Well they do have to stop 1.7 Tonnes of large executive car with no engine braking at all.

You could always knock the lever over and use it manually which will give you engine braking. I usually do that when going down a steep hill...though there aint many of them around here!

Regards

Mike.

A slight push of the brake peddle should put the gearbox back into gear for engine braking and take it off coasting. Explains this in the owners book ????

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Turned out my problem was a faulty abs sensor on the front, rear pads where 3/4 worn so would have lasted about 25k.

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72K miles and still on original set 170 bhp DSG auto. Must be my old age !

81K and still on original set

47k and still on originals (mk2 vrs)

My Skoda dealer gives me a report each time I get the car serviced.

 

The report states the percentage of wear on each braked wheel.

 

The last service showed 10% wear on the front and 30% worn on the rear.

Changed my front ones at 85,000 miles. Rear ones still original at 106,000 miles.

Front at 52k with a little left, rear at 40k,nothing left,oops and again at 66k, difference unexplained.    140combi using poor rural roads with a lot of braking.