So after two years I've had an advisory notice from the dealer that the rear discs are scored and pitted and they recommend replacement. Anyone had a similar issue?

How many miles from new?

What about the front discs?    I thought they wear off quicker then the rear ones?

After just two years?? That seems excessive. Someone on here did have problems with premature rear disc corrosion a little while ago, but that was the whole disc pretty much rusting away. How badly scored/pitted are they?

Edited 16 June, 201610 yr by FluffyEyeball

Its been mentioned on here before. Its because the rear brakes do so little braking they don't clean up very well.

 

The rear discs on mine are a little scored and pitted but its not been mentioned to me yet. I've taken to applying the handbrake for short periods of time whilst moving to clean them up.

2 years and 20k miles

It's still at the dealers. They did say it was advisory I'll have a look when I pick it up. I've always reckoned that modern pads seem to wear the discs down a loy quicker than in the 'olden' days when they contained asbestos.

imikk3 - the fronts were looking used but serviceable. I think rears have a habit of corroding and pitting quicker thatn the fronts.

My car has just had it service 28000 miles and my rear disk are spot on and it's over 2yr old just

The rear disks on my old mk2 wore a lot quicker than the front as I usually only brake lightly and I was told that in those circumstances the rears apply first and do most of the braking to avoid the nose dipping. I would not expect any different on the mk3.

If I were to drive more normally I would expect the fronts to wear faster.

 

When I asked if the disks could be machined like the ones on the son's Outback (gen 4) were the last it was serviced, well the mechanic just laughed and said "No way, you can only ever replace these disks as they are relatively thin".

It is not uncommon for Euro cars here to get both disks and pads replaced at the same time. So yes it seems both are sacrificial.

It's still at the dealers. They did say it was advisory I'll have a look when I pick it up. I've always reckoned that modern pads seem to wear the discs down a loy quicker than in the 'olden' days when they contained asbestos.

 

 

And as Gerrycan says - discs are now consumables, have been for several years. But unless you drive everywhere with the handbrake on that's very poor. i'd expect to reach around 60, 70k before they were an advisory. Pads maybe 40k.

The rear disks on my old mk2 wore a lot quicker than the front as I usually only brake lightly and I was told that in those circumstances the rears apply first and do most of the braking to avoid the nose dipping. I would not expect any different on the mk3.

If I were to drive more normally I would expect the fronts to wear faster.

 

When I asked if the disks could be machined like the ones on the son's Outback (gen 4) were the last it was serviced, well the mechanic just laughed and said "No way, you can only ever replace these disks as they are relatively thin".

It is not uncommon for Euro cars here to get both disks and pads replaced at the same time. So yes it seems both are sacrificial.

 

If it works like that, you would still think all the braking is done with the front brakes as all the weight of the car moves forward when braking and the rears just there to balance out the nose dipping. HA, maybe the rear pads aren`t made the same material as the front 

It's still at the dealers. They did say it was advisory I'll have a look when I pick it up. I've always reckoned that modern pads seem to wear the discs down a loy quicker than in the 'olden' days when they contained asbestos.

 

Yes, the modern compounds are much softer than of old so wear much quicker. You still shouldn't need them replacing at 20K. Mines done almost 20K and they're no where near in need of replacement, and I don't always drive/brake gently.

I've had advisories before and done another 20k, garages seem extreamly over cautious on these things. I would just take a look when you get it back, I bet they are fine with just mild pitting.

I've had the same from the last service (30k miles, 2 1/2 years), looking at mine they're scored to hell and ruined but I'm only keeping the car another few months.

Yes same here - replaced at 2 years and 30k, Skoda gave me 60%, a week later I read on here of someone who got 80% toward theirs. My new ones are now starting to look poor after a year - my MkII managed 140k miles on a set. Ia m convinced these are poor quality parts

it is carp that they wear so quickly, but it is common and often its the lighter used cars/brakes that go first due to corrosion.  new discs are cheap though....or upgrade to a decent aftermarket disc lie brembo or wilwood, they do last far longer.

Got the car back and they do look a bit tatty but I'm leaving them for now. I guess being at the rear they get more crap on them and the car does stand for periods. Certainly discs are looked on as 'consumable', must be a bit like springs, last car I had went through all four springs in just two years, a symptom of our decaying roads surfaces.

4 springs in 2 years and rear discs perishing in the same duration. I expect discs to wear quicker than springs but I would be getting suspicious.

Do you think this is normal?

I agree that roads are poor in the UK? But roads are equally as grim abroad.

Is whoever you use for car service/repair trying to make money out of you?

Or, do you drive you car within an inch of its life all day long?

Obviously this is a bad case of poor quality components.

On a positive note as parts wear so quickly within 2/3 years your car will have so many new parts it will have that 'new' feel again.

Since I'm not aware of similar issues with the Mk2 I would agree that it is probably inferior quality (cheaper) material/production for the new models.

Manufacturers always make grandiose claims about the huge distances covered in testing of new vehicles, but the reality is that most private cars do not do big distances, experience lots of short journeys probably in stop/start conditions, might have more than one cold start a day, and could be left standing for several days with the handbrake applied after being driven on wet salted roads. Bet they don't cater for those sorts of tests properly because they are too time consuming.

 

My rear disks are fine but our climate is totally different being mostly dry, mostly warm and mostly low humidity but the other day I washed the car and then reversed it into the garage.

Next morning when I drove off I experienced the clang and lurch of stuck rear calipers releasing, and that can't be good for them if it happened on a regular basis.

I've had advisories before and done another 20k, garages seem extreamly over cautious on these things. I would just take a look when you get it back, I bet they are fine with just mild pitting.

This is quite true although I think a garage that mentions something like this rather than not has done their job properly. If you were to spot that yourself having just had the car at the garage and not had anything mentioned about it, you might be a bit worried that your car isn't safe to drive and create a stir with the garage unnecessarily.

Just a precaution.

At my 20k service was advised the rear discs were corroded, when queried this service person informed me that it is in the handbook that every so often to prevent corrosion whilst on a quiet road at 30-40 mph several hard braking manoeuvres should be undertaken to remove and help prevent this, could only find the reference below in the manual to corrosion and as my car is used daily for a round trip of approx. 80 miles I'm sceptical that this was just stealer waffle.

 

Corrosion

Corrosion on the brake discs and dirt on the bake pads occur if the vehicle has

been parked for a long period and if you do not make much use of the braking

system. The brakes are cleaned and dried by applying the brakes several times.

Possibly get another opinion. In my Mk.2 days I had an "advisory" from Halfords on front pads (not discs).

When I had them checked next, at Just MOT, I was told they were less than 25% worn.

Skoda wouldn't fes-up, the dealer wouldn't play. I'm leaving them just now. Put it down to low use.