Hi, 

 

My Kodiaq is going to need new rear pads soon. For some reason the rears wear quicker than the fronts 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

As the car is only 2 years old and still under warranty can I change the brakes myself if I use genuine parts or does it have to be done at a vat registered garage? 

 

Thanks 

You may do it yourself but if any issues arise with the rear braking system in the future then you'll be out of luck regarding warranty most likely.

2 hours ago, jamesdevon said:

For some reason the rears wear quicker than the fronts

 

Same here. I got first time rear pads changed at 60 000 km. Front still ok.

You'll be fine, just use genuine Skoda parts and no one will know or be able to prove that they aren't original.

 

Keep the invoice at home for the benefit of future owners.

2 hours ago, silver1011 said:

You'll be fine, just use genuine Skoda parts and no one will know or be able to prove that they aren't original.

 

Keep the invoice at home for the benefit of future owners.

I'm hoping that the dealers will deliver the parts or at least let me collect them. I am a key worker so should be OK 

3 hours ago, linni said:

 

Same here. I got first time rear pads changed at 60 000 km. Front still ok.

Someone I think on here mentioned it was to do with having ACC fitted. I do use it A LOT! 

1 hour ago, jamesdevon said:

Someone I think on here mentioned it was to do with having ACC fitted. I do use it A LOT! 

 

My car has ACC and I use it for pretty much every journey. I'm up to 54k miles and the brakes were reported to be barely worn at the last service. I guess if you routinely sit in traffic behind kangaroo style drivers who repeatedly accelerate then brake, your brakes will take a beating with ACC. In that situation I do one of switching off ACC, increasing the distance, or just change lanes - I prefer not to use fuel to heat my brake disks.

2 hours ago, MrTrilby said:

 

My car has ACC and I use it for pretty much every journey. I'm up to 54k miles and the brakes were reported to be barely worn at the last service. I guess if you routinely sit in traffic behind kangaroo style drivers who repeatedly accelerate then brake, your brakes will take a beating with ACC. In that situation I do one of switching off ACC, increasing the distance, or just change lanes - I prefer not to use fuel to heat my brake disks.

Yes they're exactly the sort of drivers I follow. Unfortunately I'm on a roads for the 20 mile trip to work so don't really get a chance to get past them. 

The discs are terrible quality, do yourself a favour and swap them for brembo discs and pads, Euro Car Parts sell them for not much more than OE discs. 
 

You will however need something like VCDS to put the electric handbrake into the service position. 

Brembo discs from ECP aren't much better than genuine Skoda discs, at least in my experience.

 

I'll be going OEM next time.

31 minutes ago, silver1011 said:

Brembo discs from ECP aren't much better than genuine Skoda discs, at least in my experience.

 

I'll be going OEM next time.

My OE discs looked crap and were wearing badly from 3 or 4 months old, the 12+ month old Brembo’s still look like new, they also have a UV coating on them so do not rust, I’m impressed with mine. 

Not sure what spec mine were...

 

 

 

They fared worse than the original discs on my Superb.

 

The OEM discs on our 2 year old 18,000 mile Kodiaq are looking good.

 

No doubt suppliers change month-to-month which will affect quality.

 

I'm a believer that a lot of car component manufacturers are adjusting quality to meet ECP's target pricing, at the cost of quality.