I have 15 thousand miles and the dealer is telling me that my rear brakes need to be changed. I don't drive/brake hard at all!
David
David
Has anyone had to change their brakes yet?
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Especially rears. They provide very little of your stopping power. Theyre more for stability when braking than anything else. I think hes trying to get some extra money out of your pocket and in to his. If you have rear discs, then you can look for yourself and see even if your not mecahnically inclined. Just look and see how much pad is left. If you have drums like me, then there is no way in hell you wore them out in 15k miles.
i had a civic once, i drove it 100k miles and my mechanic thinks my rear drum brakes is still good fro another 10k miles. he showed me the pads and it was not worn out yet.. the front pads requres replacing more often than the rear.. it looks like your mechanic is trying to rip you off...
I agree with the comments above. If you have drums there is no way unless there was a manufacturing or assembly defect. If you have drums and they are worn out then they were most likely installed incorrectly and the shoes are making contact with the drums all of the time. Even if you have discs there is probably still some defect.
I have a Liberty with 107,000 miles and I haven't had to change the rear drums yet.
If you have a mechanic you trust have them look at your rear brakes and get his opinion.
I have a Liberty with 107,000 miles and I haven't had to change the rear drums yet.
If you have a mechanic you trust have them look at your rear brakes and get his opinion.
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Sounds waaaayyy too early for me. You do alot of stop and go rush hour city driving?
I got 26k on my vehicle and they are saying I got 80% of pad wear still left. Then again I do 80% highway, to and from work.
Uncertain what type of warranty you have on the product, in Canada standard factory wouldn't cover that.
Ask your dealer for a ballpark quote how much....then go great a free inspection and quote from a brake speciality shop in order to see if the dealer is full of crap.
If he agrees, then its time to start coasting up toward those red lights.
I got 26k on my vehicle and they are saying I got 80% of pad wear still left. Then again I do 80% highway, to and from work.
Uncertain what type of warranty you have on the product, in Canada standard factory wouldn't cover that.
Ask your dealer for a ballpark quote how much....then go great a free inspection and quote from a brake speciality shop in order to see if the dealer is full of crap.
If he agrees, then its time to start coasting up toward those red lights.
I agree with everyone who has commented -- no way your rear brakes should wear out in 15k miles.
Causes
a. defective pads/liners
b. incorrectly installed
c. emergency/parking brake malfunction
d. emergency/parking brake applied while driving (no insult intended - I realize that there's an indicator light, but I have to point it out regardless)
If your vehicle has rear drum brakes, it's very likely that they were installed incorrectly or got hung up.
Were the brake pads worn evenly on both sides? Was there any rotor/drum damage?
Even wearing out fronts in 15,000 miles is way too early. I usually expect to get 30-45K out of the fronts, and 60-80K (if not more) out of the rears.
The only thing you could possibly have done to wear them out would have been to tool around with your e-brake on, and then you'd have been likely to have boiled your brake fluid from the heat.
If they are worn out, it isn't your fault.
The only thing you could possibly have done to wear them out would have been to tool around with your e-brake on, and then you'd have been likely to have boiled your brake fluid from the heat.
If they are worn out, it isn't your fault.
Possibly a sticky piston in the rear brake calliper,I know I had my handbrake adjusted a few months back with the dealer and they must have tightned the cable to much as the rear brake pads were binding slightly.
Probably could not be bothered to slacken off the handbrake and then adjust the piston in the calliper and finally then adjust the handbrake back up which is the proper way to adjust rear brakes.
Probably could not be bothered to slacken off the handbrake and then adjust the piston in the calliper and finally then adjust the handbrake back up which is the proper way to adjust rear brakes.
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Hi, I bought a new Caravan in September 98 after two winters and 23ks my dealer said I needed new front brakes. Since they don't show me why I took it to a brake specialist who showed me the discs were badly pitted from winter salt. I replaced them. I found out later Chrysler products and probably other manufacturers use a very cheap alloy in their discs and drums. As brakes are not warranted they don't care and they rust quite quickly. I got Monroe and they lasted for years. I expect my 2008 Patriot to do the same.
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Could be a con job, David. Get a second opinion. Just had my Patriot into the dealer for a 15.000 km check-up. They did a free 15 point inspection and reported that the brake pads were still around 80%. You can also check yourself. Pull the wheel and look behind the caliper to see the pad for yourself.
At the 36,000 mile maintenance on my patriot, the dealer told me I still had between 70% and 80% on all my brakes.
When I took my wife's 2002 Ford Explorer in for maintenance in the early 30,000 mile time frame, the service write told me it needed new brakes. I blew a fuse. I normally get a vehicle pretty close to 100,000 before it needs brake work, so I did not have the work done. At the next maintenance, a different service writer at the same dealer told me the brakes were fine.
When I took my wife's 2002 Ford Explorer in for maintenance in the early 30,000 mile time frame, the service write told me it needed new brakes. I blew a fuse. I normally get a vehicle pretty close to 100,000 before it needs brake work, so I did not have the work done. At the next maintenance, a different service writer at the same dealer told me the brakes were fine.
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You should take the pictures to your dealer and ask why he said you needed new brakes
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Yeah it sounds like someone's business is slow and is trying to put the squeeze on you. Those things still look brand new, as they should at 15k.
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Nothing wrong with those pads, David. Save your money.
BTW, does anyone know if the Patriot brakes have the "squealer" feature, where the brakes make an irritating noise when the pads are getting thin? That's what alerted me to the worn brakes on my previous car, a Ford product.
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