i'm curious to see how long everyones STOCK brake pads has lasted them. i'm goin on 2 years and about 25k miles. i haven't changed them yet (front and back). i want to know how long everyone elses has lasted and what is the record for stock brakes lasting. i hope i can go another year without changing them.

 

I'm on 2 and a half years and 47k miles + nearly a dozen or so autocross events. Still plenty of pad left last time I looked. No pitting. No shaking. No grooves. Nothing.

 

depends on how you drive and how much you drive...
nothing dependent on time man... a guy can go for 10 years on the same brake pads... ya know?
you can definitely go another year... NO problem at all.

i've seen people push close to 40K without needing to change them... and then others who last for like 15-20K..

it's where you really have to look and check your pads yourself.

 

i have a 2005 auto tC. I changed my pads @ 40k. The brake light would come on when I would accelerate fast or go around a corner fast making my brake fluid swish around. They're great now!

 

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yeah, don't worry, the car will let you know when you need new pads. i was at about 34 thousand before i had to change my brake pads.

 

changed mine at about 32-35k I think. Still had plenty of life. I was just changing to a little better pad with a bit more initial bite.

 

yea, whenever the time comes to change the brakes, i will definately get better pads and rotors.

 

I'm at about 25% all around . anyone have an opinion onto where I can purchase some reasonably good pads online for the best bang for buck?

 

i had my car inspected by my mechanic whom i trust and he said i have very little life left on my brake pad.

I am at 10k miles!!!!

I have no clue how they wore so fast...i have never autocrossed and i have only raced around a few mountain roads but i know how to downshift to save brakes....im confused...

Does the brake light come on when accelerating if you need to change your pads?

 

i changed mine at 33k

 

Almost 48,000 miles on the OEM pads...and counting.

 

40k+ including a few autocross events. im changing them not because they're worn, but because i want more bite for autocross.

 

i changed mine at about 40k. the rears were fine, but the fronts were pretty much gone.

 

I think that shop is trying to screw you. I don't think it is possible to go through them in 10k in the tC. I would get someone else to look at them or just ignore what they said and next time you have it in a shop have them look again.

 

yeah, 10k is ridiculous on a set of street pads. Normally the times I have seen that, they werent worn down, they had crystalized and fallen apart because the driver drove with their foot resting the brake pedal all the time, overheating the pads.

It is normal as well for the fronts to wear first. Most of the braking is done with the front brakes.

 

what does it mean when the brake light flashes on when accelerating in 1st and 2nd gear then it turns off?

 

low brake fluid most likely.

 

it means that the brake fluid is low, most likely because the pad has worn down and the level of the fluid went with it. Replace the pad watch the fluid level increase (pad pushing caliper piston back further, increasing fluid into reservoir).

 

so i have low brake fluid and i need to replace my pads? i dont understand how my pad could wear so fast when im only at 10k and i dont really race

ill check my fluid tomorrow.

 

yeah definitely look at your pads, see what the thickness is. and also check the cap on the brake fluid reservoir, maybe it wasn't on there tight enough causing fluid to come out.

if the pads have a good amount (greater than 2mm of thickness) of thickness on them, then yeah add some brake fluid. But the big question is, why did you lose fluid.. hmm.. not sure about that, let us know about the thickness and the fluid cap