[coop64]

I had replaced my rear brakes at 15000. First I went to my regular dealer for a recall in 2018 when they told me I needed brakes I didn’t believe them since the car was less than 2 year old with about 12-14k miles on it. I told them not to worry about. I took it to another dealer 50 miles away for my next service appointment, they basically said the same that rears need replacement.

Now it could be possible that I had 3-4K life left on the brakes, since I don’t drive more than 75-100 miles a week they assumed it need them right away, I don’t know?

All I know is that driving same short routes every day puts a lot more strain on all maintenance items. For example I am
Noticing the front tires are balding from outside and I only have 19k miles on it. It is 3 years now.

I am making same 1-2 mile round trip to drop kids to school everyday or take it to a customer site mostly local driving 22 miles away once every week.

 

[coop64]

@yeller, thanks. Will keep that in mind next time. I bit the bullet and got them replace back then. Given the autonomous braking I didn’t want the system to ruin rotors. I was disappointed as well. I always scared going in for service ?

 

[coop64]

Completely understand. We have the same backup system.

BTW, did the dealership replace or resurface your rotors? Or just install new pads?

They replaced the pad and resurfaced the rotors. I will be going for my next service with state inspection within a month. Let’s see what surprises I get this time.

I need to replace wiper inserts but can’t find OEM online. Ordered it from one place but they cancelled the order stating it is no longer available.