I'm about 31 thousand miles and so far my breaks still feel good
but i just want to get a feel for how long did you guys breaks last you for?

did you replaced them all at once or maybe the fronts first or the rear first.
and finally COSTS. How much did you pay etc.

 

I replaced my rears around 40K and I'm still running the factory front pads with 53K

 

I ran on my rears for about 105K or so, and my fronts are ready to be changed and I'm sitting at like 117K.

 

It widely depends on how you drive

 

^ This.

And its brakes, not "breaks". All depends on your driving habits. City driving requires more braking than freeway/highway driving. Changed my brakes at 45k. Changed my rear pads only and my front brakes pads are still good. When you change pads, I recommend getting akebono pads. They're* real nice pads that don't throw a lot of brake dust on your rear wheels. Can't tell you how much you'll spend but I bought the pads from tirerack and did the job myself. Amazon might have it cheaper.

*EDIT*

Fixed for viewing pleasures.

 

I was gonna say I get an hour for lunch..

 

 

I did brake pads front and back at 95,000 miles.

 

Or, until they heal!


But, back on topic. I tossed my pads early due to dust and installed Akebono. The performance is excellent and the dust is almost zero. They are outstanding and I will use them again when needed. At 25,000 miles, I think I have a while to go.

 

I have 86k miles on my original front pads and rotors... kinda shocked myself they are lasting this long since eI had to get my rears changed at 50k.

 

mine lasted about 70k miles. Rollin on Akebono's now

 

thats why i said on average my brotha!

Personally i always look way ahead so i just let go of the gas and downshift to slow down a bit then i apply the break. Its just my style of driving

 

yeah i hate dealing with dust. with my new rims come monday i don't wanna deal with dust. how much did you pay for the Akebono?

 

$81 in the front and $68 for the rear on amazon.com. The part numbers are EUR 1340 and 1341, but make sure it's the same for your 4MATIC as for my rear wheel drive B-R-A-K-E-S !

 

Well this is strange, but given where I live, I guess it could potentially be understandable. I had service B done about a month ago and the techs said I have about 28% of my rears left. Right now my car is approaching the 20k mark and I bought it back in November of 09. For the first two years or so I had been commuting up and down this hill, and I assume braking while going down on a near-daily basis strained my rears. Fronts are still at 70% though. I'll probably switch out to akebonos when needed.

 

@ItsLoonie, love that you found it necessary to point out the correct spelling of "brakes" but are unable to determine when to use "they're" and "their" correctly...

To all others, thanks for the info. I was wondering the same thing about mine.

 

LOL. Ditto
Good info on the brakes though. New to MB ownership.
Had a new 240D in '77 and those brakes didn't last six months.

 

iPhone likes to auto correct but no problem.

 

i changed my front pad & rotor @ 53k KM.
rear still running.

 

Changed mine at 19k ... LOL

 

Changed my rears at 15k and front now at 68... I have been tracking my car so it's a no brained for me. All in all it depends on your driving habits and or if street or highway commute