amgbg

To All,

My service advisor is on vacation so I an using a different guy. I am getting a B+ service down on my 04 E55 and he called saying that my front brakes are at 10% remaining on my front pads and my front disc is below MB specs. I have 33K miles on the car. Does this sound right or does it sound like he wants to sell me on some service. I never drive hard or track the car. Just normally driving...
What do you guys think? I have never had trouble stopping or hearing any sqeaking.

Thanks for your input.

amgBG

vraa

It could possibly be true. Ask if you could see a print out on how wide your rotors are.

I had pads and rotors on my X5 replaced at 15k and I drive hard.

MBE55AMG

Brakes these days should squeal to indicate pad wear, but this could be a different case, so who knows.

jangy

sounds right. the squeeling or lights come on when you are at 0%

merc655

replace your brakes. 33k sounds about right, plus you get the new found fun of slamming on the new ones that grab like no other.

OzE55

I have not replaced the brake pads etc at 34000km.
Recently had brake warning message - was a faulty sensor. Pads and rotors were OK dealer said.

If the pad sensor hasn't shown a fault why not wait till your regular guy comes back?

RobertG

Brake wear is relavant to the type of driving you do ,city or highway.
City driving wears pads faster than highway.As a rule of thumb you should wear 2 sets of fronts by the time you'll need the rears .

amgbg

Thanks for the reply. I was just wondering how long everybody elses pads lasted. Did everybody replace theirs by 30-35K? I am very light on the brakes even though I do a lot of city driving.

cte430

front pads and rotors were cracked at 15,000 miles. Car has now 21,000 and i'm pretty sure the rotors are warped. I never track the car but do drive it hard.

velvet fog

26k on the first set of pads in my CLK. I do a fair amount of stop and go freeway driving. Your experience matches what I have experienced in most cars and trucks I have owned. Best was 60K in my old 85 F150, worst was 18k in my 96 Tacoma.

Take this opportunity to switch to low dust pads.

enzom

Doesn't surprise me. The car is heavy. I replaced front pads and rotors in cars with less than 35,000 miles. My 540 needed new pads and front rotors after less than 20,000 miles. Covered by warranty, by the way.

I wish I knew how Car & Driver can "extrapolate" life expectencies for brakes on their long term cars that are three to four times as long as most people get out of them.

ClayJ

C&D 'extrapolates' everything in their magazine!

amgbg

They quoted me 900 + change for the replacement of the front pads and rotors/disc. They will give me a 15% discount which will bring it to 800 and change. Still a ton of money for not having any brake issues or warning that the brakes were wearing out.

amgBG

Hardrivr

Had mine replaced, 21k miles city and tight highway driving in So. CA