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Had a 45K service on our Mk2 Tig a couple of months ago and according to the service sheet front pads were 11mm and rear 9mm.
It would depend a lot on whether you did some highway miles or mainly city stop start.
My front pads at the first service, 10,000km, were 10mm, rears 10 mm.
My Jetta as a general use family car.
Rear brakes 84,950km
Front 100,806km
Tyres usually go before the brakes, so easy life sees both last a long time, boy racer will kill tyres and brakes shortly after.
The ratio is something like Tyres 60000km : brakes 100000km
I would consider 45,000km as premature.
If you are at metal on metal you sure as hell would notice. The dash light will eventually come on, but the sensor is only on one side, uneven wear could see it delayed.
And as for rotors, they will need to be done at the same time as the pads, they rarely last much past the 1st set of pads. The design calls for soft metals which gives better braking performance.
MK4 GTI - Sold
MK5 Jetta Turbo - Sold
MK5 Jetta 2.Slow - Until it dies.
Is ‘general use family car’ highway and rural town driving, or is it peak hour work/school runs in a large city?
Both are ‘general family’ but both have vastly different wear consequences on the car.
Yeah good point. But I really meant was not flogged, driven by a responsible mum with no ambition to win a TLGP.
City living short trips most days, school runs in same suburb, grocery getter, inter suburb expressway 80-90km short trips, and weekend trips to beach 60min at 110km.
MK4 GTI - Sold
MK5 Jetta Turbo - Sold
MK5 Jetta 2.Slow - Until it dies.
Yeah good point. But I really meant was not flogged, driven by a responsible mum with no ambition to win a TLGP.
City living short trips most days, school runs in same suburb, grocery getter, inter suburb expressway 80-90km short trips, and weekend trips to beach 60min at 110km.
Yes if you leave gaps look ahead and anticipate you can brake lightly, still stop and not grind a mil off every time you apply them.
My boss at the bus company preached READ THE ROAD look up ahead and drive accordingly.
Works for me. Part of the reason I have bought an SUV with a higher driving position. Lets you see whats happening up ahead
2021 Kamiq LE 110 , Moon White, BV cameras F & B
Mamba Ebike to replace Tiguan
That is a good general usage example. I’m hoping I get decent brake life from my tiguan. It’ll be the first car I’ve had to do brakes on- if not. So far I’ve not had to on any car(clutch either). Although I don’t tend to do more than about 50000kms in any one car. This is my first brand new one though, too.
Dont use the VW brake pads again otherwise you will be doing the same thing again at 90,000km. Get some aftermarket pads like Akebono or ATE which are ceramic so they produce far less dust and dont wear out the disks anywhere nearly as fast.
Give Brakes Direct a call and see what they can offer. This link are parts for the 1st generation Tiguan but im sure they can source parts for the current model too. https://brakesdirect.com.au/aus/cata...2B%25285N%2529
Around $400 for front and rear standard replacement disks from DBA
Around $150-200 for new pads front and rear (such as Remsa Ultra Ceramic)
Around $200 labour if you cant do it yourself.
I'm just adding a +1 recommendation to this approach. I got the DBA discs from brakesdirect and ATE ceramic pads from Eurobahn, had them fitted by my indie mechanic. It all came to less than other quotes (that I had received and seen people post here) with much better quality parts.
I'm just adding a +1 recommendation to this approach. I got the DBA discs from brakesdirect and ATE ceramic pads from Eurobahn, had them fitted by my indie mechanic. It all came to less than other quotes (that I had received and seen people post here) with much better quality parts.
Hey mate, did you get flat faced rotors or slotted?
Do the brakes make any more noise compared to OEM?
I need to change my front pads and rotors so will probably do the same as you.
Current:
2017 Mk2 Tiguan 162TSI, R-line, White
2020 Mk7.5 Golf R Wagon, White
Just had my 30,000km service (car has only done 27,000km) and they rang me to say my brake pads needed to be replaced! I don't make a habit of slamming on the brakes so I was rather shocked to hear that it didn't last very long. I do commute to the city on most weekdays...but still, 27,000km only. They replaced my front brake pads and discs - charged me $960.
Just had my 30,000km service (car has only done 27,000km) and they rang me to say my brake pads needed to be replaced! I don't make a habit of slamming on the brakes so I was rather shocked to hear that it didn't last very long. I do commute to the city on most weekdays...but still, 27,000km only. They replaced my front brake pads and discs - charged me $960.
Ouch! I think some service centres do tend to change things like brakes and tyres excessively early just in case you need to get then replaced before the next scheduled service.
I’d prefer just to get them done when they need to rather than when it’s convenient for them.
Also $960 does sound a lot for stock pads and rotors.
Just had my 30,000km service (car has only done 27,000km) and they rang me to say my brake pads needed to be replaced! I don't make a habit of slamming on the brakes so I was rather shocked to hear that it didn't last very long. I do commute to the city on most weekdays...but still, 27,000km only. They replaced my front brake pads and discs - charged me $960.
I would have been asking to see both the pads and the discs before they did anything
Like the dealer that said wifes car needed a new battery badly. Well I changed it two years later and it was still starting the car if a bit slowly
2021 Kamiq LE 110 , Moon White, BV cameras F & B
Mamba Ebike to replace Tiguan
The assessment for brake life has to allow for long service intervals that cars have these days and not the short intervals that used to be normal. The truck fleet I used to look after had some extensive oil testing done by the dealer and we found that the oil was still good at 75,000 kms but we could never have let the vehicles go that far because they needed a visual inspection and spanner check well before then but theoretically it could be done.
Just had my 30,000km service (car has only done 27,000km) and they rang me to say my brake pads needed to be replaced! I don't make a habit of slamming on the brakes so I was rather shocked to hear that it didn't last very long. I do commute to the city on most weekdays...but still, 27,000km only. They replaced my front brake pads and discs - charged me $960.
Don’t panic, tell them you come when your brakes are really due for replacing. There’s the brake pad wear indicator that will light up on the dash. When that happens there’s usually 3mm friction material remaining on the pads.
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