Mileage to replace brake pads?

I searched and the search was useless.

What is the typical mileage folks are replacing brake pads/shoes?

 

Shoes... um never.
Front pads I replaced at 30k
Some get more milage than that, but I have a lot of steep hills and carry lots of weight.

 

It totally depends. Just replace them when they are worn

 

The search results are not meaningful because the number in isolation cannot be meaningful.

I drive with a light foot and do a lot of highway miles. My brother has the same truck and drives like an ape in stop-n-go city traffic. My front pads will last many thousands of miles more than his.

Mileage + mpg would be quasi-useful, but it’s easier just to inspect the pads periodically. So do that.

 

I’m at 43k on my 2020. My 2017 had around 140,000km and I never had them changed lol ..

 

Depends on your driving style and conditions. I probably am going to replace mine at 65k after looking at them recently. But that is a lot of highway miles and I don’t slam the brakes.

hauling heavy weight and large hills etc will reduce that significantly

 

Just had my front pads replaced and rotors turned at 40k mi. But I drive like an asshole.

 

I got about 35k but that’s lots of hills and in town driving.

 

I'm replacing the shoes on my 2nd gen with 150,000 on it, not because they are worn, it's because an axle seal failed and the shoes are covered in gear oil.

 

On my 2017 I replaced them at 65K. I do a mix of city and highway driving. The bulk of my off-roading is at Boy Scout camps.

 

I measure my pads with a Mitutoyo caliper when I rotate my tires and based on extrapolation, I should probably get between eighty and a hundred thousand miles on the front pads if the wear rate remains more or less the same. I haven't bothered to look at the rears as the last truck I had went 300K and still had half the rear linings left. And, of course, I never ever use Adaptive Cruise Control, which'll wear your brakes faster as well.

 

perhaps this'll work

 

^^^ This.

It's why the pads have 'squealers' built in.

But here's a tip. You should clean, inspect and appropriately lube front and rear brakes, (and adjust rears/ebrake) at least once a year, more if you live in salt country or offroad in mud / deeper water frequently.

This simple service work will keep you safer and let you keep an easy eye on the wear.

I have found that few bother with this because they are lazy, they are scared of working on brakes or they don't want to pay someone else to do it.

Don't be the one that waits till your brakes break and don't brake.

 

I've seen many aftermarket pads with no wear indicators (squealers) built in.
Who knows what the PO had installed.

I've also seen way too many aftermarket pads make noise and that's why I always
recommend factory pads if I'm doing a brake job on a car.

 

If the wear indicators aren’t built in they come with the pads and clip on. Someone could forget to install them I suppose.