Miles on factory brake pads

I think a lot has to do with how you drive.......I have an auto but i do more coasting than riding breaks. I hope to get between 75k-100k with mine

 

I'm guessing the high milers are not towing anything or putting anything heavy in the beds? I've had to replace front pads twice in 50000 miles. Second time there was hardly anything left.

 

2007 AC with 89k miles, still original with no problems. A lot of highway driving on this.

 

2007 V6 AC here. 81k miles and both the pads and rotors are still in good shape.

 

08 access cab 4x4, just turned 70,000 today on my original front pads. I haul a 400 lb. atv quite frequently. I'm a coster to stops also.

 

I have 83K on my original rotors and pads.

 

06 4x4 AC has 59K on it with the original pads. Last time it was in for service I was told the fronts were around 60-70%. Not sure about the rears, but those always go longer.

09 5lug at work has 63K on it with a moderately heavy load in it, lots of in town driving. I had the tires rotated 5K ago or so, nothing was said.

A friend just had her 2000 4runners front brakes done at 115K. She bought it used at 30K miles. This is the first time she's had them done.

My dad and I changed the brake pads and rotors on the front of his 96 V8 Dakota at 100K miles. The pads were still 40% or so, but the rotors had warped.

I expect to get another 20K or more out of my 06's originals. Kind of surprised that the rotors don't look bad at all. Seems like something has to give if the pads are so hard.

 

38k on mine and i've got about 20% left on the front. The rear is toast also...

 

I'm averaging 60k on the fronts. At 121k miles, I recently put on my 3rd set of pads. Never had to turn the rotors because they wear so evenly. Measured the front rotors and they were worn down only half a millimeter! At this rate, shouldn't need new rotors until 200k miles or more.

Also pulled the rears thinking the shoes must be getting close. Wrong! Shoes are almost half worn, and the drums are like the fronts...only worn half a millimeter. Don't need to even think about new shoes before 200k miles.

 

The way this truck drives seems to make you use the brakes less. Especially compared to the F150's and Sierras I drove at my last job.

 

I am at about 77k and still have the original brakes.

 

what are you doing with your truck

 

That's what I was thinking how long rotors should last. I changed the original rotors on my '88 Toyota around 200k miles and they were actually below the minimum thickness lol, I don't see the need to change rotors everytime brake pads need replacing

 

i agree. it's bad, but i've changed pads without even checking rotors on my old beater cars.

i will be getting the truck rotors checked out when i change the pads

 

If the rotors aren't warped and still have good thickness, there's no reason to change them just because you're swapping pads. If the rotors need to be turned, then I'd rather spend slightly more money and just get new rotors.

 

I've got 80K on mine. Just got my car serviced on Tuesday. I've still got plenty of life on them. I'm mostly freeway driving.

 

I changed my original pads and rotors at around 60k miles and they still had a little bit of life left. I just changed the 2nd set a few weeks ago and they were down to the wear indicators (started squealing) @ 108k miles. I hated those pads though. I will never buy the wearever golds again! I tow a trailer about 3 days a week and it's very hilly where I live (foothills of the N GA mountains). This 2nd time I didn't bother changing the rotors, I didn't have any vibrations or indications they were warped so I just swapped out the pads. I also changed the fluid and bled the brakes this time.

I find it's easier to just buy new rotors than having to take the old ones to a shop and have them turned. My time is worth more to me than the measly $30 I would save if I had them turned.

 

Rotors? I have an 06 TRD Off Road and mine has drums all the way around

 

No, it doesn't... You have rotors and pads up front, drums and shoes in the rear unless you did some serious modifications to make it that way.

 

This ^^^

I inspected my rear shoes last brake change @108k and they still had plenty of life left in them.