Brake Pads and Rotors

[Cluless]

Hi All,
We have an MY15.5 GLS Pajero which is my wifes daily driver and we are just about to clock up 40,000km's and I was just wondering if anyone has had to replace the brake pads yet or had any issues with the brakes at all?
I only ask as we previously had a Hyundai ix35 and at 45,000km's we were told it needed all new brake pads AND rotors to the tune of $1,200 simply because the rotors wear at the same rate as the pads for passenger car like stopping.
I just want to get an idea of whether this might be a similar thing we might experience in the Paj and what it might cost me.

[Seigried]

Certainly not on my nw 75000 on it

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[Kimmy]

I've changed mine front at 110000 km and rear still got 7mm at that time.

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[Cluless]

Thank you guys, that's very reassuring.
I was pretty disappointed with the Hyundai.
I got 160,000km's out of the rotors on my old GU and they just needed a skim because they were a bit warped from towing a boat.

[NTBenny]

$1200 for Hyundai pads and rotors, wow!

I buy all my brake parts from Matt at Race Brakes Sydney and I've never been able to find anyone cheaper. He can supply everything from mild to wild shipped to your door.

Benny.

[slowcoach]

My 2009 NT has 121,000kms on it and still has original rear brake pads and rotors
Front needed pads only at 95,000kms

40,000kms is much too low imho.
Good luck with it.

[Quietguy]

Certainly not on my nw 75000 on it

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Nor on my NW with 95,000

David

[Pwoffey]

On my NW, which has done a fair amount of outback towing, the tech at the 90,000km service (actually done at 92,000km) reported I had 7mm left on the front pads and 5 mm on the back. I'll get at least the rear pads done in the next 5-10k.

[MARKx4]

130k on my NW, replaced rear pads and front almost due. Standard rotors.

[ticky]

Hi All,

simply because the rotors wear at the same rate as the pads for passenger car

DONT EVER GO BACK O THAT MECHANIC!!!!!

Rotors wearing at the same rate a pads, WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP.

Mate, I have 130,000 on my NT, and I have replaced the Front pads, but I cant remember if I have done the rears or not.

The best thing you can do is find somebody who is doing theirs and learn how to do your own. Its an easy job and you dont need a lot of mechanical knowledge to be able to do them.

My Son has a VE Commodore and he was told about 18 months ago that he needed new pads, so he bought the new pads and ask me to put them in. When I had a look, we decided to put the new pads in the shed until he needs them. He is still driving on the old ones.

Brake Pads and Rotors are the biggest scam in the Mechanical Game. And don get them Machined. Machining rotors is nothing more than upselling 90% of the time.

Steve

[dhula]

Simply question to the OP, has anyone looked at your Paj and suggested you need pads/rotors or are you basing a probable need on what happened with your Hyundai.
If you haven't had someone look at them or suggest that they are needed then don't stress about it.
The need for pads/rotors is relative to their use (and abuse). I've seen where pads and rotors have needed to be replaced in less than 40k kms and on the flip side I've seen them go out to over 150k kms.

Cost wise, how long is a piece of string and depends on what you want/get when it comes to replacing them.
For stock OEM style rotors and run of the mill pads you'd be up for about $5-600 if you do the work yourself.
If getting someone to do it for you factor in about $1000 and a full flush/replacement of the brake fluid as well

[MARKx4]

Simply question to the OP, has anyone looked at your Paj and suggested you need pads/rotors or are you basing a probable need on what happened with your Hyundai.
If you haven't had someone look at them or suggest that they are needed then don't stress about it.
The need for pads/rotors is relative to their use (and abuse). I've seen where pads and rotors have needed to be replaced in less than 40k kms and on the flip side I've seen them go out to over 150k kms.

Cost wise, how long is a piece of string and depends on what you want/get when it comes to replacing them.
For stock OEM style rotors and run of the mill pads you'd be up for about $5-600 if you do the work yourself.
If getting someone to do it for you factor in about $1000 and a full flush/replacement of the brake fluid as well

I got quoted $375 for supply and install Bendix 4wd pads plus machining rotors for the front and the rear was the same cost. And that was from a brake and clutch shop not just a mechanic as I don't see the point of paying someone to do a job that pulls off the parts and sends them off to be machined when I can go to the one place that does it all.

[Moya]

I know with a 97 E320 Merc I had it would wear out rotors as quick as pads. I was told that European cars use a softer rotor and harder pad where Australian cars use harder rotors and softer pads. Shit it used to pull up quick. Definately needed when driven like the Germans do.

[Cluless]

Thanks for all the responses.
This is not in response to a specific issue with the Paj, its just that when it happened to the Hyundai it caught me well of guard and really didnt have the $$$ to sort it out at the time.
Trying to be prepared for it if need be.
And for those that asked, that diagnosis was actually from the Hyundai dealer after I took the car in to get them to look at the heavy grinding sound coming from the brakes. I thought it must be a fault as I had never heard of pads (and rotors) wearing down that quick but that was the answer I got from them.

[ticky]

The grinding noise would be the steel backing plate that the pads are bonded to, wearing on the rotors due to the pads wearing out.

It probably scored the rotors, and thats why they wanted to replace them.

If the Rotors werent warped, any grooves or corrugations around them wouldn't actually matter. The pads would have simply worn into the shape of the face of the Rotors, actually increasing the surface area of the pad on the rotor, theoretically improving braking efficiency.

Steve