Longest lasting brakes

[parshisa]

I recently had tires rotated and took a look at the pads and thought that rear ones are low and need to be replaced. I’m at 82k on my ‘17 Civic 6MT, original breakes. Ordered rear pads and rotors, and got to work on them today. Well, I’ve actually measure remaining pads and it’s still good 5mm thick with starting thickness of 10mm. Front pads are still at 7-8mm with 12mm starting thickness. I’m impressed and surprised at the same time. I don’t drive aggressively but don’t baby it either. Probably 50/50 mix of around the town/highway. I can definitely get another 10-15k out of the rear ones, and probably 30-40k on the front ones at this pace. Has anyone had similar experience with original Honda brake system products? Not sure if it makes any difference, but my Civic was built in UK, since 6MT hatches were built overseas and shipped to US.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

75k on my factory brakes. I have around 2-3mm left on my fronts.

 

[supton]

Not Honda but a VW with a manual transmission. The rear pads went 168k before hitting rivets. At 174k 3 of the front pads were like 3/4 of the material left. The fourth one was probably around that, but rust got in behind it and it suddenly delaminated on me one day. Wife's prior manual trans Camry I think did 125k on the front pads.

Now what we only have automatics I doubt we'll top those numbers. Even our hybrid needed a set of rear pads at 60k (again due to rust problems).

 

[parshisa]

75k on my factory brakes. I have around 2-3mm left on my fronts.

Interesting. Despite the car being FWD, rear pads are getting worn down at faster rate than front

 

[parshisa]

Not Honda but a VW with a manual transmission. The rear pads went 168k before hitting rivets. At 174k 3 of the front pads were like 3/4 of the material left. The fourth one was probably around that, but rust got in behind it and it suddenly delaminated on me one day. Wife's prior manual trans Camry I think did 125k on the front pads.

Now what we only have automatics I doubt we'll top those numbers. Even our hybrid needed a set of rear pads at 60k (again due to rust problems).

I almost always use cruise control (where it is safe and actually reasonable) and never engine break, always coast in neutral before breaking at stop lights and such. Sounds like breaks on manual tranny cars last longer in general?

 

[supton]

Interesting. Despite the car being FWD, rear pads are getting worn down at faster rate than front

Not that uncommon these days. With electronic brake distribution the rear brakes are often first to come on, to help with brake dive. The fronts engage more as more braking power is required. Combine that with typically smaller rear brake pads and it's not surprising that some people found that they were doing rear brakes twice as often as fronts.

I almost always use cruise control (where it is safe and actually reasonable) and never engine break, always coast in neutral before breaking at stop lights and such. Sounds like breaks on manual tranny cars last longer in general?

I always engine braked, slows faster, as I don't have that many "long" straights. Not sure if automatics "automatically" chew threw brakes faster, as much as, with a manual trans, rapid speeding up then rapid slowing down means that much more clutch work. That's annoying so one tends to try to shift less. That's my theory. One could milk brakes for a long time doing the same driving tricks on an automatic, but I think for many of us, it's not worth it, pads are $20 or whatever, and in the end, they are wear items and all.

 

[eljefino]

My brakes wear out due to outside influences, typically stuck slider pins, rust jacking, or, more than once, a spontaneous delamination!

 

[parshisa]

My brakes wear out due to outside influences, typically stuck slider pins, rust jacking, or, more than once, a spontaneous delamination!

No rust issues here in STX. I usually take caliper off, clean and lubricate the pins every couple of years. They seem to be wearing evenly both inside and out.

 

[iahawk]

almost 97K on my OEM Dodge Caravan brakes. Rears and especially inside rear pads are wearing most but still plenty of life left.

 

[2013ecof150]

I’ve got 97k on my 2019 F150 and the front pads are still about 60% or more. The rears were down to 2/32” at 65k when I replaced them. I’d say 75% of my driving is in stop and go traffic. Never had front pads last that long

 

[FordSVTGuy]

Not that uncommon these days. With electronic brake distribution the rear brakes are often first to come on, to help with brake dive. The fronts engage more as more braking power is required. Combine that with typically smaller rear brake pads and it's not surprising that some people found that they were doing rear brakes twice as often as fronts.

Yes, this… I’ve definitely experienced the rears only lasting about half as long as the front brakes. My experience is mostly with Fords and I live in the rust belt…

 

[dan_erickson]

My wife’s civic had 65k and still a lot of pad left on the oem brakes. Our family fords seems to get 100k on the oem pads and rotors

 

[D60]

I almost always use cruise control (where it is safe and actually reasonable) and never engine break, always coast in neutral before breaking at stop lights and such. Sounds like breaks on manual tranny cars last longer in general?

If you know how to drive.....which is true of maybe 2% of the driving population IME

Although if I want to go full granny-mode in a manual I drop out of gear on any run from speed up to a stop sign and coast to the stop.....so maybe I actually use my brakes more. I'll also coast smaller descents where I'm not worried about cooking the brakes. But on the mountain passes I'm Mr Compression Braking ‐‐ meanwhile all the tourists are smoking up the air with their brakes

 

[jetman]

135k on the factory 07 Toyota FJ Cruiser pads and 100k so far on the second set of Toyota brand pads.

 

[Chris142]

The original rotors on my Jeep warped @5000 miles. I had them turned and they were warped again @11000 miles.

I bought Autozone gold pads and Whatever cheap rotors Autozone had. Those brake parts lastet 90000 miles with no warps.

Those have been my go to pads ever since.

 

[97prizm]

Interesting. Despite the car being FWD, rear pads are getting worn down at faster rate than front

Not sure about Honda but Jaguar engages the rear brakes slightly before the fronts to make more even wear. It's the only manufacturer that does that that I'm aware of.

 

[D1dad]

My daughter’s 18 enclave needs brakes at 78k. All original and she drives like she’s running shine.

 

[Shel_B]

97,000 + on the Camry's front brakes, original from factory, about 35 - 40% remaining. Rear brakes replaced @ 55,000 miles, 42,000 miles on them, about 50% remaining. Rotors look great, well within spec. I'm surprised at how long those brakes have lasted.

However, many items on newer cars last longer than on the cars of our (my) younger days.

 

[Rust_Belt_Pete]

I recently had tires rotated and took a look at the pads and thought that rear ones are low and need to be replaced. I’m at 82k on my ‘17 Civic 6MT, original breakes. Ordered rear pads and rotors, and got to work on them today. Well, I’ve actually measure remaining pads and it’s still good 5mm thick with starting thickness of 10mm. Front pads are still at 7-8mm with 12mm starting thickness. I’m impressed and surprised at the same time. I don’t drive aggressively but don’t baby it either. Probably 50/50 mix of around the town/highway. I can definitely get another 10-15k out of the rear ones, and probably 30-40k on the front ones at this pace. Has anyone had similar experience with original Honda brake system products? Not sure if it makes any difference, but my Civic was built in UK, since 6MT hatches were built overseas and shipped to US.

Hey Texas! Not gonna lie I am a little bit mad.
Longest lasting Brakes here in the rust belt? The ones that get taken apart every year to be cleaned up relubed and greased up.
Dont expect 87k miles here, the rust will literally pull the brakes apart before that.

 

[Patman]

I’m still on the original brakes on my Corvette and I have close to 105,000 km on it now. Lots of pad left too, I think it might just get to 200,000! I’m still on the original back tires too!!!