What’s a reasonable mileage you can expect from brakes pads and rotors mostly highway. Had them replaced 30,000 miles ago at Ford using oem parts and need replacing again.

With mostly highway driving, IMHO the pads should last anywhere from ~30k miles to… maybe… 70k miles, but there will always be some variation from one make and model to another. As one example of an extreme variation, the essentially identical Buick Skyhawk, Chevy Monza, Olds Starfire, and Pontia…

If you drove 5k highway miles a year, that 30k is 6 years time. Much different wear than 30k miles a year. Brake rotors rust. Rust can wear out the pads, rust can damage the rotors to the point that they need to be replaced even if the pads still have adequate thickness. As @VDCdriver pointed out,…

Thanks for the replies. Rear rotors are really rusted and this is the wife’s car so no tailgating just the opposite. Ford quoted me 1000.00 to replace brakes and rotors which is ridiculous.

[image] bossgt1982: Ford quoted me 1000.00 to replace brakes and rotors which is ridiculous Yes, it is. Take the car to a well-reputed independent mechanic’s shop, and you can surely have the job done for a lot less. I strongly suggest that you avoid chain-run places that are advertising r…

The reason the brakes wore out so quickly is the parking brake isn’t being used. The rear disc brake calipers use the parking brake to keep the rear pads adjusted. Each time the parking brake is used, it rotates the caliper pistons out slightly to compensate for brake pad wear. When this isn’t do…

Rear brakes do very little except for parking and hard braking. To keep the rotors clear of rust, if it has a hand brake, you can pull up on the brake lever, keeping your thumb on the release button. Do this while driving with nobody behind you. You’ll be applying only the rear brakes. They won’t be…

[image] shanonia: To keep the rotors clear of rust, if it has a hand brake, you can pull up on the brake lever, keeping your thumb on the release button. Do this while driving with nobody behind you. You’ll be applying only the rear brakes. They won’t be very effective - but the pads will be bru…

Rear brake caliper for a 2013 Escape. [image] The two holes are so a brake piston rotating tool can be used to rotate the piston back into the caliper. [image] And if you go to Rockauto, brake shoes aren’t listed for this vehicle. Tester

[image] Tester: if you go to Rockauto, brake shoes aren’t listed for this vehicle Duly noted. This differs from all of my fairly recent vehicles, which is why I stated… [image] VDCdriver: but only IF that vehicle utilizes the rear brake pads for the e-brake function

That’s why I check crap before I type. Tester

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VDCdriver April 2, 2021, 6:24pm 8

Yes, but only if that vehicle utilizes the rear brake pads for the e-brake function. Every car that I have owned for the past couple of decades used small brake shoes contained in a hat-like structure attached to the rear brake rotor.
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