Bill P.

I plan to put around 40k miles on my '11 CS during the 4 year lease period. Can I expect my break pads/rotors to last that long? I drive primarily in sport mode with a mix of stop and go vs. freeway.

Dennis C

My 2004 CS goes through brakes every 40,000 miles. You're probably going to be needing them soon...

User 4221

My experience is 30k per pad set and 60k on rotors.

SCOTITUDE

+1

Km1.8t

42k for the front for me, I replaced pads and rotors at the same time.

Cole

Entirely depends on how and where you drive!

francars

Also depends on your driving habits. Did you check your pads/rotors yet?

Bill P.

All is well thus far. I've got 7,500 miles on the CS and was just looking down the road. What brought it to mind is that I'm putting more miles on the car than I'd expected and will exceed the 10k per year that the lease was based upon. Thanks much for the feedback.

pdxjim

In my 05 CTT, I made it to 34K before complete change F & R. Was probably 60% highway driving.

Dennis C

I did pads and sensors only on mine when I did the first change. The rotors were still well within spec. When I did the second brake change, I did rotors too.

philg3

Have 79Kmi on my 2004TT, and have not replaced brakes or rotors yet. A few months back, my dealer said I had 5Kmi left on the front -- also said there's a light that goes off when replacement needed.

Most of my driving is freeway, and I anticipate what's happening in front of me, so I don't jam the brakes on, hardly ever.

rijowysock

sounds like you might be trying to justify some kind of deal on mait the dealer is offering?

to be honest with our huge rotors and giant pads (more surface area=less wear) i would say you should be fine.

rotors=for sure good (but can always have them measured at 30k and check in here with specs)
pads i would check out at 20-25k (just look at them) and/or take a pic for the forum... the good thing about pad's is its not very hard to see how much life is let in them, if they look less than 2mm thick to you, swap em out before the sensors hit the rotor as thats EXPENSIVE to change at that point.

the outline on mait in the back of the one booklet is actually really good and not too over the top as far as when stuff should be checked/replaced.

bigbuzuki

Sensors hitting the rotor does not damage the rotor at all.
In fact once the brake wear light goes off (sensor hitting rotor) you can easily drive for another 500 miles before getting the pads changed.
The only additional expense is you have to replace the sensor once triggered as the sensor open circuits ($15).

rijowysock

in the 997 section people always said the sensors were very expensive to replace/reprogram so never to push it that far, i always kept an eye for that reason.. had no idea they were 15$.. thanx bigbuzuki.

mudman2

+2