I was into an Independent Tyre retailer just now and asked about how much material was left on my brake pads. They had a look and said I had 5k miles left but no need to worry as it will show a warning on the dashboard when its time for replacement.
Cant remember ever seeing that referenced anywhere.
Is there one?
Brake Pad wear
Most cars have a warning. Even the 27 year old car I have just sold had one. its a circle with an exclamation mark inside it. Comes up either red or amber with an associated message defining the nature of the problem.
XC40 P8 Twin Motor Pro in Denim Blue with Tow bar, mudflaps
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At my first service (17,000 miles) I had only lost about 2mm off the pads and less than half wear on the tyres... So that puts the pads at about 4 years and the tyres 2 and a bit - equates to about 68k, and 34k... Happy with that
Umm isn’t that a generic brake failure rather than a pad wear warning?
Although I agree with that if you receive a supplemental message saying pads are worn.
Time to RTFM I think.
Must say I am really surprised at that. Most brake pads come with a wear sensor in the box. Seems very poor to not have a warning. In my old car the warning came on amber the day before we were due to drive to Italy. Took it to the local specialist who had a look. He said as expected the warning comes on with about 10% left on the pads so had them changed after getting to Italy. Have to say it was a pig of a job to do for the poor mechanic. I think my Twin motor has a 20,000 mile or two year service interval. Thats a very long time with no way of monitoring the pad wear.
XC40 P8 Twin Motor Pro in Denim Blue with Tow bar, mudflaps
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That’s interesting, sure I was told it did have the wear sensors - it’s due a service in a couple of months, so I’ll ask again…
