Yes, and smaller pads don't help matters either.It's not so much controlled as we like to think. Brake force is reduced when mandatory (and when driving forward, that means the rear brake force gets reduced) but no more than that
Yes, and smaller pads don't help matters either.It's not so much controlled as we like to think. Brake force is reduced when mandatory (and when driving forward, that means the rear brake force gets reduced) but no more than that
Its not just a thing on newer vehicles. My '06 Camry was like that. I think its because of how small the pads on rear brakes are.
Jaguar set up their brakes where the rear would ever so slightly engage first to promote "even wear" according to the manual.Has anybody noticed rear brakes wearing faster than front brakes on newer vehicles. It seems to be the case on both my ‘15 F150 and my wife’s ‘22 BMW X1. My brakes have been done more than once but her’s have never been done, and the rear dusts the wheels way more than the front. Pretty sure the F150 is 2 rears to 1 front. First time noticing this in the 20+ cars I’ve owned and maintained.
My 2004 VW Jetta would do this. It used electronic brake distribution and would bring in the rears first, to help prevent nose dive during light braking. Press harder and the fronts would do what you'd expect.
My Tundra had "electronic" limited slip so it would pull brake lines to clamp down on a spinning wheel. I didn't chew up any brake pads with this but I could see how some could.
I did have to toss a set of pads at our hybrid at stupid low miles but that was because the pads froze in the caliper brackets and thus ground themselves into nothing at a low mileage. Usually they last a good length of time for me.
yes... my father in laws 19' Nissan Pathfinder and my 16' Rogue. my father was a shop manager his last 10 working yrs before retiring and he told me this was becoming more common. I was thinking it could be all the fancy tech they got like trailer sway control, Nissan particularly has something called chassis trace control on the Rogue which uses sensor and braking to make the vehicle handle more sporty. and I am sure all the other stability controls on the market have a similar programming that will use brakes for lane keep etc.Has anybody noticed rear brakes wearing faster than front brakes on newer vehicles. It seems to be the case on both my ‘15 F150 and my wife’s ‘22 BMW X1. My brakes have been done more than once but her’s have never been done, and the rear dusts the wheels way more than the front. Pretty sure the F150 is 2 rears to 1 front. First time noticing this in the 20+ cars I’ve owned and maintained.
My 19 Rogue needed rear pads at 28,000 miles. I did all 4 because the fronts were going to need to be replaced soon anyway. It really surprised me how far gone the rear pads were. It was a big city car before I brought it to a country life. Maybe that city life contributed to the extra wear of the rear pads.yes... my father in laws 19' Nissan Pathfinder and my 16' Rogue. my father was a shop manager his last 10 working yrs before retiring and he told me this was becoming more common. I was thinking it could be all the fancy tech they got like trailer sway control, Nissan particularly has something called chassis trace control on the Rogue which uses sensor and braking to make the vehicle handle more sporty. and I am sure all the other stability controls on the market have a similar programming that will use brakes for lane keep etc.
Ironically, you could try braking harder. Should pull the fronts in and even out the wear. Then again... why bother, rear pads aren't that expensive, no?My daughter 2008 Jetta wears rear brakes twice as fast as fronts.
We are still on the original calipers but just getting the wheels off are a chore. I broke my breaker bar last week changing a flat. She will be getting rid of it as it has 190k miles and rust is starting to set in. We bought it for her in 2010 with 15k miles. We got our moneys worth out of it and contrary to what you here about VWs required very little over general maintenanceIronically, you could try braking harder. Should pull the fronts in and even out the wear. Then again... why bother, rear pads aren't that expensive, no?
Question for ya: on my Jetta, when I would do rear brake pads, I had to do calipers at the same time too. Granted, it was every 5 years and over 100k each time, but each time at least one MkIV caliper would be kaput. Different vintage I suppose (and yes, I was turning the pistons in, it wasn't that, it was purely our road salt).
Yep we had an '02 Silverado that always had rear brake problems and ditto for our '05 Yukon. GM briefly threw in the towel around '05 on the pickups and returned to rear drums.On my 2004 Silverado I’ve put three sets of rear pads and rotors on (always the right inside pad worn down to nothing) to the one set of front brakes. The front outside pads are still like brand new but the inside face of the rotors are chewed up pretty bad now from salt/rust so the inside pads are actually starting to wear haha. Gm actually came out with a bulletin for the rear disc brakes stating to put a mud flap kit in front of the rear wheels to keep debris and salt and all that crap from eating that pad down to nothing. I put that kit on the last time I changed the rear brakes and they seem to keep a decent amount of the road debris off the inside pads but aren’t perfect.