If you have less than 1/4" it's something to keep in mind. If you have 1/8" or less pad material it's probably time to change the pads.
They likely started at about 5/8" of an inch give or take, so you can estimate how long they will last based on how long it took to wear down to where they are now.
Originally Posted by Duffyjr
Originally Posted by FordBroncoVWJeta
Originally Posted by supton
It varies. My VW was notorious for wearing rears at twice the rate as the front. Seems odd but rears are usually smaller pads. Plus, at least on that car, it was set to pull in the rear brakes first, to prevent nose dive under light braking. Word was, to get more even wear, to brake harder so as to pull in the fronts (of course, this was an ABS model, so no worries about brake lockup; I'm guessing they must have done some wizardry in the ABS module so as to just bias the rears first then build pressure quickly front, to prevent rear ABS from kicking in all the time).
My 2012 Jetta does this too. Although OP has a car where this shouldn't be a thing. Sound's like someone wants some gravy work. OP, did you look at the brakes your self?
Yes and they all look the same to me. He says I should get another 4/5k out of them but to me they look to be less than 1/4 inch, it makes me bit nervous but I trust him.