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If there’s one thing that’s really getting on my wick about my Merc, it is its ability to eat front brake pads.
Even though how it’s driven is consistent (slowly, circa 6k a year), its brake pad life is arbitrary. Sometimes, they last 12k. Sometimes 8k. Most recently, the Front pads and the pad wear sensor were replaced in Jan this year. Now, 5k later, and the brake pad warning light is on again. I’m always changing front brake pads on it. Why?
My route to work is five miles. A third of it is stop start traffic.
My route home is maybe seven miles (due to a detour). Two thirds of that journey is stop start. Ok, so I am on the brakes a lot.
But my mate does the same journey in his 2009 E Class - which is much faster and heavier than my car - and since he bought the car in 2018, it’s still on the same front pads.
I’ve never owned a car that munches brakes like this one does. Even if the crummiest brakes available were put on it, surely they’d last more than a few k? Ok, the cost to replace the pads isn’t that much, but I see the pad warning light flash more the low fuel light.
Any suggestions?
Even though how it’s driven is consistent (slowly, circa 6k a year), its brake pad life is arbitrary. Sometimes, they last 12k. Sometimes 8k. Most recently, the Front pads and the pad wear sensor were replaced in Jan this year. Now, 5k later, and the brake pad warning light is on again. I’m always changing front brake pads on it. Why?
My route to work is five miles. A third of it is stop start traffic.
My route home is maybe seven miles (due to a detour). Two thirds of that journey is stop start. Ok, so I am on the brakes a lot.
But my mate does the same journey in his 2009 E Class - which is much faster and heavier than my car - and since he bought the car in 2018, it’s still on the same front pads.
I’ve never owned a car that munches brakes like this one does. Even if the crummiest brakes available were put on it, surely they’d last more than a few k? Ok, the cost to replace the pads isn’t that much, but I see the pad warning light flash more the low fuel light.
Any suggestions?