michaelhardy Member 104 Member For: 15y 5m 7d Posted 26/04/12 07:39 AM Share Posted 26/04/12 07:39 AM my 2011 fg xr6 turbo just had its 30000km service and the rear pads are 90% worn the fronts are only 50% seems a bit excessive to me, when I quiered this they said that the handbrake is connected to the brakes and as it is continually adjusting the pads drag a bit???? I thought they has a seperate handbrake system as per the BA's?? Im going to be really annoyed if I only get 30000kms out of a set of rear brake pads..any ideas?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verve Donating Members 126 Member For: 15y 7m 13d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 26/04/12 10:01 AM Share Posted 26/04/12 10:01 AM The rear brakes are crap, did they show you the pads? I replaced mine at approx 40k., the inner rear pads were worn out and the outside pads hardly worn.My fronts are still ok after 76k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelhardy Member 104 Member For: 15y 5m 7d Posted 26/04/12 10:18 AM Author Share Posted 26/04/12 10:18 AM no I havent changed them yet, ford dealer charges to much for such a simple job.. only go there to keep my roadside assist. I thought that maybe that was how Ford was trying to fix the problem with the front rotrs, more rear brake bias.?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro xr6 turbo Banned 185 Member For: 13y 12d Gender: Male Location: perth wa Posted 26/04/12 01:49 PM Share Posted 26/04/12 01:49 PM do you carry/tow stuff? on the brake burnouts? if not that sounds strange, fronts nearly always wear first.cheers, andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelhardy Member 104 Member For: 15y 5m 7d Posted 26/04/12 08:37 PM Author Share Posted 26/04/12 08:37 PM no heavy loads no towing and no burnouts.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 3m 24d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 26/04/12 08:43 PM Share Posted 26/04/12 08:43 PM Could be wrong.. But in the utes with the lighter rear end they tend to bounce a little bit so you're brakes could be wearing at as traction control would constantly be doing tiny little grabs on the rear wheels.. Seen a similar thing in a mates Late model camira ute anyways and the dealer told him it was the traction control that caused it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro xr6 turbo Banned 185 Member For: 13y 12d Gender: Male Location: perth wa Posted 26/04/12 10:39 PM Share Posted 26/04/12 10:39 PM hmm that is strange, take a look under the car and make sure the brake load splitter thing hasnt been bent.they dont tend to use brakes much anymore for the traction controll, they limit the throttle opening since the fords use drive-by-wire, maby since the commodoors were still useing throttle cables up untill reacently they might of used the brakes.cheers, andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon_h6 Donating Members 56 Member For: 13y 8m 17d Posted 27/04/12 12:16 AM Share Posted 27/04/12 12:16 AM I also have an FG (30,000K) and my rear pads were worn out on the inner top side almost to the metal but the outer pad had heaps of meat on it. Seems like the caliper doesnt apply very even pressure on the pads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RX3 2 FG New Member 1 Member For: 12y 8m 17d Posted 27/04/12 12:51 AM Share Posted 27/04/12 12:51 AM Bloke at the brake shop told me that all BMW's etc with traction control wear the rears out faster due to them constantly being applied as said above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 14y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 27/04/12 01:30 AM Share Posted 27/04/12 01:30 AM I think the rear brake t/c thing is actually DSC doing it. DSC can use individual brakes to alter the cars attitude, whereas im pretty sure the TC itself is only going to cut power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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