Brake pads - how many miles?

[Liam@redmonkey]

How many miles would you expect to get out of a rear set of brake pads in normal driving.

I've had some fitted in the summer and a Renault garage just put some tyres on for me and said the rears need replacing soon. Could they of been fitted wrong to cause them to wear quickly?

 

[Kam.]

they should not be worn out this early so assess the pads yourself. Some garages will bulls**t

 

[Fletcher]

Rear ones last me ages!

 

[Liam@redmonkey]

Could fitting them wrong cause excessive wear?

 

[Goodj]

only if you've got seized calipers, which they'd have fixed when fitting the new pads.

I had 3 years out of pads and discs all round! Had a bit of a bargain on getting them redone too, not via renault mind

 

[Cliotoby]

My rears are fine, plenty left, but i destoyed my fronts in 11,000 miles. I know its not a sport but its taken a beasting on occasions - they were s**t though, needed to be absolutely hammered, werent good udner normal driving either. Under sensible driving i would expect minimum 20k.

 

[Liam@redmonkey]

A mate of a mate otter them so wudnt of surprised me if they had been.