Nener experienced this with any other car I've owned. I do not 'ride' the brakes. Both pads and rotors had to be replaced. The outer pads were not worn down anywhere near as bad as the inner pads.
2006-06-13 15:54:02 · 12 answers · asked by DANIEL C 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Brakes can wear due to a number of factors: style of driving, topography, time of day you drive (i.e. rush hour), and so on.
25k miles is not unusual. Most Repair Facilities give a 12 mo/12k mile warranty on brakes for this very reason. The Ford Focus , while no BMW 520, is not a cheap piece of tin.
The inner pad accelerated wear is most likely due to a sticking caliper slide pin. This is easily remedied by lubricating the pin. If the slide pin does not slide, the caliper piston will give all the braking force to the inboard pad, i.e. the one that is next to the piston.
solution: have your brakes inspected by a qualified technician, and get a written result of the inspection, including mfg specs.
If there is more than .02" difference between inner and outer pads, lube the caliper slide pins, or replace the calipers. If no other problem is evident, it is probably not necessary to replace the calipers.
As to the 25k wearout, it is not unusual.
I am an ASE Certified Service Consultant.
Feel free to get back to me w/ any more q's
2006-06-13 16:21:51 · answer #1 · answered by d_cider1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ford Focus Brakes
2016-11-12 08:35:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to have your rear brakes checked and adjusted. If the rear brakes are not adjusted properly, then the front brakes are doing most of the stopping, thus the front brakes will wear out quicker than anticipated. The rear brakes should be assisting with about 35%-45% of the stopping weight of the vehicle. The fron brakes should be helping to stop the remaining 55-65% of the weight of the vehicle. This is also because the front brakes are right below the engine, which is usually the heavier part of the vehicle.
2006-06-13 16:05:03 · answer #3 · answered by irish31 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, can't understand why so many people are shooting the hardest stuff first. Look, these new pads they sell.....organic.....are really terrible. The only pads that you can buy now that will last 50,000 to 100,000 miles are semi-metallic. Put a set of those on your Focus. You shouldn't have any further problems. When you do....put some grease on the sliders for the calipers. If those pins get dried out, they will cause one pad to wear out a lot faster than the other.
2006-06-13 16:40:24 · answer #4 · answered by jeff s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's a Ford. Ford has a poor reputation with some people. Others are loyal to it only because it's American.
I heard that Ford Focus got the lowest safety rating in its class, and the American Idol website was giving away, guess...Ford Focuses...
I'm not trying to rank on your car, but the safety thing is an important matter.
2006-06-13 15:59:04 · answer #5 · answered by perfectlybaked 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has more to do with the quality of the pads than the quality of the car itself. Lots of things could cause this to happen...if there was a problem the side effect was the worn out pads/rotors...get used to this kind of stuff...it happens on every car.
2006-06-13 15:58:05 · answer #6 · answered by Jeremy M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats pretty good! What are you complaining about. Some people get only 10 to 15 thousands miles because of different driving patterns.
2006-06-13 18:13:10 · answer #7 · answered by j001solis001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably two reasons. You may have sticky calipers, that may be caused by moisture, salt deposits from wintery weather, and its a Ford Focus! (Sorry)
2006-06-13 15:59:46 · answer #8 · answered by Sailor 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because its a FORD
2006-06-13 15:58:26 · answer #9 · answered by smahida786 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are like my girlfriend you may have had your parking brake on. (Not joking, good thing she's pretty.)
2006-06-13 16:02:40 · answer #10 · answered by Lil D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋