My 06 Caravan has only 16,672 miles on it and already needed a brake job. Both front rotors were resurfaced and I had them install ceramic pads.I have owned many cars in the past including when I was a teen and drove a lot harder and never got this little life from my front brakes. I dont speed or brake hard or ride the brakes for that matter. I drive mostly in the city with lots of stop and go but again Ive always done that and never had a vehicle wear out brakes this fast. Even the mechanic was surprised. Has anyone else had a similar experience with their Dodge caravan ?
2007-10-03 09:27:23 · 6 answers · asked by jay 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You will go through front pads faster than your rear pads, as typically 60-70% of your stopping power is applied to the front pads in most vehicles. However, 16,000 miles is abnormal wear for pads & rotors.
Did the shop look at your calipers? Reason I ask is the pistons in the calipers maybe sticking or not functioning normally (releasing and engaging the pads) and this may be the issue with your premature pad wear and maybe heating up your rotors to create a warp in the rotor.
2007-10-03 09:46:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At least they did try to correct the problem which is good. What brand pads did they use? There are ceramic pads that are decent and ceramic pads (aka duralast golds) that are garbage. One thing most shops neglect to inforce is lubricating the caliper slides and tightening the lug nuts to 'spec'. You can do the most thorough brake job in the world and be maticulous in what you do, but if you run the lug nuts down with an impact gun without a torque stick or using a torque wrench all that good work went to waste.
2016-05-20 00:32:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under normal driving the pads should last around 40,000 miles. Was the calipers checked, to see that their not sticking.. Jack up a wheel and turn it by hand and listen to see if you hear it dragging. Other than this the pads that came on the car was defective. I had one set go bad in 3,000 miles, on a brand new Pontiac..Ceramic pads will last longer, but is harder on the rooters. I've always used metallic pads, and had good service out of them, plus they cost less than ceramic. I had a truck that I replaced the breaks on with 18,000 miles on them I bought the truck used with 16,500 miles on it. Found out the owner before me pulled a heavy goose neck trailer the who time he owned the truck,.
2007-10-03 12:05:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think manufacturers are putting cheaper pads on their vehicles to get them out the door.
My wife drives in some hilly terrain, but her Corolla's first set of brake pads needed to be changed at 18K miles. I now inspect her brakes yearly, and even the Toyota brake pads that I purchased from the dealer afterwards typically lasted 30K.
I think the first set they place on the cars to move them out the door have got to be pretty cheap sets.
2007-10-03 09:51:57 · answer #4 · answered by hsueh010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but my car is an 06 Pontiac Montana sv6 an it has 42700 miles on it an i need new brake pads i was expecting for my brakes to be worn out at 70000 miles i think that's to early on your car to need new brake pads and me for that matter
2007-10-03 10:15:30 · answer #5 · answered by kristin t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ceramic pads will wear longer.
2007-10-03 09:31:47 · answer #6 · answered by bobweb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋