I just replaced my rear brake pads at 31k the dealer had told me they were down to 2/32. My question is when are the rear brakes used exactly and should they have worn out before my front pads(they have plenty left I was told on the front pads)??? Anyones experience/info would be appreciated thx all.

 

rear brakes are used whenever you stop on the brake pedal, but more importantly, VDC will use them to keep your car pointed in the right direction.

 

Your rears should last you twice as long as the fronts. So, your fronts should have been changed out at least one more time before the rears.

You use the rears everytime you hit the brake pedal but because of weight distribution..blah blah...the front brakes do the majority of the braking so that is why they wear first.

 

VDC... Thats the reason... Some people drive very aggressively so the VDC is always kicking in, hence the reason the rear pads are gone... I can see this happening...

 

05 coupe with auto here- I just replaced my rear pads at 52,000 miles. They still had a fair amount of pad left. You must be on the VDC a lot!

 

i really don't drive that aggressive the first year i had the car the wheels spun in the snow a lot but nothing to wild. could the dealer have been wrong?

 

That's strange. I replaced my fronts at 17k, but at 24.5k still have ~6/32 left on the rear pads, even with VDC kicking in every now and then in snowy conditions. Have you owned this car from new? If not, then the fronts must have been replaced already.

It's possible you have a dragging or stuck caliper in the rear, but that seems unlikely that you would have that on both sides.

 

My rears on this car wear out well before the fronts. For an indication of how I drive, I got 36K miles out of my OE tires and 30K so far out of my Goodyear GS-D3's which still have about 40% tread left.

If I am driving aggressively my VDC is off, the rest of the time it rarely engages.

I think that the back brakes are undersized and overworked. The front brakes are fairly massive for the car size - backs - not so much. My last car I got over 100K out of the OE rear brakes and 40K out of each set of fronts. This car I don't get 15K per set.

 

thanks for the info cbrworm your situation sounds similar to mine, g35frompa i am the original owner so i here you...... what dealer do you use if any.

 

I use Infiniti of Ardmore and have been pleased with them. Keep in mind I have the Brembos, so the rears are sized fairly aggressively as well...

 

gfrompa i use them also,....... so is this just coincedence , but anyway thats where i bought the car so thats where i go also.