530d F10 rear brakes.

[997fan]

Hi All,

My 530d has just had its first service at 18,500 miles.

I've been told that the rear brakes only have a 1,000 miles left before changing, but the fronts 35,000 miles left. Can that be right, surely most of the braking is done by the front, and how can there be such a difference?

Seems odd to me, thoughts?

Cheers

[530dTPhil]

I have an F11 530d with 24000 miles and the service indicator is showing 5000 miles left on the rear brakes and around 30000 left on the fronts. I was disappointed with the rear pad life given that my last car, an e61 530d, did 50000 on the rears and 80000 on the fronts.

[noneedtolift]

Normal. Your dynamics- and traction control makes good use of the rear brakes which is why they wear faster.

[Buster73]

997fan said:

Hi All,

My 530d has just had its first service at 18,500 miles.

I've been told that the rear brakes only have a 1,000 miles left before changing, but the fronts 35,000 miles left. Can that be right, surely most of the braking is done by the front, and how can there be such a difference?

Seems odd to me, thoughts?

Cheers

520 auto 23k miles with 4k left on the rear brakes.

Last car was an E320 cdi , that went over 60k before. The pads needed looking at , same style of driving etc etc