A6 3.0tdi avant auto brake life
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Just had my car serviced on Thursday last week at 36k miles (have owned since about 27k). Yesterday the brake pad warning light came on.....can anyone give me a rough idea of brake pad life for fronts/rears on a typical one of these? I have the car booked back in with the dealer but I'm curious to know if it is likely to be pads seeing as I'd have expected them to have noted this during the service.
Discs and pads typically need replacing around 40k.
Often the rears wear faster than the fronts (which always used to be the other way arround) Electronic park brakes and ESP main these days rears wear first.
If they were close to the wear sensor they really should have been picked up on service, even if the hard to see inner pads have worn more than the visable outer ones.
Often the rears wear faster than the fronts (which always used to be the other way arround) Electronic park brakes and ESP main these days rears wear first.
If they were close to the wear sensor they really should have been picked up on service, even if the hard to see inner pads have worn more than the visable outer ones.
Mine were fronts at 40,000 picked up at service, rears yet to be replaced, car now on 55,000 serviced last month and MOT'd last week with no advisories.
At 40k miles the front discs were lipped but I didnt het the thickness measured as I couldnt find out the minimum thickness. I shopped around dealers for OEM parts and saved a little, fitting at my Audi centre was cheaper than the local indie. I was going to do it myself, but couldnt work out how to get the pad retaining clips off (didnt want to use force, but I have done pads and disccs on all my other cars over the years, usually takes about 45 mins per side, if I rushed I could do most cars in 30 mins?
At 40k miles the front discs were lipped but I didnt het the thickness measured as I couldnt find out the minimum thickness. I shopped around dealers for OEM parts and saved a little, fitting at my Audi centre was cheaper than the local indie. I was going to do it myself, but couldnt work out how to get the pad retaining clips off (didnt want to use force, but I have done pads and disccs on all my other cars over the years, usually takes about 45 mins per side, if I rushed I could do most cars in 30 mins?
UVB said:
£375 for the front discs and pads and apparently the rears only have a few thousand left in them too. Similar price to do those as well but thought I'd leave that and check out an independent option. Are the OE parts easily available from somewhere (and are they the best option?)
That sounds alot. I am sure i paid about £230 for disca and pads, plus £75 labour. Will try find receipt tomorrow.Gassing Station | Audi, Seat, Skoda & VW | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff