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I have a 2007 TL Type S. I don't drive it a lot, so the car only had
17000 miles the last time I took it to my dealer for service a few
months ago.

They told me the front brake pads were worn out! They showed me the pads
which allegedly were from my car, and they had only about 1 mm left
before the wear sensor would contact the rotor.

While I do frequently accelerate hard, I rarely brake hard. I'm very
suspicious that this dealer has scammed me. He charged about $250 just
for the new pads and the entire front brake job was about $450. They
told me this kind of wear is not unusual with the Brembo brake pads.

What kind of brake pad life have other owners seen? Thanks!

John

My RSX is approaching 50K miles on the original pads. Most of the driving
is around town, which is harder on the brakes than highway driving.
<nobody@nonospam.org> wrote in message
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>I have a 2007 TL Type S. I don't drive it a lot, so the car only had 17000
>miles the last time I took it to my dealer for service a few months ago.
>
> They told me the front brake pads were worn out! They showed me the pads
> which allegedly were from my car, and they had only about 1 mm left before
> the wear sensor would contact the rotor.
>
> While I do frequently accelerate hard, I rarely brake hard. I'm very
> suspicious that this dealer has scammed me. He charged about $250 just for
> the new pads and the entire front brake job was about $450. They told me
> this kind of wear is not unusual with the Brembo brake pads.
>
> What kind of brake pad life have other owners seen? Thanks!
>
> John
> --
> Please reply in this newsgroup. I never post my true
> email address to prevent spam. Thank you.

I doubt your RSX has Brembos, what the OP was referring to.


"BK" wrote in message news:4aCYq.13079$rV2.785@newsfe11.iad...

My RSX is approaching 50K miles on the original pads. Most of the driving
is around town, which is harder on the brakes than highway driving.
<nobody@nonospam.org> wrote in message
news:at6dnfCHSag3GL3SnZ2dnUVZ5rWdnZ2d@giganews.com ...
>I have a 2007 TL Type S. I don't drive it a lot, so the car only had 17000
>miles the last time I took it to my dealer for service a few months ago.
>
> They told me the front brake pads were worn out! They showed me the pads
> which allegedly were from my car, and they had only about 1 mm left before
> the wear sensor would contact the rotor.
>
> While I do frequently accelerate hard, I rarely brake hard. I'm very
> suspicious that this dealer has scammed me. He charged about $250 just for
> the new pads and the entire front brake job was about $450. They told me
> this kind of wear is not unusual with the Brembo brake pads.
>
> What kind of brake pad life have other owners seen? Thanks!
>
> John
> --
> Please reply in this newsgroup. I never post my true
> email address to prevent spam. Thank you.

responding to
http://www.motorsforum.com/acura/Bre...life-7361-.htm
Motorhead7 wrote:
Heavy SUV's often only get 10K from a set of front pads, doesn't seem
unreasonable to get 17K from a sports car.