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zyo · May 19th, 2007, 08:28 PM

My MINI ONE went for it's 25,000 mile service (actually came in at 20,000 miles) last October and I was told that my front pads were down to 20.3mm the minimum being 20mm, and the pads were down to 2mm.They offered to renew the pads and discs.I asked if it was unusual for the discs to wear as quick as the pads to which I was told "no". I thought i'd leave it until the light came on so I declined. Two days later the warning light came on the dash (considerably sooner than I had anticipated), I booked it in. When they phoned to confirm that it was okay to change the REAR pads I was suprised. "no , it's the fronts" I said, but they said it was the rears as that was what had set the warning light on. So the rear pads wear quicker than the fronts which I have never experienced in any other car. I emailed MINI and they said it wasn't unusual, something about my driving style and it wasn't unusual to have to change them at 20,000 miles, (something that I didn't dispute). What I thought was interesting was in the email it states that :

When the discs are measured, the discs only require replacement if the
>measured thickness is less than that stamped on the shell. If it is
>greater or equal to the minimum thickness, the discs are still able to
>have another set of pads installed. >

I was lead to believe that I needed to change the discs before they got to their 20mm limit but as it states in this section of the MINI email, you can still put pads on if it is equal to 20mm or above.

>As new technology is now being used on our vehicles, it is possible
>that customers will experience what they believe to be premature wear.
>Although the benefits of the features that we have introduced, such as
>DSC (Traction control including brakes to control vehicle under and
>over steer), Corner braking control, DSC+ and other performance safety
>mechanisms, contribute to the vehicles brake wear, we believe we are
>still producing vehicles with exceptional performance and value.
I don't have DSC

Incidentally do any of you who have had problems have an occasional thump noise from the rear of the car (mine on the drivers side) I do and although the dealer couldn't find anything I wondered whether a sticking caliper could be causing it and possibly prematurely wearing the pads.

I was interested that the dealers didn't pick up that the rear pads were shot at the service ( the reason I emailed MINI) but thats another story.

May 19th, 2007, 08:28 PM	#8
zyo owt else is just traffic Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Edge of Reason Local Time: 07:11 PM Posts: 1,434 Offline	My MINI ONE went for it's 25,000 mile service (actually came in at 20,000 miles) last October and I was told that my front pads were down to 20.3mm the minimum being 20mm, and the pads were down to 2mm.They offered to renew the pads and discs.I asked if it was unusual for the discs to wear as quick as the pads to which I was told "no". I thought i'd leave it until the light came on so I declined. Two days later the warning light came on the dash (considerably sooner than I had anticipated), I booked it in. When they phoned to confirm that it was okay to change the REAR pads I was suprised. "no , it's the fronts" I said, but they said it was the rears as that was what had set the warning light on. So the rear pads wear quicker than the fronts which I have never experienced in any other car. I emailed MINI and they said it wasn't unusual, something about my driving style and it wasn't unusual to have to change them at 20,000 miles, (something that I didn't dispute). What I thought was interesting was in the email it states that : When the discs are measured, the discs only require replacement if the >measured thickness is less than that stamped on the shell. If it is >greater or equal to the minimum thickness, the discs are still able to >have another set of pads installed. > I was lead to believe that I needed to change the discs before they got to their 20mm limit but as it states in this section of the MINI email, you can still put pads on if it is equal to 20mm or above. >As new technology is now being used on our vehicles, it is possible >that customers will experience what they believe to be premature wear. >Although the benefits of the features that we have introduced, such as >DSC (Traction control including brakes to control vehicle under and >over steer), Corner braking control, DSC+ and other performance safety >mechanisms, contribute to the vehicles brake wear, we believe we are >still producing vehicles with exceptional performance and value. I don't have DSC Incidentally do any of you who have had problems have an occasional thump noise from the rear of the car (mine on the drivers side) I do and although the dealer couldn't find anything I wondered whether a sticking caliper could be causing it and possibly prematurely wearing the pads. I was interested that the dealers didn't pick up that the rear pads were shot at the service ( the reason I emailed MINI) but thats another story.