I recently had my car into a MINI garage for its second service, its a '10 Mini cooper D. It is 1.5 years old and has 25000miles on the clock.

They told me that i needed new REAR brake pads and discs???

So should my car be needing new discs after just 25k on the rears? I can see into the possibility of pads, even tho personally I think 25k on the rears is little really but ok..discs in no way should be going on car of this milage and age. What do you guys think? Any similar experiences?

Not that uncommon... modern pads work way better but are softer than pads of days gone by. You should be able to look at them and see how much is left. And here's the thing... if they did go bad and start to cut into your rotor (aka "disc") then yes they might well need to be replaced. Once they get scored by pads that are gone a certain amount can be milled off (called turning your rotors here) but once outside that milling amount, they have to be replaced.

Hope this helps.

Not that uncommon... modern pads work way better but are softer than pads of days gone by. You should be able to look at them and see how much is left. And here's the thing... if they did go bad and start to cut into your rotor (aka "disc") then yes they might well need to be replaced. Once they get scored by pads that are gone a certain amount can be milled off (called turning your rotors here) but once outside that milling amount, they have to be replaced.

Hope this helps.

Havnt got a look at them myself yet..its my partners car..will hopefully get a wee nosey tomorrow. I see where youre coming from with the pads wear rate. What do you think of the rears going before the fronts? Unusual? Thanks for the info ;)

Happy to help. Could be the fronts have already been replaced if you bought the car used. If not, they may have been adjusted wrong, or perhaps softer pad compounds were fitted there. Dunno. :confused: Unless maybe the car has been driven downhill a lot in reverse. :D

Happy to help. Could be the fronts have already been replaced if you bought the car used. If not, they may have been adjusted wrong, or perhaps softer pad compounds were fitted there. Dunno. :confused: Unless maybe the car has been driven downhill a lot in reverse. :D

Have had the car from new and although anything is possible I don't think she's been driving backwards..tho sometimes you have to ask yourself has she..where has keeping her late Lol.

Hehehe yeah for sure. ;)

Do you have the option to try another dealer?

Hehehe yeah for sure. ;)

Do you have the option to try another dealer?

Yea I do have the option if I want. The more I think about it, I should complain that discs should not be going at 25k and I should put in a warranty request!

I would get a second opinion, unfortunately garages are there to make money and will tend to recommend things need done even if you still have 6 months of wear on the pads and for some reason they always say you need new rotors. Your rotors being new and never" turned " before can be turned at least once. They will say that will put them out of "spec" but that is a bunch of crap. Get another opinion.

Yea I do have the option if I want. The more I think about it, I should complain that discs should not be going at 25k and I should put in a warranty request!Definitely a good idea. But be really nice to the dealership... if you're not happy with what they have to say, take it to corporate, don't try to beat the service people into it.

I would get a second opinion, unfortunately garages are there to make money and will tend to recommend things need done even if you still have 6 months of wear on the pads and for some reason they always say you need new rotors. Your rotors being new and never" turned " before can be turned at least once. They will say that will put them out of "spec" but that is a bunch of crap. Get another opinion.Yup, completely agree. Never hurts to get a second opinion! :)

I think its quite appalling to be quite honest, unless you are on the brakes all the time.

I have a mcs & it needed new disks / pads on the rear because of corrosion, it was under 20k miles. I ended up paying for the wear indicator only after moaning a lot, BMW paid for the disks, pads & labour. Which takes me to my point, there is a wear indicator for the rear, if your pads need replacing you will get a warning.

On another note, I have a Honda CRV, much heavier vehicle, done 55k miles & brakes are about 2/3 worn from the last service report. I'm careful, brakes = wasted fuel :)

I recently had my car into a MINI garage for its second service, its a '10 Mini cooper D. It is 1.5 years old and has 25000miles on the clock.

They told me that i needed new REAR brake pads and discs???

So should my car be needing new discs after just 25k on the rears? I can see into the possibility of pads, even tho personally I think 25k on the rears is little really but ok..discs in no way should be going on car of this milage and age. What do you guys think? Any similar experiences?

Until recently I would have been surprised by this, but I helped a mate change all the discs and pads on his Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet (2003) that has a low mileage and dose less than 3000 miles per year.
The front disc faces were fine but the rear faces were quite pitted around the drilled 'degassing/deglazzing holes, this isn't uncommon apparently especially on cars that get little regular use.
As an aside, he was quoted anything from £1k to £1.5k to change the discs, pads and sensors, the genuine parts, but from non dealer sources were £400 and we spent a morning fitting them, so it saved him quite a lot of money!