Front Brakes pads last how long

[picard]

looking at the obc my r56 mcs is saying 10000 miles to front brake pads change currently on 5500 miles.
does this seem right i thought brake pads lasted longer than this and roughly how much is this at the stealers

whats your mcs saying for front brakes ?

[extigy]

I had this exact problem. Seems there is a bug with the ecu in some of the new mini's. My car was taken away for a day and anaylised. Came back and all was fine.

[jasonite]

My 2007 MCS has just under 2000 miles, and as of today the OBC shows 34000 miles left on front, 35000 on rear.

Been engine braking as much as possible, just slowing down to a crawl without actually stopping at stop signs on back roads (without touching brakes) as long as noone's behind me and I can see noone's coming.

[MiniMpi]

Yeah my Nov 2006 build R56 Cooper is due it's first service in 3500km's and the front brakes are saying the same 3500km's to be replaced!!
But I have checked the pads all round and I would say at least another 12 to 15000km's for them.
Fergal.

[Michael]

I have over 28,000km on mine since March last year and on board the 'puter says 1700km to go. I took a trip to the dealer and according to their 'puter there is still enough meat on them to last to the first service scheduled at 40,000km!!!

[jamesbeaumont]

Ive done 8500 in my cooper and its saying 8000 to go for the fronts, 15000 for the rears....

[SeldomSeen]

I thought that the wear sensors were linked to the BMW corporate network so that if BMW dealer revenue and profit growth is slipping the wear sensors on the appropriate number of customer's cars can be triggered to flag up the need for a pad change!

[adam_Randell]

ive done 21000 and got bwt 4/5k left

[Japper]

I've done 6k miles and OBC says 16k for fronts and 22k for rears. 16k until first service.

[danb]

Quote: Originally Posted by Japper (original)

I've done 6k miles and OBC says 16k for fronts and 22k for rears. 16k until first service.

Possiblly a daft question, but how do u get the OBC to tell you how long left for the brakes?

[KenL]

Surely this is just a reminder to have them checked?

I thought the sensors in pads were only activated when they touched the discs after the pads had worn right down?

[danb]

Quote: Originally Posted by KenL (original)

Surely this is just a reminder to have them checked?

I thought the sensors in pads were only activated when they touched the discs after the pads had worn right down?

Thats what I thought, but by the looks of all these posts its different on the R56

[Japper]

Quote: Originally Posted by danb (original)

Possiblly a daft question, but how do u get the OBC to tell you how long left for the brakes?

Into OBC menu and the appropriate title ( can' remember what it'd called ) and then cycle through oil service, front pads, rear pads and full service.

[Japper]

Quote: Originally Posted by KenL (original)

Surely this is just a reminder to have them checked?

I thought the sensors in pads were only activated when they touched the discs after the pads had worn right down?

Ken, yeah used to be, but it's different on the R56. Not sure how it checks it