Rear brake pads due for service in 2800km? - BMW 3-Series Forum (F30 / F32)

Aritaurus · 10-11-2012, 08:49 PM

Not sure if this seems right, I got my my F30 back in April and I'm currently at 10,400km/6222mls and it says that my car is due for service in 2800km for my rear brake pads.

Is this kind of wear and tear normal or would there be something wrong with my original brake pads? My front brake pads say that I still have about 50,000km left on them.

jwilly · 10-12-2012, 06:48 AM

How much of the brake pad is left? Inside compared to outside? Left side compared to right side? Or are you just relying on a message from the car?

Joel

ramonE90-NL · 10-12-2012, 07:57 AM

I have a 320i Auto F30. My idrive said the brake pads needed to be serviced in 19.000km (front) . My F30 has now done 11.000km's.

Went to the dealer and had them take a look at it. Now its been reset to 31000km service.....

Cyberdemon · 10-12-2012, 08:38 AM

No way the pads should need replacing at that point.

Either theres something mechanically wrong with the brakes, or the sensor is funked. You should be able to look at the actual caliper and see how much pad is remaining.

The rears on my last car lasted 95,000 miles, and still had 2-4mm of pad left.

MaestroAl · 10-12-2012, 08:48 AM

Yeah rears can go 50k miles easily unless you're braking really hard all the time. Even with really hard use, I'd expect at least 20k miles.

Just stick your hands through the spokes in the rear wheels and check for yourself.

J1n · 10-12-2012, 10:46 AM

They're soft but not that soft =)

WPG335 · 10-12-2012, 11:28 AM

My '07 E90 went to the dealer 3 separate times for the brake wear sensors telling me it was time to have them serviced. It was just an annoying glitch.

I swapped my pads at 45000 km for cool carbons along with new rotors and still had plenty of life in the oem pads.

NISFAN · 10-12-2012, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MaestroAl

Yeah rears can go 50k miles easily unless you're braking really hard all the time. Even with really hard use, I'd expect at least 20k miles.

Just stick your hands through the spokes in the rear wheels and check for yourself.

F30 uses rear brakes as an electronic diff, maybe OP is some 'Dorifto Kingo' wannabee

ric124 · 10-12-2012, 12:00 PM

my car is due for service at 9600 miles due to rear brakes.

Mako · 10-12-2012, 12:34 PM

go to your dealer if you want the message fixed. Just took in our X3 that has 15K miles on it(2012) and they adjusted it because they said there was something wrong with the software saying the brakes needed replacing sooner than they really do. I am guessing its the same issue on the F30.

jwilly · 10-12-2012, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ric124

my car is due for service at 9600 miles due to rear brakes.

How do the pads look?

Joel

MaestroAl · 10-12-2012, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NISFAN

F30 uses rear brakes as an electronic diff, maybe OP is some 'Dorifto Kingo' wannabee

Interesting. How effective is that gonna be in snow d'you think?

Robin_NL · 10-12-2012, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by NISFAN

F30 uses rear brakes as an electronic diff, maybe OP is some 'Dorifto Kingo' wannabee

This could be it. Well thought.

But don't stick your hand through the spokes immediately after driving hard.
Unless you like eating your own KFC fingers....

Cheers
Robin

jwilly · 10-16-2012, 12:17 PM

Bump for info. Would like to see photos of worn out pads with low mileage.

Joel

ric124 · 10-16-2012, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jwilly

How do the pads look?

Joel

Just got back my car from the dealer and they said my pads are still new and its a software issue which they have updated.

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jwilly Private Drives: They're all white now. Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Mebane, NC Posts: 92 iTrader: (0)	How much of the brake pad is left? Inside compared to outside? Left side compared to right side? Or are you just relying on a message from the car? Joel __________________ That's a lot of white

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Cyberdemon First Lieutenant Drives: 2013 335i M Sport Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 366 iTrader: (0)	No way the pads should need replacing at that point. Either theres something mechanically wrong with the brakes, or the sensor is funked. You should be able to look at the actual caliper and see how much pad is remaining. The rears on my last car lasted 95,000 miles, and still had 2-4mm of pad left. __________________ 2013 335i M Sport /// Alpine White/Coral Red

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MaestroAl Major Drives: Superman 330D M Sport Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: UK Posts: 1,195 iTrader: (0)	Yeah rears can go 50k miles easily unless you're braking really hard all the time. Even with really hard use, I'd expect at least 20k miles. Just stick your hands through the spokes in the rear wheels and check for yourself. __________________ "Superman 330D M Sport" Estoril Blue / Coral Red 2PF\|ZAP\|ZMP\|ZVI\|2VF\|3AP\|420\|488\|494\|5DC\|688\|6NR IT ARRIVED!

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WPG335 Private Drives: 2012 335 Sport line Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Violent Crime Capital of Canada Posts: 99 iTrader: (0)	My '07 E90 went to the dealer 3 separate times for the brake wear sensors telling me it was time to have them serviced. It was just an annoying glitch. I swapped my pads at 45000 km for cool carbons along with new rotors and still had plenty of life in the oem pads. __________________ '07 e90 335 (retired) '12 f30 335 Sport line

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ramonE90-NL Private First Class Drives: bmw F30 320iA Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: The netherlands Posts: 135 iTrader: (0)	I have a 320i Auto F30. My idrive said the brake pads needed to be serviced in 19.000km (front) . My F30 has now done 11.000km's. Went to the dealer and had them take a look at it. Now its been reset to 31000km service.....

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J1n Major Drives: F30 328 MSport Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,256 iTrader: (0)	They're soft but not that soft =)

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Mako 2000 M Roadster (sold), 2006 M Coupe (sold) Drives: '12 X3 35i M Spt '13 335 M Spt Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,088 iTrader: (0)	go to your dealer if you want the message fixed. Just took in our X3 that has 15K miles on it(2012) and they adjusted it because they said there was something wrong with the software saying the brakes needed replacing sooner than they really do. I am guessing its the same issue on the F30.

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jwilly Private Drives: They're all white now. Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Mebane, NC Posts: 92 iTrader: (0)	Bump for info. Would like to see photos of worn out pads with low mileage. Joel __________________ That's a lot of white

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