my 04 roadster has 9,000 miles and when I took it in for its oil change advised service of a squeaking problem now they tell me the brakes are gone and have some rotor damage. I drive it short distance to work 6 miles to and from, rare freeway driving no stop & go traffic. anyone else having this problem?

 

I had the problem at 13'000 miles. Not real sure of why, they just told me they wore down and it was covered under warranty. I asked if this happened often or should I expect it to happen at 26'000 miles they said " That it doesn't happen often blah blah" and tried to elude to me driving it to hard as the problem.

 

if you don't have the service manual, i suggest to spend the $300 and buy it. it will have all measurments needed especially in the case of rotor wear. I just replaced my pads at 32,000 and the rotors were worn really thin. the wear limit is 22 mm and this is important to have in your back pocket so u dont get shafted. i was able to get one cut of a resurface done and will need to buy new rotors at ~60k. Continuing to buy new rotors every 9,000 miles sounds absolutely ridiculous regardless of driving style....

 

I have a 2004 Roadster with 30,000 miles. I just had my mechanic check out my brakes. He said they were about half gone and I would probably need some new pads around 55,000 miles.

FWIW

DeZigner

 

In my opinion, its all how you drive!

 

I think brake wear really depends on the driver...

Me and my brother inlaw both had 2000 preludes his was an automatic mine was a 5MT, It took me about 38k miles before I went thru my first set of brakes, he had to replace his at 16k... When I rode with him he was a very aggresive driver, always tail gating and hitting his brakes... When I tried to point this out to him he was like in total denial.. He swears he drives the same way I do LOL

 

+1!

 

im at 10.700 and im getting lots of squeaks, but then again i drive it like i stole it so meh...

 

my brakes squeal when i touch them lightly...is this normal? i have about 11,000 miles on my car.

 

Either there dirty or you might need to replace them

 

I had all four rotors replaced under warrenty at 7000 miles, and now they are squeeling at 22 k miles...so they will be replaced again.

 

Mine does it too, and i've been told by my neighbor who is a mechanic that they're dirty. How do you exactly clean brake calipers/pads?

 

How long was the warranty for brakes?

Mine squeak all the time now. I think you can use anti squeak gel or paste from Pepboys.

 

I have 20,500mi on mine and just had service. The breaks are original and they did not push me to get them replaced.

 

i'm at 9.5K with absolutely no brake problems whatsoever....my front rims get dirty black after only a week though from all the brake dust

 

are we talking about brembo's or others. I have a ZR with 20000kms and brembo's. I think they are wearing thin

 

hopefully mine does not wear out or need replacing till about 30k,
does anyone know how much stage 2 stop tech bbk's are?

 

hey zster'n were in canada are you from