MS3 typical brake pad life?

[Mocoso]

Guess Im on the opposite camp: if you fail to mantain your car properly and let your pads get to 0 I dont care how car behaves after that point... bottom line is its your fault for assuming you will stop with no brake pads... why put the burden on Mazda to fix what doesnt need fixing: Your stopping distance will be severly hindered if you run the brakes with no pads left.... what does it matter if the stopping distance is hindered by 100% or 1000% - either way you shouldnt do it

 

[Young Roids]

But how will the average joe know when his pads are worn out? Like GDorris said he checked them and they looked good because the outer pad still had alot of life left, but the inner pad wore out much faster.

 

[chacon101]

Regular maintenance intervals should take care of that. I would say it could be a possible dealer issue if you have been following their schedule and they fail.

 

[Mocoso]

But how will the average joe know when his pads are worn out? Like GDorris said he checked them and they looked good because the outer pad still had alot of life left, but the inner pad wore out much faster.

Wear indicators... I dont buy the MS3 doesnt have them... GDoris may have eaten through the pads on track and didnt hear the indicators or his failed but in general I cant believe MS3 wouldnt come with them.. even Yugo's had them... its a penny part - If the dont come with them then yes that is def. something Mazda should look into...

 

[Hikaru9]

There's no "typical" service life out of brake pads...

Driving habits vary too greatly.

(iagree)

As for my case, I would expect them to last for quite a while as I rarely use the brakes. (engine braking FTW ^_^v )

 

[blacksheepms3]

yeah, the brakes should make sounds or stopping distance should be significantly increased as it would be noticed before it would totally fail. What scares me is the sudden onset of failure. There's a video on youtube with an ms3 ont he track hitting a wall because the brakes failed. Either the driver knew his brakes were very bad and still drove his car or the failure was sudden. I didnt get to ask the driver cause the video was taken from inside an integra. You can see the car hitting a wall and filling on air several times. Caption says ms3 brake failure or something like that. If the tires have tpms why not the brakes...or atleast the old school monitor...squeeking sounds when applying the brakes. hehehehe

 

[blacksheepms3]

(iagree)

As for my case, I would expect them to last for quite a while as I rarely use the brakes. (engine braking FTW ^_^v )

It's better to replace brake pads than to replace transmission. right?

 

[Young Roids]

It's better to replace brake pads than to replace transmission. right?

MOre like the clutch than the tranny but still I would rather replace the breaks. I can do a break job in a couple hours where as for the clutch I do not know how to replace that so it will cost 600+.

 

[Falconx84]

yeah, the brakes should make sounds or stopping distance should be significantly increased as it would be noticed before it would totally fail. What scares me is the sudden onset of failure. There's a video on youtube with an ms3 ont he track hitting a wall because the brakes failed. Either the driver knew his brakes were very bad and still drove his car or the failure was sudden. I didnt get to ask the driver cause the video was taken from inside an integra. You can see the car hitting a wall and filling on air several times. Caption says ms3 brake failure or something like that. If the tires have tpms why not the brakes...or atleast the old school monitor...squeeking sounds when applying the brakes. hehehehe

that was gdorris... theres a thread on this site and/or the "other" forum

 

[Hikaru9]

MOre like the clutch than the tranny but still I would rather replace the breaks. I can do a break job in a couple hours where as for the clutch I do not know how to replace that so it will cost 600+.

Chances are... I will be driving a different car well before my MS3 will need a new clutch. I guess I don't like saving money as I have yet to drive the same car for more than four years. -_-;;