Hi there

I just leave my Defender in the dealer for a oil change and some minor details to be fixed (under guarantee). one of those things was the brake test that ligths randomly and disappears in the same way.

My dealer aware me that could be necessary to change the brake pads. The car have 25.000 km (15.500 mi)
I thought is that is quite early for a change: In my other cars we made the change at 50.000 km. but I dont have experiences with the Defender.

Any experience about the duration of the brake pads to see if I am in the range?

Thanks in advance
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Eduardo

110 SW PUMA 2.4

Its vary hard to predict i suppose it would be fair to say 12k on pads as you could have done heavy offroading and TC could have worn them down - very hard one to call thought

(PS thanks for the sump info done to day whilst in for a service)
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Mike
2.4TDCi 90CWS XS
300TDi Discovery

mse wrote:

Its vary hard to predict i suppose it would be fair to say 12k on pads as you could have done heavy offroading and TC could have worn them down - very hard one to call thought

(PS thanks for the sump info done to day whilst in for a service)

Well for city driving and no TC i would say you should get a significant increase - this is my first LR for ages with STD brakes as i usually fit EBC however, i seem to recall 20-30k out of them on a disco.

Re sump - Your right and the dealer was fantastic.
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Mike
2.4TDCi 90CWS XS
300TDi Discovery

Ive done 23.5k on the original pads! Service soon so I'll tell them to check out the pads and let me know how much is left on them?

Finally was the sensor of the handbrake that was misplaced.
The brake pads are in a pretty good conditions and may last at least 20.000 km more

Thanks to everyone!
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Eduardo

110 SW PUMA 2.4

I find anything from 10000 to 40000 miles did get 45000 out of one set on a td5 90 4 years old with on and off road driving know that was good.

If you doing lots of off road driving in mud can be changing rear pads every 2 weeks

Its all down to what sort of job you do with your vehicle and how often you wash out the rear brakes after being in mud As the mud works as a grinding paste

Dave
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Puma 110 Double cab pick up 2008 http://www.saharanomads.com/atlanta_026.htm
90 Truck Cab 1986 that I fully rebuilt. http://www.saharanomads.com/atlanta_003.htm Take a look

Thanks Daves's 110 for the advice about the mud.
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Eduardo

110 SW PUMA 2.4