Gen II Brake Life - 83K+?

[john5396]

As a new owner, I just got my 2009 Pkg 3 last week, where do I look to see the regeneration current value?

[fuzzy1]

Originally Posted by Schmullis

... but I've never heard of a car going 83K on the same pads. Any experience if this is normal? ...

Not only is it normal on a Prius, it is also possible on pre-hybrids, depending on driving conditions and style. My two most recent pre-hybrids went just over 100k and 90k on their original pads. The wife did slightly better on her car, despite a higher fraction of city driving than I put on mine.

[Tideland Prius]

Originally Posted by fuzzy1

Not only is it normal on a Prius, it is also possible on pre-hybrids, depending on driving conditions and style. My two most recent pre-hybrids went just over 100k and 90k on their original pads. The wife did slightly better on her car, despite a higher fraction of city driving than I put on mine.

depends on driving. I've often had people counter our high mileage brake pads with "yeah my Mazda does that too"... of course that's because they do most of their miles on the highway. From now on, I always add "and I do nearly all of the miles in the city"

[2009Prius]

Originally Posted by john5396

As a new owner, I just got my 2009 Pkg 3 last week, where do I look to see the regeneration current value?

I use a ScanGauge. Not sure if the diagnostic screen on the MFD would show it.

[wb9tyj]

i have 120000miles on my 04 with the original pads still in use...we had just pulled them off to replace wheel bearing and they still have about 1/2 the life left in them...we do city/country driving about 50/50

[hill]

Originally Posted by Bob64

You cant.

BUT chances are, if your below 80amps going into the battery, chances are your using regenerative braking. If you see over 80-100 amps, you'll feel the friction brakes kick in.

60amps is the sweet spot for regeneration.

You can, w/ the addition of another guage. Our hybrid Lexus (I think the hyhi has 'em too) power meter shows regen amount. It wouldn't be too terribly difficult to add one to the Prius, if you absolutely had to have one.

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[usbseawolf2000]

Originally Posted by wb9tyj

i have 120000miles on my 04 with the original pads still in use...we had just pulled them off to replace wheel bearing and they still have about 1/2 the life left in them...we do city/country driving about 50/50

That's an interesting Prius info. Brake pads last longer than the wheel bearing!

[bruceha_2000]

Originally Posted by usbseawolf2000

That's an interesting Prius info. Brake pads last longer than the wheel bearing!

WAY longer.

I had my driver side front bearing replaced a week ago at 94K. Started making noise 2 weeks earlier. On and off, usually more in the first 10 minutes of driving but sometimes really ugly any time for a few seconds. Fortunately I had no long trips in those 2 weeks, nothing more than 10 miles per trip, mostly 40 MPH and under. They noted 40% wear on the front pads, 20% on the rear. So I figure my pads will be good for 175K to 200K miles.

I was kinda hoping the noise was just the TripleTreds wearing (about 70K miles and down to the wear bars) so I brought in the OEMs to put on the summer rims. They have maybe 7K miles and I don't like them but can't really afford to buy new summer tires right now.

They said I had a bad bearing (yeah, in my heart, I was pretty sure it was a bearing but a guy's wallet can HOPE, yes??), he even showed me the 'push/pull' test and yeah I could see movement from 20 feet away.

On the sheet it was noted that he did not drive the car prior to replacing the bearing, noise gone during test drive. Specifically used the word "gone". Only HE never heard it. If you don't hear a scraping noise after bearing replacement AND you didn't hear it before replacement, was it really there? He was right though, no noise with the new bearing and OEM tires.

[usbseawolf2000]

Come to think of it.... It is amazing that the brake pads would last through 3-5 set of tires.

[jayman]

Or, put another way, Prius brake pads last longer than most marriages!