How many miles do you have on your brakes?

My friend's 2004 Prius has 130k and he is still using the factory pads. He think the car will die before he needs new pads. I only have 20k on my Prius.

 

115k on my GenII brakes. 5mm left on fronts.

 

I'm past 73K miles on my 06 Prius and still on the original brakes.

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250K km is ~ 155K miles. When I last checked at Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity - Hybrid Electric Vehicles, the Gen 2 and 3 Priuses there didn't need new brakes within the 160K miles of testing they did.​

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Basically, if you take it easy on the car, it'll last longer. If you brake slowly, your mechanical brake will not be used until the car is under 7 mph. By then, it doesn't take a lot of effort to stop the car.

 

I have 65,000 miles on my car and the brakes are showing very little if any wear. I checked them at 50,000 miles and still had 9 mm of pad.

 

I have 151,000 mi. on my original brakes.

 

Prius (work car) 54k. Well over 50-percent of pads left despite the fact that I drive it like I don't own it.
06 Envoy....137k....and I thought I started to hear the chirpers, so I took it into a trusted tire/brake wrench. I told him to thoroughly inspect all 4 corners and go ahead and put pads on since (at that time) they were well over 125K.
He refused...saying that the brakes needed only cleaning. The "chirper" squeak was FOD in one of the calipers.
Both of my other POVs are going to go well over 100k based on current wear.

Take Away: If you drive like a moron, or you have a USPS placard on your car? You'll probably have to swing wrenches on your brakes before you get to 100K. Some city dwellers or people who drive humbly engineered cars might also have to get their brakes re-lined before they go into six figures, but I've always been suspicious of that since I've put well over 100,000 miles on some VERY low end cars (i.e. 1992 Geo Metro) and I've lived in some urban areas (SEA-TAC for a year, Charleston for several, Louisville, etc...)
Mostly?
People drive like morons, which is OK I guess since mechanics have boat payments to make.

YMMV....

 

I personally measured 5mm on my front pads at the 70k mark.


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jnet mentioned it above. With regen braking, the Prius does not use the friction brakes until below 7 mph. At 7 mph it takes very little friction braking to stop car and hold in place. Whereas a non-hybrid car is using the friction brakes every time you hit the brake pedal.

 

Plus when your braking exceeds the regen threshold or reaches the emergency stop threshold. Basically, drive like you have no brakes, and you never need to change brake pads.

 

I had 198000 miles on my 2007. Dealer said they look like 40% left. Original rotors. No pulsing. I was astounded. I purchased a 2013. Typical other cars I would get 70-to - 100 x000 miles

 

My '06 Gen II has 220+K on the original pads.

 

I sold my GenII last year with 158,000 miles and they had over 50% of the pads left. A co-worker bought the car and she said her mechanic told her likely wouldn't need new pads until well over 200k.