Hey ppl,

I took my car in for a simple oil/filter change & tyre rotation at 37500kms (I like to change to oil between the major services). To my surprise, they called me up to let me know I need new front rotors and pads. Pads fair enough but the rotors too??

Apparently that's how long the premium brake rotors last. At $650 each and $220/pad, its not cheap!! And if this is required every 40k kms or so this is a significant maintenance cost that people should be aware of.

Or am I just braking too much I do have the Phase II kit and had it installed at 31k kms. Most of the time I drive the car casually with the odd spirited drive of course

Have I been shafted or is this the norm with the premium brakes?

Cheers

Rob

Shafted!

that's not uncommon mate, l have heard of planty of people finding this. the early t series car used to get a lot less km than that even. l guess its the price you pay for good brakes with no shudder

is it not warranty on the rotors?

Nope.

Its wear and tear

Brembo equipped cars wear out faster and cost more so that's some consolation.

that's not uncommon mate, l have heard of planty of people finding this. the early t series car used to get a lot less km than that even. l guess its the price you pay for good brakes with no shudder 

Yep, I have heard this from a few people now. I am sure that alot of people do not know this though. Funny how the dealers don't tell you this when you first buy the car

Funny how the dealers don't tell you this when you first buy the car

Mine did and convinced me not to get them....I wish I had not listened to them though.

Hey ppl,

I took my car in for a simple oil/filter change & tyre rotation at 37500kms (I like to change to oil between the major services). To my surprise, they called me up to let me know I need new front rotors and pads. Pads fair enough but the rotors too??

Apparently that's how long the premium brake rotors last. At $650 each and $220/pad, its not cheap!! And if this is required every 40k kms or so this is a significant maintenance cost that people should be aware of.

Or am I just braking too much I do have the Phase II kit and had it installed at 31k kms. Most of the time I drive the car casually with the odd spirited drive of course

Have I been shafted or is this the norm with the premium brakes?

Cheers

Rob

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Fair enough, though my front pads are at around 40% rears at 70% after 26000k's and discs look fine, that's on a heavier GT. Depends on driving style. Also a quick few phone calls after seeing your scary prices, saw me able to get a set of front Premo pads for under $200 and front rotors for around half your quoted price, so effectively could have all parts for close to $800, which is not too bad at all

Fair enough, though my front pads are at around 40% rears at 70% after 26000k's and discs look fine, that's on a heavier GT. Depends on driving style. Also a quick few phone calls after seeing your scary prices, saw me able to get a set of front Premo pads for under $200 and front rotors for around half your quoted price, so effectively could have all parts for close to $800, which is not too bad at all

Hmmmm. You mean you can get the premium rotors for around half the price I was quoted? Genuine factory ones? If this is the case, I might do some phoning around to several dealers and find out the difference in prices. I would have thought all Ford dealers would charge the same for parts? If this is not so, I will be calling the dealer and asking them what is going on.