Hi, I had to replace my rear brake pads last week on my 2008 TSX. I only have 56,000km. Is this normal wear?

 

If you do alot of driving that involves stop and go driving or using jamning on your brakes then replacement would be normal. I do mostly highway driving so they are still good.

 

I had to replace my rear brakes at around 30,000 miles. Acura service department must have used a different type of brake pad because I've gone 45,000 miles on the rear pads with 80% still left after my last inspection. My driving habits have not changed in 5 years.

 

While getting my tsx serviced a few weeks ago they measured the brakes-the fronts have 80% life and the rears have 60% life-

 

I went about 67,000 miles before needing rear brake pad replacement. Apparently, the braking bias is set so that the rear brakes wear out first - (I never had a car wear out its rear brakes before - and some of my cars went 100,000 miles before needing front pads and never needed rear pads).

 

The rear brake pads are half the size as the front, so they wear down quicker.

 

I had 32,000 miles on mine and I'm running 20" by 8.5" rims on it. Acura told me the wheels added to the extra wear. I didn't believe them so I asked the Tire Rack and they agreed this is not unusual and the dealer wasn't telling me a lie.