The dealership told us we needed new break pads and rotors. The car only has 30k miles on it. The wheels do not squeak or pull when we brake. We called a shop the specializes in cars like Volvos. He said usually have to change both pieces when changing the brake pads on newer cars like ours.
A friend of mine who works on cars told me 30k to change the pads seems soon and definitely soon for rotors. He told me their is a reason why dealerships are know as stealerships.
Can anyone chime in on this? Is this normal? What might the cost be if it is necessary to replace everything? We are not crazy drivers who ride the brakes or anything. Any comments are appreciated.Is it normal to need to change both brake pads and rotors on a 2005 Volvo S40 with 30k miles?I'll start by saying I am a volvo dealership tech. Volvo brakes wear quickly but work very well, It is a compramise, you either get long life out of your brakes with inferior stopping power or you can have softer faster wearing brake pads and rotors and have far superior braking power. It is by no means abnormal for your vehicle to need brake pads and rotors at 30k, If you have any doubt you simply ask the service advisor what the rotors currently measure and ask what is the specification that the rotor needs replaced, All rotors wear out over time and there is always a min. thickness specification at pad replacement, I do beleive your vehicles rotors need to be repaced when they measure around 23.8 mm.Is it normal to need to change both brake pads and rotors on a 2005 Volvo S40 with 30k miles?its easy for the dealer just to replace the pads and rotors at one time .#1-more money on the ticket#2easy for the mechanic to replace the rotors instead of getting his union asss dirty machining the rotors.go to a repair shop that's locally owned,they rely on your buis,dealers don't care if you never come back.thats why they charge so much the first time ,its probably the last time also.unless you ground the pads down metal to metal,the rotors can be machined.Is it normal to need to change both brake pads and rotors on a 2005 Volvo S40 with 30k miles?well you can useually get your rotors turned for cheap so you dont have to buy new ones. and the break pads usually if you take the tire off you can look at them and see if they need to be changed or not. you will know if they need to be changed or not by just looking at them.Is it normal to need to change both brake pads and rotors on a 2005 Volvo S40 with 30k miles?well thats ford for ya,,,cheap factory production parts to keep the consumer coming back to the auto parts industry going,,,WELCOME TO AMERICA's CORPORATE SCHEME,,, %26quot;GOT MONEY%26quot;Is it normal to need to change both brake pads and rotors on a 2005 Volvo S40 with 30k miles?I doesn't sound common to me , I am not a mechanic or anything but if I was in that situation I would take into getting it checked out at a garage into consideration .Is it normal to need to change both brake pads and rotors on a 2005 Volvo S40 with 30k miles?If you ran your pads down to the nubs and they went metal to metal against the rotor, then yes, you're looking at replacing the rotors.
If you DIDN'T, then don't let the bum sell you rotors. Unless they're heat-warped, there's no need to even resurface them after only 30k miles.
When I was a poor kid I'd NEVER replace drums even though they really should have been. They always worked well and never complained.
I had a Honda once that gobbled up brake pads every 15,000, so getting 30,000 from Volvo pads sounds about right.Is it normal to need to change both brake pads and rotors on a 2005 Volvo S40 with 30k miles?You may not ride the brakes but if someone else drives the car they could. But Because of all the lawsuits car companies have gone threw they have to change them both back to factory spec, you don't like the price tell the people to quit suing over 2 pounds of air pressure like happened to ford. Any dealer will be more expensive than a independent shop, they can turn the rotors if they are tunable and often can turn them on the car without removing them and replace the pads for 30% less than the dealer but is the warranty the same? and will they last as long? once you turn the rotors if they can be the next time you will have to toss them, also do they repack the front bearing on front wheel cars? And it is possible you have sticking rotors or calipers and that could be from running with a boot that's cracked and allowing water to enter the chamber which could cause the caliper to stick, but have your Freind pull of a tire for you and have him look at the pads and rotors he can tell you but if he's a mechanic offer him a few bucks that's his living. Would you be upset if someone asked you to work for free?Is it normal to need to change both brake pads and rotors on a 2005 Volvo S40 with 30k miles?have the pad life measured. anything thicker than 6 milimeter is usually within spec. front pads might be bad on this car, yes, even with only 30,000. is there any brake pedal vibration when braking from highway speed? this is fixed by resurfacing the front rotors. being as new as it is, you can probably get away with resurfacing them rather than replacing them. if the rotors are metal to metal, with deep grooves that can't be machined out, then yes, they will have to be replaces.
dealerships aren't necessarily out to rip you off. but please keep your eye out on rip-offs. get secondary opinions or even 3 estimates from different shops and find out what they all have in common. i work at a dealership for general motors and wouldn't even think about ripping someone off. too many situations where you can get in trouble doing that sort of thing. i like to play it straight by the book.Is it normal to need to change both brake pads and rotors on a 2005 Volvo S40 with 30k miles?Depending on driving conditions your car faces everyday.If u live in San Francisco and your daily commute is going up and down the hills,more braking power is needed to slow down the car thus speeding up the wearing on the pads.Also stop n go traffic has the same affect.I can see replacing the front brakes at 30k miles is normal.Rear brakes only do approx. roughly 20-25% of the braking therefore you'll be replacing rear brakes possibly when the front brakes goes through it's second or third time around.I also recommend replacing disc rotors every time brake pads are replace.Reason why:Rotors get thinner and doesn't dissipate heat and is more susceptible to warp page and brake noise.
