BMW Brake Pads

Bigwheels1111

I use a basic set of depth gauges to manually check mine.
Cheap and accurate, 

Hilka 12700108

Money_Grabber13579

sevenhills said:

Iceweasel said:

The pads are good for another 25K miles is the correct interpretation.

That would mean that the life of the pads is expected to be 53K miles.

All depends on driving style of course.

Google says the life expectance of brake pads is - 30,000-35,000 miles

My car is at 50k and still on original brake discs and pads. Also says they are good for a further 20k.

Billxx

When I google it I get "between 30,000 and 70,000 miles".

ididgetwhereiamtoday

I don't think I've ever had to have pads or discs changed on a car ever and I've had some high miliage cars.
I would only ever do it if it was to get it through its MOT.
Unless you drive like an idiot they should last a long time.

peter12345678910

I have never changed brake pads, have 2 cars. You need to anticipate the traffic ahead, including the conditions and be capable of reacting fast or responsible anticipation.

prowla

Beware that you can't just rely on the wear sensors.

My last service noted that the rear pads on my 2019 3-series would need replacing and I made a mental note.

I since had them checked whilst my car was having its tracking done and they were given the OK and the advice given was that the sensors will tell me when.

Well, the car went in for its MOT and a brake fluid change last week and they called me and said they needed changing.

I was going to get them done next month regardless, so I said OK and on discussion they said it was the rear inner pads and the sensors can not tell that.

After they were changed I noticed that I didn't get the slight grinding sound when I reversed out of my parking space after a few days standing, which I'd assumed was a thin layer of surface rust.

Incidentally, my car has done 29k miles in its 5 years since I bought it new and I am not a heavy braker.

So, my advice is:

1. don't rely on the sensors alone,
2. make sure you check the inner pads too, and
   
3. don't assume grinding on first drive is rust.