04MazdaRX8

I have approximately 10,667 miles on my car.. bought it back at February 17, 2004 and I already have to change the brake pads? It seems a little too soon to me but everytime I brake I feel a little grinding on my 2 front wheels. I called Mazda and they said that it is most likely the brake pads and that the 2 front ones wear out faster than the back ones. The price for 2 brake pads is $125 for a set of 2 installation not included.. Anyone else had to replace there brake pads too?

G8rboy

It's highly unlikely... I'm at 10k and still have most of my front pads left... and I drive pretty aggressively. I expect at least 25k, and hopefully 35k out of my brakes on the 8... they lasted quite a bit longer than that on my Miata, which was autocrossed often.

Tayninh

Normally a set of up front pads will go 24 to 30 K. 10 k is a bit too early. Something is not going on right with the calipers perhaps. Not sure. Look at your rotors. Do they have deep deep grooves on them and signs of burning like blue spots on them. Have your dealer check them out or have a brake place check them. Someone you and trust.

04MazdaRX8

If there is something wrong with my calipers do you think that Mazda will cover it under warranty? I dont drive it aggressively nor do I race it. I baby this car and was surprised that I had to change it so soon.

verozoom

Mazda will replace any RX-8's pads if you tell them that the brakes squeel. The new pads will also take care of the brake dust problem at the same time. We should have never payed for pads with only 10,000 miles. Go and get your money back!!

irish8

You are probably suffering the TSB squeeling issue w/ the standard brake pads. As stated earlier....take it to your dealer and complain of squeeling, they will then replace under warranty with new pads. The bonus...less brake dust!!!

- Irish

EatMyBanana

took mine in several weeks ago , brakes where squeeling bad. Have 7500 miles . told them about TBS and they replaced them , no questions ask. Since i have had this done ,the brake dust is WAY down but , I have a burning smell now that is very stronge. The service guy told me thay not only changed the pads but had to shave something down? . Anyone thats had this TSB done ,what has been your experince?

G8rboy

The key here is if they really are squealing. Lie if you want, but I'll bet that my original pads have better stopping distance than the new ones they came up with for people that complained about noisy brakes. If you really think that some dust is more important than stopping your car, then by all means go tell the dealer.

I guess this is all about priorities...

RXE16T

Brake pads?

That's nothing, there's a guy on this forum that had warped rotors after the same mileage as you.

Needless to say, Mazda replaced them under warranty due to a fault with them.

DOMINION

^^I had warped rotors and needed new brake pads on all 4 wheels.

r8ped8

who uses brakes anyway.......................

takahashi

I am going to chew them up and change to a grooved rotor.

Like in Autoexe...

I think our rotor will go much faster than the brake pad ever will :o

truemagellen

do you have an AUTO??? Those with the Auto will run their breaks down I'm just guessing here, about 10 times as fast as the Manual owners...no I'm not bashing you

but seriously the only time I ever use the breaks is the final 5-20ft of a stop...whenever I need to slow down I only downshift

there is one exception to this, DSC TCS...will break for you when you are loosing traction to certain wheels...this is a factor that is hard to quantify but will similarily affect the AUTO and MANUAL owners...maybe alittle more with the Manual owners since it runs a much higher RPM bandwidth

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