Brake discs - how often?

sillysocks

Driving a 2016 Hyundai Tucson with 95k km on the clock. Had a service with main dealer last week (still in warranty so weary of going outside them).
They replaced back brake pads, and between that and full service was around €450. They also said I needed front brake pads and brake discs which is another 450 eur. Just checking in as have no clue about car maintenance and wondering if 94k km sounds about right for needing to replace brake discs or whether I should get it looked at somewhere else to check them? Driving would be about 50/50 between motorway and city driving.

iamtony

It's about right for the mileage on the discs but I'd get them done elsewhere 450 is steep and it wont effect warranty.

Toyotafanboi

The mileage does sound reasonable for needing discs. Usual rule of thumb is two sets of brake pads to a set of discs but that can vary model to model.

The price sounds about right from a Hyundai main dealer, but Hyundai parts are insanely expensive for some reason. You'd probably get them done around €100 cheaper independently I'd say. Maybe it's worth that to you.

D13exile

I got the front discs and pads done on my Qashqai for €250 a few months ago at a non main dealer. I used to pay twice that when I left my car into Nissan.

colm_mcm

One thing worth pointing out is that all discs aren’t equal. The OE ones are good quality items.
Main dealer labour rate will be higher than independent but some of the saving is on the parts themselves. Make sure they’re not fitting bargain basement rubbish.

Isambard

how longs a piece of string? some people brake every 100m for no reason at all.Others drive 100km without braking.

ShadowHearth

I am at 67k km and still on same break pads since it was new. In fairness I do about 90%+ of Motorway and N roads. I was expecting break pads to be changed last service, but it didn't happen.
It always depends on driving style. City driving will have a lot more stress on breaks.

whippet

I’ve well over 300,000km and only on second set of discs ..replaced after about 230,000km

rob316

Would you be confident enough to replace them yourself? It's a very easy job if you have a jack, stands and a couple hours. YouTube is full of videos on how to do it. I could never pay nearly 500 quid for something like that.
You'd get good set of discs and pads for 150.

sillysocks

Thanks all, good to know it’s not very out of the ordinary for them to need replacing now. Also interesting that there are different ‘quality’ ones.
I wouldn’t have a clue how to even jack up the car never mind trying to replace them! Definitely will need to leave it to an expert, whether that be main dealer or not.

I assume that wouldn’t really affect warranty because brake discs probably aren’t covered anyway?

mickdw

I wouldn't just let garage fit any old crap.
There are very cheap brake discs around that shouldnt be fitted to anything.
I'm not saying go to Hyundai but get genuine parts or similar quality.

D13exile

colm_mcm wrote: »

One thing worth pointing out is that all discs aren’t equal. The OE ones are good quality items.
Main dealer labour rate will be higher than independent but some of the saving is on the parts themselves. Make sure they’re not fitting bargain basement rubbish.

Nissan charged me an arm and a leg for fitting cheap discs to my car that warped within 8 months of being fitted, and I don't do city driving as my commute is 40kms cross country with no traffic usually. The pedal would vibrate when I braked indicating the discs had warped. I had to fight with Nissan to get them replaced free of charge. However they put cheap crap on again and they too warped within a year. So i went to an independent mechanic who fitted good quality discs that are still going strong.

Check out Mick's Garage online to see that there are many different types of brake discs for each car. You do get what you pay for...............actually not when it comes to main dealers who in my case fitted cheap crap but at top of the range prices:rolleyes:

Stallingrad

colm_mcm wrote: »

One thing worth pointing out is that all discs aren’t equal. The OE ones are good quality items.

Unless it's a Skoda. OEM Superb disks are junk, prone to rusting and scoring, just replaced mine at 40000km with non OEM ones.

whippet

Stallingrad wrote: »

Unless it's a Skoda. OEM Superb disks are junk, prone to rusting and scoring, just replaced mine at 40000km with non OEM ones.

considering I got 230,000km out of a set of OEM skoda one's i'd politely disagree

Stallingrad

whippet wrote: »

considering I got 230,000km out of a set of OEM skoda one's i'd politely disagree

You are welcome to my old ones if you want! This problem is well documented.

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/407627-rear-disc-brake-wear/?tab=comments#comment-4683806

whippet

Stallingrad wrote: »

You are welcome to my old ones if you want! This problem is well documented.

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/407627-rear-disc-brake-wear/?tab=comments#comment-4683806

i must have gotten lucky then

GustavoFring

whippet wrote: »

i must have gotten lucky then

Yours is a MK2 Superb? In my opinion they cheaped out on a lot of things in the MK3.

Truckermal

OP I can bet you fifty quid that your Car does not need Discs or Pads!

Hyundai are Bastards for this and try it with everyone, take your car to a mechanic you trust to look at them plus Discs are only required every second change of pads unless your doing really heavy brakeing!!!

sillysocks

Truckermal wrote: »

OP I can bet you fifty quid that your Car does not need Discs or Pads!

Hyundai are Bastards for this and try it with everyone, take your car to a mechanic you trust to look at them plus Discs are only required every second change of pads unless your doing really heavy brakeing!!!

That’s what I wondered, I imagined the pads needed to be done but wasn’t sure if they were just chancing with the discs too. I just looked back on the video they sent of the ‘health check’ it says pads are just over 5mm thick, and then shows a small lip on the discs which he says on the video shows they are corroding. Seems legit but I assume they err on side of doing things early!

rob316

I've been advised before by VW to get the discs and pads done and the discs had plenty to go in them.
To be honest I don't think they are ripping you off as once you have the caliper removed which you have to, to change brake pads, its a a couple screws to take off the discs so if they are anyway close you might aswell and save yourself the extra labor cost later.

sillysocks

rob316 wrote: »

I've been advised before by VW to get the discs and pads done and the discs had plenty to go in them.
To be honest I don't think they are ripping you off as once you have the caliper removed which you have to, to change brake pads, its a a couple screws to take off the discs so if they are anyway close you might aswell and save yourself the extra labor cost later.

Well replacing back ones which we did was 130 eur and front is 430, that’s why I wanted to make sure we needed the extra!

Truckermal

sillysocks wrote: »

Well replacing back ones which we did was 130 eur and front is 430, that’s why I wanted to make sure we needed the extra!

Just changed the front pads on my own car and the discs were perfect and it weighs just over 2 Ton plus I drive it on, I would definitely get a second opinion...