Brake life in Service-Info

drummer12 · 06-09-2011, 10:16 PM

So...I checked the brake life in my service info today...and it said 41000 for the fronts, and 26000 for the rear. How is that possible? Shouldn't it be opposite? And why would they be so far apart? And no, I don't do brakestands every morning

e90pilot · 06-10-2011, 12:34 AM

Do you use the cruise control downhill a lot or trigger DSC? Those eat rear rear brakes. Also, BMWs have a lot more rear bias I've noticed. I replaced my rear brakes at 50,000 and my fronts at 80,000.

drummer12 · 06-10-2011, 12:45 AM

Eh, use cruise control about once a month for less than 10 miles. DSC gets triggered briefly each day (bumps in the road), but nothing major.

emarkd · 06-11-2011, 09:08 AM

Yeah, my fronts lasted much longer than my rears also. I got rear brakes done at 48k miles, just before the free service coverage ended. I've got 76k now and need to do front brakes in the next few weeks.

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drummer12 First Lieutenant 20 Rep 307 Posts Drives: 328i Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: DC iTrader: (0)	Brake life in Service-Info So...I checked the brake life in my service info today...and it said 41000 for the fronts, and 26000 for the rear. How is that possible? Shouldn't it be opposite? And why would they be so far apart? And no, I don't do brakestands every morning
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e90pilot Freight Dawg 105 Rep 2,103 Posts Drives: E90 325i Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oakland, CA iTrader: (3)	Do you use the cruise control downhill a lot or trigger DSC? Those eat rear rear brakes. Also, BMWs have a lot more rear bias I've noticed. I replaced my rear brakes at 50,000 and my fronts at 80,000. __________________ --Marcelo '06 Arctic Metallic 325i \| Sport Package \| 6MT \| Dinan Stage III suspension \| Dinan exhaust \| 330i manifold swap! Click here! \| Active Autowerke tune \| 135i Brake Calipers \| Deiselboost caliper brackets \| E46 M3 front rotors
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drummer12 First Lieutenant 20 Rep 307 Posts Drives: 328i Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: DC iTrader: (0)	Eh, use cruise control about once a month for less than 10 miles. DSC gets triggered briefly each day (bumps in the road), but nothing major.
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emarkd Private First Class 3 Rep 105 Posts Drives: '08 335i Join Date: May 2008 Location: Georgia iTrader: (0)	Yeah, my fronts lasted much longer than my rears also. I got rear brakes done at 48k miles, just before the free service coverage ended. I've got 76k now and need to do front brakes in the next few weeks.
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