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Tue 10 May 2005 22:52
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Just took my fiat punto in for a 2 year 24000 mile service today at a main dealer, after paying the service bill was told that the front pads and discs both need replacing,
The car has only been driven by me and has done under 12000 miles.
When i queried this was told its not uncommon today for this kind of wear to occurr on these items
I do a combination of mosty town and some motorway driving, In 30 years of driving with other cars have never had to replace items like these at such short mileage, Is this normal ?,
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Tue 10 May 2005 23:36
car service - tyre tread
If anything I'd say the opposite is true as these days the pads are made of much harder material and therfore last a lot longer. The down side is that when the pads need replacing suually so do the discs. I would expect to get 60K miles plus depending on mix of driving.
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Wed 11 May 2005 01:54
car service - Dynamic Dave

You're not alone. There have been previous threads mentioning excessive pad & disc wear on Puntos - for example:-

www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=31288
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=19390
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=19295

Probably more if I delve deeper and do a thorough forum search.
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Wed 11 May 2005 02:03
car service - kithmo
Sounds like a typical money spinning dealer quote to me. Take the wheels off and check them yourself. I had my mondeo in for a major service 2 years ago at the dealers and they phoned me up half way through saying my rear brake pads were 90% worn and my fronts 70% worn and my wiper blades were worn. They wanted £75 per axle to change just the pads. My reply was that I had a new pair of wipers at home (the ones on the car were working perfectly at the time) and that if the rear pads were worn 90%, I had another 10% left to wear out and if the front pads were 70% worn I had another 30% to go. When I got the car back I checked the pads and there was about 6mm left on the rears and a good 10mm on the fronts. I changed the rear pads last year (a year and 8,000 miles after the dealer service), when I serviced the car myself and the front pads are just about ready for changing (2mm left) now (2 years and 16,000 miles on). The wipers I changed last month when I serviced it again myself.
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