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Originally Posted by Fredoulis
Well - here's an update on my saga:
Basically the pads are wear and tear and not covered under warranty, even though my front pads were only at 70% while the rears were down to 5%. He stated there were more instances of TCH pad replacements near the 25,000 mile mark.
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I understand why brake pads are considered wear and tear. Some folks drive like Speed Racer and go through pads like water.
However, I would push the question of
why are the rears at 5% when the fronts are at 70%? This sounds like a problem somewhere in the brake system or in how the hybrid system phases in the hydraulic brakes. My dealer measures each set of pads every service as part of the brake inspection, and the fronts and rears have been wearing the same on my TCH at 25,000 miles.
If your dealer does the same, a page with a checklist and measurements for brakes and tire wear should have been left with the vehicle after each service. Go back and check and see if the uneven wear was noticed at a prior service. They may not have mentioned it as the brakes were still in the "good" wear range at the time. With any luck you may see they wore evenly for a while before this problem appeared.