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Originally Posted by nash
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.
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You are exactly right. My dealer gives me a page after each service that shows % of brake pads left, tire tread remaining, etc. I check those numbers every time to make sure that everything is wearing evenly, and I save all the paperwork. If you have any of your previous paperwork, I would gather it up and take it back to the service manager for explanation. It really sounds like you have a mechanical problem in the rear, and replacing the pads would not cure the real problem, in fact you'll just have to replace them again very shortly!