Just wanted to see if this seemed normal. It's been too cold to pull the front wheels to take a look, but my brake wear indicator is going off on the dash now under braking after only 31K miles (just looked at my maintenance log). When I did front brakes last I did new rotors, pads, bearings, and pad sensors.

When these sensors go off - I'd guess you still have some good life left in the pads.

Hopefully it will warm up this weekend and I can get a peek. Just wanted the team's opinion if that was a normal life for pads (mostly city driving here in Dallas area).

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As of 2/2010:
2001 CLK55 0o\=*=/o0
13.6 @ 106mph
10K mi
1984 300SD
260K mi and going and going...
97 S600
46K miles
1991 Sentra SE-R (extremely dorked with)
www.se-r.net

I haven't worn out a set of front pads on a Benz, but I used to do a lot of brake jobs on various brands and 40,000 seemed to be about the usual life span for fronts. Rears usually lasted a bit longer.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

It all depends on your driving habits.

Tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I normally get about 40K miles on the fronts with mostly highway driving, 30K doesn't sound too bad for city driving.

Yes, have a look, take a measurement. May be a sensor wire.

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83 SD

84 CD

31k isn't bad at all.

The answer was - yes - the car needed front brakes. The brake pad sensors worked like they should!

Though I have done the job before, it is a PITA project. I love the car, but wheel bearing and separating the rotor from the hub/carrier is laborious.

One thing that I did notice when I was working on the car is that the lower oil cooler hose is weeping now to the point that the inside rim on the driver's wheel is getting a coat of oil. Drat. It has just been wet for a while, but evidently something changed since the last oil change.

Jimmy - you'll get a chance to see the garage if you want to help me tackle this job!

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~shell
As of 2/2010:
2001 CLK55 0o\=*=/o0
13.6 @ 106mph
10K mi
1984 300SD
260K mi and going and going...
97 S600
46K miles
1991 Sentra SE-R (extremely dorked with)
www.se-r.net

31K is good if it's the SD. I change the fronts on both the CD and SD every 24K-30 and the rears with every other front pad change.

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Houston, Texas
1984 300CD 235K miles, Elvira, one owner
1987 300TD 180K miles
1974 TR6 78K miles Sarah Jane, one owner
OBK #27

For city driving, 31K is good.

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

Thats good I think I only got 25k out of mine.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200