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#117 of 167 Re: 2008 VW Jetta brakes replaced at 16,500 [cmerge] by dancerman Dec 16, 2008 (10:13 am)
Replying to: cmerge (Dec 14, 2008 3:35 pm) There is probably little you can do that will get VW to pay for the new brakes after the fact. The dealer will always assume the cause is your driving style unless you can prove otherwise. One thing you might consider is having the brake pads measured for wear at each service interval. This will give you a data point every 5000 miles so you will know when the brakes pads need replaced and will not have the grinding and squeaking damage. If you see rapid pad wear again, you may want the dealer to check for caliper drag.   Brake pad life does depend on your driving environment and style and every car is different. The Jetta seems to be a vehicle that does wear pads quickly under certain conditions. You may be able to increase pad life by modifying your driving style to suit this car. Many people do have habits that cause pads to wear without even realizing it.
#118 of 167 Re: 2008 VW Jetta brakes replaced at 16,500 [cmerge] by m6user Dec 16, 2008 (10:56 am)
Replying to: cmerge (Dec 14, 2008 3:35 pm) I would not be pleased to have to replace rear brakes on a front wheel drive car at 16,000 miles or so either as it kind of defies logic. However, I just read Jan 09 issue of Motor Trend and in an update to their long term test for the 2008 Honda Accord EX-L they noted that they had spent $241.92 on rear brakes pads/resurface rotors. The test car at the time of print had 16,317 miles on it but they didn't say exactly how many miles were on it at the brake job.....suffice to say it had no more than 16,317 miles.   Don't know how the Motor Trend people drive but they didn't mention in their article that they thought the Accord was a lemon because of the rear brake job.   On a side note: I would be very careful when getting repair work done at new car dealerships. If they had ever thought of "getting a little unwarranted repair income" before these hard times, you can just imagine what pressure the backshop managers are under now to keep the dealership afloat. This is not to say that they are crooked but I've had my fair share of outright sham repair jobs by a couple of local dealers....and that was when new cars were selling great.
#119 of 167 by ruking1 Dec 16, 2008 (11:06 am)
Indeed two points   1. see my prior post about the rear braking bias, for the easy correction, (you already know what it costs and the increased frequency when you do NOT want to do it) Vw Jetta TDI is 112,000 miles and more than half the rear pads left. As an aside, aside 74,300 miles an independent tire shop checked the rear brakes on a (my) Honda Civic driven per recommendations, and pronounced it looked good to go till least 150,000 miles) Naturally they want the business so they will check again, per 10,000 miles rotations.   2. unspoken but the US brake vendors do work for most of the oems. aka Honda Toyota, Nissan, VW, GM, Ford,Chrysler, etc, etc.   Aside or 2b. . while dealers HAVE to do warranty work when they absolutely have to, it is billed at a WAY lower rate than "customer requested" maintenance. Needless to say what they prefer and market for.   Aside or 2c. This is a natural consequence of front wheel drive transmissions mated to front engines format.
#121 of 167 Jetta rear brakes by thess02 Jan 06, 2009 (10:40 pm)
Wow...lots of posts on rear brake wear on Jettas. My wife and I bought a 2007 base Jetta with automatic transmission new in August 2007 and we now have 33000 miles on it. It's been a great car and in my opinion the best car I've owned for the money ( $17,500 new). I just rotated the tires at 30,000 miles and inspected the rotors and pads. The rotors looked fine. I checked the brake pads for wear front and rear and have about 6mm friction material left on the right rear and 5.7mm on the left rear. New rear pads start with 11mm of friction material. I didn't even measure the fronts because the pads looked new. New front pads have 14mm of friction material. New rear pad kits cost $66.00 at the dealer for oem items. The rear brake kits include pads for both wheels (4 pads total...2 for each rear wheel) new caliper bolts ( 4 each) and new shims. According to my Bentley shop manual, the caliper bolts are required replacement items so $66.00 is not out of line. The pads require replacing when worn to 2mm thickness so I guess I'll get 60,000 - 80,000 miles out of the first set. Not that bad in my opinion. I really can't see why folks are being charged $400.00 for rear brakes though as these aren't exotic designs.
#122 of 167 crap brakes by ibclink Jan 08, 2009 (3:01 pm)
Just took my wife's Jetta in for 20000 mile service. I thought the $330 was expensive, but now they called saying that new rear brakes and rotors are needed. My wife's last car (Ford escort's) rear brakes went to 60000 before pad replacement and rotor resurfacing. This sucks. My $330 bill just went up to over $700. The big bummer about this is we bought it used at 12K miles, so after having it for 8000 miles we are out a bunch of money. I just left a voicemail with the guy who sold us the car. Hopefully they will come down on the price.
#123 of 167 Jetta Rear Brakes...horrible!!! by lilsillyducky Jan 15, 2009 (12:39 pm)
I own a manual 2.5L 2005.5 Jetta. My car has only 23,000 miles, so I consider it pretty new. So I was shocked when I took my car in for the 20,000mile service and was told that I needed new rear brakes. They told me that my front breaks were great but the back breaks really needed to be replaced. I was shocked and thought that they were lying to me. Also $400 for just rear breaks is ridiculous!!! I know how to break and most of my driving is freeway driving. I have never heard of breaks going out this fast! I just started searching online about the early break wear on the rear breaks and I can't believe how much I have found. I thought I was alone but I am glad that all of you have posted your comments on this stupid problem! Btw..My mom's 2005 camry has almost 80,000miles and will soon be needing its first brake replacement. Replies to this message: nwjeffor (Apr 25, 2009 1:27 pm) ruking1 (Apr 25, 2009 4:27 pm) nwjeffor (May 05, 2009 12:53 pm)
#124 of 167 Just another (alternate) data point by jeffyscott Jan 22, 2009 (12:23 pm)
Now at about 29,000, I have just been told that our front and rear brakes both have 50-60% remaining. This is on a 2005 (new) Jetta with the 2.5 engine and automatic.
#125 of 167 09 jetta brake issues by steven39 Jan 25, 2009 (9:57 am)
hi folks,does anybody know if the brake issues have been resolved or are they still haveing problems with the 09 jetta's as well. have read many owners reviews on this site regarding 08 jetta premature brake wear on the back brakes and haveing to shell out in upwards of 400.00 bucks to have them replaced.iam considering a 09 jetta but don't want to have to spend 400.00 every time for premature brake wear. Replies to this message: ruking1 (Jan 25, 2009 10:18 am) ndmike88 (Jan 25, 2009 1:18 pm)
#126 of 167 Re: 09 jetta brake issues [steven39] by ruking1 Jan 25, 2009 (10:18 am)
Replying to: steven39 (Jan 25, 2009 9:57 am) I would say that really depends. Are brakes pads, rotors on ANY brand guaranteed to go 100,000 miles? Most folks would agree no.   More to the VW point, again a firm maybe. In theory, the number and percentage of brake issues has gone down since the 2002 MY when the rear pads seemed to have very short interval life. This was due to 1. a very aggressive rear brake bias 2. very soft rear pad materials. Both were known to be corrected in 2003 MY. If I personally (judging by the pad thickness left 113,000 miles of HARD miles on oem brakes) do not get least 200,000 miles on the original set, 2003 MY Jetta, I will be severely disappointed.   To post this again, VW's do have a rear bias. So the key to more "even braking" is not to so called " pre and/or trail brake. " What this means in practical terms, (given the majority of non emergency situations) is to brake firmly in such a way that the weight is transfered to the front brakes, which by design should normally handle most of the friction exchange.   I am just as interesting in other folks experiences on the 2009 Jetta TDI model, but at 700 miles, nada so far.

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