Hybrid Car Forums

hybie1 · #1 (**permalink**) Wed, Jul 22nd, 2009, 11:44 am

Just had my 04 HCH in for oil change and had brakes checked at 95,000 miles.
Still 40%-45% wear left. Had a gas Camry go to 80,000 before needing brakes but the
Civic should hit 120,000 easy. Any other long life brake stories?

jdenenberg · #2 (**permalink**) Wed, Jul 22nd, 2009, 12:22 pm

How about my 2004 Prius at 150,000 miles. 50% left on rear brakes and 80% left on the front disks. As a high miles/year driver, much of my driving is on highways so YMMV.

JeffD

hybie1 · #3 (**permalink**) Wed, Jul 22nd, 2009, 06:55 pm

Amazing!!!

drquine · #4 (**permalink**) Mon, Aug 3rd, 2009, 07:42 pm

Yes, it is amazing. At 70,000 miles on my Honda Civic Hybrid I'm being told that rear brakes have about 90% remaining and front brakes have 50% left. I used to get brakes redone every 30,000 miles.

hybie1 · #5 (**permalink**) Wed, Aug 5th, 2009, 10:06 am

Also just had 2006 Prius checked at 72,000. About 50% front and rear.
So my family are heavy footed brakers compared to jdenenberg and drquine.

jdenenberg · #6 (**permalink**) Thu, Aug 6th, 2009, 06:17 am

hybie1 said:

Also just had 2006 Prius checked at 72,000. About 50% front and rear.
So my family are heavy footed brakers compared to jdenenberg and drquine.

Not "heavy footed", more likely a lower percentage of highway driving.

JeffD

FastMover · #7 (**permalink**) Fri, Aug 7th, 2009, 04:44 pm

jdenenberg said:

Not "heavy footed", more likely a lower percentage of highway driving.

JeffD

Driving style does have a lot to do with brake wear. I am not a dedicated hypermiler, but I do drive for FE using a well developed commute profile. With that and some at-the-wheel planning, I typically hit my brakes between 11 and 18 times during a 32 mile commute, and most of those are "one-toe-only" type braking.

My TCH shows almost no appreciable wear at almost 42,000 miles.

RFB