rzaneski

The last time I had servicing my technician told me that there were 30% of my front brakes left. I asked for a quote and they said that rotars and pads would come to $598.

How long will 30% last?

Also is $598 for front brakes a lot of money? It seems rather high to me.

RX330inFL

Welcome to Club Lexus, rzaneski.

Depends on what they are offering for that $598. Are they truly replacing the rotors and installing new pads or are they just resurfacing the rotors and installing new pads? They are often vague on purpose. If you are getting new rotors and pads installed it is not an unreasonable charge. I little high, however, prices will vary based on region. You might try getting a quote from your local Toyota shop, as an example, to see what they would charge for the same service.

As for how long your pads will last, again, that depends. If you drive in the city with lots of stop and go traffic that might not be very long at all. If you drive mainly the highways you could drive for years. Suffice to say that there is no immediate need. You will easily be able to go another 5K miles, enough time for your next oil change, before the topic will come up again for you. Which brings me to my final point.

Many shops will tell you that you need new brake pads when in reality you have plenty of pad left. Money in their pocket. If when you brake there is no pulsing in the brake pedal, indicating a warped rotor, and there is no squealing, a situation where the wear indicators are doing their job, you are fine.

Rainbird

That is a strange way of measuring brakes. All the shops I know will give you a measurement in millimeter for both the front and rear brakes. I had the front brakes done at 4 mm.

RX330inFL

Part of that vagueness I mentioned. You are correct in how shops "should" report the information and definitely at 4mm it was a good time for you to have that work done.

lexsc4

$600 to replace the front pads and rotors seems high. OEM parts are like $100 per rotor and $50 for pads if you get them online. For my 08 Toyota Avalon, I bought the pads online and an independent mechanic only charge me $100 labor to replaced the front AND rear pads. I think any independent mechanic should be able to tackle this job at a much lower rate. Toyota are fairly easy to work on.

08 Avalon
08 RX350 AWD (wife)

JProdun

Had my front and rear, rotors and pads, replaced with Lexus oem parts, but not at a Lexus dealership. Total cost a little over $600...