Hi, im going to buy a range rover tomorrow and whilst on the phone the bloke mentioned that the warning notice for the brake pad wear was on and had been on for about three weeks.
My question is does anyone know roughly how much meat is left on the pads when the sensor first comes on, obviously ill give them a physical look over but thought id inquire here first.

Thanks in advance.

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Cheers for the reply peachy
One thing ive been warned about is how much quicker these things go through discs and pads cause its stopping a hell of a lot more weight than the average hatchback!
As long as i can get it home ok ill be happy then i can change them out

Hi, the brake pad warning came on my TDV8 a couple of weeks ago, the rears had done approx 60k and the fronts 38k and I thought 'fair enough'. Turned out it was a broken sensor and the fronts are still l'ike new' (the indy's words) and the rears still have around 20k left. I drive twisty hilly roads too so dont know about going through pads quicker than other cars. Cheers Regards, Marty

Now: 2008 RRS TDV8; 1975 Rangie ute

Then: 2010 Defender Puma TdCi 110; 1996 Defender 300Tdi; 1997 Disco V8 on vsi gas; 1976 Rangie 4.4l; 20 yrs of back breaking Tojos

^^^ that's 38k and 24k in miles. Still impressive though.

I would stick a camera phone through the wheel's spokes, point to the inner side of the calliper (i.e. the side away from the edge of the disc) and take a photo (may need to use the flash). Gives a pretty good idea of how much is left.

Whilst painting my calipers this week on MY10 i noticed that only one side, the passengers side has the clip and wire attached to the brake for the wear indictor.

Are they easy to replace as it seems somewhere along the line the drivers side has been removed or broken off?

I would not dream of selling a car with a brake warning light on. I would be wondering what else the guy has not bothered to do ....

Cooperm28 wrote:

Whilst painting my calipers this week on MY10 i noticed that only one side, the passengers side has the clip and wire attached to the brake for the wear indictor.

Are they easy to replace as it seems somewhere along the line the drivers side has been removed or broken off?

Thank you fkarim!

You're welcome.