Rear brake pads worn out before front brakes

[jellybelly]

Is it normal for the rear brakes on a 2007 Murano with 27K wear out before the front ones? I always know that you get twice as much life in the rear brake pads than in the front. I'm not an aggressive driver and quite shocked to replace the rear brakes so early.

Anyone had a similar experience?

[Infinitiguy19]

Did you buy the truck new or used?

Were the front brakes replaced before?

But no this is not really normal unless you use traction control a lot. But I am not sure the Q45 and Murano TCS is the same.

[jellybelly]

The Murano was a brand new lease. I haven't changed any brakes until now that the rear are worn down.

[Desert Rat]

Haven't pulled the wheels off on mine, but I'm starting to get some brake squeal from the rear of my '07 as well.....mileage is about the same as yours...26k and change.

[nafddur]

At 65K miles, when I replaced the brake pads on my 04 SE, the pads on all 4 wheels were worn evenly and still had a fair amount of material left on them. But for $50 and less than 2 hours work (plus, I was already rotating the tires and inspecting the brakes), I decided to replace them anyways.

And what is a `brand new lease?' If your Mo was rented previously by someone else, it makes perfect sense that the brakes could have been abused and that's why the pads wore out prematurely.

[jellybelly]

The Murano was a brand new lease. I haven't changed any brakes until now that the rear are worn down.

[jellybelly]

Let me further elaborate....it was a brand new vehicle from the dealer with almost zero miles. I read somewhere that Murano has a defect with the rear calipers not fully releasing. Anyone heard of that or experienced it?

[nafddur]

I read somewhere that Murano has a defect with the rear calipers not fully releasing. Anyone heard of that or experienced it?

I don't believe this is true (at least for the 1st Gen Mos). Where did you read this?

[TaiLuu]

Our 09 murano has 26k and the rear is down to 2mm the front are fine.
I find this weird. I think there might be a defect. Even if the rear pads starts out with less friction material. The front brakes are suppose to do most of the braking.
Does the murano have brake assist? If so that might be the issue.

[martinrrrr]

I replaced my rear brakes around 44K. When I bought replacement pads, the parts guy said that I was one of many that was replacing the rears before the fronts. I read similar stories in other car forums. Seems to be normal wear for newer cars these days.

[kerrton]

It is much more normal with newer vehicles and I believe it is because of brake assist.

We just purchased a new Sorento and our salesman was very knowledgable, he demonstrated the brake assist functions to keep the vehicle level and prevent the nose dive when braking hard - this adds to the safety and stability of the vehicle when braking hard. The way this is accomplished is by the computer constantly monitoring brake pedal force and the angle of the vehicle, once you press firmly on the brakes and the nose starts to want to dive a little bit, the computer redistributes more brake force to the rear brakes and less on the front, keeping the vehicle level and in control.

The result of this system is increased wear on the rear pads and decreased wear on the fronts. If you drive very conservatively and brake gently you will see a more traditional wear pattern with fronts taking the brunt of the wear. If you brake a little more firmly, or are the type of driving who's "hard on the brakes", then you should see more rear pad wear, this is normal and by design, and does not indicate a bad rear caliper design. Of course there is always the possibility of sticking calipers, but rear pads wearing slightly faster than the fronts is not normally a cause to assume there are caliper problems.

[Tenorman]

For what it's worth, just bought a 2009 SL w/ 35K miles. Dealer replaced rear pads when the vehicle was put on the market.

[TaiLuu]

I forgot to give feedback to my last quote but, I changed the pads a week after that post. The rear pads had atless 6mm left. Idk what scam Nissan is doing but its not working for us DIY guys.

[ImStricken06]

I forgot to give feedback to my last quote but, I changed the pads a week after that post. The rear pads had atless 6mm left. Idk what scam Nissan is doing but its not working for us DIY guys.

just had a similar thread on the rogue section where the dealer totally lied to the customer about brake pad life. stated every pad was on its death bed and needed to be replaced. the OP posted pics and you can clearly tell at least 40% of his front pads are still in great condition, and the rear still had at least 10k in life.

be careful of the dealer and mechanics. get a second opinion and then take an average. thats the best advice i can give you.

i do all my own work (unless its things like alignments) and i dont even listen to half the junk dealers or mechanics tell me.