Honest John: why does my Volvo need new brakes after only 40,000 miles?

Disconsolate My wife has a 2015 Volvo XC60 D4 AWD. After its 40,000-mile service at a Volvo dealer, she was told it needed new rear brake discs and pads at a cost of £700. Surely, discs should last longer on a car of this calibre. Has she been ripped off? AS

Next time you should buy a Volkswagen!

£70

Disks and pads for that car is around £200. Wow, £500 for fitting? What garage is that at?

Wear depth is around 1mm. Some pads will wear out the disks faster than others. Also, how hard is she on the brakes. I know my wife is very hard and they last around 30K miles. But I buy a pair of discs and pads for £200 and fit myself (Land Rover Disco 3).

Not if she drives with the hand brake engaged like most British drivers do. 😂😂😂😂😂

Odd my BMW X1 Xdrive is 7 years old, Only just hit 40k and I'm still on the original pads and discs. Yet I have done a brake fluid flush. Never use a Stealership go to an independent specialist. IMO volvo uses crap recycled metals and I'd check how your wife is driving

Clearly you don’t know how your wife drives.

..... its the price of labor and simple cosmetics with new open rims. Its about an hour or more of time to turn rotors. Then when you're done the vents on them are still covered with rust and can be seen through the rims. New ones start cheaper than turning.

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