Rear brake wear

My 2022 limited is in for the engine replacement and I was told that my rear pads have worn down and need to be replaced. I have 27k miles on the truck and the fronts still have decent life left. Has anyone experienced this? In all my time, front brakes always wear first. Thanks!

 

Changed my rear brakes at 26,500

 

too much boost in your modded, I mean stock truck, HA

 

What about the front?

 

it's my understanding that the adaptive cruise puts a lot of premature wear on the rear brakes.

but, before changing them, ask to see them. with my prior truck (2016 gmc sierra 1500) the dealer would always do a 'courtesy inspection' when i took it in for an oil change. they would often tell me that 'the brake pads are nearing replacement, do you want us to go ahead and do them now?' brake pads are easy, i do them myself, so i would tell them no. i still had the original pads on when i traded the truck in with 180,000 miles. last inspection showed 40% remaining.

 

I don't tow, or use the cruise control. Most miles are local, but I've never seen rear first. I will have a local shop do the job when it's time, but I wonder if something is wrong with the calipers...

 

i would tell them to give you a quote, and then jack it up and take a look yourself. I have service advisors tell me pads were low when the wern't, on every car i have owned.

 

Yes, i dont know about 3rd gen tundra, but on other cars rear brakes are very thin and a good source for additional income for garages.

 

Front was done under warranty due to the noisy front brake TSB

 

90K miles on my truck.
Did 1st set of rear brakes at 50K, and they look like they will need replacement again before winter (so at another 50K interval).
Fronts replaced at 85K.

Equally unamused with rears going @ twice the rate of front brake pads; never had that before on any vehicle in my life.

 

Do you use adaptive cruise control or regular one?

 

I've only ever used CC once in the truck's life, on a 8hr drive (for a couple of hours).
I do tow a fairly light boat occasionally in the summer, but don't think it's really a contributing factor.
My 2017 Tundra was like any other car/truck, and rear pads easily lasted 80+K miles.

These things appear programmed different..

 

Yes, I guess so. I'm a very light user of brakes. Usually my front last 80k miles and I never replaced rear ones on any of my cars. My recent 4runner is 245k miles on original. Interesting to see how the 3rd gen will do

 

would like to do my own brakes, how do I disengage the rear electric parking brake? And do the pistons push in or twist in?

 

just turn it off or disengage it after you park (read your manual if you dont know how). You can then manually turn the piston or provide power to the caliper with a battery...that will unwind the internal plunger but you will still need to push the piston in.

 

Dont be shy, use the search. There are many very good writeups on this topic.
Also, many YouTube vids for your help