2022 tundra with just over 19k miles, front 6mil/rear 3mil dealer states brake job needed

I don't tow with the truck and most of mileage is highway. Shouldn't they last longer then this or is this a common problem with this model? They say front is at 6mil and rear is at 3mil. Thats a big difference, they keep telling rear brakes wear out before front. I always thought it was the other way around. Anyone else having this issue. I told them not to do the brake job.

 

The rears do seem to wear out faster in this generation. My dealer always told me my rears were wearing out faster than the fronts. I did rears around 40 and fronts not too long after. Do you use the radar cruise a lot on highway. It’s a great feature but I feel it’s way harder on the brakes than I would be. Basically the radar cruise and all the traction control systems in this truck all rely on working the brakes harder than normal.

 

I have owned at least eight Toyotas and they tend to wear out rears sooner. I feel they engineer more bias toward using the rear brakes than other manufacturers I have owned. I think the fronts still do much of the work but Toyota uses the rears a little more than others. One benefit is the vehicle squats more when it brakes instead of nose dive. This was also true on BMWs and Audis I have owned. I think it enhances vehicle stability and control. I could be wrong, just my experience and opinion.

 

This news just blows me away. I’ve Never had any truck/Lg SUV that didn’t get at least 50K mi up front and 100K on the rears and all those with towing. Tacoma was 70K on fronts and at 105K on rears they were still at 50%.

 

My gen2 has always eaten brakes prematurely and consistently for 12 years.
I’d venture to guess even faster than gen3’s eat through bearings. Kidding kidding!
I do drive a fair amount of dirt/mud/quicksandsoup roads but still really seem to go prematurely.

 

Isnt there something about a stuck caliper on some of the rears, I think early in production. Maybe they would be willing to prove that wrong

 

It would be worth checking out, however it sounds like a brake job needs to be done anyway.

My wife’s Subaru goes through the rear brakes much faster than the fronts. I see little things between her Sub and my truck that I believe there is some value engineering going on with Toyota owning 20% of Subaru.

 

Radar cruise ruined my brakes over the summer, brakes got so hot it started peeling my TRD plastic hub caps.

 

ouch, and here i went 98k on the oem brakes on my 14 4runner or somewhere in the 90's. cant remember exactly the miles i had them done.

had the pads and rotors replaced at the same time. $500 per axle.

rotors where like $125 each and pads where like $100 for 4. rest was labor.

 

Is toyota using only the rear brakes for the radar cruise? Being a sort of old timer I've never had a vehicle use more rear than front. Only 2800 miles on my truck so time will tell I guess.

 

Thank you all for you. Getting them fixed.

 

I was about the same with your mil's on my truck that has 29K miles and I tow a travel trailer every so often. I thought maybe that was why the rears were more worn than the fronts. Had them put new pads and turn the rotors.
Guess it is just these trucks. I bet next time it goes in for service, the fronts will need to get done. That is fine because the passenger front has been a squeaky mofo for like a year or more.

 

Tire dressing overspray will cause squeaky brakes. It gets on the rotors then into the pads and squeaks for a long time. Wonder how many squeaky brakes are from contamination.

 

I go all natural and if I dress them up, I apply to applicator first. I know a lot of complaints about squeaky brakes on these trucks so hopefully once they are replaced, they stay quiet. lol...

 

I had my PA state inspection and emission done yesterday. Was told by the inspector that the brakes in rear are getting low. 5/32nd left. Truck has 25k miles. Fronts are good. Planning on getting rear brake pads from rockauto, about $30 + $11 shipping.

 

Out of sheer curiosity, do you use your radar cruise control often?

 

Is that what the deal is? Makes sense now. Thanks for that nugget.

For @DEPFFEMT , my brakes at 37k getting new tires-

 

I’ve only tested it handful of times but never use it on long drives.

I’m wandering if new pads are just not as thick as they use to be. Working as auto tech on rental fleet, I’ve noticed that newer vehicle has really thin brake pads in rear. For example, we have lots of Nissan in our fleet and the rear pads on these vehicle usually wears down to 4/32nd before 30k. I’ve measured brand new pads from Autozone at only 7/32nd for the Nissans. Also done lots of BMW/Mini rear brakes around 30k miles, when the brake pad sensor touches and throws warning for low pads.

 

Over 40k on mine, original pads, seldom use adaptive cruise.

 

The adaptive cruise control is known to cause excessive pad wear.

If using the adaptive cruise control(radar cruise control), it can aggressively apply breaking when it senses a rapid slow down in the car in front of you or if someone slides in between you and the car in front of you.

 

If the truck goes even 1 mph over the set speed it starts braking. Even in Eco.

 

I trust dealers as much as a blind person driving a bus on a mountain side. My 20 has 37k, I did the fronts only because the rotors were warped, otherwise my fronts could have gone another 20k or so. Rears have about another 30-35k. I have never seen on any of the vehicles I have owned, 40+, wear out the rears first than the fronts. Brake force is always more in the front than rears. Yes, I understand not everyone drives the same, but 19k is a joke, unless you drag racing at every light with a load trailer behind you. Get a second opinion. You would be amazed at what dealers say just to get money.

 

Can you select regular old cruise and opt out of the adaptive part? How is one supposed to tailgate someone who pulls in front of you? Sheesh.

My rear brakes on my 2012 went at 5k. They weren't going to cover it but I whined enough they did. They wear even so don’t appear stuck. Tho not as bad as the first 5k, chews thru brakes.

 

Yes, you can go into the menus and turn off adaptive and have regular dumb cruise control.

 

Our 2009 Toyota Venza rear pads wore almost 2:1 with the front. First car Ive owned that did that. However looking at new front and rear pads side by side, front pads were much thicker.