2007 Ford Fusion Brake Life

YRNEH

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2007 FORD FUSION
6 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
19,000 MILES

What is a good rule of thumb for the life of brakes? At 16000 miles, I had to replace the rear brakes. The right side was ~90% worn and the left was ~50%. Had both replaced including calipers. I requested they replace the OEM clips with the metal ones. Now I'm told, at 19000 miles, that I have ~50% left on front, which I figure is normal, and ~55% left on the rear, which I figure is not normal. My thinking is that I should be able to get at least 30000 miles on a set of new brakes. Am I wrong and do you have any suggestions?

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DOLEMITE44149

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In my opinion, it really depends on the type of driving you do. My wife has a minivan that she shelps the kids all over the place. ALL CITY DRIVING. Plus, she has some bad driving habits (should have discussed this in pre-marriage classes). HA HA

So I end up replacing the brakes every 20k (front) and the back 35k.

What type of driving do you do? All highway?

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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 AT 5:58 PM

YRNEH

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Thanks for the response. If your wife reads over your shoulder, you could be in trouble. :-)) I drive about 30 to 40 miles per day mainly freeway.

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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 AT 5:58 PM

DOLEMITE44149

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I agree with your original concern. If you are doing mostly highway miles, you should be able to get more miles on the brakes.

The only thing I can think of - if on the original replacement job you had, if they brakes werent "re-set" so to speak, it is possible that the new brakes started doing the majority of the stopping and that will shorten their life span quite a bit.

Did you have a dealer do it? Or yourself? Or a local mechanic?

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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 AT 5:58 PM

YRNEH

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A "certified mechanic". What do you think about my idea of a set of brakes lasting at least 30,000 miles, depending on the driving conditions?

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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 AT 5:58 PM

CARFREAK247

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Hey I have a 2007 ford fusion wich I bought new. I just replaced the front brakes pads for the first time two weeks ago and I have 93,000 miles on the car. The rear brake have about 25% left on them. One question that might help out this situation is rather you have ABS on your car. I would also suggest looking and you emergency brake linkage for adjustment since this controls only the rear brakes.