My past 2000 and 2003 trucks went thru pads about every 36,000 miles. ford updated the brakes in 2005 and again more recently and my life cycle has improved.
My 2011 truck got around 75,000 to 80,000 ( don't remember exact ) before I had to change them out. But I tow a lot.
At 43,000 miles you are using your brakes a lot to wear them out.
You might check your slide and make sure it is greased and that the pads retract when you are not pushing on the pedal. These trucks are famous for the slide sticking
55,000 out of mine and they were toast all the way around front and back. Pins were free on all calipers. Found the pads were seized solid in the rear caliper brackets and the front were just about seized.
85,000 miles on original brakes and still OK. Looks like will last over 100,000 miles according to the dealer. I tow a lot ,but it is a lot of road miles. I have always been easy on brakes. My 2001 brakes were at about 50 % at 110,000 miles but the Roters were warped. I am starting to feel the Roters a bit on my 2011.
Terrain has a lot to do with brake life, if you live in an area with a lot of hills. Also driving habits play a big role. You're stopping a pretty big, heavy vehicle. I'm at 112K miles, did the brakes and rotors with OEM replacements at like 60K if I remember correctly. I'm in flat as heck Houston TX...though I do tow on a regular basis, I keep my trailer brakes working properly to help out.
You guys make me jealous....bought my truck with ~24k on it and within a month had absolutely no pads left. Like zero, zilch, nada, metal to metal. And that was right after I took it to the dealer to have them check something else out. Feeling generous (ha), they gave me a complimentary multi-point safety inspection with my visit. Somehow, brakes got overlooked and I drove the weekend with awful grinding before I pulled the passenger side wheel myself to check it out. Rotor was pretty well ruined, but said f@*k it, I'll deal with it next brake change. Had some words with the service manager over that one...
I can only assume they were the originals, but it sounds like under 30k is not the norm here... Rest easy though, the ole girl has some thermo-quiet ceramics on her now.
I would just change the pads unless there is major scaring of the rotors or the pedal is starting to pulsate indicating a warped rotor.
I think too many places are too eager to face the rotors when they don't really need it. I understand it is a more thorough job but an indicator on an otherwise smooth rotor would accomplish the same thing. BUT that doesn't add to their bottom line.
I went back to getting replacement pads that were factory spec pads a while back. The 'lifetime' spec pads seemed to generate too much heat and cause the rotors to warp more frequently.
I just put pads on my 14 last week at 34k miles. The pads had plenty of life left on them but squealed like an old school bus so I went ahead and changed them. The pads on my 08 lasted over 90k miles.
Thanks for the replys guys. I visually looked looked at the pads myself in disbelief when my cousin, who was mounting my new tires, told me I have to do brakes... And he wasn't b.s.ing me.
Had a friend of mine, who is a parts manager for a collision place call one of his ford service writer buddies and that guy said he sold 7 brake jobs last week under 40k. sounds like the pad material changed on these trucks. Looking like 30 - 50k is the norm... A little low in my mind but what do you do...
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