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Excessive rear pad wear on many cars it caused simply because the parking brake is not full disengaged before driving.
It should be disk brakes on the rear.
The older drum rear brakes used the actual drum brakes as the ebrake. That is no longer a typical system in. newer cars. The ebrake is not part of the normal braking system anymore. It is it’s own drum set up that’s actually the inner inside part of a rear disk brake rotor. It’s a completely separate system and it’s not used in the normal braking/slowing of the vehicle.
Unless something happened and there is a huge bias to the rear brakes or your proportioning valve is gone batty Isomeone is selling you a unicorn service. There is no way a properly working braking system should need replacement in 12,000 miles. I don’t care where you live.
Assuming the rear parking brake is pad related and not inside the disc hat/drum. I've seen both. Still don't know what kind of car OP is talking about though. Will be very helpful to learn...
My VW (2015 GTI) uses the rear pads to engage the e'brake. My Toyota Highlander uses inside the drum via separate setup.
We have a spare vehicle that can sit for long periods of time outside.
It made a huge difference to put wheel chocks, release the park brake, and cover it when not in use. I also connect a battery tender to the battery and cover the steering column with a towel as a reminder not to start the car until it is disconnected.
I had a second car that I drove very sparingly during the winter. It always had rust on all 4 rotors. A short drive with my foot on the brake pedal scrubbed the rust off and cleared the problem.
Your mechanic could have told you to do the same thing but then they wouldn't have gotten you to pay for something you didn't need.
I just saw that it’s a Toyota Camry via earlier post that I missed. 12,000 miles. Sorry, but that’s BS that you need this service. No way those pads are worn out. I’ve had several Toyota’s, including current 2013 Highlander we bought new with now nearly 100k hard miles on it, and it didn’t need new pads until 80k, and even then, they still had some life left in them. We live in DC, salt and sand too.
Had a 2005 4Runner in Chicago for many years....the front caliper piston seized from salt before the pads and rotors needed to be replaced.... sold it in 2012 with nearly 130k miles (Or thereabouts) while on their second pair of pads and rotors that were put on around 85k miles as well.
Have had two heavy Lexus sedans in the past as well, neither needing brakes until around...yup you guessed it, 80k miles.
Sorry, but if you need pads at 12k on your Camry, then either I’m right about there being something else wrong like a seized caliper pistion or binding slider pin ($5 part, 10 minute job) that cause this.....or you’re being taken for a fool.
Can you post a picture of these overly rusted brakes that need replacing?
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