2003 Grand Caravan fronts disk brakes

I took the Van for service today. The dealer called me and said that my
fronts disks and pad are 5%, basically finished. The milage is only 31000 Km
(19375 miles). Seems kind of soon for this. What is everybody out there
experiencing.
Thanks

We have a '98 and at 40,000 it is on its third set of front pads and
second set of shoes in the rear. It's a heavy vehicle and it chews
brake pads.

cosza wrote:
> I took the Van for service today. The dealer called me and said that my
> fronts disks and pad are 5%, basically finished. The milage is only 31000 Km
> (19375 miles). Seems kind of soon for this. What is everybody out there
> experiencing.
> Thanks

We have a '98 and at 40,000 it is on its third set of front pads and
second set of shoes in the rear. It's a heavy vehicle and it chews
brake pads.

cosza wrote:
> I took the Van for service today. The dealer called me and said that my
> fronts disks and pad are 5%, basically finished. The milage is only 31000 Km
> (19375 miles). Seems kind of soon for this. What is everybody out there
> experiencing.
> Thanks

RWM
How about your disks, have they been changed
Tx

"RWM" > wrote in message
...
> We have a '98 and at 40,000 it is on its third set of front pads and
> second set of shoes in the rear. It's a heavy vehicle and it chews
> brake pads.
>
> cosza wrote:
> > I took the Van for service today. The dealer called me and said that my
> > fronts disks and pad are 5%, basically finished. The milage is only
31000 Km
> > (19375 miles). Seems kind of soon for this. What is everybody out there
> > experiencing.
> > Thanks

RWM
How about your disks, have they been changed
Tx

"RWM" > wrote in message
...
> We have a '98 and at 40,000 it is on its third set of front pads and
> second set of shoes in the rear. It's a heavy vehicle and it chews
> brake pads.
>
> cosza wrote:
> > I took the Van for service today. The dealer called me and said that my
> > fronts disks and pad are 5%, basically finished. The milage is only
31000 Km
> > (19375 miles). Seems kind of soon for this. What is everybody out there
> > experiencing.
> > Thanks

I have seen them go out from 12,000 to 40 thousand miles, it all depends on
driving habiits and conditions, constant city stop and go, mountian areas?,
Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech
"cosza" > wrote in message ...
> I took the Van for service today. The dealer called me and said that my
> fronts disks and pad are 5%, basically finished. The milage is only 31000
Km
> (19375 miles). Seems kind of soon for this. What is everybody out there
> experiencing.
> Thanks
>
>

I have seen them go out from 12,000 to 40 thousand miles, it all depends on
driving habiits and conditions, constant city stop and go, mountian areas?,
Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech
"cosza" > wrote in message ...
> I took the Van for service today. The dealer called me and said that my
> fronts disks and pad are 5%, basically finished. The milage is only 31000
Km
> (19375 miles). Seems kind of soon for this. What is everybody out there
> experiencing.
> Thanks
>
>

Rotors changed at 37000 (at second pad change) due scoring, runout and
internal ventilation channels crumbling into rust. Junk.


cosza wrote:

> RWM
> How about your disks, have they been changed
> Tx
>
> "RWM" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>We have a '98 and at 40,000 it is on its third set of front pads and
>>second set of shoes in the rear. It's a heavy vehicle and it chews
>>brake pads.
>>
>>cosza wrote:
>>
>>>I took the Van for service today. The dealer called me and said that my
>>>fronts disks and pad are 5%, basically finished. The milage is only
>
> 31000 Km
>
>>>(19375 miles). Seems kind of soon for this. What is everybody out there
>>>experiencing.
>>>Thanks

Rotors changed at 37000 (at second pad change) due scoring, runout and
internal ventilation channels crumbling into rust. Junk.


cosza wrote:

> RWM
> How about your disks, have they been changed
> Tx
>
> "RWM" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>We have a '98 and at 40,000 it is on its third set of front pads and
>>second set of shoes in the rear. It's a heavy vehicle and it chews
>>brake pads.
>>
>>cosza wrote:
>>
>>>I took the Van for service today. The dealer called me and said that my
>>>fronts disks and pad are 5%, basically finished. The milage is only
>
> 31000 Km
>
>>>(19375 miles). Seems kind of soon for this. What is everybody out there
>>>experiencing.
>>>Thanks

Depends on your driving. I"ve been watching this board and see alot of folks
complaining of this. I have very good life from my pads and rotors and
excellent life on the rears, changed my originals @ 155k miles on my 99, my
dad's 98 at 130k, (both had life left I just felt it wiser to do it), I had
just done the rears on my 92 GV at 175k before it was totaled, did my BIL:'s
94 (rears). I haven't seen one chew up pads/rotors prematurely. I work on
units driven in Chicagoland and semi-rural etc.
Larry
"cosza" > wrote in message ...
>I took the Van for service today. The dealer called me and said that my
> fronts disks and pad are 5%, basically finished. The milage is only 31000
> Km
> (19375 miles). Seems kind of soon for this. What is everybody out there
> experiencing.
> Thanks
>
>