Faulty Brake recall

As the title says number of evoques have faulty brakes
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/10811...lty-brakes

(17-12-2012 03:58pm)EVO PUNDITT Wrote:  As the title says number of evoques have faulty brakes
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/10811...lty-brakes

"Land Rover will start contacting owners of the affected vehicles in mid-January. They will be recommended to take their vehicles to their nearest Land Rover dealership, which will inspect and tighten the rear brake caliper retaining bolts, free of charge."

How on earth can they justify waiting a month before they start contacting owners on a safety recall related to brakes!!??

Had mine serviced last week, they told me that 50% of my rear brakes have worn out and I've only done 9000 miles. Don't do hard braking so was surprised, wonder if this has anything to do with it.

Mine should be fine, built 21/12/11. Only affects those built on 11th June 2012.

(17-12-2012 07:19pm)J77 Wrote:  Mine should be fine, built 21/12/11. Only affects those built on 11th June 2012.

How do you know what date your car was built ?

Topix, sign up and put in your VIN.

http://topix.landrover.jlrext.com/topix/i18n/index

(17-12-2012 07:19pm)J77 Wrote:  Mine should be fine, built 21/12/11. Only affects those built on 11th June 2012.

J77, my Evoque was built on the same date as yours....21/12/11!!! We're production line buddies I have a ship hull buddy on this forum too.
Small world sometimes.

(17-12-2012 06:37pm)EVO PUNDITT Wrote:  Had mine serviced last week, they told me that 50% of my rear brakes have worn out and I've only done 9000 miles. Don't do hard braking so was surprised, wonder if this has anything to do with it.

Not if your car wan't built on 11 June 2012...

As for brake wear, worth remembering the brakes are not just used to slow the car down but in the stability control and traction control programs. You'll probably tell us the closest your car gets to going off road is to a petrol filling station but it's important to know off-roading especially is not a zero cost activity.

(17-12-2012 06:37pm)EVO PUNDITT Wrote:  Had mine serviced last week, they told me that 50% of my rear brakes have worn out and I've only done 9000 miles. Don't do hard braking so was surprised, wonder if this has anything to do with it.

Sounds overly high, do you release the Parking brake yourself before you pull off or rely on the auto release? as pulling away quickly with EPB on is going to add wear to the rear brakes, EPB is quick but not instant.

I find the rear two wheels get covered in more brake dust than the front two. Which is strange, as the fronts have the bigger brake set.