How do I inspect Skoda Yeti brake discs?

[Quartz]

I've just had my Skoda Yeti serviced and the garage are saying that both the front & rear brake discs are corroded and lipped. They've marked the issue as amber rather than red, so presumably this covers everything from lightly scratched to almost dangerous. How do I check them for myself? What do I look for?

The car has only done 17,000 miles in the 5 years years I've had it (from new) so this doesn't really seem reasonable, though a couple of threads on the Yeti forum indicate I am not alone.

 

[bremen1874]

You look for corrosion on the inner and outer edges. If it isn't too bad you'll be able to remove a lot of it.

For the lipping there'll be a step between the main meat of the disk and the edges.

You really need a set of calipers to measure the disc thickness and compare that to the minimum service figure.

Both discs and pads are generally considered as disposable service parts nowadays.

 

[Iron-man]

take a look at the discs and have a feel, feel for any sort of indents/grooves in the face of the disc, also feel the edge and see if you feel a large lip in the disc.

At 17000 miles from new unless you are a very heavy user of the brake or run your pads low then I highly doubt they will be that bad but just take a look

 

[bremen1874]

Post a photo.

 

[paradigm]

At 17000 miles from new unless you are a very heavy user of the brake or run your pads low then I highly doubt they will be that bad but just take a look

This. My A4 was still on it's first set of discs and pads at 32,000 miles, and in it's final service in my ownership I still wasn't advised to change them.

 

[bremen1874]

A MK1 Focus I had for many years needed new discs and pads roughly every 25,000 miles.

 

[Quartz]

At 17000 miles from new unless you are a very heavy user of the brake or run your pads low then I highly doubt they will be that bad but just take a look

I tend to put the handbrake on and take the car out of gear when the car is stationary e.g. at traffic lights and roundabouts. But I doubt it's excessive.

Both discs and pads are generally considered as disposable service parts nowadays.

They want £700 to replace all four so I am somewhat loth.

Post a photo.

Now you mention it, it makes me suspicious that they did not provide me with photos.

 

[bremen1874]

If you’ve only done 17,000 I’d guess that there’s a lot of local runnning involved?

Holding the brakes on while stationary wouldn’t wear them anyway.

If you don’t like the cost get quotes for the work elsewhere.

I wouldn’t have expected photos. And judging by your opening post they wouldn’t have meant anything to you anyway.

 

[Quartz]

I wouldn’t have expected photos. And judging by your opening post they wouldn’t have meant anything to you anyway.

True, but I would have been able to use them to ask people like you who do know.

 

[bremen1874]

I assume it hasn’t got wheels that provide a clear view of the discs?

 

[hyperseven]

can you not get discs skimmed?

 

[Resident]

700 quid for discs and pads on a Yeti

WTAF

 

[jpaul]

Have you used a set of tyres or how many pads in those 17K miles ?, as an indication of driving style

would have thought £200discs + £100pads + labour tops ... maybe they would change the fluid too.

 

[Simon]

I did a million miles on brakes on once. Just sat on the motorway.

Honestly 17,000 miles means nothing in this. Around town brake wear/mile is going to be much higher than A road or motorway use.

If you can feel a lip on the disks then the will be worn. Often the thickness is 25mm new with a min thickness of 23mm before replacemt is required. That’s only 1mm of wear on the outside of the disk

 

[Aurhinius]

They are having a laugh at £700. discs and pads for the rear of my Octavia VRS diesel is £70 at euro car parts.

Tell them you will buy the parts what is the cost to fit?

 

[Semple]

£700 does seem high. Even on Skodas website they charge £510 for pads and disks all around - although doesn't say whether that includes labour.

Personally I'd find a good indy garage who should be able to do that for half the price.

 

[Quartz]

They want to charge £200 for the front brake disks plus £100 fitting, and £150 for the rear brake disks with £135 fitting. All plus VAT.

 

[Dis86]

Lol prices. For my 6 series I paid 320 all in for fronts. They were hefty bits of steel with forged hubs. Not the saucers that you get on a yeti.

 

[Dangerous Dave]

I'd check them yourself, if they are amber on the report probably another few k on them until they need replaced. My wife's Mini covered 15k after the first warning during a service before the pads were worn down. Disc surface looked fine with a minimum lip but when measured were near minimum thickness so needed replaced. It seems to be a trend now to replace both disc & pads together on older cars you could normally get two sets of pads to a set of discs.

As already mentioned Skoda have fixed priced servicing which covers the brakes for £510 fitted all round, going by past dealings with VAG dealers I would expect you should be able to get that down to £450 fairly easily just by asking for discount.

http://www.skoda.co.uk/finance-and-offers/service-and-maintenance/simply-fixed

I've found with general servicing the local specialists are generally more expensive or match the fixed price but use non genuine brake parts so you may as well go to the dealer.

 

[Resident]

Skoda Yeti

Pagid discs and pads all round

Euro Car parts £236

If you bought today and enter the promo code Holiday70 then there's 50% off meaning it's £118

Last time I had all new discs/pads I also had new front calipers fitted and was charged 110 quid labour.