March 15, 20179 yr I have an 08 Impreza 2.5i. I bought it used and they didn't address the brake line recall at the time. I have had that addressed. My girl has about 135K on it now and put about 20K+ miles a year on her. I have to replace the front pads every year like clockwork. The backs haven't been touched since I bought her. This is the first car I have had to replace the brakes so frequently.
March 15, 20179 yr I have an 08 Impreza 2.5i. I bought it used and they didn't address the brake line recall at the time. I have had that addressed. My girl has about 135K on it now and put about 20K+ miles a year on her. I have to replace the front pads every year like clockwork. The backs haven't been touched since I bought her. This is the first car I have had to replace the brakes so frequently.
March 15, 20179 yr I have an 08 Impreza 2.5i. I bought it used and they didn't address the brake line recall at the time. I have had that addressed. My girl has about 135K on it now and put about 20K+ miles a year on her. I have to replace the front pads every year like clockwork. The backs haven't been touched since I bought her. This is the first car I have had to replace the brakes so frequently.
March 15, 20179 yr I have an 08 Impreza 2.5i. I bought it used and they didn't address the brake line recall at the time. I have had that addressed. My girl has about 135K on it now and put about 20K+ miles a year on her. I have to replace the front pads every year like clockwork. The backs haven't been touched since I bought her. This is the first car I have had to replace the brakes so frequently.
March 15, 20179 yr 2. Make sure the caliper bracket is completely clear of swelling due to rust. If you can't completely remove it, you may need to modify the pads by.... If the pads don't flop in with little effort or you have to force them in, that's no bueno. I'll add to this the prime culprit of sticking pads in the northeast rust belt is the caliper bracket rusting under where the stainless steel shim clips into. Wire brushing won't remove the rust either, I use a cut-off wheel to carefully grind the bracket back to bare metal in those notches, then grease it, then clip the stainless shims in. You could probably use a coarse file to do the same thing. The caliper pins are easy to notice if stuck, the pads dragging in the rusted bracket is more sneaky.
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