rear breaks worn out?

[wkuballa]

A couple of months ago I took my 2019 e-Golf SE to a VW dealer for its 40k miles service. I was in a rush when I dropped off the car and accepted the repairs they suggested. They said the rear breaks are worn out and need to be replaced. Obviously, I was not thinking clearly. In hindsight, I should have never accepted that. This is an electric car, I am the only driver, and I use regenerative breaking religiously. The mechanical breaks kick only in at the very end of a break cycle to bring the car to a full stop (or in case of emergency breaking of course). There is no way the mechanical breaks could have been worn out, especially not the rear breaks. I ended up with a $1,187 invoice, and I had to wait a few extra days because they had to order a special tool that is required to replace the rear breaks on an e-Golf.

Did you have ever had to replace the rear breaks? What is your opinion about wear and tear of the mechanical breaks of an electric car?

 

[f1geek]

At 70,000 miles and still on original brakes all around. I have noticed more brake dust on rear wheels, suggested most of low speed friction braking is done by rears, since I drive in B mode all the time and regen does vast majority of braking for me. I am going to get a tire rotation soon and will ask about pad depth.