I went 2 years on mine, which isnt too bad I guess. I had to change both the pads and rotors front and rear. They still had some pad left, but not much.

 

my wagon had 130k miles on the original pads

 

whats up Ineversteponmybrakesman! I got 80k out of my first set and thought that was astonishingly good.

 

i bought the wagon with 110k miles on it, previous owner drove the freeway a lot so she rarely used em, i infact drove the freeway everyday to work in it, so i rarely used em myself



when i purchased it she told me "it might need brakes, im the original owner and they have never been replaced and are starting to squeek now"



i took em apart, deglazed the pads and rotors with a scotch brite pad and a cup of brake cleaner(we got it by the drum at the shop), the pads still had something like 40% on em, so i reinstalled em and called it good



the rear had like 25-30%...she is female after all(ebrake) but lets face it, a rear non abs drum setup on a elantra wagon does jack sh*t to slow you down

 

50,000 mi