Pads are toasted.

 

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Been looking up this clip I was stuck on last night in case Subaru says they wont cover them.
For others reference.. these 2 videos show the electronic parking brake clip being removed:

 

I would get new rotors as well due to the amount of rust and how thin those pads are, not sure how much if any damage may have occurred between the pads and the disc. Brakes on the Subaru's are not that hard, given the amount of rust, you best use a lot of penetrating oil on everything to get everything loose.

 

Huge +1. New pads and I would go with new discs too. Make sure everything is properly greased when putting it back together.

Depending on budget, I would look at Brembo coated discs as I've been impressed with mine. If you want to spend more, DBA do some great discs that have a great anti corrosion coating on the non-swept area.

 

36,xxx miles on a '19 and the rears are toasted already?

Wow!

 

Subaru's especially the forester eats rear brakes. those are toast. OEM is akebono proact pads if you want to keep oem but save on dealer pricing. with that much rust id recommend Powerstop Z17 its a coated rotor and some oem spec pads for pretty cheap.

 

Subaru's especially the forester eats rear brakes...

That has not been my experience.
Two years ago I had the dealer check my pads at a 64,000-mile tire rotation.
New thicknesses are front 11mm and rear 9mm. My front and rear were both at 6mm.
I was told not replace them until they were worn to 2-3mm.
I may get 100,000 miles out of both front and rear pads.

 

You must be living in a rust prone area. Yearly preventive servicing may help. Don't know much about electronic e-brakes...could they be defective?

 

I wound up doing the pads front and rear on my wife's 2017 at 37,000, the pads were worn but the rotors looked less rusty than that pic shows. I also did my son's 2017 Jeep Wrangler at the same time but only the rears, the fronts wore much less.

 

@MtnXfreeride
I too have a 2019, with 30,000 miles and two winters on it. We have salty winter roads, but my brake rust and wear is nothing like yours. I'll easily get another 30,000 miles at current wear rates.

I see you're in Maine. Do you live on the coast?

 

Rear brakes went quickly on both of our SJs. Something common to the species?

 

My 2016 Forester's brakes needed replacement at about 40-thousand miles. But the rears went first... with the fronts about 5-thousand miles later. Traditionally, it was always the front brakes that would go first on cars. But it is very typical with many modern vehicles for the rears to go first. That was the case with a number of friends' Hyundais, my brother's Hondas and others.

 

Mine still have a lot of material at 70K km...both front and rear.

 

No need to pull anything for inspection. That is a GREAT picture. The pads need replaced NOW. They probably should have been done when the front ones were done. I agree with prior “replace the rotor” comments as well. Let us know what the dealer says. Hopefully they step up for you. Pad wear differs greatly with driving/stopping habits, with your wear falling within the fairly normal range. Now, my 85 year old Dad gets over 100k on his brake pads. He still drives 55 on the interstate, and slows for stop signs for over 1/2 mile. He gets great gas mileage too!! LOL

 

Oh, and be sure your brake fluid change has been done.

 

The inner pad got stuck, its still contacting the rotor-- that is toast as well and the caliper should be looked at. I was thinking that is horrible for a 2019 but Covid and the lack of driving has been very tough on brakes.
If you want to maximize brake and rotor life you want to minimize rust formation and the best way is to make sure your rotors are hot when you park especially in winter and rainy wet conditions
This explains it well

Prolong life of brake job | Takaki Automotive

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If you replace them yourself buy new coated rotors with some built in rust protection.
These or something like them would be excellent

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Others will favor different pads, but I have to say the Raysbetos EHT pads are great in terms of feel, stopping power and low dust. The price at RA is pretty good too. If ordering from them, split your order into two with each rotor in its own order and add the pads to one of the two orders. You will save almost enough in shipping costs to pay for the pads.

Quick peak also shows the PowerStop brake kit is a very good deal

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I was rotating the wife's 2019 forester tires and noticed the rear pads look to me like they are toast. I cant actually get a proper view because of the electric ebrake connector stumping me on the removal and the wire is so tight this is the best I could do. Does this look as overdue as I think it is? She is at 36,188 miles today... so just enough that the dealership gave me hassle when I asked about warranty coverage when I tried to schedule an appointment earlier. For reference on that.. at 29,000 miles we brought it in for brake wobble and they replaced the front rotors and pads, never mentioned anything about the rears at that time. If they aren't covering it Ill do it myself.. but they are making me bring it in to find out if they can cover it.
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