Hounddog409
Well-Known Member
Not my 2021 Ranger, but my 2003 Mountainer. I keep all my maintenance records. It was due for state inspection & oil change so I had it in to shop that did my rear shocks on my Ranger (closer to where I work, more convenient than the shop I used in the past for decades for all my vehicles once they were off warranty). So I knew I had new brake pads put on front not long ago (I couldn't remember exactly when) and rotors were good at that time (the old shop suggested I replace brake pads front at that time since they weren't completely shot, but said to do them before they ruined my rotors).
So I got a call today that my Mountaineer needed new brake pads and rotors front. I was shocked. Told him the same as what I just wrote above. He said he'd show them to me, he said they were the worst rusted brakes and rotors he's seen yet this year and totally not safe to be driving.
So I picked up the Mountaineer just now and got my service records out of the glove compartment. It was January 2021 when I had the front brake pads put on!!! That was only 2,600 miles ago!
My brother told me that they can rust from not driving much (I only use the Mountaineer to drive 700 ft. back and forth from our house to my horse barn and maybe to Tractor Supply every two weeks and to Walmart because I refuse to take my Ranger into a parking lot with shopping carts... yea, one reason I kept the ole Mountaineer for a slider and plus I figured it's worth more to me than book value and it's been a good 8 cyl vehicle all these years).
So now I'm wondering if I'm going to go through brakes and rotors from rust on my Ranger too! We don't have a paved driveway at our home in the country, so although it's not parked on grass, it is only parked on a gravel driveway (which has good drainage, our house is pretty much build on a field of shale with about 4" of top soil). I usually only put 5,000 miles on a vehicle a year... I only have 2,200 miles on the Ranger since I got it in April 2021.
Its metal. Of course they will rust.
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