Brakes: Rear break pads and dics quote from main dealer

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Originally Posted by Clan

Volvo technicians are supplied with a special measuring tool for pad wear checking.

Does the Volvo tool give a reading in millimeters?

So far as I recall, the mot test procedure does not prescribe how the thickness is measured - I know (some years ago) PSA used to prescribe the use of something that looked like a large feeler gauge but Nissan & Mitsubishi prescribed something that looked like the old tyre tread depth gauges that was pen like (if you bought the dealer tools).

(My point being both of the above were colour coded - red immediate replacement, orange advise replacement as may not last until next service, green was satisfactory. But the mot test should be done to dot standards wherever it is done - franchise specific guidelines and thresholds are irrelevant.)