Q: Car was at 20k and brake lining was at 6mm car is at 25k. Do they need replacing?
I recently bought a Scion tC not to long ago and when I went to go do the first service at 20k the brake lining was at 6mm the car is at 24500 do they need replacing
My car has 24500 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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