Does a 2007 Toyota Hybrid Camry use the rear or front brakes the most?

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Meaning, which brakes are most likely to wear out sooner...the front brake pads or rear brake pads? And how many miles should the front and rear pads last?

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All cars put about 70% of the braking force on the front tires and about 30% on the rear. It varies by car but 70/30 is a good rule of thumb. When you hit the brakes the weight of the car is transferred forward so it makes sense that the front tires do most of the braking. That does not necessarily mean that the front brakes will go first though. Since the back tires do not perform much of the braking the back brake pads are much smaller than the front pads and therefore wear faster.
Generally speaking the front brakes will almost always need to be replaced more often than the rear. Especially if your rear brakes are drum brakes. If you have 4 wheel disk brakes then it depends on the car but from my experience the same holds true.
 
all cars use front more than rear brakes and the values are 80% front and 20% rear. It has to do with physics and inertia.
The main reason is when you apply the brakes, the inertia and mometum wants the car to keep going, so applying the brakes the weight of the vehicle puts more force on the front suspension and less on the rear. If the rear brakes applied the same force as the front, the rear tires would lock up and cause a slide
Front brakes therefore wear out faster, and on average front brakes get replaced twice as often, or two brake jobs, to rear brake jobs.
This is a great question
 
No matter what, if you have 4-wheel disc brakes, you should replace all of the pads, front and rear, at the same time. If one side needs pads, it's likely that the other side isn't far behind. As far as how many miles, it all depends on what kind of driving you do. If you do mostly highway miles, they could potentially last for about a hundred thousand miles. If you do mostly city miles, that could possibly cut it down to about 60,000 or less.
 
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