I took my wife's 11 KK in to have the tire rotated yesterday and the rear pads are down to about 20% while the fronts still have about 70%. I find that particularly strange since the rears are supposed to outlast the fronts about 3:1. The KK only has 34k miles all combo of city/highway, any ideas on why?

We've noticed on the KA forum that a of of folks found the same thing, the rears wear out faster. 2-1 compared to the fronts.
Wonder if/how many others here, have noticed the same on their KKs?

What is strange is my Manual trany KA is about even front to back. I am not easy on my brakes, I jam on them at most stops. I have also towed a trailer a lot of miles. I'd say 20-25% of the 50K I have on her. Most of that was in the mountains cutting fire wood and hauling it back down a little over 900 feet of elevation per trip.

Some say it has to do with driving habits, and how often the ESP kicks in with the crappy stock tires. Others have said their ESP almost never kicks in and they have the same brake wear difference.
Overall the consensus is the KA is rear brake bias for some reason.

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07 KA Light Khaki, Manual trany.
2.5" Adjust-A-Strut JBA lift, Euro taillights,
Home made; Front Tilt Hood, Roof Rack, RAM Air, & CAI.
ESP Off Switch
Take a ride on the Trō side!

The esp seems to kill it on KKs(could be a rear brake bias who knows). I know I kill my tears especially in the winter...

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2011 Deep Cherry Red KK - Skyslider - JBA/Bilstein Adjust-A-Strut set at 3.5" - OME 731 Rear Springs - Bilstein Rear Shocks - Al's A-arms - 245/75-16 Duratracs - Rock Liazard Super Sliders

I've got 98k on my Heep and have replaced the rear brakes twice already, fronts once. I doo doo of my ESP as soon as I start up otherwise it'll go off around every turn. I don't think the ESP is the main culprit.

Same as every one above my rears lasted till about 40k though but one of my rears got stuck on so I hadto replace both rear calipers

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My Trips, Pics, & Build Thread w/ my 2011 KK

99% of the time you will not even notice the ESP system kicking on and applying the rear brakes.


If you wheel your KK your brakes in general will wearout much faster.

Thanks for all the replys, happy to see I'm not the only one. Guess I will just figure on replacing my rears every 35-40K.

KK's eat rear pads for breakfast.

So does any vehicle sold in the US that is model year '12 or newer and any older vehicle with ESP.

Lifted KKs know all to well of the esp headaches. Install the switch in between it and the pumps power supply. That will save your breaks like you wouldn't know. At least for me anyways because my esp always kicks in. I'm so close to completely removing the pump.

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2012 Jeep Liberty KK 109k miles and stong
4" lift.
Gen 5.5 A-Arms
Maxxis 31x10.50x15
ATS42rle

My wife had a '07 KJ, now has '12 KK. The KJ would wear front and rear pads about even. Of course, the KK eats rear pads twice as fast as the front.
I own a '08 JK, it also eats rear pads about 2:1. The KJ had a different set up, different pads, etc., than my JK. The KK has exactly the same brakes as
my JK. So, looks to me like they started out with a good brake design on the Liberty and changed to the Wrangler type, I guess they wanted to sell more brake pads.

My '06 KJ with traction control ate rear pads like breakfast too. So does my mom's Dodge Journey.

Sometimes, I just want to pull that ABS fuse... for good.

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Me - '17 KL Trailhawk 4x4, Rhino, P245/65R17 Destination A/Ts, Stock Skids, waiting for mods...
Sis - '18 Cherokee Trailhawk 4x4 - Black - Dents - Scratches - STOCK