That’s VERY interesting. We have an ‘09 Outback, and a couple years back, my mechanic (for stuff “more than I can handle”, either due to lack of expertise, tools, or time) discovered that the driver’s side front brake pads were worn more than any others, leading him to discover one of the pistons was “hanging up” in it’s cylinder - therefor the brake was not releasing fully, causing the excessive wear. He replaced it, and it failed again in a year. We replaced it again, and it AGAIN failed, this time in a little under a year. THIS time I could not get the car to him (he’s over 300 miles away*), so, he shipped me a new set of parts (pads, brackets, and “semi-loaded caliper” — the rotor was still ok as I caught the problem early on, this time.) We switched to NAPA brand parts - I installed them, and, so far, so good. My mechanic believes that there is something about the piston design in the calipers that is faulty, as he has been seeing this type problem fairly frequently, recently, mostly in other brands than Subaru. (He doesn’t have a lot of Subaru owners as customers.)
Interestingly, only our Subie’s driver’s side front brake has had problems. Even more interesting, our ‘04 Matrix now has the same problem in the same location.
Mine was rusting.
I replaced the fronts in the spring and the backs in the fall.
Twice a year, paying out for a full set of brake parts for one end or the other.
Our mechanic said that a lot of Subaru’s had that problem. Something about the design of them.
When we got some of our inheritance from my m-i-l in 2016 before the elections, I told mr.mm that I wanted a new vehicle. The Subaru was nickel and diming us to death, was 7 years old and God knew what was going to happen with the elections, and the economy if Hillary won.
I wanted the new vehicle, something that would last a long time while our money was still worh something and the vehicle could still be had.