I have a 07 ES350 and the rear brake pads were worn out at 19K miles which is unheard of for
a well built car, I also had to have the front rotors turned and the pads replaced at 10K.
My car now has about 30K and im going to look into finding non lexus brake parts for the front
next time I have brake service which will be soon as I have that same brake vibration that I
had at 10K.
I know for a fact that the accelerated brake wear that many notice on Lexus cars is not normal
but some will come on these forums and try to say its the drivers fault but in 99% of the cases
its not. If the brake wear was normal no one would be talking about it, You never hear someone
complaining about haveing to replace their front pads at 50K.
The ear brakes on the ES350 have a premature wear issue and sometimes even one pad will completly wear out before the other. This normally reasults in a loud noise when the car is in reverse. But wearing out the front pads at 10K Miles, that shoudl have been warrnty job. I have had to replace front pads and rotors at 8k Miles but thats because the customer lived on the beach and the excessive salt water abuse built up rust on the rotors that not only ate the pads up really quick but also warpped the rotors as well.
Mine was taken care under warranty, however I doubt they will continue to be covered under warranty
As far as salt water abuse I dont buy it, lots of people live by the ocean and are not haveing brake job's performed every 8k
If you own the car for over a year, its parked and exposed to the salt water that entire time and you rearly drive it you would be supprised how much rust build up is there. Thats a common problem here for ppl who own multiple cars and live by the beach in South Florida.