For pads I went with OE quality ones as they were under half the price of VW and a decent brand.
Pros: decent brand, OE quality
Cons: pads not VW
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
Best Brake pads for Volkswagen Phaeton
well except brake pads that need replacing.
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
I just got my first W12 Phaeton back from the dealer after her 141,621 mile service. Total cost for thorough once over, cleaning out of sunroof drains, repair of brake pad warning light due to corroded wire
Pros: thorough service, good dealer
Cons: corroded wire
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
Mileage: 141621 km
I used disks from JC Whitney and pads from EBC (EBC red stuff, nice, came with all sensors, anti squeak pads, a little packet of anti seize for the caliper pins).
Pros: nice, came with sensors
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
Mileage: 100000 km
For future reference I use Mintex pad all round (occasionally Pagid) Cross reference Front Pads MDB 2601 Rears MDC 1924 Front 365mm Floating Discs VW PATTERN PART ONLY!
Pros: uses Mintex pads
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
Part number: MDB 2601
Phaeton brake pads have a sensor attached that when pads have worn sufficiently thin, the sensor will wear through and provide the brake warning light to illuminate. The warning means that you need to replace the pads in the near future.
Pros: replace pads in future
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
Replaced the rear Brake Pads and Rotors on my 2005 V8 this morning. Turned out to be a pretty easy, straight forward job. 30-45 min. per side.
Pros: easy, straight forward job
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
Wow, can't believe you're cutting costs on brakes. You state that you have the speed limiter removed and still you are questioning the brakes? IMO the biggest dumbass move
Cons: cutting costs on brakes
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
Here is a shot of the front brakes. They're quite worn, below the legal acceptable thickness for a Phaeton and showing hairline cracks on the inside, the pads are also fairly shot.
Pros: pistons moved nicely
Cons: worn brakes, hairline cracks
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
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In March 2026, the ranking of brake pads for Volkswagen Phaeton on PartReview included 4 manufacturers. It is based on 9 reviews and 27 votes.
Which brake pads to choose for Volkswagen Phaeton?
Last month, PartReview users preferred OEM Volkswagen. 33% of positive votes went to this manufacturer.
In second place: brake pads EBC — 22%.
Third place: Mintex with 11% of the votes.
In the overall ranking of brake pads, which aggregates opinions of owners of different car makes and models, these brands hold the following positions:
- OEM Volkswagen ranked 25, PR Score — 63. Based on 154 reviews and 489 votes.
- EBC ranked 2, PR Score — 77. Based on 687 reviews and 2136 votes.
- Mintex — rank 27, PR Score — 64. Based on 93 reviews and 298 votes.
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