HI sikez
When my car was serviced and MOT’ed last year there was a note on the invoice say the front pads were down to 3mm along with a note saying Motability had declined the offer to renew them. They also put a note to have them rechecked at 4 months.
I only view the invoice out of curiosity with there being no cost on our part and had I not read it would have been none the wiser to it as the invoice could of just stayed folded up in its pouch in the service manual.
I was not told personally about having the pads checked 4 months later but my thinking is that most modern cars have sensors for brake pad ware so should they become that worn I’d get a warning light or end of the day the good old fashion way when you hear the growling sound of metal on metal.
As my mileage has been lower than normal the past few years I let it go until this years service and MOT and the dealer failed the car for having below minimum brake pad ware so of course they were renewed.
Cost of those pads were about £450 so that’s a saving for Motability for a year but waiting over a year for a new car to be delivered I assume Motability were hoping my new car would have arrived by now so they’ve spent that money last month on a car that will be sold next month, I hope. ?
Not sure if anything has changed in how Motability work with expenditure on the cars because I often get told I need to do another 500 to a 1,000 miles on my tyres before they can be renewed when I think they look worn-out.