Re:First Tesla Taxi in America after 100k miles
by mikestew on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @02:04PM
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There will be surface rust on anything that sits for more than a couple of days (non-automotive example: railroad tracks). But that gets scrubbed off the first time the pads hit discs. The Leaf pads will hit discs at least once on every trip, coming up to a stoplight if nothing else. In your case, if the caliper is stuck and pads never hit disc, I could see that being a problem.
But to directly answer your question: looking at the discs through the wheel spokes, they're still nice and shiny so I'm going to assume that it's not a problem. I suppose it's entirely possible that Nissan accounted for this and rejiggered the content of the discs, but I don't know one way or the other.
Curious: this probably depends on the climate where you live, but how's the Leaf looking wrt. brake disc rust? I have had to replace rusted brake discs on a normal car due to poorly working rear calipers. Basically, brake discs don't rust because braking while driving heats them up so they dry out. I would imagine regen braking (like a bad caliper) does not produce enough heat to dry them off.