Hyundai i30 Brake Pads: Specs, Fitment & Wear Symptoms

On the i30, if EPB-equipped, rear parking brakes can genuinely seize after just a year of inactivity.

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OEM Part Number: confirm via VIN — front pads (aftermarket) Brembo P 30 073 / Bosch 0 986 424 862

Accuracy note: Covers the Hyundai i30 (2017-) as listed in the UK aftermarket catalogues. Front brake pads are sold by caliper system (ATE / Teves, TRW / Lucas, Bosch, Akebono, Brembo etc.) and by pad size, and one model usually has two or three pad sizes depending on engine, brake size and trim — a wrong size will not fit the caliper. The references below are UK aftermarket catalogue listings for this generation, labelled by brand with their width x height x thickness in mm; genuine numbers are shown only where a listing quotes one. Measure the old pad or check the caliper system against your VIN before ordering, and fit a new wear sensor where the set is only 'prepared for' one.

Front brake pads (aftermarket)	Brembo P 30 073 (133 x 60 x 18 mm, acoustic wear warning, Bosch); Brembo P 30 102 (141 x 61 x 20 mm, acoustic wear warning, Galfer); Brembo P 30 110 (149 x 59 x 18/20 mm, acoustic wear warning); ATE 13.0460-5510.2 (148.8 x 59.5 x 19.6 mm, acoustic wear warning, Mobis); Bosch 0 986 424 862 (148.9 x 59.2 x 19.6 mm, integrated wear sensor); TRW GDB3461 (137.8 x 61 x 16.6 mm, acoustic wear warning)
Pad sizes & variants	Three front sizes are listed: about 133 x 60 mm (Brembo P 30 073, Bosch brakes), about 141 x 61 mm (Brembo P 30 102, Galfer brakes) and about 149 x 59 mm (Brembo P 30 110, ATE 13.0460-5510.2, Bosch 0 986 424 862). The right size depends on the brakes and engine fitted, so check the existing pads.
Genuine (OE) numbers quoted	None quoted in catalogue listings — order genuine pads against your VIN
Fitment notes	Only the Bosch 0 986 424 862 has an integrated wear sensor; the other sets use an acoustic wear warning, and the TRW GDB3461 is not confirmed as front-only.

A Genuinely Important Warning Worth Knowing About Inactivity — Hyundai i30 Brake Pads

If your car has an electronic parking brake and sits unused for extended periods, this is genuinely worth knowing: documented cases have seen rear parking brakes seize completely after as little as a year of inactivity, to the point where the EPB needs to be put into a specific service mode just to retract the caliper pistons before pad replacement is possible.

A genuinely useful clarification worth knowing about how the EPB actually engages: the electronic parking brake is only automatically applied when parking if Auto Hold is specifically enabled — if you don't use this feature, the EPB won't engage automatically just from selecting Park.

It's also genuinely worth knowing that a faint, intermittent squeak specifically at low speed near a complete stop is often just normal friction from pads designed to lightly touch the disc to clear water and debris.

Hyundai i30 Brake Pads: Brake Pads Are One of the Few Truly Universal Parts

Every version of the i30 uses brake pads that wear down through normal use — the only real variable is how quickly, which depends on engine, trim, and (where fitted) whether the car has any form of regenerative braking to ease the load.

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Generation not stated in title; verify it is the 2017+ car.

Before you buy: pad size and compound vary by engine and trim. Always confirm against your VIN before ordering.

Hyundai i30 Brake Pads: What They Do

Brake pads clamp against the discs to convert the car's momentum into heat, slowing it down. On any version of the i30 with hybrid assistance or regenerative braking, this system handles a meaningful share of everyday slowing, which can genuinely extend pad life compared with a purely petrol or diesel equivalent.

Common Sizes

i30N (2017 onwards), front pad, genuine reference	Sized to match the 345mm disc/caliper on this tier. Pad size genuinely scales with engine output and trim on this model, not just the disc diameter — always confirm the exact pad against your VIN rather than assuming from generation alone.
i30N, rear pads	Sized to match the 314mm disc/caliper on this tier. Pad size genuinely scales with engine output and trim on this model, not just the disc diameter — always confirm the exact pad against your VIN rather than assuming from generation alone.
Standard trims (2013 onwards), front pads	Genuinely a different, larger pad to match the 280mm disc/caliper on this higher tier — not interchangeable with the standard-tier pad on the same axle.
Standard trims, rear pads	Genuinely a different, larger pad to match the 262mm disc/caliper on this higher tier — not interchangeable with the standard-tier pad on the same axle.

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Hyundai i30 Brake Pads: Wear Symptoms, DIY Difficulty & Aftermarket Advice

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