what is the average mileage for brake pad replacement

Thank you for your response. I mostly go around town, not much freeway driving, and gentle on my brakes, very seldom need to stop quickly (there are always scary drivers out there) and never in my life kept one foot on the brake while driving! I had my brakes done at Toyota at 37,000 mi. because they said they needed it....my last car was a mustang GT and sold it at 65,000 mi. with original brakes that were still reported as good. I was asking to find out if I had been 'misinformed' by Toyota (this car is a 2009 Sienna Limited). It pretty much sucks being at the mercy of mechanics ;-)

Thank you for your response. I mostly go around town, not much freeway driving, and gentle on my brakes, very seldom need to stop quickly (there are always scary drivers out there) and never in my life kept one foot on the brake while driving! I had my brakes done at Toyota at 37,000 mi. because they said they needed it....my last car was a mustang GT and sold it at 65,000 mi. with original brakes that were still reported as good. I was asking to find out if I had been 'misinformed' by Toyota (this car is a 2009 Sienna Limited). It pretty much sucks being at the mercy of mechanics ;-)

if you are having no problems with the brakes,no grinding,scraping,stopping good,no jerking in the steering wheel,then your brakes are probably ok.sometimes the dealer has FORK-ED-TONGUE.sometimes they get slow,and they tell you things need replacing that don't really need replacing just to make up for the slow down.i would find an independent,trusted,maybe family owned repair shop who does not have a lot of overhead to do the work when needed,and stick with them.where the dealer is charging $100.00 plus per hour labor,lots of overhead there!