18 month field test DG1119 gold series Autozone brake pads on 06 hummer h3

[Happy Hummer]

Gf's 06 h3 108k approximate

Purchased DG1119 brake pads 18 months ago and tonight I pulled them to use the lifetime replacement policy.
The good*
They offer a lifetime replacement
There readily available
They were under $35

The bad*
They crumble
They fracture across the pad like spider webs
They are not nearly as good fitting as oem

This of course came to late for me this past weekend we installed the exact same product on my 07 hummer h3.
I didn't know this till tonight. I also found the rear autozone product too fit better. Mine were in bad shape and these fit the bill.

For anyone else looking to purchase these they are ceramic!
They are ceramic composite as the manager this past weekend explained.
Turns out there website misleads the shopper in fact listing there store record as semi metallic.

The staff at autozone insisted that the H3 came with this grade as oem.
Chris

 

[Happy Hummer]

Well lol. Today I was in at the opposite side of town autozone and the rep there proved the pads were ceramic. Albeit a lower grade composite / filler is used. They actually showed me the best ceramic they sold and the DG1119. You could see they are ceramic. So now that is solved. Hahaha.

 

[alrock]

Glad they are working for you.

 

[Happy Hummer]

Actually, moving forward we will probably not choose to spend our hard earned dollars with autozone.
I've found the parts to be substandard, poorly fitting and poorly manufactured.

Last evening I found myself removing a pre tensioner from my 07 h3 that was purchased less than 2 years ago with may be 7k miles on it and it was shot. I went to the local autozone and they carried the exact crap for 41.99 lol.
I couldn't remember where we got the one on my truck till I saw the one at autozone. Right out of the box poor fit, finishing and the bearings were sloppy.
We tried orielleys and the same price with Canada stamped right on it. Wow much better quality. Same price. Same 1 year Warranty.

Sadly napa used to be my go to place but quality of parts has faded and price is up.

I think going forward we will eliminate the auto zones pads and parts in favor of Internet purchases.
Possibly utilize Orielleys locally.

 

[650Hawk]

Interesting. I've used Duralast brake pads from AutoZone on all my vehicles for decades now. Lifetime warranty (even for wear; O'Reillys brake pad warranty does not cover wear, only defects), and I've never had any problems with them. I put nearly 400,000 miles on a 1989 4x4 Totoya Van and only bought brake pads once in those 14+ years because of AZ's warranty. In fact, I've never bought brake pads more than once for any vehicle I've owned because of AZ's warranty.

However, I usually get the cheaper semi-metallic. I've never tried the Ceramic until 3 weeks ago, when I bought a set of Duralast Gold for my wife's Tahoe (rear), $40 for the set vs $20 for the semi-metallic. In this case anyway, they fit nicely, and so far are working well. No sqeaks/squeals, nice pedal feel, good braking action. Time will tell how they hold up.

The crumbling/fracturing would certainly concern me. That would seem to be a defect. Did all of the pads do it, or just 1 or 2?

 

[Happy Hummer]

3 of the 4 were fractured and crumbling.

 

[650Hawk]

3 of the 4 were fractured and crumbling.

Wow, bummer. I'll have to keep a close watch on the wife's Tahoe.