after 2 years owning the vehicle when it was driven for about 17k miles front brake pads had worn completely and had been replaced by a mechanic. after replacement when odometer showed 19.5k miles brakes have been overheating extremely and later brake pedal during usage started to exhibit heavy pulsations. car has been taken to the mechanic that replaced pads with honda brand pads and discs have been resurfaced. at 25k miles vehicle pedal pulsations came back, rotors metal turned blue and overheating was bad. i understand that it is a brake design problem and decided to investigate on my own. i have a mechanical engineering master degree. at about 40k miles i made rotor replacement and oiled caliper bolts. also, i investigated how toyota brakes of similar car size never got so hot and found one construction element that different between honda accord 2000 brakes and toyota camry brakes. toyota brakes use v shape return springs on a brake pads and brake pads have holes in them to accept end points of these v springs. i drilled holes in honda brake pads using toyota camry brake pads as a reference. also, bent v shape return springs from piano string 1.2 mm (bought in ace hardware) and installed the same way as on toyota. rotors have been replaced at 40k miles. currently car has 127k miles and same rotors as i put in 2004. i managed to get 35-45k between pads replacements after this modification and overheating of rotors has stopped. whoever interested in fixing this honda brake design problem make sure to oil caliper pins and caliper side contact elements of brake pads during replacement with high temperature graphite grease. this is more important then resurfacing your rotors! use toyota camry brake pads and v springs as reference or just buy v springs designed for camry (brake repair kit). this will solve all overheating and disk wobbling forever. *tr
when applying the brakes vehicle will not stop. consumer's speed in excess of 35 mph. the dealer stated that power assist:vacuum was defective. manufacturer was contacted.*ak
front brake rotors continue to warp. i have taken the vehicle into honda 4 times since owning the vehicle and the rotors have been resurfaced and new brake pads put on. the front brake rotors have never been replaced. the vibration is very bad when braking. *tt
when backing down my angled driveway, when the car is cold, the brakes do not adequately stop the car. in fact the car continues movement even when the brake pedal is pressed firmly. this is a serious concern should i need to stop suddenly and yet the car continues to move. the car also does this when driving in a forward movement down the driveway, but not to the same degree as driving and braking backward. the dealer and looked at the car twice, and tell me this is normal because the car revs up high when cold to reduce pollution, and the drum brakes are not strong enough to stop the car when backing down a grade. *nm
2005 honda accord lx with rear drum brakes: when brakes are applied at highway speeds (65 mph), the brakes pulse heavily. this issue has been present from when the car was new. the same pulsation is present on a 2004 honda accord lx with rear drum brakes. *nm
when starting call first thing in the am in cold weather (below 35) i must pump the brakes before driving, if not they respond as if there is no power braking occurring and hard braking is required. this will occur several times before they seem respond normally. *tr
tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. when the brake pedal was depressed, the contact heard a loud noise. on one occasion, while driving 15 mph, the brakes locked and caused the vehicle to slide. he took the vehicle to the dealer on numerous occasions and the technician stated that the brake fluid was discolored and contaminated. the technician flushed the brake lines twice and is in the process of replacing the brake calipers. the contact called an independent technician and was informed that the entire brake component needed to be replaced. he called the manufacturer and is waiting for a response. the failure mileage was 27,000 and current mileage was 38,000.
brakes squeal loudly on 2009 honda accord coupe (v6) since purchased new in september 2008. all four brake pads have been replaced and all four rotors have been shaved twice with no effect. rear brakes are also wearing out prematurely, new pads are almost gone with less than 14,000 miles on car. was told by the dealer service garage that honda is aware of the problem but they instructed dealer not to do any more repairs on the car. that was in 2008 and all through 2009 and no repair is in sight. because of the constant squealing sound, there is absolutely no way to tell when brakes are worn out and they are clearly wearing out prematurely. this seems to me that this would have to constitute a safety issue. *tr
premature rear brake wear on 2006 honda accord ex-v6 automatic. rear brakes are wearing before front brakes. screeching from rear brakes at 30k. *tr
tl* the contact owned a 2003 honda accord. while driving at an unknown speed, the contact crashed into another vehicle and the brakes became disengaged. (brakes disengaged before crash) the other vehicle pulled out in front of the contact's vehicle, which resulted in a crash. the air bags failed to deploy. the contact and the front passenger were injured. the driver of the other vehicle was also injured. medical attention was not received.( informed by other driver, he did go to the er. his name is [xxx]) a police report was filed. the vehicle was destroyed. the manufacturer was not notified (they were notified of the airbag failure) . the approximate failure mileage was 76,000. updated 2/3/15*cn updated 08/28/2017*ct information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr