2003 Honda Accord SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE SERVICED FOR BRAKE ISSUES ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. BRAKES WERE REPLACED, DRUMS & ROTORS REPLACED AND STILL HAVE ISSUES. I WRECKED MY VEHICLE BECAUSE BRAKES FAILED TO HOLD. HONDA CLAIMS THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY BRAKES AND THAT SERVICE WAS DONE FOR CUSTOMER. SATISFACTION. AFTER THE WRECK, I PICKED UP THE CAR FROM THE BODY SHOP, BRAKES REMAIN AN ISSUE. *LA

THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON SOME 2003 HONDA ACCORDS ARE DEFECTIVE. I BROUGHT A DEMO HONDA ACCORD EX IN FEB '03 WITH AROUND 4500 MILES AT PURCHASE AND HAS OVER 40000 NOW. 05/02/03 12,849 MILES. I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP (LEITH HONDA IN RALEIGH) COMPLAINING OF VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN BRAKING. I WAS TOLD IT IT WAS CAUSED BY HIGH SPEED BRAKING AND TO CHANGE MY DRIVING HABITS. SINCE IT WAS A DEMO VEHICLE, THE DEALERSHIP RESURFACED THE ROTORS FREE OF CHARGE. 6/17 17,775 MILES. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT.AGAIN, THE TECHNICAN SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY HIGH SPEED BRAKING. THE SERVICE ADVISOR WENT ON TO TELL ME THAT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST TIME IT WOULD BE FIXED FREE OF CHARGE. MY ROTORS WERE RESURFACED AGAIN. BY LATE SEPTEMBER, THE CAR BEGAN HAVING STRONG VIBRATIONS WHEN BRAKING. THE CONDITION HAD GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE BUT I KNEW I DIDNT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE CAR ITSELF AND THIS BRAKE PROBLEM. I CALLED THE HONDA DEALERSHIP BACK AND REQUESTED TO SPEAK WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT I FOUND OUT HONDA (TECH LINE) WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT WOULD BE FIXED FREE OF CHARGE UNTIL A SOLUTION WAS IN PLACE. 10/08 30,550 MILES. HAD MY ROTORS REPLACED (BOYD HONDA IN OXFORD) 12/01 35,995 MILES. TOOK MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE FOR ANOTHER MATTER BUT INFORMED THE SERVICE ADVISOR, THE VIBRATIONS WERE BACK. I LEARNED A BULLENTIN WAS POSTED FOR THE '03 BRAKE PADS AND THEY WERE REPLACED (BOYD HONDA). 01/09/04 39,226 MILES. RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH SIGNS OF THE PROBLEM PRESENT WHEN BRAKING AFTER HAVING THE NEW PADS PUT ON. *AK

MY '03 4D ACCORD, PURCHASED IN BENTONVILLE,AR, HAS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OR MACHINING OF THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FOUR TIMES DUE TO WARPING (RESULTING IN PULSATING BRAKING). EACH REPAIR HAS LASTED ABOUT 5000 MILES. I'VE LOGGED ABOUT 400K MILES IN HONDAS IN THE LAST 14YRS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM; ACCUSTOMED TO GOING AT LEAST 150K MI (BEFORE TRADING) WITH NO ROTOR PROBLEMS. *CB

BRAKES ON 2003 HONDA ACCORD MAKING REALLY BAD CLUNKING AND SCREECHING NOISES. HONDA ISSUED A TSB-03-069. BUT, DEALER SAYS MY CAR IS NORMAL. I'VE NEVER HAD A CAR WHICH MADE SO MUCH BRAKING NOISES. I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT MANY OTHER ACCORD OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE THE BRAKES FEEL AS THOUGH THEY'RE GOING TO FAIL EVERYTIME THEY START MAKING NOISES. NEW CARS BRAKING SYSTEMS SHOULDN'T CLUNK AND SCREECH LIKE THIS. MAKES ME SCARED TO PRESS DOWN ON THE BRAKES HARD. *JB

BOUGHT BRAND NEW 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX-V6 IN 9/03. BY 12/03 AT 4700 MILES, THE FRONT BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. PER TSB 03-069 HONDA REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WITH "NEW" PART NUMBER 45022-SDB-A10. TWO MONTHS LATER, 2/04, THE CAR HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS AGAIN AT 7400 MILES. THIS TIME HONDA "RESURFACED" THE ROTORS AND SAID THE PADS WERE FINE. HOW CAN PADS BE FINE IF THEY ARE HARMING THE ROTORS? THE CAR IS STILL UNSAFE WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HONDA SAYS THAT IT IS MY FAULT! I HAVE BEEN DRIVING SINCE 1989, NEVER GONE THROUGH BRAKES IN UNDER 30K MILES. IT IS NOW 6/04, CAR HAS 11,500 MILES, AND THE BRAKES STILL DON'T WORK RIGHT! HONDA NEEDS TO REPLACE PADS AND ROTORS WITH REDESIGNED SAFE PARTS, ASAP!*AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SKID INTO A GUARD RAIL. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT BOTH ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FAULTY BRAKE PADS. CAUSES VIBRATION ON HIGH SPEEDS AND NOISES. COMPANY ALLEGES BRAKE PADS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND PADS ARE ON BACK ORDER. PROBLEMS INCREASING WITH ADDITIONAL VEHICLE USE. *AK

BRAKES FAILED TO GRAB WHEN IN AN EMERGENCY BREAKING SITUATION AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP WHICH CAUSED ME TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN MAKING A GRINGING NOISE WHEN APPLIED EVEN PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THERE WAS A STONE BETWEEN THE PADS AND THE ROTORS. THE GRINDING NOISE PERSISTS.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. FIRST THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED, THEN A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM IN FRONT INDICATING THAT THE ROTORS AND PADS WERE WORN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR MAINTENANCE. DEALER FOUND THERE WAS 40% FRONT BRAKES LEFT AND 75% REAR BRAKES LEFT. BRAKES MUST BE REPLACED WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. *AK

ON JUNE 23, 2003, I TOOK THIS VEHICLE TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP IN CLOVIS, CALIFORNIA. IT HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE SHAKING WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND A CONSTANT SLIGHT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS WAS DONE WITH THE VEHICLE HAVING 5,150 MILES ON IT. THE DEALERSHIP RESURFACED THE FRONT ROTORS. ON JULY 17, 2003, I TOOK THIS VEHICLE BACK TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP IN CLOVIS, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AS BEFORE. THIS TIME I WAS CHARGED FOR A BALANCE AND ROTATION WHICH I AGREED TO. I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP WITH A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND WAS STILL EXPERIENCING A SLIGHT VIBRATION WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. THIS WAS DONE WITH THE VEHICLE HAVING 6, 784 MILES ON IT. ON OCTOBER 17, 2003, I TOOK THIS VEHICLE BACK TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP IN CLOVIS, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AS BEFORE. THIS WAS DONE WITH THE VEHICLE HAVING 11,692 MILES ON IT. THE DEALERSHIP RESURFACED BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR ROTORS. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 16,000 MILES ON IT AND IT NEEDS TO GO BACK INTO THE REPAIR SHOP ONCE AGAIN FOR ROTOR WARPING. I FEEL THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM WITH THIS NEW 2003 HONDA ACCORD.*AK

CONSISTENT BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH 2003 HONDA ACCORD. *MR THERE WAS A VIBRATION, GRINDING NOISE WHEN BRAKING AND THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AS WELL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ROTORS WERE OUT OF ROUND AND THERE WAS A HAIRLINE CRACK IN THE FRONT ROTORS. THE FRONT BRAKE DISCS WERE REPLACED AND RESURFACED. *SCC *JB

AT 8000 MILES, HAD THE FRONT ROTORS TURNED DOWN. JUDDER RETURNED ABOUT 3000 MILES LATER, BUT NOT REPAIRED (EXPLAINED AS ROAD CONDITIONS). NOW AT 22000 MILES, NEED NEW ROTORS AND PADS FOR FRONT LEFT BRAKE. BRAKES WENT FROM ACCEPTABLE TO UNUSABLE WITHIN A 500 MILE TRIP. *LA

2003 HONDA ACCORD, BEEN INTO DEALER TWICE FOR BRAKE SHUDDER AND GRINDING NOISE. ROTOR WAS RESURFACED, DEALER SAYS BRAKE PROBLEMS ARE THE RESULT OF HARD BRAKING. STILL HAVE PROBLEMS, NOT RESOLVED. *AK

BRAKE VIBRATES AT SPEED ABOVE 40 MPH. HAPPENED AROUND 9000 MILES AND PROBLEM PERSISTED SINCE THEN. *NLM

WHEN STARTING THE CAR, THEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE, THE POWER BRAKES FEEL DEAD. THERE IS ALMOST NO "PLAY" IN THE BRAKE PEDAL, CAUSING THE CAR TO CONTINUE ROLLING. BRAKE PEDAL DOES NOT GO DOWN AND CAR CONTINUES TO GO INTO REVERSE UNTIL I PUMP THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES.*AK

VEHICLE DOES NOT BRAKE SMOOTHLY, PEDAL IS VERY SENSITIVE TO THE SLIGHTEST PRESSURE.*MR THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED BUT FAILED TO FIX TO MAKE REPAIRS. *CB

VEHICLE IS LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD, AT 5000 MILES BRAKES WOULD GIVE AN UNEVEN FEELING WHEN STOPPING. NOW AT 9500 MILES VEHICLE SHIMMIES AND SHAKES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER STATES BRAKES SHOULD BE RESURFACED. PERSONAL MECHANIC STATES ROTORS ARE WARPED. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE SHAKING AFFECTS THE POSITIVE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *LA

MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD HAS 13,800 MILES ON IT. SINCE THE FRONT ROTORS ARE WARPING, IT ALREADY HAD THESE REPLACED ONCE AND RESURFACED ONCE. THESE REPAIRS TEND TO LAST ABOUT 3000 MILES BEFORE THE SYMPTOMS OF THE PROBLEM RETURN (VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND PULSATING STOPS AT SLOW SPEEDS). *LA

2003 ACCORD EX V6 MT. AS OTHERS HAVE REPORTED HERE, AND AS REPORTED ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB AND AT OWNER FORUMS, FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE. WHEN BRAKING LIGHTLY FROM INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS (65-70) THERE IS A POWERFUL KICKBACK INTO THE STEERING WHEEL, ESPECIALLY ON ROUGH PAVEMENT. LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL IS A SERIOUS RISK. THIS PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED FROM THE FIRST DAY I OWNED THE CAR. I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE I BOUGHT THE CAR (BASED ON READING COMPLAINTS HERE, WHICH WERE FEWER THAN WHAT I SEE TODAY), AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD RECEIVED ZERO COMPLAINTS ABOUT FRONT BRAKE PROBLEMS ON 2003 ACCORDS. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION PROBLEM IS ABSENT ON VERY SMOOTH ASPHALT AT ANY SPEED, SO I WONDER IF IT IS OTHER THAN A ROTOR ISSUE. BUT IN ANY EVENT, HAVING DRIVEN THIS CAR AT 70 MPH AND HIT THE BRAKES RATHER MODESTLY, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS IS NOT SAFE IN MY OPINION. HAD I KNOWN THIS, I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THIS CAR AT ANY PRICE. THIS VEHICLE TRAVELS 100 MILES PER DAY WITH 85 OF THOSE MILES ON OPEN HIGHWAY. IT IS THE 12TH VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED AND THE 1ST VEHICLE TO HAVE THIS HIDEOUS STEERING WHEEL SHUTTER. *LA

WHILE DRIVING A NOISE CAN BE HEARD, SUCH AS SQUEAKING AND POPPING COMING FROM THE BRAKES. DEALER REFURBISHED ALL THE DISCS ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM, WHICH TEMPORARILY REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BY THE COMPLAINTS HE RECEIVED FROM SEVERAL CONSUMERS, BUT HAD NO REMEDY FOR THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE VIBRATES. DEALER RESURFACED THE ROTORS. *AK

THE BRAKES MAKE THE CAR SHUTTER AFTER ONLY 7500 MILES HONDA OF AMERICA WON'T FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY. *JB

2003 HONDA ACCORD NOTICED PULSATION IN BRAKE PEDAL AFTER 1000 MILES. DEALER RESURFACED FRONT ROTORS AT 4600 MILES. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND THE REAR ROTORS WERE RESURFACED AT 9000 MILES. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED AND THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 14000 MILES. ALL OF THESE REPAIRS WERE DONE FREE OF CHARGE BUT DONE HESITANTLY. NOW THE CAR HAS 20000 MILES AND ALL FOUR ROTORS ARE AGAIN WARPED AND THE PADS ARE GLAZED. THE DEALERSHIP IS NOW REFUSING TO FIX THE PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE AND IS BLAMING THE PROBLEM ON POOR DRIVING HABITS. 2/3 OF THE VEHICLES MILAGE IS ON THE INTERSTATE AND IS NOT DRIVEN AGGRESSIVELY IN ANY WAY. *AK

I AM EXPERIENCING A BRAKE ROTOR PROBLEM WITH MY 2003 ACCORD SEDAN. THE CAR HAS 25000 MILES AND IS GOING IN FOR THE 4TH TIME FOR SERVICE ON THE BRAKES. THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED TWICE AND REPLACED ONCE AND THE PROBLEM IS BACK AGAIN.*AK