2008 Honda Accord SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

HONDA ACCORD 2008 - REAR BRAKE FAILURE AFTER ONLY 15,000 MILES. OTHER CARS I HAD LASTED 40 TO 70,000 MILES. IT CAN LEAD TO BRAKE FAILURE AS USERS AREN'T EXPECTING BRAKE PADS TO WEAR OUT SO SOON. *DT IF NOT A RECALL, AT LEAST A WARNING FROM HONDA TO ALL BUYERS IS WARRANTED, IN MY OPINION, SO THEY CAN KEEP AN EYE OR REPLACE WITH LONGER LASTING PADS PRONTO. THANKS. *DT

MY CAR WAS MAKING A TERRIBLE NOISE ..I FIGURED THE FRONT PADS WERE DUE FOR REPLACEMENT AT 30,000 MILES .TOOK IT TO A SHOP WHICH WAS OPEN ON SUNDAY AND FOUND THAT THE REAR PADS WERE COMPLETELY GONE . THE FRONT PADS HAD LITTLE IF ANY WEAR ON THEM ACCORDING TO THE SEAR'S TECH WHO DID THE WORK. HE THOUGHT THAT THE PREMATURE REAR BRAKE PAD WEAR WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE SPRING. I HAVE HAD NO SUCH NOTIFICATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM FROM HONDA AS OF THIS DATE ... ..WHEN I CALLED HENDRICK HONDA TO COMPLAIN /ADVISE THEM OF THE ISSUE ,THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT...AND SAID IT MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE WARRANTY BUT SINCE I HAD TAKEN IT SOMEWHERE ELSE ,HE COULD DO NOTHING FOR ME ...WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO, RIDE ON BAD BRAKES JUST B/C THEY AREN'T OPEN ON SUNDAY??? TERRIBLE CUSTOMER RELATION. *DT

THE REAR BRAKES ON MY 2008 HONDA ACCORD NEEDED REPLACING AFTER 19,000 MILES. WHEN I ASKED THE SERVICE REP AT HONDA< I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS COMMON ON THIS YEAR AND MODEL. I ASKED DO THEY KNOW WHY? THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER. I CONTACTED HONDA NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE IN WRITING. THEY RESPONDED ABOUT 3 WEEKS LATER BY PHONE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY CONTACTED THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, WHERE I HAD MY CAR SERVICED, THEY STATED THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. HONDA CUTOMER SERVICE, SAID THEY KNEW OF NO OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT REAR BRAKES. *DT I TOLD CUSTOMER SERVICE THA TI HAVE NEVER REPLACED REAR BRAKES ON ANY OF MY PREVIOUS CARS BEFORE 45,000 MILES AND THART FRONT BRAKES NORMALLY WEAR OUT 2 TO 1 TO REAR BRAKES. MY CAR HAD 1ML LEFT ON THE REAR AND 9 ML LEFT ON THE FRONT BRAKES. I WAS TOLD THAT UNDER NORMAL WEAR HONDA EXPECTS THEIR REAR BRAKES TO LAST 30,000 - 40,000 MILES AGAIN I ASKED THEM TO EXPLAIN WHY THESE BRAKES WORE OUT, I WAS A PREPARED STATMENT, SAYING SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY WOULD TRACK BRAKE PROBLEMS OVER THE NEXT 2-3 YEARS AND IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, WILL GET BACK TOME. I FEEL HONDA HAS A PROBLEM WITH WEAR OF BACK BRAKES ON 2008 ACCORDS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING HE HEARD A GRINDING NOISE, BUT HE DID NOT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE STOPPING WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT BOTH REAR CALIPER WERE RUSTED AND IT WAS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T DRIVE THE VEHICLE ENOUGH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD REMOVE THE RUST. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THE CALIPERS WERE BUILD WITH DEFECTIVE METAL AND THAT IS WHY THE CALIPERS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

2008 HONDA ACCORD IS ON ITS 3RD SET OF BRAKE PADS AND THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TOO. ONLY ON THE REAR. *TR

I STARTED TO HEAR SQUEAKING AT AROUND 14K MILES, AT WHICH POINT I FOUND IT SUSPICIOUS AND RESEARCHED MULTIPLE SIMILAR OCCURRENCES ONLINE. I ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HONDA ADVISING OF THE "POTENTIAL" SAFETY ISSUE, WHICH ALSO RECOMMENDED TO HAVE THE BRAKES INSPECTED. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP, AND ASKED IF THERE WOULD BE A CHARGE FOR THIS INSPECTION/REPLACEMENT, AND THEY SAID THAT IF THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES WAS NOT RELATED TO THE ISSUE THAT I WOULD BE CHARGED. I DID NOT LIKE THEIR RESPONSE AND ARGUED ABOUT IT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY HAD TO SIGN A FORM TO ACCEPT THE DISCLAIMER IN ORDER FOR THE INSPECTION TO BE PERFORMED. THE PROBLEM WAS IN FACT RELATED TO THE SAFETY NOTICE AND WAS REPAIRED AT NO CHARGE. *TR

INITIAL REAR BRAKE SQUEALING AFTER OVER NIGHT SETTING OR USE TO PARKING LOTS, SQUEAL WOULD OCCUR IN REVERSE DIRECTION BRAKING, AS IF BRAKE WAS DRAGGING. AS TIME PROGRESSED A METAL TO METAL SOUND WAS NOTED AS IF SOME METAL PART HAD COME LOOSE AND WOULD DRAG OR RUB IN SLIGHT DIRECTIONAL PRESSURE CHANGES. APPLYING BRAKES WOULD TEMPORARILY SILENCE , BUT WOULD RETURN WHEN BRAKES WERE RELEASED. A SLIGHT PULLING SENSATION WAS NOTED TO EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT ALONG WITH A VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. REAR BRAKE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED AND PADS REPLACED AT A COST OF $214.00 PARTS AND LABOR. ADDITIONALLY, FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED AND PADS REPLACED AT A COST OF $133.00 PARTS AND LABOR. *TR

PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR ON 2008 HONDA ACCORD. BROUGHT MY CAR (34,000 MILES) TO MY MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION AND WAS TOLD MY REAR BRAKES WERE DOWN TO MEDAL. I DO PRIMARILY LONG DISTANCE DRIVING. CONSIDERING THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS AND HONDA IS OFFERING A $125.00 REBATE BACK FOR PREMATURE BREAK WEAR, SHOULDN'T THERE BE A RECALL? THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

PREMATURE REAR BRAKE PAD FAILURE ON MY 2008 HONDA ACCORD. *TR

THE REAR BRAKE PADS FAIL PREMATURELY, CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE AND LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. I'VE ALMOST HAD SEVERAL ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO BRAKE PROPERLY. I'VE HAD THE REAR BRAKES REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, EACH TIME AS A RESULT OF LOST BRAKING POWER AND SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE, INCLUDING AT INTERSECTIONS WHERE MY VEHICLE WAS ALMOST IN THE WAY OF OPPOSING TRAFFIC. THE ODOMETER AT THE LAST REPAIR WAS 56,075 MILES, COMPARED TO 37596 MILES ON THE PREVIOUS REPAIR, A DIFFERENCE OF ONLY 18,479 MILES! THEN, BEFORE THAT, MY MILEAGE FOR MY FIRST BRAKE REPAIR WAS 18,258 MILES, A DIFFERENCE OF 19,117 MILES! SO FAR, THE AVERAGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REAR BRAKE PAD CHANGES HAS BEEN 18,618 MILES. I NOTICED IT BECAUSE SUDDENLY I WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME. CURRENTLY I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AS I AM NEARING THE 18,000 MILE MARK BETWEEN BRAKE PAD CHANGES.

BOUGHT A 2008 HONDA ACCORD NEW IN JUNE '08. REAR BRAKES WORE OUT AFTER 25000 MI. I THOUGHT FRONT PADS WERE SUPPOSED TO WEAR FIRST BUT IT SEEMS, NOT. VERY ODD SINCE 90% OF MY DRIVING IS INTERSTATE AND MY LAST CAR WENT 80K+ MI BEFORE MY FIRST BRAKE JOB. WENT ON LINE AND IT SEEMS MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I HOPE NOBODY GETS HURT HERE. *TR

THE REAR BRAKE PADS ON MY 2008 HONDA ACCORD ARE WEARING TOO QUICKLY. I REPLACED THEM AFTER 23,760 MILES. MY CO-WORKER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

HAD TO HAVE BRAKES REPLACED AT ROUGHLY 22,000 MILES. THE BRAKES STARTED SQUEAKING AROUND 15,000 MILES. HAD THE CAR CHECKED AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR NEEDED REAR BRAKE PADS. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW OF THE 2008 HONDA ACCORD. VERY DISSATISFIED WITH HONDA. *TR

REAR BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURELY AT 29,000 MILES. *TR

2008 HONDA ACCORD HAS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY REAR BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT EXTREMELY PREMATURELY AND FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARP. *DT THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONSUMER THERE WAS ONLY 5% REAR BRAKE PADS REMAINING. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NEVER ANY INDICATIONS OF GRINDING OR SQUEALING. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER WARRANTY. ON NOVEMBER 13, 2009 THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE A SHIMMY WAS FELT ON TOP OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THE CONSUMER BRAKED AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE CONSUMERS WIFE NOTICED A SQUARE TIRE FEEL WHEN BRAKING SHORTLY AFTER THE REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED, BUT NEVER MENTIONED IT. THE DEALER FOUND THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND MACHINED THEM. *JB

THE BACK BRAKES OF HONDA ACCORD 2008 WEAR OF SO QUICKLY THAT THE CONSUMER DOESN'T HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA ABOUT IT. THIS PREMATURE WEAROUT IS CAUSING UNUSUAL BREAK DISTRIBUTION AND ALMOST MEETING WITH ACCIDENTS. THEY WEAR AS SOON AS WITHIN THE FIRST 10,000 MILES. I AM TALKING OF A BRAND NEW CAR WITH MOST HIGHWAY DRIVEN MILES. *TR

2008 HONDA ACCORD REAR BRAKES WORE OUT. CONSUMER STATES THAT HONDA HAS FAILED TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE REAR BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. *KB THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE ROTORS WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE/SHE WAS NOT SURE WHETHER THE SQUEAKING NOISE WAS DUE TO THE CORROSION OR THE BRAKES PADS BEING WORN. *JB UPDATED 07/08/10.*JB

THE REAR BRAKES ON 2008 HONDA ACCORD COUPE WEAR OUT TWICE AS FAST AS THE FRONT. THAT MEANS THE REAR BRAKES APPLY MORE PRESSURE TO STOP THAN THE FRONT. THIS, IN MY OPINION IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 HONDA ACCORD THAT HAS PREMATURE BRAKE WARE. I HAVE 34,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND I HAVE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE REAR BRAKE PADS TWICE AND THE ROTORS ONCE! THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL CARS IN MY LIFE, AND HAVE NEVER SEEN A BRAKE SYSTEM DESIGNED SO POORLY. I HAVE FOUND ONLINE THAT HONDA KNOWS OF THIS ISSUE, BUT THEY ARE REFUSING TO IMPLEMENT A FIX AND RECALL THIS MODEL, WHICH WOULD BE THE ETHICAL THING TO DO. THEY NEED TO OWN UP TO THE DESIGN FLAW AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT GOOD BRAKES ARE TO THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE ON THE ROAD. *TR

2008 HONDA ACCORD 30,000 MILES AND NEEDS A REAR BRAKE SYSTEM CHANGE FOR THE SECOND TIME. I ALREADY CHANGED THE REAR BRAKE SYSTEM AT 17000 MILES AT 15 MONTHS OF PURCHASE AND NOW AFTER 7 MORE MONTHS THE HONDA ASKED ME TO CHANGE MY REAR BRAKES AGAIN. *TR

THE REAR BRAKES WEARING OUT SIGNIFICANTLY AT LOW MILEAGE. PERHAPS IN THE ABS/TRACTION CONTROL/STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM; TWEAKED THE REAR BRAKES TO ENGAGE EARLIER/HARDER THAN NORMAL. I THINK AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR WAS TRYING TO ELIMINATE SOME FRONT END NOSE DIVE WHEN YOU APPLIED THE BRAKES. BOTTOM LINE, REAR BRAKES ARE WEARING OUT AT AN EXCESSIVE RATE. *TR

ON A 2008 HONDA ACCORD BRAKES STARTED TO SQUEAK AT 24,000 MILES (HIGHWAY MILES), TOOK IT TO A HONDA DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT REAR BRAKES ARE WORN AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. ASKED WHY THE BRAKES WORE OUT WITH SO LITTLE MILES AND THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE BRAKES ARE A "SOFT PAD". REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED AND ROTORS WERE CUT. I PAID FOR THE COST OF REPLACING THE BRAKES. *TR

REAR BRAKES WORN PREMATURELY. *TR

GRINDING SOUND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. SOUND ALSO CORRELATES WITH FOOT TOUCHING BRAKE. SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKE AREA. NEVER HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS FROM A CAR WITH THIS FEW MILES WITH MUCH OF THEM BEING HIGHWAY. *TR

I BOUGHT MY USED 2008 HONDA ACCORD EX IN MARCH 2010 WHEN THE MILEAGE WAS 18000. IN 2 MONTHS, AT 23000, I STARTED TO HEAR SCREECHING SOUNDS COMING OUT OF THE REAR TIRES WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKES. SLOWLY, THIS PROBLEM STARTED TO WORSEN AND THE NOISE STARTED TO BECOME MORE LOUDER AND IT WAS SOUNDING AS METAL WITH METAL. THIS HAPPENED BOTH WHEN CAR WAS TRAVELING AT 40-50 MPH AND ALSO WHEN BRAKING. THIS OCCURS ALL THE TIME DURING THE DAY. INITIALLY IT STARTS OFF AS NO NOISE BUT AFTER 10 MINUTES AT LOW SPEEDS THE NOISE STARTS TO CRACKLE AND ITS VERY EMBARRASSING ESPECIALLY WHEN BRAKING AT THE LIGHTS AND AT STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I TOOK THIS TO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT THE REAR BRAKES HAVE WORN OUT AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HE CHANGED THE REAR BRAKE PADS, BRAKES, MOTOR AND ALSO FLUSHED OUT THE BRAKE FLUID. IN TOTAL THIS COST ME $700 INCLUDING THE LABOR. WHEN I BOUGHT MY HONDA, I LOOKED AT THE RELIABILITY OF THE CAR AND WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE I DID NOT EXPECT IT TO GIVE ME ANY ISSUES. ALAS WITHIN JUST 3 MONTHS I HAVE HAD TO SPEND A FORTUNE ON THE CAR. *TR