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| This weekend I had my rear brake pads replaced at 23,000. I was first made aware of the problem at Fairfax Honda during my routine oil change at about 20,000 miles. The service rep told me that my pads looked thin and wanted to redo the rear pads for approx $250. I said no thanks. Then at about 22,000 miles I heard the brake wear indicator on the right rear wheel. I still could not believe my pad wore down at this amount of minimum miles. I had several conversations with a local mechanic that I TRUST and he suggested to take my car in to the dealer and have the pads replaced which should be covered by Honda. I took my car into Koons Honda in Manassas after I did my research on the issue of premature rear brake pad wear on 2008 Honda Accords. There is a weath of information on the web. I described my problem with the service rep who then took my keys to look at the car. Within 5 minutes, the service rep told me that yes, I need new rear pads and he could do the job for $180. I really do not believe he put my car on a rack to review the pads because he came back with an answer so quickly and could tell me which pad inner or outer wore down the most. Then I held a conversation that I didn't expect to pay for replacing my rear pads under 25,000 miles. I told the rep that I was aware of the issue of premature read brake pad wear and Honda should cover replacement. The rep said he could not cover replacement as there are no technical bulletins out there on this issue for 2008 Honda Accords. I asked if he received alot of cases for premature brake wear. He said yes and because Honda redesigned the the braking system, the rear pads wear down faster. I then got the service rep to agree with me that replacing the rear pads under 25,000 miles is crazy and he would be upset as well if he had to replace pads every 25,000 miles. I took my car away from Koons Honda in Manassas and took it to my local mechanic. This is what I found from my locale mechanic: my rear inner brake pads were wore down so much that I would not pass VA state inspection (wore down to the brake wear indicator). I had approximately half remaining on the outer rear brake pad which is still quite an accomplishment for rear brake pad wear. Per my mechanic, it doesn't matter what type of pad you own. There was a problem with the rear disc brake caliper design as noted by the inner brake pad wear. Recall that the rear inner brake pad was wore down to its indicator. The rear calipers appear to have a design flaw as the pressure is not being distributed evenly. I had my pads redone at this mechanic. Overall, this is a major issue. I plan to write American Honda on the dealer's service, I plan to write American Honda on this design flaw, and I plan to contact the BBB Auto Line http://www.bbb.org/us/auto-line/ to state my complaint. Please 2008 Honda Accord Owners report your cases like this on Edmunds, the web and other outlets. In addition, report to American Honda. | |
| I have an 09 Accord and got a nick in the paint on the silver part on the front, passenger side dash. It's a small nick but a nick nonetheless and was curious if anyone knows a way I may able to fix this. Is this something I can bring to a Honda dealership and they can repair or can I buy some sort of paint repair kit from Honda. I know there are repair kits for exterior paint fixes but I have never seen anything for interior. Appreciate any help in advance. | |
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Replying to: susan56 (Apr 04, 2009 11:07 am)
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Replying to: susan56 (Apr 21, 2009 8:46 am)
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Replying to: rkirchoff (Apr 21, 2009 12:58 pm) Average based on what standards? If you do a good bit of highway (at 80 MPH it sounds like you do), you should get more than that.
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