Took my 2008 Honda Accord because of brake noise, they the rear brakes needed replacing at a price tag of $199......I SAID NO ! What car out there needs rear brakes at only 13500 miles I asked myself. I put a complaint trough Honda North America and still haven't received a call back on the solution. I asked the gentleman that took my call if there were problems with the brakes on this particular model, he said that Honda has received hundreds of calls from pissed of customers complaining about the premature wasting of the rear brakes......I'm gonna do the work myself, you can buy the brakes for $17.99 at Murray's and the rotors turned for $20.00 and tell Honda to shove their $200 dollar estimate up their ass.....

Add me to the list of unhappy accord owners! Yesterday I went for my complimentary "free" inspection. I was surprised that at not even a year old, it would not pass inspection without $250.00 worth of break repairs. As my sticker was already overdue, I agreed to the repair. When I got home and told my husband, he was NOT happy. We first thought that the dealer was trying to take advantage of us. I called in and complained. They are supposed to get back in touch with me today. 12:25pm, haven't heard anything yet. Now I see that this is a common problem with this model. I am relieved that the dealership is not lying to me, but VERY disappointed in this car. This is our first brand new car in 13 years. We thought we really did our homework on it. It had such glowing reviews from Consumer reports. I am not looking forward to replacing the rear brake pads every 16,000 - 20,000 miles! And the seats are sooo uncomfortable. Didn't they ever hear of LUMBAR support? I MISS MY BUICK!!!!!

Another victim of the premature brake wear on my 2008 Honda Accord. 24,000 miles just seems a bit ridiculous especially given that I do a lot of highway driving. This is my 3rd Honda Accord that I have bought over the years and obviously I really enjoyed my previous experiences. This is not a good start after owning the car for 14months.

I did my part and lodged a complaint at Honda Customer Service (1-800-999-1009), but it was clearly stated to me that this is considered "wear and tear" issue and not covered by any kind of warranty and they don't have enough formal complaints on this issue to do something about it. Not holding my breath either that this will get addressed.

So a week ago I ran into the same issue as most of you. Premature rear break pad wear. As the service guy is explaining to me, I will need to replace the rear brake pads soon. I thought to myself this guy is trying to get me. I decided not have the break pads replaced. I went home and did a little investigating of my own. I removed the front and rear tires to gain access to both front and rear break pads. I noticed the rear break pad is smaller in size than the front break pad. Then it made more sense why the rear pads would wear faster than the front pad even though most of the breaking power is in the front of the car. This really pissed me off, I got giped by Honda! I am usually very detailed with the information I gather before I make a purchase like this. Then I thought, how genius for Honda this is. Here's my theory.. I'm sure the Honda re-design team for the accord gave it allot of thought in making this car better than the previous model. But just like all companies now a days their are gimmicks when marketing a product. Most cars now have a shelf life. If the product is made at a lower cost by using cheaper materials the product itself will loose durability. So, if the vehicle will last less time on the road how are they going to make this customer come back to our dealerships more often in a shorter life time of the vehicle. One good reason might be to get their rear break pads replaced more often. This way they make money in service and another chance to get you to the dealership and hopefully sell you another piece of s@#t! I think they made a conscious decision to add a smaller rear break pad to save money at manufacturing and to make more money in servicing. Think about it, the only items that are not under the factory warranty are the tires and break pads. Ladies and Gents we got griped! My next move is to write a strongly worded letter to Honda. Hopefully I get a somewhat of a response..

Started getting the metal grind out of the rear of my 2008 Accord V6 at ~26,000miles, when driving between 20-40 mph. Called the dealer thinking something mechanical was wrong with the caliper, rotor, something... Dealer toes the company line and says, well your pads are shot and that's not covered by warranty. I went to Autozone and Kragen, both had a part # but couldn't order them. I wanted to replace with ceramics to get more life out of the pads but couldn't do it. Had to go to the dealer and get factory pads for $75.38 including tax. Not too bad, however, knowing they are factory I'll have to replace them at ~50K miles. Replaced them and found the rear inner pads worn clear to the metal indicators, thus the noise, and found the rear outer pads to have about 50% life left. I replaced both outer and inner pads. Did not check the front pads, assuming they're fine. Called Honda at the 800 number listed below in this complaint chain and gave them this web site and told them to fix it or they were gonna lose A LOT of customers. Lady thanked me and took everything down. We'll see what happens although I doubt I'll get any compensation out of them.

Tip on the repair: If you do it yourself, it's an easy fix and will save you ~$150 based on what others are saying they paid for the repair. After you remove the caliper you'll need to compress the caliper piston to get the new pads in place. Loosen the bleeder and take a flat head screw driver and insert it in the slot on the face of the piston. Then turn the piston clockwise and it will screw back into the caliper very easily. When you do this, brake fluid will come out of the bleeder valve so have something to catch it. Not much, just a dribble but enough you'll need to have a drain pan. I tried to just compress the piston as you do with other makes of vehicles and using channel locks, C-clamps etc.. couldn't get it done. Then I found out you had to screw the piston in clockwise. So anyway, that's why I mention this. Good luck. 2nd wheel only took about 45 min after figuring out how to do the procedure on the first wheel. ~3hr project for rookies like me. Could do the whole thing again in < 2hrs.

Well add me to the list. Same song and dance... metal screeching sounds, 22,000 miles, and $180 later, I too had to have my rear brakes replaced. The sound was so awful I thought it was a warranty deal. When the guy told me I needed new brakes I thought he was trying to rip me off. Turns out he's wasn't the one ripping me off, it was Honda.

Service guy told me I could expect to replace the rear brakes every 15,000 - 20,000 miles!!! Are they crazy!?!?! I knew I should have gone with a Maxima or Altima.

They gave me the Honda Corp. number and you can bet I'll be calling. Everyone should do this and threaten (and follow up if needed) to report to the Better Business Bureau .

Unacceptable Honda... unacceptable and very disappointing. This is my first and unfortunately my last Honda.

Good luck everyone!

inspected both the front and rear brakes, the front brake pads are nearly new, the rear brake pads worn down, inside brake pads worn more than outside, this is not right. I contacted Honda America, they assigned a case number and they stated that "we are aware of the problem and are looking into it". Took the car to my local Honda Dealer, "Parker Johnstone Honda, Wilsonville Oregon". They took care of it at no charge, Parker Johnstone is a 1st Class dealer and frankly I was not expecting them to do this work at no charge, especially without support from Honda of America and they have no service bulletin from Honda America that a rear brake problem exists.

Today I heard back from Honda America Rep for the area, as soon as she heard that the problem was taken care of she wanted to close the case and get off the phone. Her position is that "Honda America does not acknowledge that there is any problem with the rear brakes of the 2008 Honda Accord" I told her that Honda should be very concerned.

A WORD of Caution: IF your rear brakes do not operate as well as front brakes, your car can go into a spin if you apply the brakes while going through a turn. If you have a 2008 Accord and be very careful, because it is evident that this problem exists and it could lead to an accident or worse. If people get into accidents and it is traced back to this Honda Accord rear brake defect, Honda America will regret their lack of concern about this very serious matter. While some here are upset they had to pay $200 to fix their brakes, you should really be more concerned about the defective brakes which is much bigger issue and Honda America is responsible for this not the Honda dealer.

I bought a 2008 Honda Accord in October of 08 at the Roseville Auto Mall in Roseville, CA. I first had a to replace the rear brake pads at 10,000 miles (1 month later)! Honda paid for it as a "good will gesture" 10,000 miles later, again I have to replace the rears again, now I am paying for it. This is wear it sucks. Honda is telling me that I can go through 2 or 3 sets of rears before I replace my fronts. I told them don't you always replace your fronts before your rears? they said no not in the cars now a days. What the hell does that mean? I change my oil every 3,000 miles for preventative maintenance. So Honda decides to monitor it every time I get an oil change. and so far I've had to replace my rear pads every 10,000 miles or every 4 months. It seems it gets more and more expensive everytime I go. Don't get me wrong I did call the Honda hotline, got a case number and they did contact me and gave me the same bullshit. That the difference is disc brakes don't last as long as the drums. WHATEVER! IF THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM I WOULD BE HAPPY.

This is my second Honda Accord and my wife and I love the new style. Up to this point I had told everyone that we would always purchase a Honda. My dealer just informed me that my rear brakes need replaced at 22,000 miles! That is ridiculous! They are standing by the "normal wear" and even when I called Honda directly I still received the standard "Honda does not pay for maintenance items". After seeing so many of the same complaints on this website, I have to believe that this is a defect and should be subject to a recall. If I have to pay for this repair I will definitely be looking at a different auto next time around.

Honda, fix this issue if you want to maintain dominance in the auto industry!!!

This happened to me at 29,500. Something squeaking from the rear. First Honda car for me and I was expecting to get the front brakes replaced, but to my surprise it was the rear brakes. Dealership mechanic gave me a nice BS answer saying "The new accords brakes are balanced better now than previous models." Called the salesman that sold me the car and he said the rear brakes on the 08's go out faster. So got two separate stories from the same dealership. Such confidence from where I bought the car. Honda has their customers screwed because of brake pads and routers being a wear and tear item that is not covered under manufacture warranty. Now I'm waiting for my fronts to wear out to hit me with another $200-300 repair job. Awesome Honda...

Update from May 29, 2009: Well it is around 37,500 miles now and now the fronts are actually thumping. Taking it in as we speak and expecting either the front brakes to be worn down or the other complaint I am seeing is probably the routers are warped due to the heat of braking. Man I love this car,,, riiiiiiight...

Add me to the list!! After reading the incidents below, I guess I should feel "grateful" to get 32,000 miles out of my rear brakes, but actually I'm really angry! The vast majority of my driving is on the highway. There is no way the REAR BRAKES should have failed this soon. I did call Honda customer service at 1-800-999-1009 to lodge a complaint. So much for Honda quality... Such a disappointment! If Honda does not fix this design issue and "do right" by those of us with flawed vehicles, I will never buy Honda again.