On a trip I had screaming front brakes b/c they filled with dirt and gravel, Honda charged me to blow them out, now they are making a metal to metal sound when it has been sitting overnight or longer. Honda is telling me that it is my responsiblity to "wash" the wheels better to prevent this and they are going to continue to charge me to blow out the brakes! Has anyone heard of such a thing on these Civics? This is just ONE of a list of issues I have with this car. In all my years, even 4x4 ing I have never had this problem. It is almost brand new! No one I know that drives on the same roads as I do is having this issue either! Anyone?
2007-03-09 08:03:41 · 3 answers · asked by Mrs Bar 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Honda
I have three civics and I can tell you from experience that the brakes do wear faster than other vehicles. Brake wear is a function of how many times you apply them, not how many miles you drive. The front brakes on the civic do about 75% of the braking because the rear brakes are drum brakes and the front are disc. The rear brakes will last 100,000-125,000 miles. In that time you will probably replace the front brake pads 4-5 times (every 20-25k) if the vehicle is used 50-50 city and highway.
That being said, its not the brake dust that's causing your noise, its rust. I don't know from your post where you live but this time of year brake rotors will rust overnight just about everywhere. walk out on your dealer's lot and look through the openings of any of the front wheel rims on the cars on the lot and you'll see that the brake rotors are brown from rust on the new cars that are just parked on the lot. Same thing is happening on your car over the day or two that the car is parked. Chances are that the noise goes away on your car after you stop the car two or three times as you scrub the rust off. I don't know of any way to stop the rust.
as for the brake dust and some of the noise, I've used non-Honda ceramic brake pads to reduce the dust and they did appear to make a difference in noise but they did not last any longer than the Honda pads. they are a little more expensive. I would suggest you try them when it comes time to replace your brake pads and see if they make a difference. The one's i would recommend are made by Akibono and come from Japan.
hope that helps
2007-03-09 10:21:42 · answer #1 · answered by honda guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow low miles to have brake trouble but you never know check to make sure pads are ok or the caliper is ok and working correctly moveing the way it should because gravel could jam the slideing ability of it and cause fast pad wear and you will get the metal sound
2007-03-09 08:29:42 · answer #2 · answered by bigblue 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their you have it, more of that so called japanese reliability.
2007-03-09 10:41:55 · answer #3 · answered by ALLAMERICAN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋