This was the first time I had my breaks repaired this was a few months after I purchased this car used. Since then I have had the breaks replaced two more times about every 14-16 months.

It is now 2/6/2015 and I am again having to replace my breaks. Being told over and over again that I am riding my breaks and that this is caused by my driving. I am out thousands of $$$$ for this getting the breaks replaced, the calipers rebuilt, and the rotors resurfaced. I have been told by Honda that it is not a parts issue but they have a class action lawsuit against them. The company where I had the breaks replaced at the last couple time tells me due to this lawsuit that my breaks are not covered under warranty anymore.

Is anyone else having any luck finding the real issue with these breaks? What is causing the calipers to not release. This has to be the issue because they are wearing uneven.

Thank you,

The car is making a squeaking noice even when I am not breaking while driving. So I got it checked out today at firestone. They showed me the worn out rear brake pad and the metallic mechanical sensor is what is causing the squeaking sound is what they told me. Said they can replace it with a premium rear brake pads which will charge 130$ or 100$ for a not so premium one. However, both are ceramic brake pads. Another unpredictable expense which has now become predictable after reading all the complaints surrounding the issue. :( I had high hopes Honda!

I can't believe how bad the brakes wore out on my car. It was making a terrible "sleigh bell" sound even when driving 70 mph on the freeway (without engaging the brakes). I thought something terrible was happening to my car and feared thousands worth of damage. My fiance took the car into Honda and the service dept said that it is the brake pads. My fiance knows a lot about cars so he really thought it was something worse than the brake pads. Honda said it would cost $165 to replace the brake pads. What a joke! My fiance promptly picked up my car and paid them $30 for "diagnosing" the problem. He went down to the auto parts store and spent $40.11 for new brake pads. 1 hour later, my car is fixed! My car only has 40,000 miles! The clerk at the auto parts store agreed that a car's brake pads should never wear out after 40,000 miles. I think there should be a recall after reading all of the complaints!

I had purchased my 2008 Honda Civic EX brand new from Santa Ana Honda in California. At about the 39,000 mile mark, my rear passenger-side brake started making a squealing noise when I was driving and even more when I was braking. Of course it only made the noise about half the time I was driving so when I took it in to get it checked, I couldn't get it to make the noise for the mechanic. I later found out to through a second trip to the mechanic, that it was my brake pad indicator that was making the noise (I later looked in my Owner's Manual to find out what it was). So I got both my rear brake pads replaced. Now, Im having the same problem on my front driver-side brake and I'm only at 47,000 miles. I have to go to in to have my front pads replaced and I'm not happy about it. This is my first Honda Civic, having previously owned 3 different Toyota Tacomas. The earliest I ever had to get my brake pads replaced was at about 70,000 miles. This is BS!!!

I bought a use Honda Civic in 2009 with 12,791 miles on it. A few months after driving the car my brakes started grinding and making awful noises. I had the brakes replaced at 16,000 miles and then at 30,000 miles it started doing it again. After taking it to Honda for replacement they stated that I am pretty much a bad driver and that I now needed to replace the front and back brakes and the front rotors. I have read everyone elses posts and see how upset they are. I think that I found someone that can help. If you had or are still having this problem contact Brian Keller at bmk@caddellchapman.com

Initially heard noise at rear of car at 18,000 miles. A trip to the Honda dealer indicated the noise to be the wear indicators on the rear brake pads. Service advisor said "yeah...we see that sometimes...will cost about $160.00 to replace pads...not covered by warranty". Had new pads installed (rather than paying diagnostic fee and replacing pads myself). I called American Honda...still waiting 2 months for a call back. Honda indicates they are not aware of any problem.....go figure.

Update from May 20, 2011: Called American Honda again...was told my case was referred to dealer and closed...started over. Received a call back finally from a "case manager". Finally got a check for $75.00 (BFD). Case manager states she is not a technichan and kept referring me to "accordsettlement.com". I had to keep telling her I had a CIVIC. It was like each day was a whole new experience...maybe that's why her name was Dawn. The $75 was not hardly worth the effort.

Since Honda takes the position that brake work is not covered by warranty our opinion is that when it comes to brakes on a Honda you are wasting your time and money if you let a Honda dealer do it using Honda parts. Rather than using what we believe to be the inferior OEM Honda brake pads we decided to go with what we believe are superior Akebono Ceramic pads which we purchased on line from Tire Rack.

Our (me and my wife) 2008 Honda Civic Coupe EX automatic has 34,000 miles on it. We bought it new May 19, 2008 from Norm Reeves Honda West Covina California. On March 12, 2011 we took it to the same dealer to get what we guessed might be a brake scraping sound checked out. Our service advisor was Valentine Frausto. The service advisor told us it would cost $55.00 to check out the car and that the cost would be waived if it was a warranty issue. He also mentioned that he has seen Civics that needed brake pad replacement after as little as 10,000 miles and we should consider ourselves very lucky. We were shocked by that revelation and mentioned that we have a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer which has 145,000 miles and still has all of the original brake pads. He responded that the Trailblazer is a vehicle with big heavy duty brakes while the brakes on the Honda Civic are smaller and therefore wear out much faster. Upon doing some research we found that brake problems are very common on Honda Civics. After the service technician had inspected the vehicle Valentine Fruasto proposed replacing the rear brake pads with Honda OEM pads. We responded that we had no interest in replacing Honda brake pads with new Honda brake pads that have a history of excessively rapid wear. We asked that considering the circumstances he waive the $55.00 charge. He refused. Upon picking up the car we were provided an excerpt from Honda’s New Vehicle Limited Warranty with the following highlighted: “This New Vehicle Limited Warranty Does Not Cover: >Normal wear or deterioration of any part. >The replacement of expendable maintenance items (such as spark plugs, filters, wiper blades, or brake pads/linings) unless they are defective in material or workmanship.” Our view is that inadequate design is as much evidence of defective workmanship as would be sloppy assembly line practices. Honda apparently takes a different view.