On 12/2/04 9:24 PM, in article 41AFDC53.541AC73B@earthlink.net, "chuck
smoko" <csmoko@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> Just got a new 04 about a week ago. It was a leftover LX.
> It has Anti-lock ABS brakes and I started to notice a pulse
> in the pedal during braking. Not "slam on the brakes" stops;
> just normal slow downs. You know, 60 or so down to 40 mph.
> I have never had ABS and wonder if there should be noticeable
> brake pedal pulsing. I have had plenty of cars with warped rotors
> (lots of them honda, BTW) and the pedal felt about the same;
> it's annoying as all get out. This is a new car and has less than
> 300 miles! I don't want to take it in and "hear that's normal for
> ABS." Any 04 accord owners have this problem?
>
> chuck
>
> ps; No, I did not hit a pothole nor did I ever take off a wheel just
> to tighten all of the lug lugs on just one side of the wheel. LOL...
>
Have you been babying the brakes? They might not be bedded in properly.
Try a couple of hard stops from about 60 MPH. As hard as you can do it
without locking up the wheels and engaging the ABS. If the pulsing is gone
after that, it was just deposits on the rotors from the new pads (which you
just scraped off with the hard stops).

If it still pulses then it is probably a bad rotor as someone has already
suggested.