On 09/23/2009 09:23 AM, Earl The #1 Love Muscle and slow rider wrote:
> On Sep 23, 9:37�am, "David E. Powell"<David_Powell3...@msn.com>
> wrote:
>> I have heard that 2008 Accords are showing rear brake wear in excess
>> of what is normal for most sedans.
>>
>> I wondered if my 2009 Accord will have the same problem? The long term
>> reliability of Hondas is one of the main reasons I went with the
>> Accord over my other possibilities at the time (The others in the "top
>> three" for me were the Mazda6 and the Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan.)
>>
>> I heard from someone that when you brake coming up to a light that the
>> rear brakes do more work because a computer sense that is more stable.
>> That said, I don't hear of other current cars with the problem of wear
>> this fast as a common complaint.
>
> Hello:
> i have an 2008' Accord and i had to replace the rear pads at 20k and i
> was told,like isaid in an earlier thread,the service tech at a
> dealership told me that Honda has made it so that when you apply your
> brake the rear apply first before the front engauges so that now the
> rear pads will wear out before the front.

just like last time earl, that's bullshit and you need a different
service tech that knows what they're doing. if the rears are wearing
faster, either there's something wrong, like air in the hydraulics, or
they're simply softer pads.