"N.E.Ohio Bob" wrote:
> Now for the rest (or some of the rest) of the story. My brother in
> Fairfax VA had a problem with the rear brakes on his new CRV. He was
> driving with three passingers in to D.C. on a cold morning last week. He
> started the car,released the brake, and picked up the car-pool members
> and about five minuts into the trip the rear brakes began making a loud
> noise and vibrating. Since it was 5:30 A.M., he took the CRV home and
> stole his wife's car to get the pool to work.
> Honda dealer is saying that $500.00 repair is going to be customer pay,
> because he was driving with the brake on. There was no dash warning
> light on.
> Brother Jim has contacted Honda And now has a "file number" but no
> answer yet.
> I was wondering what the tech had missed, or what could have caused the
> problem on a CRV with 3000 miles on it.
> Any ideas out there? bob

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If the park brake had been on there would have been a BRAKE light on the
dash. Within about 1/2 block, the ABS would have shut itself off and a
light would have come on too, with a very audible 'BONG'.

Unless Jim is a real idiot, how could he have missed those clues???

What were the weather conditions? Any chance it froze up overnight?

'Curly'