What warranty? Brakes are considered a wearable part and are not covered by
warranty at all. As for those ceramic brake pads, whenever you talk about
friction and wearing, something has to give. Usually it's the pads that
give but if you use harder brake pads, then you'll wear out your rotors
quicker. Personally, I preffer using the softer pads since brake pads are a
lot cheaper to replace than rotors. Especially on a Honda.

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> TL <tlehman@visi.com> wrote in
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> > Actually on newer cars it is not unusual for the rear brakes to need
> > to be replaced before the front. I know this is different from past
> > patterns, but when my Passat needed rears at 40K and the front still
> > had more than 50%, I checked around with not only VW, but also Honda
> > and Toyota dealers. Why has been discussed in this forum; I don't
> > think anyone knows the real answer. (The rear brakes on both my Honda
> > and Passat are tiny compared to the front which might have something
> > to do with it.) But it is a fact, apparently.
> >
> > That said, 15K for brakes of any sort is absolutely too soon in my
> > book. Do you ride the brakes a lot going down those SF hills? That
> > tends to wear the back, I would think. But 15K? I'd be pretty
> > disappointed.
> >
> > On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:55:17 -0800, Barry S. <nntp@spamsack.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>On 2 Nov 2003 11:25:05 -0800, danm@danmiller.net (Dan Miller) wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi there -
> >>>My Accord EX-V6 has 14,500 miles on it and I took it in for the
> >>>15,000 mile service. The dealer informed me the rear brake pads were
> >>>at 15% and needed to be replaced.
> >>>
> >>>This seems unbelievably soon to need to replace brake pads. I live in
> >>>SF and recognize that the braking conditions are more severe here,
> >>>but this still seems too soon.
> >>>
> >>>Is this normal? The dealer indicated the 2003 rear brake pads go
> >>>faster than they used to.
> >>
> >>No.. The front discs do most of the braking, so if your at 15k and
> >>your fronts are ok and the rears need to be replaced.. I'd be really
> >>curious.
> >>
> >>However, if you speed up to 50 MPH and slam on your brakes a lot and
> >>had to do your front brakes at 9k, then 15k on the rears doesn't sound
> >>that bad.
> >>
> >>I'd ask the dealer to check the pressure the calipers are exerting on
> >>the pads.
>
>
> I have a 2002 Accord which has 20K miles on it. Possibly the front brakes
> on this car also need to be replaced. A poster here suggested ACT
> ceramic brake pads as a replacement as they may last much longer. However
> none of the Honda dealerships that I contacted use this type of a pad.
> Would the use of these types of brake pads void the warranty?
>