Rotors and disc wear quickly; dealer claims that soft brakes cause problems.
2001 Honda Accord brakes complaints
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The brakes smelled like burnt rubber. The dealer indicated that the rear brakes were misaligned at the factory and caused the front pads to rub. The dealer resurfaced the rotors and adjusted the brakes, but the pads continued wearing fast and the rotors continuously overheated.
On september 20,2001 while driving in light rain. Trying to stop wheels locked, able to turn steering wheel but unable to steer car. Hit car stopped in front of me no one hurt. Damage to left front end of car. Car was inspected, oil change, wheel alignment on october 15 by jl freed honda and passed inspection. On january 31,2002 william was driving put foot on brake to slow down and exit roadway, put foot on brake to slow down and the same thing happened crashed into guardrail. No one hurt.
Brake failed completely while at highway speed.
The passenger window hangs and gets stuck in the guide. I have had it fixed 3 times and now it needs a 4th fixing. The anti-lock braking system engages prematurely, making braking ineffective at highway speeds.
The vehicle was being pulled into driveway. Driver covered the brakes while passenger removed seat belt. The car suddenly accelerated at full speed into the patio. The brakes refused to respond(there was no pressure what so ever). The airbags failed to deploy, the passenger suffered injuries.
First thing in morning vehicle starts to accelerate. When putting on brakes to stop at stop sign, has no brakes. Brakes go out intermittently. Contacted dealer, and dealer couldn't find anything wrong, but replaced master cylinder.*ak consumer also states that the rotors were turned and brake pads were replaced.
She was traveling on highway and brakes failed.
On three different occasions my brakes have completely failed during the same circumstances: in each instance I am driving highway speeds, I brake to a stop because of traffic, when traffic stops I let off my brakes and the car starts moving forward. If I need my brakes immediately I find I have absolutely no brakes. The car doesn't even slow down. The second time this happened I rear ended a car that was three car lengths in front of me because I had no brakes! The other two occasions happened exactly in the same way, but the cars ahead of me started moving and I was able to keep from hitting them.
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