Posted on 02/17/2015 11:08:22 AM PST by LouAvul
My wife's Honda Accord has 33,000 miles on it. It's also got "traction control." I was told traction control utilizes the brakes non stop to control traction. The result is that brakes wear out sooner than older vehicles.
I was also told that the OEM rotors are manufactured in such a way as to be light as possible, meaning they're thinner, meaning they aren't designed to be "turned." Replacement rotors are only $40 each.
It's the first brake job on this car. Comments?
My experience with pads is the lifetime are much higher quality and the steel in the discs is a better quality.
128K here on the Silverado. Looking to get a set soon though.
What year is it?
rotors? I had my 1995 Honda Del Sol for 18 years (220,000 miles) and only replaced the rotors twice........I say twice but I only remember once and that was during the final year I had it, around 200,000 miles
Try some ProAct ceramic pads from Akebono. Haven’t used on a Mitsu but have had good luck on a Jeep and Cadillac.
They’re a Japanese supplier who makes them in Kentucky. A lot of the Chinese sourced stuff is iffy.
OR he simply needs to find a better shop...
Something’s hinky.
Buy a stick shift, that will break her of the habit............
Until I got my last car, a 2013 Ford Focus, the last time I drove an automatic was in 1978........For the first month or so I didn't know what to do with my left foot....and I still instinctively put my right hand on the shift lever every time I slow down or accelerate........LOL!
First things first. Why did you take the car into the shop? Are you talking about rotors front and rear? ..or rear only? Traction control wouldn’t have any bearing on front rotors. And just a reminder, you get what you pay for.
Yup. I remember the days before “traction control” when after every snow storm shops would be filled with cars that had cooked diffs and auto transmissions.
“...as long as they still meet the minimum thickness spec.”
un-turned, un-grooved and un-scored
At 33,000 miles if they didn’t meet the minimum thickness the brake pads would be made of carborundum!
+1 and go with OEM. The stuff made in China or Mexico won’t have the same tolerances or last as long.
+1 and go with OEM. The stuff made in China or Mexico won’t have the same tolerances or last as long.
The problem with replacing rotors for pulsation is hub run out. If the original factory rotors pulsate, there is a run out problem at the hub. I have fixed many problem cars with the on car lathe, where multiple rotor replacement did not permanently fix the pulsation.
She said the rear brakes were squeaking. That's why I took the car in. It's a 2009 Accord and falls in the time frame for problematical rear brakes for the model.
The car most likely had EBD where the rear brakes do 50% of the braking but the pads are much smaller than the front.
http://www.hondaproblems.com/trends/accord-brake-wear/
Get an aftermarket brake upgrade kit.
Yes, I see now there is an issue on that year and model of premature rear brake pad wear. Up to and including a class action lawsuit. Easily findable online. I am going to now slowly back out of this thread. (Any “normal” car will wear out the front pads much sooner than the rear).
I just put new calipers on my Silverado because the brake pads were wearing out 4 times faster than the fronts. Chev never could figure out how to get rear disc brakes to work on a truck so they went back to drums.
“Brakes are for emergencies and those who can,t plan ahead.”
I suppose if you only go 3 miles an hour and drive Miss Daisy, maybe. Of course, at that speed you might a well walk.
“Mitsubishi’s have the worst brakes ever.”
Really? I have a 2010 Mitsubishi Outlander going on 170k on the original brakes.
I had two mitsu sedans both had warped rotors after 20K miles. The rest of these cars were solid but the brakes always sucked. One died when a tree fell on it and the other was rear ended and totaled. But the brakes were always an issue with these cars. Maybe they have improved them.
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