Rear brakes stick in cold weather, also rust is an issue.

Rear disc brakes should NOT wear out before the front, especially on a car with the engine and most of the weight in the front. I've had to replace the rear pads 2x since I've had this car (about 30K miles). They sound horrible and grind like crazy when they are wearing out though, so you'll have plenty of warning.

Easy to work on these older Hondas, but still a pain in the rear (literally) when you are super busy and have a bad back.

Left rear caliper hanging up caused pad to wear into rotor, scoring it. Driving 40 years and I have never worn out brake pads, or shoes in 20K miles. They turned the left rotor and replaced the pads and charged me saying this was an excluded warranty item. (B.S.) (They wouldn't even split the cost.)

I argued with the service manager, then the regional service representative, that this was NOT NORMAL brake wear.

I have done my own brakes on many different vehicles I have owned over the years. I felt that ONE, of four brakes sticking, causing wear to the rotor was in fact a DEFECT. As of this typing 10/11/2011, with 44K miles on the vehicle, the other original front brake pads and rotors, along with the right rear originals are still fine and operating as expected. This just REINFORCES MY POINT, THAT THIS IN FACT WAS, A DEFECT.

They said, I should have had recommended dealer preventative CLEANING & LUBRICATION of the brakes @ 10K miles as listed in the owners manual.

Yea, OK............ Like I have ever done that in 40 years of driving...........................

Purchased this car used at 22,000 miles. Local trade, nice looking and clean. Noticed the brakes were very aggressive. Had to use a light foot on brake pedal or it would throw everyone forward. Just figured they were good brakes. Around 40,000 miles I began hearing a feint noise when I would go around a corner to the right. Sounded like summer insects beside the road. Then began hearing it more often and for longer times. Thought it was possibly brakes so I removed front wheels and both pads only half worn. The sound still happened during corners and stopped when brakes were applied. Finally stuck my head out the window while hearing the noise and found it coming from rear. Removed rear wheels to find clip on rear pad rubbing on rotor.

Purchased new pads and installed myself. I will never attempt to replace the rear pads on this car again. Absolutely the worst design for maintenance I have ever seen. Had to totally remove assembly from car to get pads into slots properly, which meant I lost all fluid to both sides with line disconnected. Took about 20 minutes to do both fronts and about 3 hours to do both rears, plus a lot of choice words being thrown about the garage.

I had no idea this was a common problem, until I came across this great web site. I will certainly tell all my friends to check here before purchasing anything in the future.

Now I hope to hear that Honda is going to do something for us. This is our third of 4 Honda cars that we have purchased, not counting that sorry Acura 3.2 TL-S that the transmission went out in twice in two years.

Honda is quickly becoming a third world car with quality control like this...

It's riduculous that the rear pads should wear out so soon and BEFORE the front pads. I've owned two Nissans (this is my first, and possibly last, Honda) and had more than double the mileage before needing to replace ANYTHING. They (my Nissans) were gems!

When the dealer told me I needed to repair the rear pads, I wasn't sure if it was a Manufacturer's defect or if possibly the dealer was trying to pull a fast one on me. After seeing various web sites where folks are experiencing the same thing, I'm inclined to conclude that Honda has a bit of a problem here. If I were one to ride on the brakes, drive a lot of hills or stop on a dime, I would chalk it up to rough driving. That's not me.

I think I'm kicking myself now... I guess I should have purchased another Maxima. I'm concerned what the future holds (as far as maintenance costs go) if I keep this car.

Rear brakes caliper pins (where the small bolts go thru the rubber boots and into the pad mounting brackets) were rusted solid to the brackets causing the brakes to not release, which in turn caused the pads and rotors both to be heavily damaged. I ended up replacing both rear rotors and pads. So far I have spent $110 on parts at Advance Auto. I'm sure you could triple this if you had this repaired at your local Honda dealer. I had to use a 3 pound hammer with the bracket in a large vice to get the rusted pins out, one on each side of the car. the ones that stuck were the outside pads, the ones without the wear indicators. Needless to say there was no warning until the rivets had gouged the rotors beyond repair, before I found the problem. Hats off to the salesman at Advance Auto for the info about this problem. I think it's time for Honda to step up and fix this problem before someone's rear brakes lock up and it results in someones untimely death.

The rear brakes started making high pitch noise which was actually their brake wear indicator, telling you to replace them, brake pads. I bought the original brake pads from Mission Gorge Honda in San Diego and they even gave me the front brake pads, had to go back to that dealership to replace wrong brake pads they gave me. When it came to the part of squeezing in the brake cylinder, I removed the whole cylinder, brake hose lining from the cylinder. Still almost broke the C clamp that I was using, had to use a big vise grip to turn the screw because the piece that we normally use to turn the screw on the C clamp got all bent up when I was pressing in the cylinder. But finally finish fixing the rear brakes after almost an hour wrestling with the C clamp.

I own 2007 V4 Honda Accord SE. Problem - at 30,000 car was not stopping as expected and I checked breaks. The rear breaks were gone 100% and front 30%. This is a car that is being used 99% driving on highway. Lats Honda I had I changed rear breaks only 1 time in 100,000 miles. I did some research and it seems that everyone has same issue ....breaks die after about 25,000-30,000 miles. This doesn't make any sense. Honda don't become Toyota ....

If you do more research and see Honda Accord 2008 already has over 800 complains about same issue with the breaks. Honda time for a recall....NOW

Grinding in rear brakes started a few days ago. I purchased and replaced pads myself today. They were toast. I only see one other complaint for bad rear brakes on 2007 Accords but many for the 2008 model (which is new) so perhaps my pads came from the same batch as the early '08? Rear pads should last much longer than front (which I also replaced but were less than half worn) so this is obviously a design flaw. There was a lot of corrosion back there which may explain why these pads failed so soon. I am a little disappointed with Honda in the case but overall it's been a good car so far.