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Since I have purchased the Honda I have had nothing but issues.  Rear brakes replaced twice in a year, they say it is the mileage.  I said bs, because I have an 01 accord and it has 365,000 miles on it and it drives better than the 08, I have only replace brakes on it once.  The honda dealer said the new honda has a different braking system that that it is normal for the rear brakes to be replaced when it has alot of miles on it.  I also told him that my remote key, half the time works.  Some days when I go to crank it, it sounds like the starter is going out.  I am so disgusted with Honda that I am ready to loose the money that I put down on it and get another car (NOT A HONDA).  The only reason I bought the honda was because of the way my 2001 has held up.
It also upset me that the mechanic said since I have 55,000 miles on it that I must drive it alot in town. Trying to say I brake alot.  I said no actually I had cancer and my son drove it every week to Jesup, GA  6 hours there and 6 hours back each week.  So it was all highway miles. Oh and he said do you have finger nail I said now I do, I didn't when I had cancer, he said that a lady came in and it was her nails causing the issue with the keyless remote.  He made me feel like I was stupid because I was a lady. I also told him that there was other emails on the internet regarding the brakes, road noise, etc.  If anyone else is having the similar problem please respond to this topic. Thank you.  

I had the same problem with the keyless entry a new Honda Accord I rented a month ago.  The keyless entry rarely worked.  Since I am a man it wasn't a finger nail problem - what a cheap excuse.  This is one reason I didn't care if the automakers went out of business because they are always trying to screw you.  I had to use the key most of the time and you can only do this on the driver's side.  It was so frustrating it turned me off of ever buying an Accord.  It was also loose in right turns and felt heavy like an american car.  It definetly wasn't the Accord I had rented a few years ago.  This one had 45k miles on it - alot for a rental but was in good shape.  I found it loose in right turns, a little noisy but the stereo drowned that out.  Did they tell you to turn up the stereo to drown out the noise? I took it up through NC, VA, and WV on I-77.  The gas mileage was worse than my 1999 Maxima.  I wish they wouldn't have changed that car (Maxima) or the Accord.  It appears the Japanese automakers might be following the footsteps of the American automakers.  The only advice I have for the Japanese automakers is to go back to what you had years ago - if it ain't broke don't fix it and don't change it.  

YOU ARE SO RIGHT I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM I ONLY HAVE 23000 MILES ON MY 08 HONDA AND MY BRAKES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACE AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN RESURFACED ON THE BACK. NOW YESTERDAY I TOOK IT BACK BECAUSE IT DOES NOT BREAK SMOOTHLY, SO THEY RESURFACED THE FRONT BRAKES TODAY IT'S DOING THE SAME THING. I WILL BE TAKING IT BACK FOR THE 3RD TIME TOMORROW. I HAD A 2006 ACCORD AND DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS. I WANT BUY ANOTHER HONDA  

Wow. Me too. I recently bought an 08 Honda Accord and have had nothing but issues with my brakes, my remote key and my tire light constantly coming on. Within one year I had to replace the rear brakes and front brakes. I think that is ridiculous for a new car. The reason I bought the Honda in the beginning was because I had such good results with my old Honda so when it was time to get a new car it wasn't a question of what kind of car I wanted. (Another Honda ... so I thought.) A co-worker also bought an 08 Honda Accord after seeing my car and has told me that he too had to replace his rear brakes 3 times since he had his car and it's only 09! What's up with that? I had a 1995 Honda Civic with over 3,000 miles on it and only replaced the brakes twice. As far as the key remote, they clicked it and it worked so they tried to pretend I was dumb and did not know how to press the remote. It works sometimes and not other times. What have they done about it? Nothing. I am a female and I have no nails, I bite them so it's not my nails either. Then there is the little horseshoe light that they told me was the air pressure in the tires. Well their story is that when it is cold, it will come on but when the car warms up it goes off, right. It is hot and sunny out now and the light is on. I have been to them so many times about the light, I am just fustrated. Then they say it is a nail in the tire, $40 to plug it, but I am back again, and again. I think there is another issue with the tires. Anyways, what can you do but not buy another Honda?  

I bought my 08 Honda Accord in November of 2007 and since then I have replaced the back breaks 3 times and the same problem has started again today.  I bought a Honda because so many people had told me what great cars they were......I hate mine and wish I could afford another car.  I will never buy another Honda ever.  

I have a '08 Accord, and at 20k I was informed that the loud grinding noise i was hearing was the brake indicator on the rear brakes telling me that they needed replacing.  I took the car to my parents trusted mechanic and he verified that they needed to be replaced.  This was a shock to me since the car that this one replaced was a '98 Toyota Camry and no brake work was needed until the car had over 48k.  Since I have now owned the car for a little over 1.5 years, I am wondering when i will need to replace them again.  As for my remote, it has worked fine up until this weekend.  It seems that every feature of the remote works, but the trunk release.  Since I used the same key all the time, I pulled out the second key to see if it might have been a button going bad.  Nope, both will not work the trunk, so I called the dealer.  The dealer is trying to tell me know that the batteries in both remotes has gone bad.  WHAT???  when when does a remote battery go bad after a year and a half?

I am now rethinking that I should have purchased the Toyota instead, but with over 38k on the car, I won't get much for it.  

i don't own a honda.. but if you notice.. i am answering a lot of peoples questions here...

number one... remotes...

here is a pdf file from honda on replacing the batteries and programming the remotes for the 2002 models...

http://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/AU/AAM32043.pdf

there are probably small differences but this should help...


as for the  rear brakes....  are these newer model hondas equipped with traction or stability controls????   as most of them would be applying the rear brakes without your input..     so you might really want to think about a longer life brake pad...  one of the ceramic (probably plastic/ kevlar) or some semi metallics....   i have also seen honda rear rotors on earlier cars.. there's not a lot of meat to machine away..  

I purchased an 08 Accord EX-L in December 07, I only kept it 9 months and didnt have any problems with it. I traded the car in around August 08 for another 06 Accord but I got the V-6 with Navi. This car has had mutiple key, brake and tire pressure issues. The tires on my Accord are very loud and road noise has never been an issue with a Honda for me in the past. My tire pressure sensor comes over everytime it gets really cold. The Honda dealership told me that since the car is a V-6 it will wear out brakes faster than a 4 cylinder would. Also the brakes are ceramic and they will not hold up like traditional brake pads too because they are softer.  I just changed my back brakes and the only one in bad shape was the inside one. The issue with the keys is the fact that the battery loses contact and you have to open up your key fob and turn the battery. I have replaced 4 batteries in two keys in a little over a year. I kept thinking it was a dead battery. I finally went to the local dealership and they just opened up the keys and turned the battery. They told me the keys on the 08's and 09's have these issues. I have been buying a new Honda Accord every year for the last 7 years but I think this may be my last one.
I also had alot of noise in the rear seat area. Something was squeaking. The dealership told me that this is a common problem too with Accords with leather. Something is rubbing against some metal and they fix it with some type of silicon.  

I've finally figured out my keyfob problem with my '08 Accord.  It always seems to work when I leave my house, but sometimes when I get to the gym or to work in the morning, I can't lock my car with the keyfob.  The sometimes turns out to be when it is very cold.

I'm in Atlanta and with our recent below-freezing week it became very apparent.  It works when I leave my house because the key/keyfob has been inside and is at room temperature.  I'll usually let the car idle for 5 minutes or so and my drive is 10 to 20 minutes.  If it is cold enough, I think the frigid metal contact from the ignition is "freezing" the battery or circuitry.  It isn't the receiver in the car because the LED on the keyfob does not work, either.  After it's been warming up in my pocket it works again.

This may be a big problem for someone who lives up north and routinely has cold temperatures, especially if you park outside without a garage (as I do.)  Has anyone else had this problem?  If you're having keyfob problems, pay attention to the temperature and LED and see if this is a Honda issue or if I'm just lucky...  

I had the same problem and found the issue!

Open the remote and inside you'll see the circuit board with some vasoline like stuff on the battery and elsewhere. Carefully clean it all off and put it back. Voila!  It works great.  

I've fixed two remotes and both are working great after 6 months.  

thithi99:
I bought my 08 Honda Accord in November of 2007 and since then I have replaced the back breaks 3 times and the same problem has started again today.  I bought a Honda because so many people had told me what great cars they were......I hate mine and wish I could afford another car.  I will never buy another Honda ever.

I bought my HONDA 2008 in Oct 2007.
Huge vibration in entire car in Sept 09.  Odometer read 25907 kms.  Rear brakes were at 10%,FRONTS 80%. Recommended replacing rear pads and machining rotors and replacing front rotors.  Cost to me $688.92.  Not on warranty and no rebates.  Apparently dealershiip contacted Honda Canada and was told no problems reported on this issue and first time heard of this.  

I was told I must RIDE MY BRAKES and was a poor driver.  Also tough Canadian terrain was possible contributer to this premature brake issue.  I am a first time Honda owner and am EXTREMELY dissappointed in my car and treatment by Service department and Honda
Canada.  Should have bought that Toyota I was looking at.  

600+ bucks to replace pads... and turn the rotor... not replace them...


do these cars have traction control...

and stability control??????

if they have stability control... i would bet that the stability control is using up the pads... as it can apply brakes when you are turning and changing directions...


there might also be a problem with the design or specifications of the antilock valving.. it might be keeping to much residual line pressure in the system... causing the brakes to wear...

the groove that is machined into the caliper bore... that holds the caliper seal... may have been redesigned... so there is less angle on the forward side..  this angle lets the seal rock slightly in its groove..  allows the piston to move out and the seal rocks, when the pressure is released... the piston is retracted a tiny amount.. stopping the wear on the brake pads...


its hard to say which one is causing the problem...  could also be a length difference in the brake pedal push rod... or brake light switch adjustments..   holding the brakes part way on...

rotors are not trapped any more..  they come right off with basic hand tools.. after you take the caliper bracket off.  something is wrong with that bill..

the last ... and it is possible.. that the techs are selling jobs every time they take the wheels off..       i worked in a shop in the early 80's... that the new manager said.. no car leaves the shop with an invoice less than $100 bucks.. i was fired as i could not do that.. on a the brand new cars that were coming in for their first oil change .. and we had a 3 week waiting list for oil changes..    6 techs working 7 days a week.. brought in over 70,000 a month in repairs.. in 1981... and the new manager wanted more..   they even mailed me the termination notice.. mom read it and had it framed... put it on her wall...


everybody with this problem needs to contact consumer reports... with their problem...  

Roboman:

Thanks for the tip. I tried the fix on my 2009 2nd Honda Accord remote (I had the first remote fixed at the dealership when the car was still under warrantee).  The remote works great.

Thanks again,

John  

Same here, thanks Roboman.  Worked like a charm on both keys.  

I had Honda CR-V 2009 model and i hardly faced some issue of it. Some day back i had brakes problem with it, but now it has solved a now its again ready to give me a good performance drive experience.