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2004 Honda Accord brakes problems

68 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2004 Honda Accord, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
68 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
18,000 miles 50 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
10 and 2
Injuries and deaths
7 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2004 Honda Accord Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 18,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 26 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 11 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 18,000 miles
Based on 50 complaints that include mileage. 84% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles26
20k to 40k miles11
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 50 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 18,000 miles, and 84% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 10 crashes, 2 fires, 7 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was driving my normal route and coming up on my right turn. The dashboard lights and all interior lights of my car went black and I was unable to steer my car. Within seconds I tried to brake. My pedal went directly to the floor and my brakes never engaged. I had no steering and no brakes going 55MPH (forcing me through a red light). I was t-boned by a SUV at 60MPH (no skid marks for either of us)- a full impact crash.

November 2014 CrashInjury

(the vehicle is at d-drive gear) when I put my foot on brake pedal to slow down my 2004 honda accord ex-l for a red traffic light, when the speed meter was lower than 20 MPH something funny with engine happened. The vehicle engine RPM jumped high to around 2000 then stayed at around 1300 even though it is totally stopped. Engine was still delivering extra power and making noise louder than it should be. I had to step harder on the brake immediately to stop the car to avoid hitting the car in the front.

Reported at 2,488 miles, May 2004

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