2018 Honda Accord · symptom sheet
Brakes grind, pulse or wear early
- 255owner reports
- 16,600median miles
- $600median quote
- 6involved a crash
Newest report Aug 31, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
255 of the 1,883 complaints on this car describe brake wear.
Narrower sheets: Brake warning light stays on (36 reports)
Tick what matches of 255 reports
Brake wear on other Accord years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Brake reports cover a wide spread of symptoms. Grinding or squealing is common, and so is a pulsing pedal or a shake through the car when stopping. Others describe pads and rotors worn out long before they expected, a brake warning light, or a pedal that goes soft or sinks toward the floor. The most serious ones say the car didn't stop in time.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the pads and rotors (29 reports), the ABS module (11 reports), the booster (10 reports) and the caliper (8 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the brakes covers the 2018 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
NHTSA investigations into the brakes on the Accord
Braking performance. Closed dec 14, 2011.
Abs. Closed aug 6, 2001.
None of these investigations covers the 2018 model year.
What owners paid
11 of the 255 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $400 to $1,800.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 6,200 and 29,000 miles, from the 140 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 9 service bulletins or notices for the 2018 Honda Accord that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2018-2021 Accords, 2019-2017 Civics, 2017-2021 CR-Vs, 2018-2021 Odysseys & 2018-2021 Pilots with a customer complaint of an unexpected CMBS operation or a brake application.
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2018-2020 Accords, 2017-2020 CR-Vs & 2018-2020 Odysseys with a customer complaint of an unexpected CMBS operation or a brake application.
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2018-2020 Accords with a customer complaint of a grinding noise coming from the rear brakes.
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2018-2020 Accords with a customer complaint of the Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL) on with the brakecruise switch DTCs in active fault.
5 more on the 2018 Honda Accord page.
What owners wrote
“My airbag light comes on than goes off for a bit than comes on for a few months With only 1200 miles I needed braces and rotors , since the metal used was rusted out and worn”
Filed Jan 13, 2023 · 1,200 miles
“The car rear brakes are wearing down very quick. I replaced the rotors and the brake pads because the pads were actually rubbing the metal on the rotors. I replaced all original rotors and brake pads and about 10k miles, the rear brakes are making a metal to metal would. It seems like the rear brakes are engaged even though the parking brake and the foot is not on the brake pedal.”
Filed Sep 7, 2022 · 10,000 miles
“Rear break pads and rotors worn quickly at 17K miles. Inspected by honda dealer. Installed new brakes and rotors at Mavis Discount Tires and worned out again in 8 months from installation date.”
Filed Aug 14, 2022 · 17,000 miles
“EBB- ELECTRIC BRAKE BOOSTER U3003-16 BATTERY VOLTAGE CIRCUIT VOLTAGE BELOW THRESHOLD IT HAS A NEW BATTERY, IT SHOULDNâT BE HAVING THIS ISSUE. THIS IS DANGEROUS FOR MY ENTIRE FAMILY.”
Filed Dec 1, 2021
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 6 of 255 reports involved a crash and 12 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
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Other problems on this car
- Engine overheats or leaks coolant 349 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 282 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 250 reports
- Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking) 228 reports
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 167 reports
- Fuel pump failure 155 reports
- Multiple warning lights come on at once 124 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 109 reports
- Adaptive cruise or lane keeping misbehaves 103 reports
- Turbo failure or loss of boost 101 reports
- Forward collision warning goes off or the camera drops out 92 reports
- Airbag warning light or recall 60 reports
- A/C blows warm or the compressor fails 55 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 42 reports
- Loses power when accelerating 41 reports
- Seat belt or seat problems 36 reports
- Paint peels or body rusts 28 reports
- Traction control or StabiliTrak light comes on 26 reports