2019 Honda Accord · symptom sheet
Brakes grind, pulse or wear early
- 91owner reports
- 17,750median miles
- 7involved a crash
Newest report Sep 5, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
91 of the 691 complaints on this car describe brake wear.
Narrower sheets: Brake warning light stays on (27 reports)
Tick what matches of 91 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 (10 reports) and the ABS module (8 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the brakes covers the 2019 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 2019 model year.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 4,500 and 30,000 miles, from the 54 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 8 service bulletins or notices for the 2019 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.
4 more on the 2019 Honda Accord page.
What owners wrote
“Rear brakes rotors and pads are wearing out quickly. Vehicle has 14,000 miles and rear brakes need to be replaced. Front brakes and rotors are wearing as normal”
Filed Aug 7, 2023 · 14,000 miles
“Rear brakes have been changed out 3x since 2019 car only have 60k miles . Vehicle have been worked on by Honda thereâs nothing they can do but replace the brakes and charge me since itâs an âWear and Tearâ component.”
Filed Mar 29, 2022 · 60,000 miles
“I regularly had issues with the automatic braking system. On 11/2/2020 I was driving on the highway and the braking system automatically engaged, causing me to swerve and hit a semi-truck. This resulted in a total loss to the vehicle and ongoing back pain.”
Filed Feb 25, 2022
“The automatic break system activated for a fraction of a second several times, the breaking system alerted in the dashboard. The vehicle has not been addressed. It cause a scary reaction of driver.”
Filed Feb 25, 2022
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 7 of 91 reports involved a crash and 7 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.
Guide Taking it to a shop? How to describe this problem so it gets found
Other problems on this car
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 104 reports
- Engine overheats or leaks coolant 99 reports
- Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking) 90 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 89 reports
- Fuel pump failure 65 reports
- Multiple warning lights come on at once 55 reports
- Turbo failure or loss of boost 44 reports
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 43 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 37 reports
- Adaptive cruise or lane keeping misbehaves 33 reports
- Forward collision warning goes off or the camera drops out 33 reports
- Airbag warning light or recall 31 reports