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Originally Posted by BostonMike7
On RockAuto.com, multiple brands of rear pads are under $20 and rotors are under $50. There are economy rotors for $20 each. You could walk away with this being a $60 brake job, or a $20 pad-slap if you are proactive and replace the pads before they wear to the backing plates. Also, you could do a little research and buy a longer lasting pad and rotor setup and prolong the time between brake jobs.
Either way, for the average DIYer for can handle a brake job this is a $100 brake job if you spring for better quality rotors and pads and 1-2 hours of time. Not a deal-breaker and a non-issue for most.
If you aren't a DIYer...you are stuck paying $400+ mechanic rates or whatever they charge.
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Again, the calipers too. (Trust me, I am a DIYer, I rebuilt them to try and save them but they were cooked).
Honestly, this IS a design flaw in the 08-09 models. A lot of people blame the EBD system, but I suspect the rear brakes are just undersized for the workload Honda asked of them on this model which they corrected in later years.
I would be surprised if most people (who do not DIY repairs) shopping for a used car would consider rear brakes that last 50% to 25% as long as they should to be a non-issue.