Touchy brakes on '06 Accord V6

I drove my in-law's '06 Accord (15,000 miles on odo) and I didn't like it at
all! The brakes were SO touchy! Also, when you lifted off the accelerator,
instead of gliding, or even having the kind of slow down you would have on a
manual transmission, it had the sort of buck that you might have if the
engine didn;t have enough gas to keep from stalling. Are these cars touchy
and that much of a pain? They bring it to a very good dealer for servicing.

 

I bought an 06 Accord I4 coupe Spring 06 and noticed right away the brakes
are touchy -- at least in comparison with the 01 Prelude I had before. They
seem to grab suddenly as thought they are overboosted. I preferred the
brakes on my Prelude and feel they were superior in every respect to the
Accord.

 

When we bought our '03 Accord EX V-6, the first thing I noticed after
leaving the dealer was how touchy the brakes were. At least compared
to our '99. Now, they seem perfectly normal. I imagine if I got into
another '99 now, the brakes would seem heavy.

Dick

 

what kind of car are you used to? most people like the brakes to be
sensitive.

 

It could be worse. The Accord Hybrid engages regenerative braking in
addition to the grabby brakes. If that wasn't bad enough, the
regenerative braking randomly cuts out and the car lurches forwards. It
was dangerous originally on the 05 HAH but software updates have made
the cut-out more gradual.

The jerk you felt is probably the torque converter disengaging. I don't
know about the 06 V6 but the 05 HAH has the slowest responding
transmission that I've ever experienced. This is my second Honda and
this was not what I was expecting.

 

Dick said

Same here. The brakes on myy '03 Accord EX V6 Coupe seemed really
touchy, especially at very slow speeds. The only time I notice that
characteristic now is after I drive another vehicle such as my son's
full-size pickup truck.


Casey

 

and there you have it. it'll be even more noticeable if you compare to
a big rig with air brakes and a full load.

 

Hmmm, I have owned over a dozen cars and have driven hundreds of them.
The brakes on our '03 Accord and '06 Acura TSX work extremely well and
are easy to modulate. They don't seem "touchy" to me at all. My only
complaints is that the rear pads wear out relatively quickly, but since
I do my own repairs this is no big deal.

John

 

I have driven everything from small Euro cars to a Ford Dump truck and even
drove a '69 Nova that had brakes that grabbed and I have NEVER experienced
brakes that are so binary in their operation (especially at low speeds) as
these brakes are.

Thanks for the feedback everybody. I was concerned that there might be
something wrong with them... possibly as a product of my mother-in-law's
tendency to two-foot drive (left foot on the brake, right on the gas, and
sometimes both pressing at once).

 

Very astute observations; they are what they are. Mine is the same as you
describe.

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