[ShinAkira00]

Noticed an issue over week ago when the car (2016 model, FWD) felt like the rear passenger side was dragging and lead to vibrations in the cabin. I inspected both rear caliper and these were my findings:
1. Checked both rotors and discovered the the rear passenger side was stuck and would not rotate. I opened the bleeder and it then rotated, though not completely freely. The same test was done on the rear driver side and that had no issue.
2. I suspected this meant either the caliper or the brake hose but just to ensure I did a thorough check I inspected the caliper slide pins, cleaned them as well as the boot to ensure they moved freely. This was when I noticed that the slide pin with the rubber boot at the tip would not move without a significant amount of force. I inspected it but it was not swollen and did not appear torn. I couldn't see any defect at all but no matter what I tried, once I slid it in it remained at the position that I left it. It would not move up or down

So now I'm not sure whether the slide pin is the culprit or is it the brake hose as the initial test points to. If it is the pin, is it really as easy as just replacing the boot (assuming I can find one that fits).

Also a side note...can anyone confirm whether the slide pins on the left and right side should be the same length? When I compared both slide pins (the ones with the rubber boot) I noticed that the pins were not exactly the same. Even the rubber boot on the pins is different. On the driver side the pin boot is slightly longer than the one with the issue. I've never changed these before so this seemed odd to me.

 

[bchan42]

On my 2016, both rear brakes were frozen, left some really strange wear patterns in the rotors. Replace both rotors and pads, cleaned up the caliper including lubricating the pins, this was 3 years ago and have not had problems with the new brakes. if you live in the salt belt, the rears will go first

 

[WDHewson]

Slide pin maintenance on a Honda is a yearly or every two years "must do".

Easy to do yourself with some practice, and annoying and expensive at the shops and dealers, who will up-sell new rotors, calipers, frames, pads, and clips at all 4 corners.

 

[ShinAkira00]

Slide pin maintenance on a Honda is a yearly or every two years "must do".

Easy to do yourself with some practice, and annoying and expensive at the shops and dealers, who will up-sell new rotors, calipers, frames, pads, and clips at all 4 corners.

I actually did that a few months ago when I changed the pads so that's why this was surprising. The pin isn't rusted or anything like that and the car has less than 50k miles on it. I only drive it to work and back. I can only assume that it's the rubber boot on the pin that is swollen. I'm going to try to find one that fits and bleed the brakes since it's about time for that anyway and see how that goes.

 

[rszappa1]

I actually did that a few months ago when I changed the pads so that's why this was surprising. The pin isn't rusted or anything like that and the car has less than 50k miles on it. I only drive it to work and back. I can only assume that it's the rubber boot on the pin that is swollen. I'm going to try to find one that fits and bleed the brakes since it's about time for that anyway and see how that goes.

How did you retract the electronic parking brake???

 

[ShinAkira00]

How did you retract the electronic parking brake???

I did it by hand following the service manual, using a torx bit after disconnecting the actuator.

 

[Trooper]

The Honda HR-V maintenance schedule states to have your brakes serviced every 2 years. This prevents the brakes problems like this from happening. I never did this one one of my vehicles and the rear brakes seized up (new rotors and pads replaced) Since then with this every 2-year service I have had no problems on my next 3 vehicles. All I had to do was replace the pads when required.

 

[rszappa1]

The Honda HR-V maintenance schedule states to have your brakes serviced every 2 years. This prevents the brakes problems like this from happening. I never did this one one of my vehicles and the rear brakes seized up (new rotors and pads replaced) Since then with this every 2-year service I have had no problems on my next 3 vehicles. All I had to do was replace the pads when required.

I had a slide pin lock up once on my 07 Accord...Good advice... I am looking on purchasing a scanner that includes the electronic brake maintinace feature for the rear brakes...

 

[ShinAkira00]

The Honda HR-V maintenance schedule states to have your brakes serviced every 2 years. This prevents the brakes problems like this from happening. I never did this one one of my vehicles and the rear brakes seized up (new rotors and pads replaced) Since then with this every 2-year service I have had no problems on my next 3 vehicles. All I had to do was replace the pads when required.

Thanks but the car is serviced regularly, it's only about 5 years old and is only driven to work like an hour in total a few days a week because I work from home half the time. I doubt it's a result of neglect, this might just be an unlucky situation. To my knowledge rotors and pads shouldn't be replaced that frequently unless the driver races on tracks, drives recklessly or Honda is becoming less reliable.

 

[ShinAkira00]

I had a slide pin lock up once on my 07 Accord...Good advice... I am looking on purchasing a scanner that includes the electronic brake maintinace feature for the rear brakes...

Did you ever figure out what was the exact cause?