Brake 'click' noise???

**Vic** · 22-06-2005 02:02 PM

Hey,
just wondering if any one else hears a click sound when they brake.
only happens the first time i press the brake pedal.
Appears to happen more often when i leave her parked for a while.

Spoke to Honda about it and they noticed it too but said not to worry as the brakes are working ok..... hmmmm. Not convinced

Don’t really wanna be driving round with faulty brakes if ya know what i mean???

anyone else come across this in their jazzes?

**jamchen** · 22-06-2005 02:41 PM

well... it has been a well known issue with most of the honda cars....

i am not 100% sure i remember but i heard its something to do with gaps between pads and discs... it will happen every first you apply your brakes after you've change directions...
there was a TSB for that for ACURA MDX and what they did was just put a shim between the pads and discs (so shortening the gaps)

but as what your dealer said.. its nothing to worry about... apart from the annoying sounds

but again its like the clicking sound you will hear from the auto trans. when you shift from P to D and you hear the click sound and honda claims its protecting the gears to go crazy

**Vic** · 22-06-2005 03:29 PM

jamchen,
man that doesn’t sound too good if its a well known issue then shouldn’t Honda do somthing about it???
Yeah ure right about it happing every first time you apply the brakes but haven’t really noticed it happening after changing directions???

if its related to the distance between the brake pads and the disc, does that mean that as the brake pads wear and become thinner the click noise will become louder???

Might just have to get used to it. Whets funny though is that gf didn’t notice it till i mentioned it and now it annoys her more than it annoys me!

btw whets a TSB???

**ahcash** · 22-06-2005 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by Vic

Hey,
just wondering if any one else hears a click sound when they brake.
only happens the first time i press the brake pedal.
Appears to happen more often when i leave her parked for a while.

Spoke to Honda about it and they noticed it too but said not to worry as the brakes are working ok..... hmmmm. Not convinced

Don’t really wanna be driving round with faulty brakes if ya know what i mean???

anyone else come across this in their jazzes?

How old is that car dude? How many Ks have you done?

Haven't notice anything on my Jazz (done about 9,000km), perhaps I didn't pay attention. However, I have noticed it in my other car and also on my friends car. (non-Honda).. Only happen when you break the first time of the day or sometimes change direction..

I don't think it is something to worry about.. IMO.

**gd1_nz** · 22-06-2005 03:52 PM

it happens on my jazz too when i step on the brake pedals for the first time every morning

**Vic** · 22-06-2005 04:00 PM

ahcash,
the jazz is a 2004 model, just over a year old and its done about 16,000k's
Do you think this clicking sound has something to do with age of car???
Def didnt notice it untill recently, like a 2-3 months ago.
Strange that it seams to happen in other cars also... yeah, not too woried bout it atm moment jus dont want the brakes failin on me or anything.... touch wood!
Thanks mate.

**Vic** · 22-06-2005 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by gd1_nz

it happens on my jazz too when i step on the brake pedals for the first time every morning

Exactly!

**muli** · 22-06-2005 04:14 PM

mine also makes a noise when brakes are first pressed when i leave to work in the morning. i might have to try and record it on me laptop with a mic

**asiansquad** · 22-06-2005 04:16 PM

my one haven't made any noises yet...hopefully it wont

Bought my jazz last nov

**ACE888** · 22-06-2005 05:45 PM

i'll go drive my Jazz out in a few minutes and try and hear the noises which you suggest...... cant exactly drive now as i'm the toilet using laptop connected wirelessly to the internet

**jamchen** · 22-06-2005 06:24 PM

TSB= technical Service bulletin
here is the actual TSB pdf file you can d/l from my other favour website

http://www.acuramdx.org/forums/showt...ight=brake+TSB

http://www.acuramdx.org/forums/showt...ight=brake+TSB

sorry its not Jazz... but you can check if you have the same symptom..
just to let you know i actually printed out the PDF and brought it to honda dealer they they simply say when i picked up the car that it only works for US MDX and they are not available for Australia...
THEY ALL MADE IN CANADA!!

and just correcting my previous statement, the sound is actually that the brakes don't slide in smoothly....