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BrakesPart report

2018 Honda Accord Brakes Problems

Complaints
260about this part
Share
14%of 1,897 total for the year
Median mileage
12,750miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 260 complaints about the brakes of the 2018 Honda Accord, 14% of the 1,897 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 12,750 miles. 7 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“This car almost killed me on highway while driving 70 miles/h it decided to tap breaks by itself(slow down) the gas pedal would not respond it was not any car in front of me.I took it to a dealer they restarted the system said everything it's fine now but did not fixed the problem the same day I had the same issue with it.I don't feel safe driving in it.”

NHTSA complaint #11306821, filed 2020-02, 40,000 miles

“Rear brake pads are wearing quicker than the front, I barley have any life in the rear pads. (wearing out twice as fast as they normally should) just like what happened to the 2008-2010 accords. Honda looked at the issue and completely ignored it, they told me its dangerous if I dont change them and they didnt say anything about them wearing out quick.”

NHTSA complaint #11278046, filed 2019-11, 15,000 miles

“I was coming to a stop sign signal left and I was pressing the brake lightly to come to complete stop and the was a car turn into my street the opposite lane though and he turned my car slam stop unexpectedly causing my passi g to jerk and I hard strain our necks! Whip lash over nothing so dangerous! Also one time entering the highway I slow or was coming to a stop for nothing! Swnsor is off!”

NHTSA complaint #11396495, filed 2021-02, 35,000 miles

“My 2018 Honda Accord sport crash mitigation system is not working correctly at highway speed with no vehicles around the brakes apply hard at times taking the car from 65 miles an hour down to 40 MPH in just a few seconds on one occasion I almost got rear ended by a tractor trailer Honda says there's nothing they can do about it”

NHTSA complaint #11253594, filed 2019-09, 29,000 miles

“When driving my car and I applying the brakes, the initial bite of the brakes fells like the car is not stopping as it should after applying the brake pedal further then it stats stopping very hard it almost feels like if I'm brake checking the person behind me, almost got in to a couple of collisions because of it and also almost have gotten rear end it because of it.”

NHTSA complaint #11206384, filed 2019-05, 3,000 miles

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Brakes: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202588%
2024117%
20231517%
2022176%
20213113%
20205816%
20199213%
201826014%
2017458%
2016335%
2015407%
201412212%
20131188%
20123910%
2011155%
201013123%
200923632%
200857738%
20075210%
20065312%
2005497%
2004626%
20031729%
2002343%
2001495%
2000534%
1999494%
1998514%
1997378%
19968117%
199512723%
19946818%
1993137%
1992189%
1991178%
1990105%
198956%
198822%
198755%
198636%
198518%
198415%
1982110%

Other parts of the 2018 Honda Accord

Engine
559 complaintsFuel system
476 complaintsForward collision avoidance
343 complaintsElectrical system
296 complaintsOther or unknown
252 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
139 complaintsVehicle speed control
111 complaintsAir bags
60 complaintsSteering
60 complaintsLane departure
57 complaintsBody and structure
57 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
34 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2018 Honda Accord

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology