Hey guys, my girl's car just started making this strange noise in the back left wheel area whenever the car is moving. I think it might be the wear indicators on the brakes there but I am not positive as this seems pretty loud to me even for wear indicators. I took a quick video below, it starts on the back right side (you can hear the noise there too) and moves to the back left wheel, where it is very loud. She has a 2003 2dr Accord EX. What do you think it is?

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Probably is the brake wear indicators. They're that loud cause the pads may be "really" worn down.

I even heard brake wear indicators even louder on two girls driving/riding a Honda S2000 before; those girls were driving really fast and stopping fast too and didn't even seem to care about the noise.

 

That rim design should allow you to easily inspect the break pads visually yourself and see whether they're worn or not... I think some tire shops may even give you a free break inspection.

 

Not exactly true, on most Hondas, it's the inner pad that usually wears out first. A lot of times the outer pad will still have plenty of meat. Usually you need to remove the wheel to look through the caliper inspection hole or remove the caliper and look at the inner pad itself.

 

Sorry, didn't know that, thanks for the correction Mr energy drink

 

Lol. Haha... you actually made me laugh. It's all good.

Edit: Btw, I don't actually drink Redbull, I tried it once, wasn't my thing especially for the price.

 

Exactly. I had to remove the calliper to get a good look at the inside pad. Couldn't see much through the little window. Maybe I need glasses.

 

That little window is more for measuring general thickness, you still can't really see the whole pad. Even I have to take off the caliper to really check the sides of the pads and for piece of mind.

When I was helping my friend change his brakes on his Toyota Camry, it was only when we took off the caliper that we saw one side of the pad had excess wear compare to the other pads.

 

The screetch-tabs are on the inboard pads, & the outboard pads can be seen (with difficulty) through many types of aluminum wheels.

Still, there's nothing like taking off the wheel & having a good look.

Sticking caliper-slide-pins will usually cause the outboard pad to wear faster. But there's other types of brake problems that can cause all sorts of uneven wear.