OEM Honda pads known for being dirty?

[Stewart Fan]

Our 2013 CRV really produces a lot of brake dust. Easily the worst on a vehicle I've owned.

Our Chevy P/U and Toyota Camry could go 10,000 miles and not produce the dust these have made in 2000.

 

[david_ES2]

How long does it take to cover the wheels in brakedust?

 

[zloveraz]

How many miles do you have on your CR-V? I had a 2004 and it did the same until around 3500 miles it stopped.

 

[Kool1]

I remember back in 2003 the original brake pads in our CRV turned our wheels black fast. At about 1,000 miles I replaced the OEM pads with Autozone Duralast Gold pads. The black dust slowed and the CRV was great. Over the years I've used many different pads and recently went back to Autozone Duralast pads but this time I used the Cmax pads. Unfortunately the pads rattled when going over bumps so I went back to OEM pads. My wheels are turning black again but the rattle has stopped.

 

[Stewart Fan]

Originally Posted By: zloveraz
How many miles do you have on your CR-V? I had a 2004 and it did the same until around 3500 miles it stopped.


Just shy of 2000.

 

[Lead Shoes]

TBH I noticed a lot of black dust on the outside of my steelies when there were OEM pads on my old civic, that should tell you something about how much dust they created, lol.


I would live with it before I changed them, if they continue to dust at that rate I would use rim wax so the dust rinses off easily.

 

[The Critic]

It depends on the application, but Honda pads are usually no dustier than most NAO ceramic OE pads.

You can try a replacement set of aftermarket ceramic pads, but you may find increased pedal effort during the first few stops.

 

[sxg6]

It was tough to find the info, but it looks like your cr-v came with semi-metallic brake pads, so that would explain why you see so much dark brake dust. As previously mentioned, I would switch to ceramic pads if it really bothers you.

 

[Hokiefyd]

Our 2008 CR-V still has the OEM ceramic pads front and rear, and there is very little visible dust. It's surprising to me that Honda would switch back to semi-metallic pads on the new one.

Someone at church has a 2012 model and someone at work has a 2012 model; both dust the front wheels pretty good. So it certainly does appear that there was a change in pad material.

 

[Highkm]

I have a 2013 CRV (~4500KM) and the front wheels have more black dust than the rear wheels. It's equivalent to the amount of residue I had on a 2003 Accord before Honda decided to change the pad material. After the change the stopping distance increased and the rotors deformed or warped much easier during frequent hard stops. I prefer semi-metallic pads. Ceramics get a lot more hotter. The rotors don't last.

 

[sxg6]

I could be mistaken about the CR-V using semi-metallic pads, as the answer was very hard to find and I don't recall if the source was one that I would trust 100%. But I wouldn't be surprised to hear that they were semi-metallic if people are experiencing high levels of black brake dust

 

[ChrisW]

Originally Posted By: sxg6
I could be mistaken about the CR-V using semi-metallic pads, as the answer was very hard to find and I don't recall if the source was one that I would trust 100%. But I wouldn't be surprised to hear that they were semi-metallic if people are experiencing high levels of black brake dust


Rockauto's catalog says the OE pads are ceramic. However, it has been my experience that ceramic doesn't mean dustless; I have Bendix CT-3 ceramic pads on my Mazda6, and while they are loads better than the factory pads, they still do dust, although a lot less than the OE pads. I'd say the dust doesn't build up as fast; but the dust is still dark. I really don't mind dust at all [to a point of course] so long as the brakes feel good.

 

[sxg6]

Bendix, akebono, and raybestos all indicate that the OE pads are ceramic as well. Which to be honest, sounds right to me since I thought a large number of cars these days came with ceramic pads, so I take back my thoughts on them being semi-metallic.