# HONDA ELEMENT brakes

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-element-brakes/42396>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** element, honda\
**Created:** [January 12, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-element-brakes/42396 "2010-01-12T20:30:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![joepmcg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@joepmcg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joepmcg)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-element-brakes/42396/1 "2010-01-12T20:30:30Z")

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I used this site earlier in 2009 right after purchasing a 2007 HONDA ELEMENT SC, which came to me with a frozen brake caliper. That’s all fixed up now, with no further issues, BUT…  
  
 Are there any of you out there that have been told that HONDA rarely puts SLIDE LUBE on these cars when they come out of the factory, inviting this problem in the future of ALL ELEMENTS? (This is what I’ve been told, by expertsd, many times).

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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-element-brakes/42396/2 "2010-01-12T21:10:42Z")

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What “expert” told you that. Metal to metal sliding parts need lubrication, period.

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**Author:** ![joepmcg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@joepmcg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joepmcg)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-element-brakes/42396/3 "2010-01-12T21:41:17Z")

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The expert that fixed the problem, at a MIDAS shop. Also, the HONDA dealership that finally realized that the front slides had the same problem at 23 K miles, and corrected it.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-element-brakes/42396/4 "2010-01-12T23:40:52Z")

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I haven’t been told that Honda rarely puts lube on the slides, but lube certainly can’t hurt. Honestly, I have no idea if any manufacturers lube the slides at the factory.