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I own a 2003 Honda Civic sedan and I have intermittent problems with my brakes. I am desperate because it's the first time a Honda gives me a lots of problems (I owned a 1996 Honda Civic sedan before that: Great car.)..Anyways, here is the story: My front discs were ready to be changed (90,000 KM) and my pads were used at 75-80% so I went to my garage to have 2 front discs changed and a set of pads as well (Honda parts). They cleaned my rear brakes (drums) also because they were still "ok". I noticed (I am not sure if it's before the break job or after...) that something was breaking my car while I was driving, I felt it came from the front end. After inspection at the garage, they suggested to change the callipers, it should solve the problem. I followed their suggestion but it did not solved my problem...Something was still breaking the car when I was driving. Since it was intermittent, nobody (even the Honda dealer) could determine the cause of this issue. Until smoke came from the back of my front tire (driver's side). Bingo! I knew now where the problem came from... However, noboby could determine the cause of this problem after bringing the car to the garage...When a test drive was done, it ran great...! Grrr...They noticed that the disc had heated but after doing test on the ABS system and Master Cylinder, everything looked fine...They suggested maybe to change the brake hoses in front, it should solve my problem... Not! the same problem occured (I needed to give my car more power so it could run normally...) while I was driving...! Does anyone has any suggestion for this problem? "Shut down" the ABS system temporarily? Would this be recommended to determine if the ABS system would be the problem? I don't know what to do anymore because when the problem occurs the garages are all closed (evenings, Week-ends), so nobody can actually investigate the problem, as it happens...Does anyone had similar problems?
Thank you in advance for your suggestions!!
Here is how I feel at the moment (economically and psychologically):

 
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This may help, just scroll down to the bottom until you get to the thread:

http://www.hondacivicforum.com/forum...p/t-69910.html

 
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Since they have replaced the calipers and the problem is intermittent, I think you are correct in looking at the ABS. A true mechanical problem such as a sticking brake cylinder or pins would occur at all times. I don't think it would be a problem to pull the fuse or cable and disable the ABS and see if the problem continues. Since the problem doesn't occur all the time, another way to test might be to turn the key off and on when the problem occurs. If the ABS is applying brakes to the front drivers side, cycling the power to the ABS should reset it and cause the brakes to release.

 
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Thank you for the information H-Ian!

 
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Thank you for the tips pjb3. When I think about it, when this situation happenned (While moving, the car seems to brake to the front drivers side) just a few days ago, I arrived at the garage, I stoped the car to have a mechanic do a test drive with me and the problem was unfortunatly not occuring anymore...! So you suggest disabling the ABS system (removing the fuse I assume) for a few days and logically if the problem does not occur, the problem would be the ABS...Is it safe to disable this system? Can I do it myself or the garage should do it? Thanks again!