i spoke with my dealer a while back and asked about this...


he told me that the clock was normal. according to him, the click comes from the front calipers re-aligning themselves or something to that effect. or maybe it's linked to late model hondas with ABS. i don't remember my conversation with him too well, but he said that he got calls about this "clicking sound" almost every day from different honda owners, not just Fits. so it's nothing to be worried about.

it IS annoying as siht, though. it only happens when the car has been put in reverse before it moves forward that the click happens.

hope this helps

 

There is another possibility other than the brake light switch.
Brake pads do stick to rotors especially in rainy or humid weather and often there will be clicking sound after a period of no activity. Most often it happens in the first time the car is started in the morning. And its not really destructive though Stop Tech might argue. They believe pad material is left on the rotor from the disengagement and that leads to symptoms of warped rotors. we aren't convinced as the residue is gone within a few brake uses. But its a good question.

However, the observation that the clicking occurs after the car is in reverse offers another possibility. Brake pads are prepped for installation by us - and others - by filing about .020" off the length so that under heated conditions the pad will not expand enough to 'jam' in the slots. Normally the pads are seated in the bottom of the caliper but when the car is reversed the pads can rise from the bottom and when the car is driven forward the pads do seat again at the bottom.
Although I've never experienced a pronounced clink with stock pads I have heard them with those prepped brake pads.
Its a heavy clink bordering on a clunking sound. If a lesser clearance is there the clink will probably be softer.
In any case its perfectly normal. Next time you have the wheel off and brake pads fully released see if there is noticeable up-down free play in the pad in the caliper 'slot'. Re-alignment as the dealer says, althiough he should have been more explanatory.
Interesting.

 

i did some tests few months back and found that it ONLY happened when the car had been in reverse prior to moving forward. like when i park tail in a parking spot at work, when i drive away and apply the brakes, it never happens. only when i've backed out of a space.

i may need pads pretty soon, so i'll take a closer look then.

 

I would recommend u guys to get someone to take out the pads, sand them a coarse sand paper for a bit on the contact surface(sometimes it's glazed). Brush & clean up the rust & dust around your caliper bracket, clean up the sliding pins with a clean rag & lube them with brake grease. Lube up the both left & right "knob" edge & the back surface of the pads with high temp anti-seize.

Put it back in & try it out and noise SHOULD be gone. This is what I do twice a year.