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Guilty as charged. Mine still had 5/32 inch tread left around 33k miles. As luck would have it, one of my tires got a nail stuck in it, another had a small leak, and another got a puncture by hitting a pothole too hard, so replaced all 4 but as per the dealer they still had a few thousand more...

I can testify, this does make a big difference. And yep, 10mm DEEP socket highly recommended, else you'll be turning a 10 min job into an hour long one prying a wrench vertically into that gap like I had to haha.

Yes you guessed correct, but I've seen even worse roads. Try Arizona or Tennessee (the worst roads ever in Memphis, never seen crater sized potholes on highways before, enough to make your car a salvage title). Anything north of Massachusetts, ie. New Hampshire and Maine have beautiful roads...

Thanks for remembering, I haven't been active on the forum for a while but that's some Superman-like memory there haha. My driving habits did in fact change. I realized I was daily driving the Type R too much while my CR-V (whose purpose was to be the daily driver) stayed in the garage more...

This is exactly the same issue I have faced. I have always maintained that this isn't rocks getting stuck in, that's a separate issue. Anyone looking for possible causes/remedies can look at my messages in this thread, hopefully it helps.

For my case at least, I have narrowed it down to excessive brake dust causing the squeal. Using brake cleaner and "de-squeak" from CRC fixes the problem for a few days, and then it comes back. Also don't wash the car when the brakes are still hot. Made that mistake once, and brakes started...

Update 4: Rear rotors started squealing again after a car wash. Guess I should've waited longer for the brakes to cool off before washing the car, but it wasn't as if I was back from a track day or even an enthusiastic driving session..... just on the way back home from the office. Arizona temps...

Just found this thread. I got mine in late Feb 2023, did 24k in 1 year. Currently sitting at ~34k miles. Does anyone in here have more miles? Trying to see if mine is the highest mileage FL5 so far ?

Update 3: resurfaced rear rotors and changed rear pads. Sound gone. My assumption is that the rears are wearing out much faster than the fronts and causing that noise. Did speak to a couple of owners I met at a show and they confirmed that changing rear pads helped for some time. I guess a...

They resurfaced the front rotors for you?The dealership I took it to the last time told me they can't resurface two piece rotors and I called BS and I guess it was BS after all.

Same. $59/month. With progressive, full coverage. $1k deductible on everything though.

So what's the update? Also why is this an issue on the FL5? Aren't the brakes supposed to be better than everyday car brakes? I wouldn't expect them to be glazed (last time the dealer gave that reason before changing) or warped just because Arizona is hot and it can't handle stop and go...

Maybe it's placebo, but I still think the +R sound was more aggressive on the FL5 module, especially the rev-match downshift noise. I've also heard that running it in comfort doesn't open the center exhaust valve at high rpms anymore? Hopefully that's not the case. Other than that, I do notice...

Just installed the ITS module. One thing I noticed is that the fake sound is much less even in +R mode. I know most of you would count that as a win, but for someone who doesn't want to spend on a proper exhaust (I don't want the constant drone/noise; sometimes I like my car to be quiet, and...

Update 2: 25k miles, and the noise has started once again. No tracking or aggressive driving. Just the daily office run in heavy traffic in AZ. Very disappointed in this aspect of the car; my 2002 CR-V doesn't do this at all!