About 5k miles ago in my 2006 tsx, I had the rotars resurfaced and hawk ceramic pads installed due to shuddering at high speeds. I got the hawk pads because I wanted to avoid the brake pad material build up on the rotars that caused the shuddering in the first place. Today I took my car in for a B1 service and to check out a clunking noise I was hearing going over bumps. Turns out the clunking noise was a loose hawk brake pad (either one or both). The service manager said that this was because aftermarket pads usually don't fit as well as OEM Acura pads. As a result, they have more room to move around and make noise hitting against things. He said that there is no fix for the problem, and the only thing to do would be to replace the front hawk pads with OEM acura pads. I had them replace the pads with the OEM pads and the clunking noise dissapeared. Has anyone else had problems with loose aftermarket brake pads?

 

nope, i have hawk hps pads and don't have that problem...

maybe it's stupidity on the mechanic's part...

 

^ I put Hawk's on my 04 and never had any problems.....strange!

 

No problems with my EBC's after 5k

 

i just installed Hawk pads and new rotors over the weekend. I haven't had any problems yet, and they seemed to fit just as tight as the OEM pads.

 

Perhaps the brake pad retainers are worn out or missing?

 

I have a 04 and recently had my front pads replaced and rotors resurfaced. I had Acura put OEMs on and I have a clunking noise now. I had this same issue with my last car. I thought this was normal. How do you check for worn retaining clips?

 

I know it's kind of a late reply, but I actually have the same issue as you do.
I've actually replaced the hawks with OEM and the clunking went away. After several months of driving, i replaced the OEM with Hawk and the clunking came back.