DIY 2016 + Civic Rear Brake Replacement With EPB Using Honda Tech Manual 

On behalf of countless people that undoubtedly found this video and used it to save their asses but didnt comment, thank you man. Saved me time, money, and helped me kearn something value able and new about my vehicle. ❤

Best video I've seen on the 2016+ civic EPB brake system for rear brakes. I just got done switching out brake pads using this method and it worked flawlessly. Thanks for passing on this great info.

Thank you sir. I Got a $580 US estimate for my ‘16 Civic. I thank you for this detailed, step by step video. Saved me hundreds.

Thank you very much sir, they were charging my daughter over $680 dollars to fixed her rear brake, i follow your instructions and was able to fix her brakes just like you described it, save her over $500 dollars, thank you sir

I thought about taking our car to a mechanic or biting the bullet on a scan tool. This helped a lot, thanks! Note for everyone: If you don’t have the E-Torx bit for the parking brake motor, there’s no need to buy a set. A 9mm socket works just as well.

Thanks for making the time and effort to share your experience with us. I appreciate your very realistic and conversational approach. When you lubricated the caliper mounting brackets where the brake pad ears slide (at 20:00), I have found that a very effective means to spread the lube is to use an acid brush. Thanks again!

This video will be one of those that gets your new comments each month at least saying how well it worked for the individual. I’m just leaving a comment so the algorithm pushes it out to more people. Thanks for the video and the information. Getting ready to do a rotor and pad change on my ‘18 civic hatchback. Will be using this as a reference point.

Hey Rob, just changed my rear pads on my 2018. It was probably the easiest brake job I’ve ever done, thanks to your video. Much Appreciated!! Thank you!!

thank you Rob for the nice video ,today i did the rear brakes on my sons 2019 Civic , ,i did not disconnect the coupler i try but was hard to come out ,was afraid might damage something so took of the electronic part from the calliper and when i was done with the brakes was very easy to pout it back , was my best fathers day ever lol.

Followed directions and everything went smoothly. No lights on the dash. Much thanks for the tut! For those getting a dash indicator, make sure you turn the actuator gear clockwise til it stops on both sides, fully compress the pistons and most importantly...make sure the sensor clip is plugged in fully. It goes in rough and there's not much to the feel, only a faint click.

Thank you kind sir 🙏. I replaced my brakes a few years back using another RU-vid video and my piston seized up because it did not recommend the manual parking brake step. Had to purchase new calipers for both sides thinking it was my fault. Saved me from another headache and over $500

Finally, I've been looking all over you tube and internet for how you explained this electric parking brake motor removal. Awesome. A lot of people don't even deal with this, but if you don't remove the motor you can mess it up. Thank you so much. Awesome

Excellent. Just finished changing the rear pads on my Civic and would never have figured out the parking brake motor if I hadn’t watched this first. Thanks for posting.

Just changed my pads and rotors by following this video. You are the man! Thank you muchly

Just followed all your steps and successfully changed my rear brakes! Only thing I did differently just to make things easier was I removed the EPD before unplugging to connector. Just gave me a bit more room to get my hands in there! Thank you so much!

Followed your instructions after watching this and a handful of others videos. Finally found the confidence to do the job after rewatching your video a couple of times. lol. Great video. Thanks for the “help”!

Thx rob. After seeing all the epb issues I was about to give up. Your video is the only one that makes it clear- Without the electronic retraction.

Thank you Rob, Nice job. I had no problems following your instructions and the installation went without a hitch. Thanks again.

Just dropping a comment here to say this is one of the best repair videos ive ever seen. I neither own this car or am doing this brake job but watched the whole video because is was well produced and educational. Great job!

Can’t thank you enough for this tutorial. Did this job with the video playing on my phone; rewound numerous times, and got to a point where I could listen and work. I didn’t even have the E12 socket for the EPD but got it twisted by-hand without issue. ALMOST broke the clip for the coupler, but got lucky. To anyone trying this- Tale your time and follow the instructions to the T. I had no codes or surprises after the install was done, and it took two careful hours to just do the pads. Thanks again! Ouut!

Thanks for the video Rob. I followed along and had no issues getting my brakes changed over.

By far this is the best how-to on 10th gen civic brake service. Thanks for sharing. You're awesome!

Thanks for a great comprehensive video Rob. You finally managed to show us how to safely back off the rear brake piston to allow for new discs and pads without a computer. Yes, it would be wise to monitor and extract some fluid from the fluid reservoir when pushing the piston back in to prevent over flow. But one trick you can do is push the pedal a few times after you complete one side with the key removed, thereby returning some of the excess fluid back into that brake cylinder. Do the same after replacing disc and pads in the other side to then extract any excess fluid to the Max line. After starting the engine you can pump and test that the EPB works in park to ensure both EPB units work and release by having someone spin each of the rear wheels while the rear of the car is still up in the air. This is the only way to know that both the EPB units are working correctly. My Civic was 4 years old and I struggled to remove the wire harness clip on one side and broke the tab on the other as the plastic seemed so unforgivingly r brittle. Do you absolutely need the snap on clips or can you get away with cable ties to keep the connector attached and replace them each time you need to detach it. Thanks again for a very informative video dispelling the myths behind EPB. Hopefully Toyota EPBs are serviced the same way?

I'm glad I found this video on how to replace the rear brake pads and rotors with EPB on my 2016 CIVIC . This video is all you need. Thank you sir for this video, God bless you. It saves me more than $500. I only spend $214 on pads and rotors. FYI I skipped removing the coupler for the EPB cause it kinda tricky or hard to remove in my case. Just be careful not to damage the wirings while unscrewing and retracting the EPB. So happy when no error code shows up.

Thank you for the amazing video! The mechanic wanted 250 CAD just to turn off electronic brake with a computer. And 1200 CAD total for 4 wheels rotors and pads. I got it done for 700 with a good amount of new tools. Very informative and precise video. Got no problems with the whole job apart from taking out those tough bolts.. i am not a strong guy. I had to leverage breaker bar a lot, still took a while.

Great, Great, Great video and explanation. Done my wife's civic 2017 without issues. Especially excellent explanation how to disconnect, dissasemble and put EPD cover back. It did not come back until like you explained turn little bit hex bolt from motor. Thank you so much. Please keep making great videos.

This video was very helpful when I did my brakes but now I'm upgrading to a 17 Ridgeline and need a video like this for future use !!

Rob! You killed it in this video 👍 There is NONE OTHER as thorough and complete than your "How To's". Awesome...

I really appreciate your effort into making this video, very helpful and very detailed, You made it very easy cause I was worried about getting a break light but everything went smoothly

Thanks buddy. Your procedure is spot on. I followed it to a T and was successful.

Just did my wife's 2016 Civic rear pads & rotors after watching your video a couple times and taking notes. Everything went super smooth with no issues at all. Thanks for a very well done instructional video!

Thank you for showing us the right way to do rear brakes on the Honda electric parking brake system.

Thank you so much rob! i had an uneven brake pad wear in the right drivers side! followed your video and i got the job done correctly :) thank you so much! i have no idea how much $ you saved me but im sure it was in the hundreds! :) thank you once again

Thank you for being so detailed! I did my 2016 civic brakes and it was a breeze!

This is the first correct video I saw on RU-vid to change the rear brake pads , thanks a lot....

Watching this video saved me lot of money. Did this job like in 30mins. Thank you!

This video is really detailed and well informative. Now I have the confidence to do mine in the future. Thank you Rob for uploading this!

Thanks for the video.Never had to deal with a E-brake like that before you made it easy to change them out. Thanks again

Best tutorial I’ve watched. Didn’t have a torque screw for the epb brakes so I used a drill instead.

Thank you so so much. I was going to take my 2019 civic to the dealer. They were going to charge me 600 dollars. Been working on my cars for over 40 years. Took me 1 Houre to change rear brakes. Thanks again.

Thanks for the video. When that special time arrives for my civic, it will help me out a lot. Thank You Again, I appreciate it!!

Hey Rob! Thank you so much for this detailed video! I was able to replace my rear pads and rotors with no issues! I know you use a caliper tool in this video, but much like in your video for the front brakes, I was able to use a 4" C-clamp to push the caliper piston back.

Great video! Super detailed and precise. Thank you for including the torque specs. I just did the rear and front brakes on my 2018 Civic Hatchback. I ended up using the Autel MaxiAP AP200 (only $60 on Amazon) to automatically unwind the EPB motor because I was a little nervous to take apart the motor housing and unwind by hand. Thanks!

Just followed your instructions to the tee and helped me save over 800 dollars from paying someone else to do it, thanks so much for your videos

Totally save my life!!I was trying to figure if ether was not the right pads or I somehow destroy my caliper 😡after this video took me 20 minutes to do the other side 😂

When I did the back brakes on my 2017 Civic I spent a fair bit of time trying to figure out how best to deal with the electric brake actuator. Unfortunately for me this guy’s video didn’t come out until after I’d done my brakes. Fortunately for me, I found one video that stopped me from making a big mistake. All but one of the videos at the time used the old twist the piston method of backing off the callipers. In that one video the guy used the Honda scan tool to back off the electric brakes through the car’s computer system, but he did show the pages from the Honda Shop manual that tell you how to back them off manually. They were displayed well enough that they could be clearly seen and read. The way he’s doing it in this video is exactly what the manual says to do. The manual also specifically tells you not to use the old twist the piston method because that will strip the gears out of the electric actuators.

I was about to buy a electronic device to do that. You made save good money today my friend. Thank you!!!

Helping a friend do brakes and I'm glad I watched this beforehand. Cheers!

Thank You so much! Great Video again! Appreciate it very much!!! I can't wait to do it on my 2016 Honda Civic Sedan Touring. I'm just a little worry about that EPB. LOL Keep It Rocking! You are awesome! Very thorough and detailed step step! THANK YOU!

Thanks Rob for this step by step vedio. Merry Christmas.

Thanks for the video. Just replaced my wife's front and rear brakes. Followed all of your steps except disconnecting the coupler because for some reason it wouldn't come off. Still worked out in the end with no brake light.

Steps to avoid EPB error on dash; -Pump brakes until you get nice firm pedal -Turn Car to the ON position. -Hold brake down and apply parking brake AND WAIT until actuator finish it's LONG SPIN. Once it stop..turn parking brake off...(must repeat twice). -Then turn car off -No error code.

Thanks, I followed your instructions step by step and everything went well👍

Thank you , going to do my moms rear brakes tomorrow , big help and very thorough ! Appreciate it man

Really good explanation step by step. Great job there man. Thank you.

Very easy to follow and comprehensive guide. Thanks. I hate EPB setups 😀.

Finally lol i try to do it my self and I couldn't do it . It was my first time iv search and no one had a video yet hows its done. Iv searched around and it said it needed to be done with a electric device or computer. So i had my done at a mechanic and they charged me just for labor but i had the parts $100 so now i know how next time thank man you saved our lifes on saving money. Lol good job , i have an accord 2018

I had to watch a lot of videos where people destroyed their brakes before I found this one. Thank you for your competence. I was an industrial mill wright for years. I knew when I saw the motor on the caliper that the job would be more than meets the eye. So many videos never sent that motor to its home position. Some turned the splines in the piston side itself. The comments contained the info on how their dash lit up. You seem to be following all the right steps people are talking about in the forums. One guy reversed the polarity of the motor to back it up.

You did a great job. I did something janky, that is a dc motor, I had a spare 12v battery and a cable and reversed the polarity to back it off.

Thanks for the video Rob, very helpful. I have 80000 miles on my 17 civic. The rear brakes were making loud grinding noise. The discs looked really rough, like the shoes were making partial uneven contact , but the shoes had more than 1/4 inch of meat on them. Weird. I changed everything anyway, and lubed it all up, and it sounds so smooth now. Wheels needed a big rubber mallet to get off as did the discs. Well worth the trouble.

Spot on instructions. Thank you so much for creating this video.

You did a good job Rob. I appreciate it.🙏

Hands down the best video I’ve seen. Thank you so much. I agree with every good comment on here keep up the good work, sir.

Best video! Tool list and clear breakdown

thank you! done changing my brake rotor and pads without any problems. I have a civic 2016.

Great video, just done my civic and worked a treat. Thank you 😊

Love that you give the torque specs too 👍

Thanks for the video! I was able to change out my rear brakes without any issues.

Greatings from France, thank you so much for the tutorial.

Awesome video very informative & great step by step thanks Rob!

Great video that finally explains how to deal with the EPB without a fancy scan tool.

You have a gift my friend you know how to explain things real good

Thank you so much! You have made this job very simple.

Most comprehensive EPB video I’ve seen. Great job! Now I’m confident enough to do mine after days of searching

Great video, good job Rob, thank you!

Thank you for this informative video. I replaced my rear brakes on my 2018 si today and followed your video step by step. Besides having trouble removing the rotor screw on both wheels, everything else went smoothly.

Dang, I wish my 2016 Civic LX had a digital compass like that... great video.

Just tried this on a 2016 Civic EX and worked perfectly! Thank you! If you see yourself working on these brakes often, Autel makes a $60 Obd adapter called the ap200 that can put the Honda brakes into service mode. This video was a life saver for a last minute brake change!

Thanks for the the accurate video I really appreciate all the detail

Thanks Rob's, your video it was very helpful..

With all that salt rust it must be damn risky buying a second hand car in Canada ! Thanks for the informative video. I had a look at my 2013 Civic and thank goodness it doesn't have that damn electronic brake. Also big thanks for the torque specs which is great when they pop-up on screen as you are doing the torqueing. I double-checked with my Haynes manual and the caliper mounting bolt spec in there shows as 17 foot-lbs but you had the actual honda tech worksheet specs at 18 foot-lbs and so is probably more accurate - and the extra foot pound is better safe than sorry anyway. Some suggest using a medium threadlocker on the bolt threads but I think like you I won't be bothering with that as will be torqued properly. Cheers !

No wonder some mechanics cant tell where that horrible metal noise is coming from...thank you for this video

When pushing the brake piston back on the caliper it is a good practice to remove the cover off the brake fluid reservoir and drain some brake fluid out. This will allow the brake piston to be push back more easier and have room for the brake fluid to flow back into the reservoir since the brake system is a sealed system.

Thank you for making this video. It helped me big time

Hey Rob, I've been waiting for someone to find the none Honda scan tool way of doing it. I'm a mechanic in training myself. A good point maybe to add would be for those of us who live in the North where we get salt , sand and alot of gunk get built up in the connector releasing tab. I was able to remove the parking brake assembly and move it around freely without taking the connector off.

Best Civic rear pad video ever! Honda made this shit more confusing than it needed to be.

Nice detailed video with great editing. Thanks. A few points. I would use a q tip instead of a nail to smear grease. Better control. Also tech manual says to replace epb o ring and screws but I would say it isn’t necessary Would you agree especially since those parts could cost 50$. I assume is to prevent moisture.

I had problem unplugged the wire connector, so I just removed the housing of the actuator. Thank you for your details video. It was really helpful.

Very informative video, well done! Subscribed

Man, watching people make videos of car maintenance and repair who are from snow states always makes me appreciate the lack of rust in CA

Best video thanks for sharing and also nice setup your garage 👍

Awesome video!

Very well explained, thank you!

Rob, thanks a lot for the video. Did my wife’s Rotors and pads yesterday. First one was a nightmare as a rotor screw wouldn’t come off what so ever. I tried your method - no go. Went to the store and got an impact driver , the tip of the driver broke right in.... if it happened to anyone - I used a angle grinder and cut it right through , then used flat head screwdriver and it came off. Second side took just over 30 min as the screw came off at first try.

Very helpful thank you so much you saved me a lot of money and time

Well done and very helpful video!

Your video is very nicely done. While you don't mention it in the video I believe there is an o-ring that seals the parking brake motor housing against the caliper. Would you recommend using a gasket pick to remove that o-ring and cleaning up the groove? Then applying a little syl-glyde to the o-ring and reinstalling? Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Very well done video. Thank you very much. I carefully followed it on my 2017 Civic EXT and didn't have any trouble (no brake light afterwards). What I did notice is that when I jack up the rear of the car and I give the rear wheels a good spin with one hand, it only makes a little bit more than a whole turn after I released them... when it should be around 2.5 times if I am not mistaken. I am saying this because I noticed the drop in MPG... I guess because there is some increased friction on the rear brakes. What steps would you take to troubleshoot this scenario? Grease the caliper pins? Thank you in advance.

Very good, nice to see you use anti seize.

Thank you. Went off without a hitch!