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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
I don't think the video is a smoking gun. Looks normal to me.
A rear wheel (with drum brakes) will spin freely with little effort, after a one finger push, and keep spinning. I've never seen a front wheel spin freely.
If you had a dragging brake (e.g. siezed caliper) you'd be able to smell the brakes after a long drive, or you'd be able to feel significantly more heat by touching the wheel near the hub after a drive (compared to a rear wheel).
I thought we already determined that the coasting "problem" is fixed by shifting to neutral.
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Well, the car does coast further in N, BUT, what if there is a problem with the wheel?
let's say you have some jam in the wheel so you can only coast 90% of what normal car can coast, that means 20% overall inefficiency (when half the time you are accelerating?). And there is no way to tell. It is not like a jammed brake where it is obvious.
I guess the only way to tell is to find another accord and try spining it again.