ALL suggested maintenance per the Honda manual has been performed by the dealer at the suggested schedule.
Everything that is recommended is always performed on the vehicle.
Yup... Brake "inspection" or "service" is a Honda recomended maintenance procedure. The miles/frequency and terminology varies by model year, but it is approximitly every year or two and 15-20k miles. Check your owners manual for the specifics.
Since your car is more than 2 years old and 20k miles, it should have been done. I don't think the inspection was properly done, or it would most likely have been noticed. (Or they did it, but didn't properly tighten the caliper bolts afterwards.)
At 3 years and almost 30k miles, I'd assume your E has been serviced at least twice, and is due for a 3rd. They
should have given it a complete inspection at that 2nd service, no matter what schedule you're following.
Many members have posted of problems with dragging brakes or sticking calipers relating to the rear brakes. The inspection/service is often skipped, even by the dealership service departments.
A yearly removal and cleaning of the brake calipers, inspection of the caliper, pad, rotor, & other components, followed by a proper lubrication and reassembly is a great way to ensure proper brake operation and good service life.
Your car is 3 years old....have the brakes been bleed yet? Brake fluid replacement is a required maintenance item. Honda recomends every 3 years. (I think 2 is better). The lose brake hose certainly would have been noticed during the bleeding procedure also.
Hope this info helps.
Will
*EDIT* Sorry, I forgot the Maintenance Schedule Light thing started in '07. Owners of earlier cars got a paper schedule in their owners manual. In any case, the dealer that performed your other services should have been aware of the necessity of brake inspections.
Here is a link that may help, please note that post #12 has an image of the paper schedule for a previous year vehicle that you may find helpfull. Brake inspection and brake hose/ABS & suspension inspection is listed as 20k or yearly.
I'm sure there is someone that can post a link or something for a translation of the #s and letter codes that show on the dash for the Maintenance Minder.
*EDIT*