Same 2014 Honda. Never again... Honda has really gone down in quality. Barely 49,000 miles, and main components have started to fail.

This time it's the alternator, which also killed the battery. It reads 12.6 volts at idle, which is way too low (should be 13.6~14.

Anyways, I'm getting an after-market one to avoid "Honda Quality" - how ironic.

Update from Jun 29, 2019: The only alternators below 500 are used ones or from small brands. I will have to pay out big time for a name brand aftermarket alternator.

Over the last year the Hand-free Link intermittently stops working and I have to power the engine on and off in order for it to reconnect. About 3 weeks ago it appeared sluggish when starting it up. I turned it off and it started up again without a problem. Today I go out and the alarm won't work, so I use the key to enter the car. The car won't turn over, no key chiming, however, the dash indicator lights come on when I try and start the car. No engine cranking sounds at all. AAA comes, jumps the battery, runs a battery diagnostic and says that the alternator is bad. HOW can an alternator go bad on a car with less that 25K miles? I have a dealer appointment in the am and will probably have to call AAA for a jump in order to take for service. The car is still under warranty so they had better not try and charge me for this.

Update from Apr 22, 2018: AAA's diagnosis of a bad alternator was wrong. It was indeed the battery.

Pretty normal driving conditions, took a drive up to Pacific Grove for the Holidays. Day three in pacific grove my car won't start in a street parking spot. Got it jumped by Triple A, left it running for a while, turned it off, instantly wouldn't start. Take it to Honda, Honda's closed for the Holidays. Take it to Midas, they say my alternator is shot. I'm pissed, I just had my starter fixed a few months ago. So they do the work, put in a new alternator, they call me, the car's not ready. Why? The electrical system apparently broke the new alternator, so they need to get a second one. They find the open recall on it, a recall Honda's LA service center could take care of cause they were too busy, and suggest I get that fixed before trying to do the alternator repair. I had to get back to LA for work, so I had to get a rental car, come back up, it was a whole thing. Ended up getting it all fixed, cost $1200 for the repair, a lot of extra time, and a car rental.

I called Honda to complain, their position was this is in no way related to the recall, they cant help, they wont help. Great. Not sure what else I can do.

Update from Jan 29, 2018: I earlier had a problem with the starter, and thought I'd just post it here for completeness: For about a week, my car won't start quite right. I have to try to start once or twice before it'll actually start. Not sure why, doesn't seem to be a big deal.

I take my car to Honda on a Friday for an electrical connection recall that I got, and before the service was done, I asked, any chance this electrical connection has to do with the car starting wonky? They say no, no way. Ok, great. A couple hours go by, they call me, "your car wont start." I'm like, yeah you have to try it a couple times now, it's weird. They invite me to come down to try, and son of a gun, it really wont start. It's 4:30 in the afternoon, so I can't take my car to my regular mechanic that I actually trust, so I tell them, ok I guess figure it out. They come back, your starter is busted, you need a new one, it's gonna cost over $1000. I protest, this doesn't have anything to do with the recall, seems like it's in the same family. They say no. I let it go, they do the fix, my car works, whatever.