10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
10,027 miles

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problem #40

Aug 172021

Accord

  • miles
All the systems in the Picture failed.. I noticed my reading lamps don't work and middle brake light stays on dim when these warning lightscome on.... and the car loses power on the road It will slow down like its braking and won't accelerate. if there is ever a tractor trailer behind me I'm afraid it will hit me... when shutting down the car and restart within 30-50miles warnings lights come back on..

- Endicott , NY, USA

problem #39

Apr 082021

Accord

  • 62,000 miles
I have had issues with my rear brakes for a long time. I have changed my rear brakes twice since I had the car. Today all my warning lights in the dashboard turned on and won't turn off. I have no clue as to what's going on. Also the rear taillights had a broken seal where moisture collects in the taillights. The brakes in this car was the worst I have ever experienced. The car vibrates while braking and there is a vibration in the brake pedal as well despite having recently changed the brakes. The warning lights are a new problem and a complete electrical failure. The current mileage is 62,000 miles.

- Windsor, CT, USA

problem #38

Jun 012020

Accord

  • 40,000 miles
The contact owns a 2018 Honda Accord. The contact stated that occasionally the vehicle was difficult to start-up. Additionally, while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle would loss motive power and stall without warning. The vehicle was taken to don jacobs Honda (2699 regency rd, lexington, ky 40503) however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. There was no dtc codes retrieved. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact was informed that the vehicle needed to be diagnosed to be covered under the warranty. If not, the contact needed to pay out of pocket for the repair. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

- Lexington, KY, USA

problem #37

Nov 162020

Accord

  • 6,200 miles
The contact owns a 2018 Honda Accord. The contact stated while the vehicle was in park, when it rolled backwards and crashed into another vehicle. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact was relating this failure to NHTSA campaign number: 20V771000 (electrical system, back over prevention, visibility/wiper, visibility, exterior lighting). The vehicle was taken to Honda of columbia (4333 sunset blvd, lexington, SC 29072) where the recall was serviced. The vehicle had been repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure and informed the contact that the failure was not related to the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 6,200.

- Columbia, SC, USA

problem #36

Mar 062021

Accord

  • 66,752 miles
Driving southbound on 101 South on sunny clear day 65 degrees with almost full fuel tank and 2 battery bars (almost empty) and climbing up incline on 7 degree grade and check engine light went on and lost all power and car completely slowed down to a stop (luckily was able to pull over with no problem).

- Simi Valley, CA, USA

problem #35

Jan 312020

Accord

  • 26,000 miles
The car had a strong smell of fuel in cabin when starting on various occassions. The car also temporarily stalled and lost power when coming to a corner turning and also three times when coming off the freeway. The car was always warmed up and in California during the warm weather. Dealer noted fuel smell in oil and increased oil level. Had oil changed and was told a fix was coming soon. Took car in to dealer months later for a recall, a BCM recall and again I told them that the oil smelled of fuel after 500 miles since oil change. Waiting for manager to call me back with update on fix. It is a 2018 Honda Accord 1.5 litr turbo. 26,000 miles on motor. I bought the car from the dealer in January 2020.

- San Ramon, CA, USA

problem #34

Jul 242020

Accord

  • 23,040 miles
2018 Honda Accord with 10 speed automatic transmission experienced a very violent upshift at low speeds (taking off from the parking lot). This happens intermittently and, of course, a dealer was not able to diagnose the issue as they only drive the vehicle for, maybe, an hour, while the issue occurs every so many hundreds of miles (can't quite pin down the exact interval).

- Lakewood, CO, USA

problem #33

Dec 192019

Accord

  • 15,220 miles
2018 Honda Accord with 10 speed automatic transmission experienced a very violent upshift at low speeds (taking off from the parking lot). This happens intermittently and, of course, a dealer was not able to diagnose the issue as they only drive the vehicle for, maybe, an hour, while the issue occurs every so many hundreds of miles (can't quite pin down the exact interval).

- Lakewood, CO, USA

problem #32

Oct 062020

Accord

  • 25,340 miles
2018 Honda Accord with 10 speed automatic transmission experienced a very violent upshift at low speeds (taking off from the parking lot). This happens intermittently and, of course, a dealer was not able to diagnose the issue as they only drive the vehicle for, maybe, an hour, while the issue occurs every so many hundreds of miles (can't quite pin down the exact interval).

- Lakewood, CO, USA

problem #31

Aug 302020

Accord

  • 24,038 miles
2018 Honda Accord with 10 speed automatic transmission experienced a very violent upshift at low speeds (taking off from the parking lot). This happens intermittently and, of course, a dealer was not able to diagnose the issue as they only drive the vehicle for, maybe, an hour, while the issue occurs every so many hundreds of miles (can't quite pin down the exact interval).

- Lakewood, CO, USA

problem #30

May 082019

Accord

  • 43,000 miles
The contact owns a 2018 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving, several unknown warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to hendrick Honda bradenton (5515 14th St w, bradenton, fl 34207) and was not able to be diagnosed due to the warning lights no longer being illuminated. The contact also stated that she had replaced the battery. On another occasion while driving, the brakes independently activated without warning. The failure occurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken back to the same dealer however, the mechanic was not able to retrieve a failure code. The contact also stated that while driving, the vehicle failed to exceed 20 mph. The vehicle was towed back to the same dealer. The dealer called the contact and the contact explained the failure. The dealer informed the contact that fuel injection needed to be replaced and that the vehicle was over 36,000 miles and was not covered under warranty. An estimate for the repair was provided. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and negotiated a price for the repair. The failure mileage was approximately 43,000. The VIN was not available.

- Palmetto, FL, USA

problem #29

Nov 202020

Accord

  • 70,000 miles
Driving down the highway going 70mph and check engine light starts flashing. Car stops accelerating I limp over to the median. I turn the vehicle off and turn it back on. The car has a solid check engine on along with all the assisting lights on. The car accelerates like normal and when I get home I disconnect the battery and everything clears once I reconnect. In another instance I go to turn my car on the check engine light stays on but the vehicle won't go past 1500 rpms and it's basically in limp mode with the check engine light on again to go along with road departure system, vehicle stability system, tire pressure monitoring, brake system, electric power steering, hill start assist, adaptive cruise control, collision mitigation and emission system warnings all light up. I did the same thing disconnect the battery and again they all go away. This has been going on for a month. At least 9 times where all the warning lights come on along with the check engine light. Once when I'm traveling as explained and 2 times where it goes into limp mode from the start. Took vehicle to a friend and got a P0303 cylinder 3 misfire. Having done research of the code noticed that 2012-2018 Honda's have had similar issues addressed by a bulletin and extended the warranty for those vehicles. My car has 70K and it's currently out of the warranty period. Thank you.

- Hanford, CA, USA

problem #28

Nov 142020

Accord

  • 48,835 miles
Purchased in May 2019. Currently < 50,000 miles. All service performed at Honda dealership. Several weeks ago began to notice gasoline smell in the cabin while driving. Didn't think much of it, though it was coming from the outside/other vehicles. Check engine light came on last week. Took the vehicle to the dealership for service, was told the fuel injector needs to be replaced, cylinder 3 issue. Last resort was to do a fuel injector cleaning service, had that done. Two days later, while driving 70 mph on the highway, the vehicle would no longer accelerate. Immediately pulled over without incident but could have been very bad. I am not convinced the fuel pump problems that required a recall for many 2018 Accord with 2.0T engines are not also impacting 1.5T engines.

- Stafford, VA, USA

problem #27

Oct 292020

Accord

  • miles
Intermittenly (I.e. every so many hundreds of miles), the vehicle has extremely violent shifts at low speeds (2-20 miles), where upon shifts it almost feels as if the vehicle has been re-ended. Honda has not properly investigated issue as their usual M.O. is to send the customer to the dealer where the vehicle is driven for a couple of hours for "troubleshooting" which, of course, is not sufficient time-span for the issue to manifest itself. As with a number of other issues in the 2016-2020 Honda models, Honda has not properly investigated this issue and it is another potential foreshadowing of a mass failure just as Honda had with the automatic transmission in the 2000-2017 time span. And it would seem that Honda is up to their ways again, when it comes to the automatic transmissions: Https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2020/Honda-Odyssey-transmission-problems-cause-lawsuit.shtml in their other models.

- Lakewood, CO, USA

problem #26

Aug 162020

Accord

  • 19,500 miles
The vehicle shifts rough around 20-30 miles per hour. Today when I left the grocery store and was driving slowly through the parking lot, it jerked about 4 times before it decided to drive smoothly. However, on occasion, it has shifted so hard that everything fell off my seat and one time I thought it was going to stall in the intersection when I had started up after waiting for a red light. I've had the car in for service a few times for this problem since it was purchased in may, 2018 and each time I am told nothing is wrong with the car and that is just how it runs. I've had two other Honda and loved them. I doubt this is the way Honda intended this vehicle to run. For 2 1/2 years I have dealt with this problem. Also, I contacted Honda corporation directly. I received a case number and was told to take it to a different dealer for service. It was the same song and dance. Today I was pricing what my car was worth and I noted that there was a recall on the fuel system. However, when I put in my VIN, it says my car is not affected. For a moment there, I thought just maybe I could finally get this problem resolved. No such luck.

- Lake Worth, FL, USA

problem #25

Mar 202020

Accord

  • 8,000 miles
While driving on any type of roadway, when changing gears from 1st to 2nd the gears grind and sometimes will not go into gear, though the clutch pedal is fully depressed.

- Crowley, TX, USA

problem #24

Jan 022019

Accord

  • 150 miles
2018 Honda Accord 2.0T touring with 10-speed automatic transmission, mileage < 1000. Transmission has rough shifting from 2nd into 3rd gear at low rpms/speed (2,000 RPM / < 14mph) feeling like a manual shift car popping the clutch. This can happen when car is cold or warmed up, car is in the northeast with cold or hot weather. I noticed that the rpms don't drop when it happens which creates the slam into gear feeling judder. Under slightly harder but normal acceieration the car shifts (like a manual car ) as if double clutching from 2-3rd feeling like its skipping a gear but its very quick as you hear the engine revs blip between shifts. I have taken to the dealer who observed the same rough shifting and told by dealer it does shift like this compared to other Accord vehicles. Dealer indicated they would only observe the condition since Honda has no official tsa out yet. I showed him the Acura video for the same engine/trans a clutch fix break-in that's was used to help solve some reported rough shifting and Honda dealer would not use it given Acura use case. I am on 7,000 miles but under 1yr ownership and the same rough shift condition exist but less severe. Some internet reports state rough shifting goes away above 7K miles as the transmission breaks-in and the software learns the driving behavior but it really has not in my experience. Hard acceleration going above 4500 RPM the car shifts quite normally and smoothly and does not exhibit the low speed rough shifting in any of the normal or sport modes of the car thus surmising there's some form of operational failure occurring by unintentional design in software or mechanical.

- Syosset, NY, USA

problem #23

Nov 142019

Accord

  • 12,000 miles
The vehicle makes a drone like humming noise. Dealer says they are unable to duplicate and I should report the problem to Honda. Noise happens intermittently when driving car at all speeds.

- Ronkonkoma, NY, USA

problem #22

Oct 292019

Accord

  • 34,000 miles
While driving on I-95S passing through Georgia state and in sport mode vehicle lost speed unexpectedly engine light appeared having to stop quickly to the side of the highway. When tried to reintegrate to highway, vehicle speed reached to no more than 40 miles. Vehicle ended it up being towed to jacksonville fl.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

problem #21

Sep 192019

Accord

  • 12,163 miles
The contact owns a 2018 Honda Accord. While driving 40 mph, the contact heard three beeping noises and the vehicle began to decelerate on its own. While depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to accelerate immediately. After a few seconds, the vehicle accelerated normally. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact was able to drive to her destination safely. On September 26, 2019, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to wittmeier Honda (located at 2288 forest ave, chico, ca 95928, (530) 895-8181), but they were unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 12,163.

- Chico, CA, USA

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