I've owned my 2018 Accord 1.5Turbo since new. This was a new 10th generation accord, and even the sales-rep was surprised it was part of batch number ending in -0001 as he never had seen that before which had me a little worried, but I was paying a premium for quality as the Accord has always been the most expensive sedan in its class. The car has two warranties, a 36K and a 60K warranty, or as I call it the one where nothing important breaks and the other that does not cover anything important. I’ve maintained the car meticulously with oil changed well before the 10K recommended timeframe and as I mainly work from home now, so most of the miles have been accumulated on the highway on road-trips. And by clockwork around 58.6K I got a Christmas tree of check engine lights, and the car started losing power over the next couple of days with a clear indication the lights were not going away.

Fortunately, I was able to drive it to the Honda Superstore of Lisle dealer in IL, and they diagnosed it with P0172 Fuel System Code – Bank 1 failure which means 1 of the 4 fuel injectors has failed. Unfortunately, it was not covered under warranty, and I asked the representative if he could call Honda and ask if they could have been part of a bad batch seeing that it was among the first produced cars of the 10th generation and I believe it had failed way too early. He said no, and that I had to buy a set of 4 fuel injectors with a whopping total fix price of $1,600 which carried only a 12-month warranty! I died inside that day. I realized 3 things: (1) I had never had fuel injectors fail so early on any car cheap or expensive, (2) all the fuel savings would be erased by this very expensive repair on Honda’s very efficient design with catastrophic repair options and prices, (3) after opening a case with Honda I realized they are only there to apologize for my unfortunate problems and would not even bother calling me back unlike the dealership where they kept asking for ‘happy ratings’ and when would I like to make the appointment for repair.

Fool me once, shame on me…

So my software control system error warnings were all going off. I looked up recalls and they said the BCM software needed updating. I took my care in for that update. 3 days later, all the warning lights came back on. I took it back and they diagnosed it as needing new Fuel Injectors and quoted me $1412.00 dollars for repair. I only had 26,000 miles on my car. The warranty only expired 3 months prior. I took it to a second mechanic to verify it needed fuel injectors and he said it did but was shocked. With that low of mileage my car was barely broken in. He said most cars fuel injectors never fail or don't do it until like 80,000 miles or so.

I have opened a case with American Honda. It has been 2 months and I still have not heard anything. I looked up the cost of repairs and fuel injectors only cost in a set of 4 to 6, less than $300. I am really upset that I cannot drive my $32,000 car which is sitting in my driveway. I am more than disappointed that Honda would treat their customers this way. I have done some research and it looks like the fuel injectors are failing in many Accords from 2018. I have used higher grade gasoline and used injector cleaner.