10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
6 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
5 / 0
Average Mileage:
8,322 miles

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problem #32

Dec 122018

Accord

  • 3,000 miles
While driving the display audio portion of the car will shut off randomly and restart, or freeze, then shut down, and restart. There is sometimes an audio warning (beep) often times it will just randomly shut down. I have experienced it no fewer than 8 times while driving since August. It has happened in both city driving and highway driving. It always occurs when the vehicle is in motion. Most instances have occurred when using my motorola G5 plus connected via usb and using android auto for directions, however, not every instance. The dealership and I have both done a factory reset on the head unit in the vehicle, as well as had it serviced for the recall and the issue still persists.

- Pickerington, OH, USA

problem #31

Oct 292018

Accord

  • 9,200 miles
When driving more than 25 miles in a day my steering wheel will stiffen up and then it will release with a jerking like motion ( almost similar to a rack and pinion issue in an older vehicle). It progresses throughout the drive making it difficult to continue the trip. Honda has been made aware of this and said it's the way the suspension is set up, however it shouldn't be stiffening up and jerking as it could cause an accident to happen. Honda is currently in possession of the Accord trying to determine if there's anything they can do. They've had the car for 17 days as of this posting. With all that said, I keep all the driving support features disabled. This steering issue happens on city streets and highways during the time of maintaining a certain speed from 25+ mph. It's quite scary to drive under these circumstances. The 2nd issue I've reposted since purchasing the Accord is I also have to keep the collision mitigation braking system turned off when as soon as I remember to disable it after each startup as I've had sudden stops by the car at a nearby railroad track and a highway sign that goes across a major highway in Texas which I was going 45mph. Due to the fact it thinks there's something in front of me and stops the car. I've had whiplash twice from the cmbs system alerting the car to come to a complete hault. I've been fortunate that no one was behind at the times of these incidents, but one day I may not be so lucky.

- Hackett, AR, USA

problem #30

Dec 032018

Accord

  • 100 miles
As I was pulling out the garage from the san francisco international airport heading towards the highway to san francisco the miles per hour is 30 entering and then 65 mph when you get on highway. The dash board indicates the wrong miles for speed it said 100 mph. It stayed like that for more than 5 mins. I already had a previous situation with this vehicle where the braking systems engaged as I was on highway in 05/13/2018, and almost caused my life and others behind me, there was significant damage from being rear ended and over 18K worth of damage but Honda dealer keep saying nothing was found faulty! I had them turn 'off' all safety modes cause I'm afraid it will happen again but it keeps coming back 'on'. it yanked me several times when no other car is around me. The braking light appeared several times already since I got it back, and it's like they don't believe you. Now after all this I'm stuck with a faulty car I'm really thinking about getting a lawyer on this. And my speakers seem not to be right either the sounding is very low compared to when I got it. Only 2000 miles and this car been a pain. Physically and mentally! and did I mention that my airbags didn't work from first incident I reported. After car was crushed in from being hit from behind. Nope they failed too.

- San Francisco, CA, USA

problem #29

Nov 272018

Accord

  • 16,600 miles
I live in rochester NY and even with very light snow that is not even collecting on the roadway I get an urgent notification that crash avoidance and any radar based safety systems are compromised and not available at this time. This is due to the radar unit being interfered with snow collection as it is in the shape of a square cup and it collects snow like a scoop. There is no heating element on the unit at all to keep it clear of snow and it's location is such that it is rendered totally useless in any snow what so ever. BMW, Mercedes and Audi all either have hidden their units behind items that are heated for northern climates or the radar unit itself is gently heated below a particular temperature to avoid loosing all safety systems. This is simply not acceptable in a modern car and I would ask NHTSA to look into with Honda recalling all northern cars to change the radar unit to a heated version or to relocate it behind an emblem or something that doesn't collect snow like a scoop. It is a very poor design and impacts all distance and crash avoidance systems present on the vehicle. This is a 2.0 touring edition with every available option so it is not for a lack of spending money for safety that's for sure. The dealer said they have received many complaints about this same issue and are telling people it's made that way and frankly the sensor should be heated in northern climates. Nice!

- Webster, NY, USA

problem #28

Nov 212018

Accord

  • 13,100 miles
I was driving on the interstate on 11/21/2018 and I heard a very loud sound. I thought to myself, "what was that?" I looked up and saw my sunroof shattered and broken pieces of glass in my passenger's seat. I have no idea what caused this incident. I did not see any flying objects and I thought it was the strangest thing. I pulled the sunroof shade to close-out the noise and drove home. I'm trying to rationalize this event and I am still unable to make sense of it. I decided to search the internet and it appears that a lot of people have had this issue. I purchased my 2018 Honda Accord almost 7 months ago and I can't believe something like this has happened. I believe this might be factory defect, but I don't know how to prove it. I contacted my insurance company to file a claim, but I will be responsible for the $500 deductible.

- Conyers, GA, USA

problem #27

Sep 092018

Accord

  • miles
Faulty backup camera. While backing up hit a car and Honda is not taking any responsability.

- El Cajon, CA, USA

problem #26

Nov 042018

Accord

  • 6,700 miles
Since purchasing the vehicle in July and especially over the course of the last two months the car has been exhibiting errors with the cpu (Honda sensing) system on board. The transmission also seems to exhibit issues which I have taken up with the dealership on two occasions where it appears to shift hard under light acceleration and even under passing power. Also, upon accelerating, the car will seem to bog down like it has a air intake issue(sensation feeling) it does it from stop and go at times and also when at speed. I have noticed that when it rains it seems to be even more pronounced as well. The other issue has been the Honda sensing. As of late I have found myself turning off certain "safety" features out of fear of them malfunctioning after two freak incidents. Twice when at speeds on the hwy, the emergency mitigating brake has engaged with no traffic around or in front me, basically slamming on the brakes which is extremely dangerous another time the steering has tried to yank me into another lane thinking I have gone off the road, the road mitigation system. These issues could have proven very dangerous in both situations if vehicles were next to me or behind me and these issues with a brand new car are not making me feel safe to drive the car. Also, another new item which I have caught on camera is the radio head unit has now began to shut off intermittently during normal operation for no apparent reason or cause. I have had the recall on the back up camera completed already. But these errors still continue. The car is going to the dealership on Thursday, 11/7/2018 to get these looked into, but this is the 3rd time the car has had to go to the dealership since purchase in July for non regular maintenance. I am going to only deal with this a few more times before I hire a lemon law attorney.

- Charlotte, NC, USA

problem #25

Sep 122018

Accord

  • 15,000 miles
I was driving down a busy road in my town and no cars were in front of me and I did not lane departure at all and the car suddenly came to a complete stop almost for no reason thankfully no cars were behind me. This also happened again when I was on the freeway there was no car in front of me and the car behind me was coming up fast luckily they noticed my car braking and got over. Sometimes my computer system shuts off and my radio and my whole dash if frozen I can't do the touchsceeen or any of the side buttons as none of it will work they only way for it work is to turn my car off and turn it back on. The backup camera also takes a while to go on I put my car in reverse and the screen is black and I put it in park and reverse again and it works perfectly fine.

- Linden, CA, USA

problem #24

Oct 232018

Accord

  • 5,560 miles
Automatic emergency braking took car from 60 to 0 on highway (route 65N in nashville). Luckily no one was behind me (it was 6am) or I could have been rear-ended. I could not accelerate or control the car at this point and came to a complete stop. This is the second time this has happened in the last month. This turns a touted safety feature into a hazardous feature. Planning on a dealer visit this Friday

- Brentwood, TN, USA

problem #23

Oct 132018

Accord

  • 7,600 miles
'takata recall' my trunk will not open by key fob or by pressing the button along side the driver door. I have to manually use my key inside the back passenger seat where there's an key lock area to open the trunk.

- Newport News, VA, USA

problem #22

Sep 252018

Accord

  • 8,000 miles
While driving at highway speeds with acc (adaptive cruise control) enabled and lkas (lane keep assist) enabled and passing a car and another time an 18 wheel truck, the car suddenly and abruptly braked to slow down 5 mph. The road was straight and no cars were in front of me. This was a very dangerous situation because cars were behind me and they all had to react to slow down. T

- Corning, NY, USA

problem #21

Jun 202018

Accord

  • 500 miles
1. car multimedia unit (with a touch-screen) randomly freezes and restarts itself. It happened to me 9 times already since I bought a car in June 2018. If you use navigation system or need screen for other activities while you driving - you are in trouble, because you will lose all the content you had on the screen before the restart and it will distract you from the driving. After restart system is very slow and it forces you to accept legal declaimer while you driving! two times it just froze without restart and I had to stop the car, turn the engine off and on again, to remove the problem. Very annoying and also not safe because it distracts you. One time it happened while I was backing up using rear view camera, which almost caused an accident. This happens randomly, mainly when I'm driving. It happens when devices are attached to the multimedia unit and without any devices being attached or used. It happens at night and day time and I doubt it is related to overheating. It can happen during long drive as well as 5-10 minutes after the engine start. No visible pattern here. Ocean Honda of burlingame dealership in bay area is not helpful and totally not professional. Been there twice, no luck. They didn't even try to replicate the issue properly always trying to search for fault in my actions or blame compatible devices attached to cigarette power slot. American Honda advised me to video record this activity while I'm driving !!!! still no resolution. Very disappointed in Honda 2. sensors are not properly setup because it "thinks" that there's a car ahead of you if sensor detect shadow on a road, etc. Car applied breaks few times without a reason. Didn't go to dealership with this problem yet.

- San Mateo, CA, USA

problem #20

Sep 052018

Accord

  • 3,000 miles
Was stopped at a stop light and the traffic sign in the dashboard in the car showed the speed limit was 100mph when in fact the speed limit was 25mph as I was at a 4-way intersection.

- Orange, VA, USA

problem #19

Sep 112018

Accord

  • 13,800 miles
Collision mitigation system would activate at random times even when there is nothing in front of the car and would slam on the brake when the vehicle is moving slowly at around 3 miles per hours in a driveway.

- San Gabriel, CA, USA

problem #18

Sep 042018

Accord

  • 5,000 miles
On several occasions this cars collision mitigation system has applied the brakes without any reason and this is a very serious safety issue for the public at large and needs immediate attention from Honda. I've seen some complaints about the 2017 and 2018 CRV doing this exact same thing.

- Alsip, IL, USA

problem #17

Aug 312018

Accord

  • 9,333 miles
The car randomly slams on brakes caused by the Honda sensing collision mitigation system. This is very dangerous

- Chicago, IL, USA

problem #16

Aug 282018

Accord

  • 700 miles
The TPMS light comes on erroneously..while driving, light came on. Ran the recalibrate function from the system screen - this takes about 30 minutes. This has happened three times - checked tire pressure and they're ok... 3435 psi...

- Bethlehem, PA, USA

problem #15

Aug 192018

Accord

  • 10 miles
Parking sensor design failure. The parking sensor alarm intermittently goes off when the vehicle is traveling 5 mph or less, sometimes even when the vehicle is not moving. This failure in the system is a distraction to the driver causing the driver to stop what he/she is doing to identify the alarm. Normally, this would not be an a major issue, however, when stopped waiting to turn left from one lane of traffic with little to no median, oncoming traffic will cause the system to constantly go off distracting the driver. There are also times when the vehicle is completely stopped and sitting behind another vehicle, that the system will again go off indicating the driver is about to hit an object even though the car is completely stationary. I took this vehicle to the local Honda dealer only to be told there was nothing wrong with the system and the system was designed this way. This system is a distraction to drivers and very likely could cause sensory overload to drivers if not corrected.

- Crestview, FL, USA

problem #14

Jul 102018

Accord

  • miles
My car `collision mitigation braking system` has gone out several times. My car has rattling sound from the sound system in cold days. My car also has rattling sound when driving on road bumps.

- Sunnyvale, CA, USA

problem #13

Jul 252018

Accord

  • 6,500 miles
*****asterisks are used in case your system does not support paragraph separation. *****while traveling on the highway with lkas on and lane markers registered (per the readout on the instrument panel), the vehicle will attempt to steer toward the very edge of the lane near a large vehicle (pickup truck, semi, etc). If allowed to continue while allowing the system to control the steering, the vehicle will maintain this position. *****while driving on the highway with the Honda sensing suite on, the vehicle will occasionally register tar patches and skid marks as lane markers and road departure mitigation will attempt to steer away from the marking which means the vehicle may or may not attempt to leave its current lane. **** above are reproduced daily, one of which almost caused an accident by attempting to steer into (and almost reaching before I could react) the pickup truck in the next lane. *****incident occurred one time: During heavy braking on the highway to avoid a read-end collision, the vehicle attempted to leave its lane. Vehicle has approximately 6500 miles on it at the time of writing and was purchased in may of 2018.

- Cincinnati, OH, USA

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