10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
3 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 1
Average Mileage:
1,394 miles

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problem #11

Jul 172020

Accord

  • 30 miles
The first week I had the car I pulled into a parking space at a fast food restaurant in nashua, nh and went to get out of the car. I pushed the ignition button to turn the engine off but inadvertently forgot to put the car in park. The parking space was on a slight incline with the slope going towards the front of the car. When I attempted to stand up to get out of the car the car continued to roll, knocking me over, catching/twisting my right leg in and under the driver seat and the door (fracturing it in two places requiring me to be wheelchair bound and non-weight bearing for 8 weeks). As I pulled my right leg out, I was on the ground and the driver-side rear tire ran over my left leg. Fortunately a curb at the end of the parking space stopped the car from rolling, but allowed it to roll far enough for my left leg to not be trapped under the tire. After the incident, I must have been in shock as I got back in the car and drove to my daughter's house about 10 minutes away. I have discussed this with other people and many other car manufacturers have a safety measure in place where if the driver side door is opened while the car is in drive it will automatically stop so it will not result in this type of accident. I believe that the failure to have a safety mechanism in place (like not deploying airbags if no weight in the seat, or turning off the lights after a certain period of time if they are left on, etc.) resulted in this happening and my understanding from other is this could be as simple as a software update. I believe Honda should implement similar safety measures that other car manufacturers have in place to prevent this from happening to someone else.

- Nashua, NH, USA

problem #10

Dec 022020

Accord

  • 300 miles
1. the apple car play freezes with the original apple lightning cable 2. the driver's door closes worse than the passenger door. I have to push the driver's door much harder to close it. 3. the issue with the air conditioner. I'm using auto 72 degrees and don't like to play with the ac. 30-40 minutes after warming up the car, the air from the left and right front grilles begins to blow with cold air, I feel cold air on my knees. If I manually change the direction of the air only to the face, then the air is blowing warm. If I return the air conditioner to automatic mode, I feel cold air again from the left and right front girls. 4. still hear long loud humming sound while driving on highway 53 mph from the front doors speakers I assume, and short loud humming sound while driving in city around 28-29 mph. I suppose the active noise cancellation system working not properly.

- Staten Island, NY, USA

problem #9

Dec 112020

Accord

  • 10,600 miles
2020 Accord 2.0T sport 10,600 miles I was traveling across the state with periods of light and heavy rain. About halfway into my ~280 mile trip I stopped for a red light. When accelerating from the light, my car lost power and the accelerator did not work. I coasted to the side of the road and noticed the check engine light blinking, with no other warning messages. I shut the car off and restarted to find no engine light or warning. I was in the middle of nowhere late in the evening so I continued to the destination. With approximately 20 miles to go, I attempted to accelerate around a slower moving vehicle and was met with previous problems, as well as many warning messages. Turning off and restarting the car enabled me to drive again, but the warning messages remain. Both times this occurred it was raining. Both times I lost power and could not accelerate to move to a safe location.

- Paragould, AR, USA

problem #8

Dec 012020

Accord

  • 330 miles
Long loud humming sound while driving 53 mph (below 40 F degree) and short loud humming sound while driving around 38 mph. Active noise cancellation system working not properly. A lot of Honda owners have the same issue from 2018! https://www.cargurus.com/cars/discussion-T75510_ds980301 https://youtu.be/amwaushxpb4 https://youtu.be/O1Q9fjuerlm

- Staten Island, NY, USA

problem #7

Dec 052020

Accord

  • 1,700 miles
New car, less than 2000 miles. All of a sudden loud noise is coming out of the speakers, something like an audio amplifier noise under load, but very loud. Happens randomly, can be really distracting.

- Staten Island, NY, USA

problem #6

Sep 072020

Accord

  • 1,200 miles
A message came over the dashboard "TPMS tire pressure monitoring system malfunction, see dealership". there was a text message then appeared on the music screen. I was on my way to the dealership on the highway when the car was pulling to the right lane towards traffic and I was pulling to the left and hit the jersey barrier and spin the car around. The vehicle from the rear hit me and

- New Braunfels, TX, USA

problem #5

Aug 142020

Accord

  • 3,000 miles
"traffic sign recognition system" seems to recognize highway shoulder mileage markers as a speed limit because the small square signs have black letter on white background. [Pennsylvania, upper merion township]. the car's ocr algorithm processing is flawed. Should be looking for words like speed and limit in order to reduce the error rate. Also should take into account the car's avg speeds for the past 5 minutes to filter out false sign reconition. Reports speed limit of 65mph in 35mph zone. Once reported speed limit 120mph. The high error rate can lead to driver confusion and/or misinterpretation of current speed limit. While it is a nice feature, its accuracy needs to be improved. False reading has happened over six times in the past few weeks.

- Wayne, PA, USA

problem #4

Jun 172020

Accord

  • 550 miles
I was stopped at a stop sign. When I started to go again my car would barely move. All the warning lights started flashing with one saying to take the car to a dealership immediately. I was not able to drive the car above 20 miles per hour. I pulled over and called the my dealership, the closest one. My car was two weeks old. The service department said the computer stopped talking to the car. They were unable to find the root cause, after having the car for 17 days. I feel unsafe in this vehicle.

- Aspen, CO, USA

problem #3

Jul 172020

Accord

  • 2,466 miles
The car was in motion on the highway when all of a sudden the check engine light came on and it stopped accelerating. I pulled over and could not get the car to accelerate more than a couple mph.

- Dayton, OH, USA

problem #2

May 262020

Accord 4-cyl

  • 1,240 miles
This vehicle would make uncomfortable noise at a speed of roughly 55 mph. When I was traveling on highway and cruise at around 55 mph, there was a chance that I can hear a noise building up. This noise felt like engine spinning at 2000-3000 rpms but I couldn't determine what exactly it was. I am saying 'building up' because this noise would become louder and louder within the next few seconds, to a level that made me and passenger uncomfortable. Then I would either decelerate or accelerate a bit and the noise just went away abruptly. It didn't happen every time when I was at 55 mph, but in my recent 500 miles I have encountered 4 cases, which made me finally confirm that the noise was made bus the vehicle, not the road or other vehicles. I remember in every case of issue, I was pressing the gas pedal lightly to maintain the speed.

- New Haven, CT, USA

problem #1

May 122020

Accord 4-cyl

  • 2,500 miles
Upon HVAC system working and vehicle is in motion, vehicle will emit a loud rattling noise which seems to be coming from the dashboard or HVAC system components.

- Brooklyn, NY, USA