2005 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

STARTING IN SEPTEMBER 2007, I HAD VIBRATIONS ON MY 2005 HONDA ACCORD. TRIED MANY REPAIRS LIKE BALANCING TIRES AND ALIGNING FRONT END. ON 2/4/2008 DEALER STATED THAT LEFT FRONT AXLE IS BAD AND CHARGED ME 50% OF COST. AFTER REPAIR DEALER RETURN CAR TO ME WITH NO AIR IN RIGHT TIRES. SEEMED THAT TO TEST THE CAR, DEALER REMOVED AIR AND DID NOT REPLACE AND RETURNED MY VEHICLE TO ME AND I DROVE ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

CAR REFUSES TO START. USED A JUMPSTART FROM A FRIEND TO COME HOME. CHECKED THE BATTERY CHARGE INDICATOR - SHOWS GREEN (MEANING FULLY CHARGED) - BUT CAR DOES NOT START WITH THAT BATTERY. REPLACED THE BATTERY WITH A NEW ONE AND THERE SEEMS TO BE OTHER PROBLEMS. DASHBOARD LIGHT SEEM TO FLICKER EVERY NOW AND THEN. NOT SURE WHAT THE EXACT ISSUE IS. *TR

TRUNK LID FALLS DOWN IF NOT HELD. WHEN RAISING LID, MUST PUSH ALL THE WAY OPEN AND HOLD IN ORDER TO MAKE CERTAIN LID DOES NOT FALL. (TRUNK SPRINGS APPEAR TOO WEAK). REPORTED MATTER TO VICTORY HONDA SERVICE - PLYMOUTH. ADVISED THAT RODS WERE WORKING PROPERLY. WOULD HAVE TO SPECIAL ORDER TRUNK SPRINGS IF NEEDED. VEHICLE NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. EXAMINED SEVERAL MODELS ON DEALER LOT. SOME HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEM, SOME EVEN WORSE. LID HAD STRUCK WRITER AND DAUGHTER IN THE HEAD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. WRITER CONCERNED ABOUT INJURY FROM LID SLAMMING DOWN. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 HONDA ACCORD WITH A 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION WHICH I BOUGHT NEW IN APRIL 2005. I HAD INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS ENGAGING 3RD GEAR RIGHT FROM THE START. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THIS PROBLEM AT 5,000 & 15,000 MI. HONDA MECHANICS COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. AT 34,712 MI. A MECHANIC FINALLY VERIFIED THE PROBLEM AND REPLACED THE TRANS FLUID PER TECH LINE WITH PART #08798-9031. THIS WAS IN APRIL 07. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. IN AUGUST 07 WITH 44,000 MI. I TOOK IT IN AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. NO HELP. FINALLY I WAS CONTACTED BY A SERVICE MANAGER WHO VERIFIED THAT HONDA HAD A PROBLEM WITH 3RD GEAR IN THE ACCORD AND A FIX WAS ON THE WAY. IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER. IT IS NOW LATE MARCH AND STILL NO FIX. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE GONE ON-LINE AND FOUND THAT HONDA HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION IN THE ACCORD, THE CIVIC AND THE ACURA SINCE AT LEAST 2005. THERE ARE MANY SITES WITH HONDA OWNERS COMPLAINING OF THIS PROBLEM AND GETTING NO RESPONSE FROM HONDA. IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, SUCH AS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A FREEWAY ON-RAMP, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE THE CAR EITHER NOT GO INTO 3RD GEAR OR POP OUT OF IT. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY DECELERATES AND OTHER VEHICLES TRAVELING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS COME UP VERY FAST. IS THERE ANY WAY TO MAKE HONDA FIX THESE CARS? BELOW IS AN EXCERPT FROM EDMUNDS.COM AND ALSO A SERVICE BULLETIN RELATED TO THIS ON-GOING PROBLEM. A FEW OF OUR EDITORS HAVE NOTICED IN THE PAST THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER IN OUR LONG-TERM 2006 HONDA CIVIC SI WILL OCCASIONALLY POP OUT OF GEAR OR GRIND WHEN MAKING A 2-TO-3 UPSHIFT. THIS TRAIT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ENDEMIC TO OUR CAR AS OTHER CIVIC SI OWNERS HAVE MADE FORUM POSTS ABOUT THIS TOPIC. (OTHER SIX-SPEED MANUAL ACURA VEHICLES MIGHT ALSO SUFFER FROM THIS PROBLEM.) BRENT ROMANS, SENIOR AUTOMOTIVE EDITOR, EDMUNDS.COM TSB #1205 -- TRANSMISSION GRINDS AT SHIFTS, SKIP SHIFTING. *TT (NHTSA ID #10018868, DECEMBER 16 2005). *TR

I HAVE OWNED A 2005 HONDA ACCORD SINCE SEPT. 2005. BOTH OF THE CAR KEY CASEMENTS HAVE BROKEN WITHOUT ABUSE DURING THIS TIME. NOW THAT MAY SEEM TRIVIAL, BUT THEY DO SO WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO EXTREMELY BAD DESIGN/ENGINEERING. THEY SEEM TO HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO FAIL. TO REPLACE THEM I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT EACH KEY WOULD COST $67 AND THE PROGRAMMING ANOTHER $88. WITHOUT THE CASE BEING ATTACHED TO THE KEY, THE IGNITION WILL NOT OPERATE. IF SOMEONE WERE SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY ALONG WAY FROM CIVILIZATION, WHAT WOULD ONE DO? THIS IS WHY I AM COMPLAINING, AND WHY THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE PRICE FOR REPLACEMENT IS ALSO OUTRAGEOUS. *TR

EXTERIOR LIGHTS (HEADLIGHTS) HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE. AS I YOUR RECALL LISTING HONDA ACCORD HAD RECALL ON 1/30/2007 AND WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS ACTION. 1. 11/24/2007--DRIVER SIDE...$13.00 2. 01/12/2007---REPLACED AT N/C. WE ARE WONDERING WHY WE DID NOT GET A RECALL NOTIFICATION? ALSO HAZARD INDICATOR HAS FAILED OR DOES NOT STAY LIT AS DESIGNED. REPAIRED ONCE. *TR

SIX CHANGER CD PLAYER OVERHEATS. AFTER 30 SECONDS OF PLAYING TIME , THE PANEL TURNS EXTREMELY HOT AND CD ERROR MESSAGE FLASHES. WHEN THE CD IS REMOVED, IT IS EXTREMELY HOT TO THE TOUCH WHERE IT MUST BE PLACED ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. IF MORE THAN ONE CD IS IN THE SIX CD CHANGER, THE PANEL GETS VERY HOT AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE PANEL DISPLAY GOES BLANK. THE RADIO WILL NOT WORK UNTIL THE UNIT HAS COOLED. THERE IS A POTENTIAL DANGER FOR FIRE OR OTHER SYSTEM FAILURE. CLEARLY A SAFETY HAZARD.*CN

2005 HONDA ACCORD V6 CP WITH ONLY 37K ON IT, TRANSMISSION FAILED THIS AM AND WAS TOWED TO HONDA DEALERSHIP IN SACRAMENTO, CA. SO FAR THERE IS NO UPDATE. CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND WELL TAKEN CARE OF. ITS SOO SAD THAT A HONDA CAR WOULD BRAKE DOWN AT ONLY 37K WHEN STANDARD WARRANTY IS ONLY GOOD FOR 36K. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WILL HONDA CORPORATION DECIDE BUT I HOPE THEY WILL STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. *TR

HONDA'S FAILURE TO DISCLOSE THAT A SPARE TIRE IS NOT STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON ITS 2005 ACCORD HYBRID PUT MY AND MY FAMILY'S LIVES IN DANGER. WE FIRST LEARNED OF THE SITUATION WHEN MY HUSBAND HAD A FLAT TIRE. HONDA THEN TOLD US THAT A RETRO-FIT WAS AVAILABLE. BEFORE PARTS ARRIVED, I EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT ON AN OUT-OF-STATE HIGH SPEED THOROUGHFARE AT NIGHT. TWO POLICE CARS AND A TOW TRUCK WERE REQUIRED TO TRANSPORT US TO THE SAFETY OF A MOTEL. ANOTHER 6 WEEKS PASSED BEFORE HONDA HAD THE PARTS TO RETRO-FIT THE VEHICLE AT MY EXPENSE. HONDA ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR THIS SITUATION. *TR

I WAS USING MY HEATED SEATS THIS MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK. I SET THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT ON THE LOW SETTING AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES MY LEFT THIGH BEGAN TO BURN. I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE SEAT AND NOTICED THE LEATHER BEGINNING TO DISCOLOR. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE HEAT OFF AND SNUFFED OUT THE SMOKE WITH MY FINGERS. I AM NOW IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING HONDA. *TR