2015 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

WHILE TURNING LEFT AFTER THE STOP LIGHT DISPLAYED GREEN, THE STEERING WHEEL GOT LOCKED AND BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. I ENDED UP HITTING THE CURB ON THE RIGHT SIDE. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE. ONLY THEN WAS I ABLE TO ROTATE THE STEERING WHEEL. FORTUNATELY IT WAS A MID-DAY AND THERE WAS NO CAR BEHIND. TWO DAYS LATER, AGAIN WHILE RETURNING HOME FROM WORK WHICH IS ABOUT A MILE AWAY, AGAIN THE STEERING WHEEL GOT LOCKED WHEN DEPARTING FROM THE INTERSECTION. THIS TIME I WAS GOING STRAIGHT, BUT THE STEERING WHEEL GOT LOCKED AND WAS VERY HARD TO MOVE. I HAD TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN TO ENTER THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHEN WITH MUCH DIFFICULTY WAS ABLE TO MAKE A WIDE SWERVE AND PARK IN THE LOT. I COULD SEE THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING (EPS) INDICATOR TURNED ON IN THE DASHBOARD. AGAIN TO RELEASE THE LOCK, I HAD TO RESTART THE ENGINE. I GOT THE CAR TOWED TO NEARBY HONDA DEALER. THE SERVICE ENGINEER SAID THAT HE HAS NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A PROBLEM!!! WHAT A SHAME!!! HIS TOTAL LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH A PROBLEM IS MORE WORRISOME THAN THE ACTUAL DEFECT ITSELF. I TOLD HIM THAT THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT SUCH AN ISSUE IN ONLINE. NOT SURE IF THE DEALER CAN CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT HONDA HAS TO TAKE SERIOUS ACTION ON. MY TRUST ON HONDA'S SAFETY IS LOST NOW!

THE TIRES ARE ALL PERMANENTLY DAMAGED DUE TO IMPROPER TIRE WEAR. EXTREMELY LOUD ROAD NOISE REDUCED HANDLING SAFTEY AND STOPPING PROPERTIES. THE UNEVEN TIRE WEAR IS BEING CAUSED BY A MECHANICAL ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. ONE THAT HONDA HAS FAILED TO OWN UP TO. THE CAR IS BRAND NEW THE PEOPLE FROM THE TIRE SHOP SAID THAT MANY NEW HONDAS COME IN THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. I HEARD A LOUD NOISE. HOWEVER, I DIDNT SEE ANY ROCKS OR ANY OBJECT FLYING TOWARDS MY CAR. IT WAS VERY STRANGE FOR THE SUNROOF TO JUST EXPLODE OUT OF NOWHERE. I WENT TO A HONDA DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS IMPACTED BY AN OBJECT. I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING AROUND THAT WOULD HAVE SMASHED INTO THE SUNROOF.

WHILE IDLING DOWN THE STREET , I NOTICED THAT THE TACHOMETER INDICATED AN RPM OF LESS THAN 500. I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO MOVE FORWARD AND HAD NO RESPONSE . THE ACCELERATOR WAS THEN DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH STILL NO RESPONSE. THE ACCELERATOR WAS THE LETUP ALL OF THE WAY AND DEPRESSED AGAIN AND THE ENGINE SPEEDED UP AS NORMAL. THIS SAME PROBLEM WAS EXPERIENCED IN A 2013 HONDA THAT WE JUST TRADED IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THAT EXISTED FOR THE TWO YEARS THAT WE OWNED IT. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF IT OCCURRED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR ON A FREEWAY. HONDA SAYS THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO VEHICLES THAT HAVE EVER BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. PLEASE ENTER THIS AS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS TRAFFIC PROBLEM .

WHILE DRIVING MY HONDA ACCORD 2015 ON INTERSTATE 75 IN THE LEFT LANE, THE DASHBOARD DISPLAYED A WARNING THAT THERE WAS A POWER SYSTEM FAILURE, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL POWER. THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY WAS STILL LIT AND THE RADIO CONTINUED TO PLAY. THERE WAS NO RESISTANCE WITH THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR COULD ONLY COAST. I CHECKED TRAFFIC AND CHANGED LANES TO THE FAR RIGHT EMERGENCY PULL OFF. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND THEN RESTARTED IT AND THE POWER SYSTEM FAILURE WARNING WAS GONE BUT THEN A BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING CAME ON. THE CAR DID TRAVEL FOWARD WITH GAS PEDAL AND THE BRAKE SEEMED TO WORK SO I STAYED IN EMERGENCY LANE AND PROCEEDED TO CLOSET EXIT OFF I75. I WENT TO AUTO ZONE BUT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST ME. WHEN THE CAR WAS RESTARTED ALL THE WARNINGS WERE CLEAR. I TOOK IT THE A HONDA DEALER AND ASK FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. HONDA SERVICE PERSON SAID THAT IF I WAS DRIVING WITH BOTH FEET (ONE ON GAS AND ONE ON BRAKE) THAT LOSS OF POWER. I WAS NOT DRIVING WITH BOTH FEET, SO I ASKED HIM TO RUN A DIAGNOSTICS SO I FELT SAFE ENOUGH TO DRIVE HOME. THE DIAGNOSTICS REVEALED THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED AN UPDATE THAT WAS PERFORMED BY SERVICE. I READ THE PAPERWORK ON THE DIAGNOSITCS AND THERE WAS A STATEMENT THAT DESCRIBED MY INCIDENT COMPLETELY WITH SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. MY CAR IS NOT ON A RECALL LIST. HONDA SEEMED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO FIX, BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED THAT MY CAR NEEDED AN UPDATE RESULTING IN POWER SYSTEM FAILURE. WHY WAS THIS INFORMATION NOT COMMUNICATED TO THE OWNERS OF THESE CARS? FOR A BRAND NEW CAR TO BE ABLE TO DISPLAY ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION (IE, OIL LIFE, RANGE OF MILES, TIME FOR SERVICE) WHY CAN NOT THE CAR DISPLAY THAT ITS COMPUTER NEEDS AN UPDATE AND TO TAKE IN FOR SERVICE? THERE WAS NO INJURY THANKFULLY, BUT EASILY THIS COULD HAVE HAPPEN, I WAS JUST LUCKY THAT I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND WAS NOT GOING UPHILL.

I WAS COMMUTING TO WORK, DRIVING ON A MAJOR, HIGH-TRAFFIC HIGHWAY IN THE HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE, WHEN WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, SAYING THERE WAS A POWER SYSTEM PROBLEM, A BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEM, AND SOME PROBLEM WITH ELEVATED TEMPERATURE THAT MEANT POWER WAS BEING REDUCED. I PUT ON MY FLASHER, HOPING TO MAKE MY WAY ACROSS THREE LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC TO PULL OFF ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER. BUT I HAD NO POWER AT ALL. LUCKILY, THERE WAS A SHOULDER TO THE LEFT WHERE I COULD PULL OFF. (DESPITE THE WARNING, THE BRAKES SEEMED OKAY.) THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION, AND IT WAS PURE LUCK THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED OR EVEN KILLED. THE CAR IS ONLY 4 MONTHS OLD. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY TOLD ME THIS WAS "A COMMON PROBLEM" WITH THE ACCORD HYBRID AND THAT HONDA HAD ISSUED A SOFTWARE FIX THAT SHOULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. IF THIS IS TRUE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL SO OWNERS WILL BECOME AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND CAN GET IT FIXED RATHER THAN WAITING UNTIL POWER FAILURES AND ACCIDENTS OCCUR.

WHEREAS THIS DOES NOT SERVE AS AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR LIMB, AS A RN OF 10 YEARS, I DO FEEL IT NEEDS ATTENTION FROM NHTSA FOR LONG-TERM HEALTH HAZARDS. THE SEAT IN THIS VEHICLE, WHICH I HAVE OWNED FOR 2 DAYS, IS NOT ONLY UNCOMFORTABLE, IT CAUSES SEVERE LEFT LEG NUMBNESS, PAIN, TINGLING, BURNING THAT DOESN'T RESOLVE WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A STEP ABOVE DISCOMFORT, IT IS A LONG-TERM, POSSIBLY SHORT-TERM HEALTH HAZARD, AS I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD HANDLE ANOTHER 1 HR DRIVE IN THE VEHICLE AND STILL WALK WHEN GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. BEING ABLE TO WALK AND HAVING INTACT NEUROVASCULAR STATUS IN LOWER EXTREMITIES IS QUITE IMPORTANT AND THIS VEHICLE COMPROMISES THAT SIGNIFICANTLY. AS SAID, I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A WIDE GAP BETWEEN ERGONOMICS AND SAFETY CONCERNS. I TRULY FEEL THAT, FROM A MEDICAL STANDPOINT, HONDA HAS BRIDGED THIS GAP AND CREATED A TRUE SAFETY HAZARD WITH THE DESIGN OF THESE SEATS. I WILL BE RELENTLESSLY SEARCHING FOR A SOLUTION IN THE MEANTIME, BUT MY ACHING BUTT AND NUMB LEG ARE CRYING FOR HELP FROM HONDA AND NHTSA.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HONDA ACCORD HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 78 MPH, THE WARNING MESSAGE FOR THE POWER FAILURE, BRAKE FAILURE, OVERHEATED POWERING DOWN DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT A SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS NEEDED AND CAUSED CONFLICT BETWEEN HYBRID VOLTAGE AND ENGINE VOLTAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

DRIVING IN MIDDLE LANE OF THREE-LANE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH, CAR SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT ADVANCE WARNING. INDICATOR CAME ON STATING "BATTERY CHARGING" PROBLEM. THE TURN SIGNALS DID NOT WORK, THE EMERGENCY FLASHER DID NOT WORK, POWER STEERING STOPPED AND BRAKES WORKED ONLY WITH PUMPING AND PUSHING HARD, CAR HAD NO POWER. WITH TRACTOR-TRAILERS AND VEHICLES ON BOTH SIDES, IN FRONT AND IN THE REAR, ALL GOING 70 MPH THE SITUATION WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. FORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT HIT AND WITH THE CAR'S INERTIA, I WAS ABLE TO EVENTUALLY GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND BRING THE CAR TO A STOP.

WHILE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON RT. 95 IN DELAWARE, THE SUNROOF SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERED ON MY THREE MONTH OLD 2015 HONDA ACCORD. THE SOUND WAS SIMILAR TO A LOUD GUN SHOT, FOLLOWED BY A CRACKLING NOISE. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS IN MY CAR DID NOT SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING HIT THE CAR ROOF, AND NONE OF THE SURROUNDING VEHICLES TOOK ANY ACTION THAT WOULD HAVE SUGGESTED SOMETHING HAD FALLEN OUT OF THE SKY. THE SUNROOF SHADE WAS CLOSED, SO NO GLASS ENTERED THE CABIN. PRICE HONDA IN DOVER, DE, REPLACED THE SUNROOF GLASS UNDER WARRANTY. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN MARLTON, NJ, (BURNS), WAS RELUCTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE SUNROOF SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERED AND EVEN HAD THE AUDACITY TO CHARGE US FOR TOUCH-UP PAINT. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEWS REPORTS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM WITH MANY MAKES AND MODELS. NHTSA SHOULD PUT AUTO MANUFACTURERS ON NOTICE ABOUT THIS DEFECT AND COMPEL THEM TO TAKE ACTION TO ENSURE ALL SUNROOF GLASS IS THICK ENOUGH TO ELIMINATE FUTURE GLASS FAILURE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN SEVERE ACCIDENTS WITH FATAL CONSEQUENCES. THANK YOU. *TR