2013 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER TWENTY MINUTES, THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY AAA TO BALISE HONDA OF WEST WARWICK (509 QUAKER LN, WEST WARWICK, RI 02893, (401) 822-2000) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER INSTALLED A NEW BATTERY AND STARTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

WHILE CORNERING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER AND DID NOT RIGHT ITSELF COMING OUT OF THE CORNER. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, THE STEERING OCCASIONALLY FAILED. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND WHEN HONDA TESTED THE CAR, NO TORQUE SENSOR FAILURES WERE NOTED. ON THAT BASIS, HONDA DECLINED TO APPLY THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERING THE FAILED STEERING. HONDA WAS NOT INTERESTED IN PURSUING THE FAILURE TO SEE IF IT MIGHT IMPROVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL'S STEERING. HONDA CLAIMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RARE AND THAT THERE WAS NO INFORMATION OUT THERE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE VEHICLE WOULD BE SAFELY DRIVABLE WITHOUT REPAIR. THEY COULD NOT ASSURE ME THAT THE FAILURE WAS JUST A LOSS OF POWER STEERING, OF SOMETHING MORE DANGEROUS. IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER I PAID FOR THE REPAIR, THAT I FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE.

ON FRI SEPT 29TH, 2017 I HAD AN SUA (SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION) IN MY 2013 HONDA ACCORD THAT DEVASTATED PART OF AN OFFICE BUILDING AND WRECKED MY CAR. I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND BACKED UP, HIT A 3 FOOT HIGH CONCRETE BOLLARD, WAS ANNOYED, PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE, FELT AN ODD LURCH AS THOUGH THE BUMPER WAS STUCK ON SOMETHING ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR AND AT THAT MOMENT THE CAR RAPIDLY ACCELERATED TO WHAT FELT LIKE 30 OR 40 MILES AN HOUR. I TRIED TO BRAKE BUT IT FELT AS THOUGH THERE WAS NO PRESSURE UNDER MY FOOT. I GRIPPED THE STEERING WHEEL IN TERROR AND STEERED THE CAR AWAY FROM OTHER PARKED CARS AND INTO A CONCRETE WHEELCHAIR RAMP WITH RAILS AND AN OFFICE BUILDING. THE AIR BAG WENT OFF. THE CONCRETE RAMP AND OFFICE BUILDING STOPPED THE CAR IN ITS TRACKS. I PUT IT IN PARK AND GOT OUT. I'M DOING OK BUT MOSTLY VERY VERY GRATEFUL I DIDN'T HURT OR KILL ANYONE. MINOR AIRBAG BURN ON MY ARM AND A CONTUSION TO MY KNEE. I FEEL THE AIRBAG ONLY CAME OUT A LITTLE AND HIT MY LEFT ARM, NOT THE REST OF MY BODY. BUT I COULD BE WRONG ABOUT THAT. I'M GLAD BECAUSE AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST I'VE SEEN SOME NASTY AIR BAG INJURIES. ALSO I DID NOT HAVE MY SEAT BELT ON BECAUSE I OFTEN PUT IT ON AS I LEAVE A PARKING LOT. NOT A GOOD IDEA, BUT ALSO NO NASTY SEAT BELT INJURY. JUST STIFF ARMS, PAINFUL LEFT KNEE AND NECK, A FEW DAYS LATER. I REALIZE EVERYONE IS GOING TO SAY I HAD THE FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR BUT I WAS AT A DEAD STOP WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE TO ACCELERATE AND SERIOUSLY, AFTER ALMOST 40 YEARS OF DRIVING, I HAVE NEVER FELT ANYTHING LIKE THIS TERROR AND LOSS OF CONTROL. THE POLICEMAN WHO CAME TO THE SCENE WOULD TESTIFY TO THE FACT THAT I WAS COMPLETELY SANE AND SOBER AT THE TIME. TODAY, WE HEARD THE CAR WILL BE APPRAISED AS TOTALED. I HAVE DRIVEN AND LOVED MY HONDAS SINCE 1991 BUT NO MORE, AND I WOULD HATE TO THINK THIS CAR WOULD BE FIXED AND RESOLD.

IN AUGUST OF 2018 I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO BALISE HONDA IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS WITH A LOSS OF POWER STEERING DURING OPERATION ON A HIGHWAY. THEY WORKED ON THE VEHICLE AND REPORTED NO RECALLS FOR LOSS OF POWER STEERING. WHEN I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE, I REGAINED POWER STEERING. ON JUNE 5, 2019, I LOST THE POWER STEERING AGAIN DURING OPERATION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE ON A CITY STREET. I SUCCESSFULLY DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME WITHOUT POWER STEERING AND IT CONTINUED INTO JUNE 6, 2019. PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING IN THE 2013 HONDA ACCORD AND NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED? THIS SAFETY ISSUE CANNOT CONTINUE...

2013 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO POWER STEERING FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. *AS THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER FOUND THE STEERING GEAR BOX TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE WARRANTY FOR THE STEERING ASSEMBLY. *JS

A FEW DAYS AFTER THE RECALL WORK WAS COMPLETED THE CAR WOULD NOT START WHEN I PRESSED THE START BUTTON. IT WENT INTO ACCESSORY MODE INSTEAD OF STARTING. EVERY DAY SINCE THEN IT HAS INTERMITTENTLY STARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. IT SOMETIMES REQUIRES FOUR, FIVE OR MORE ATTEMPTS TO START THE ENGINE. WE REPLACED THE BATTERY ON MAY 4, 2019. THE INTERMITTENT STARTS CONTINUE. I FOUND SEVERAL INTERNET SITES THAT LIST OTHER 2013 HONDA ACCORD OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NO POSITIVE SOLUTIONS.

HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING THE CAR, KEEP SAYING CHECK CHARGE SYSTEM. WENT TO MECHANICS THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE BATTERY SENSOR, WENT TO THE DEALER AND CHANGE THE SENSOR BUT STILL SAYING CHECK CHARGE SYSTEM. PUT THE KEY IN EVERYTHING LIGHT BUT WONT START THE CAR. EVERY NOW AND THEN IT WORKS FINE BUT SOME DAYS IT TAKE TIME FOR THE CAR TO START.

THE IGNITION SWITCH DIDN'T WORK WELL ONLY A FEW YEARS AFTER I PURCHASE THE NEW CAR (2013 HONDA ACCORD). THE FACTORY MUST HAVE A RECALL!

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR IT WOULD TURN EASY TO THE RIGHT BUT TURN HARD TO THE LEFT. WE TOOK IT IN TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPROGRAMMED THE NEUTRAL SENSOR BECAUSE IT LOST ITS PROGRAMMING THEY SAY. THE CAR DROVE GOOD FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING AS BEFORE, BUT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND STARTED JERKING TO THE LEFT AND OVER STEERING WITH OUT WARNING. WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND THEY NOW SAID IT NEEDED THE WHOLE STEERING RACK REPLACED FOR $2300. HOWEVER, THERE IS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS PROBLEM THAT STATES THIS PROBLEM IS COVERED AND HONDA IS SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR ALL COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROBLEM. AS STATED ABOVE THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE AFTER IT CAME BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP.THE SERVICE BULLETIN # IS 15-056 WHICH IS THE EPS TORQUE SENSOR WHICH THEY SAID NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED, WHICH MADE THE STEERING GOOD ONLY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. WITH THAT SAID I AM NOT SURE HOW THE EPS TORQUE SENSOR IS NOT A DEFECT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY? THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS HONDA INCORP. CLAIMS THIS PROBLEM IS NOT RELATED TO THE TORQUE SENSOR. THE DEALERSHIP AND HONDA SAYS THE POWER STEERING GEAR BOX ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY BULLETING SAYS THE POWER STEERING GEAR BOX ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THAT HONDA IS TO PAY FOR IT.

HEN ATTEMPTING TO START ENGINE OF PARKED VEHICLE, NOTHING HAPPENED WHEN KEY WAS TURNED. TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START CAR EACH TIME.