2018 HONDA ACCORD HYBRID Complaints

HAVE A PROBLEM STEERING BINDING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH WHILE MAKING SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO STAY IN LANE. IT SEEMS TO BE MOST NOTICEABLE 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE AND TEMP BELOW 35 DEGREES. MOVING LEFT OR RIGHT IT GETS HARD THEN CUTS LOOSE THEN YOU NEED TO OVER CORRECT BACK TO STAY IN CENTER. NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IN CENTER LANE. WAS OK FIRST 5000 MILES.

I'M BARELY REACHING CLOSE TO 6000 MILES AND I'M ALREADY HEARING CLUNK SOUNDS ON MY SUSPENSIONS WHEN I SLOWLY GO INTO A DIP OR DRIVE ACROSS A BUMP, NOW SOMETIMES THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE THIS RATTLING SOUND WHEN I ACCELERATE BETWEEN 2000-3000 RPMS AND SOMETIMES WHEN I REMOVE THE PARKING BRAKE AND GO REVERSE THE BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD RANDOMLY BRAKE ON ME VIOLENTLY AND PUT IT ON PARK. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AT 84 MILES.

FIRST 7,000 MILES GOT 47 MPG, HONDA DID BACK UP CAMERA SOFTWARE UPDATE, AND MPG DROPPED TO 42, THEN 38, AND NOW 34, ON ALL THE SAME TYPES OF DRIVING. ELECTRIC ENGINE HARDLY RUNS AND NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS EARLIER. SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THE TEMPERATURE, THE COLDER THE TEMPERATURE, THE LOWER THE MPG.

STEERING WHEEL STICKS AT 12 O'CLOCK, THEN FINALLY BREAKS FREE TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT AFTER APPLYING SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE. THE RESULTING JERK OF THE VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE ON THE HIGHWAY, AND VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN STRAIGHT TRAVEL. HONDA DEALER IDENTIFIED THE STEERING GEAR BOX BINDING AND REPLACED IT. THE REPAIR RESOLVED THE ISSUED. HONDA NEEDS TO ISSUE A BULLETIN OR RECALL ON THIS FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHER OWNERS.

BOUGHT 2018 HONDA ACCORD HYBRID NEW JULY 2018. INITIAL TANK OF GAS MPG 56! EVER SINCE MPG IN 30S. GAS ENGINE RUNS CAR 90% OF TIME! EV MOTOR RARELY COMES ON! ESSENTIALLY NOT A HYBRID! GAUGE FOR HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY ALWAYS AT (3) OUT OF (10) BARS - NEVER FULLY CHARGES! OWNER'S MANUAL SAYS LOW LITHIUM ION BATTERY CHARGE CAN SHORTEN LIFE OF LITHIUM BATTERIES! HONDA DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE PURCHASED SAYS, "WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE HYBRIDS."!!! HE SAYS "WINTER GAS" LOWERS THE GAS MILEAGE"! I SAID ITS A HYBRID, 'WINTER GAS' DOESN'T AFFECT THE ELECTRIC MOTOR! HONDA DEALER SAYS AGAIN THAT THEY DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HONDA HYBRIDS! 1. IS MY NEW 2018 HONDA ACCORD HYBRID HIGH VOLTAGE LITHIUM BATTERY DEAD OR DYING ALREADY? 2. WHY DOESN'T THE EV MOTOR COME ON? ISN'T IT SUPPOSED TO BE A HYBRID? 3. WHY DOESN'T HONDA INSTRUCT DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENTS ON HOW HYBRIDS WORK? 3. WHY DOESN'T HONDA SUPPORT ITS OWN HYBRID MODELS?

I AND MY WIFE JUST ENTER IN HIGHWAY 70 WEST TOWARDS INDIANAPOLIS,NEAR 156 EXIT.. I HEARD BIG SOUND WITHOUT TOUCHING ANY OBJECT. MY CAR WAS VERY HARD TO BALANCE AND LUCKY I SUCCEEDED TO SAFE OUR SELF.THE BUSTED SOUND FROM DRIVER SIDE OF PASSENGER WHEEL. THIS CAR HAS NEW AND BOUGHT ONLY 2-3 MONTH AGO.AND ONLY 3300 MILES I CALLED TOWS BY THE HELP OF POLICE AND T I KNEW WHEN VISITED BODY WORKSHOP.MY WHEEL RIM ( PASSENGER SIDE - BEHIND DRIVER SEAT) WAS BUSTED WITHOUT TOUCH ANY OBJECT. I DIDN'T SEE ANY AIR PRESSURE SIGN OR ANY PROBLEM BEFORE THIS BUSTED. THIS LOOK SERIOUSLY MANUFACTURED PROBLEM IN THIS CAR RIM AND WHEELS IN 2018 HONDA HYBRID. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST FOR RECALL AND INVESTIGATE CAR ALL WHEEL INCLUDING RIMS AND TIRES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT AND TIME TO RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM.

YESTERDAY(01-13-2018) AROUND 5.45 PM WHEN I AM MY WIFE JUST ENTER IN HIGHWAY 70 WEST TOWARDS INDIANAPOLIS, I HEARD BIG SOUND WITHOUT TOUCHING ANY OBJECT. I CALLED TOWS BY THE HELP OF POLICE AND TODAY I KNEW WHEN VISITED BODY WORKSHOP.MY RIM WAS BUSTED WITHOUT TOUCH ANY OBJECT. I DIDN'T SEE ANY AIR PRESSURE SIGN OR ANY PROBLEM BEFORE THIS BUSTED. THIS LOOK SERIOUSLY MANUFACTURED PROBLEM IN RIM AND WHEELS IN 2018 HONDA HYBRID. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST INVESTIGATE THIS CASE.

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.

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) WILL UNEXPECTEDLY SHOW THAT A TIRE(S) ARE UNDERINFLATED WHEN THEY ARE NOT. THE TIMES THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLES WERE ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH SPEEDS.

THE STEERING WHEEL IS NOT A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM 12 O'CLOCK TO 1 O'CLOCK OR TO 11 O'CLOCK. IT IS AS IF THE PAVEMENT IS UNEVEN OR AS IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS STUCK AT 12 O'CLOCK. THIS IS NOT SAFE ON THE HIGHWAY AND ESPECIALLY IN THE RAIN. IT HASN'T SNOWED YET BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IT IS GOING TO VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE IT SAFELY IN THE SNOW WITH THIS MAJOR ISSUE.