2005 Honda Accord: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Feb 2, 2019 · Steering, Suspension · 152,000 miles · GA

I was driving down through someones yard and its like my vehicle made a grinding sound and a malfunction light illuminated an exclamation point in a triangle. I almost got stuck and I was horrified at the sound. Later on I started noticing it was harder to control thw vehicle at higher speeds on the road. Especially after it rained I would leave my yard and would almost be trapped in my yard. Very eerie grinding sound with 3 malfunction lights on: ABS, traction control, and brake lamp illuminated.

Filed Apr 13, 2018 · Brakes · 124,000 miles · NY

Loud grinding noise from rear upon stopping and going, and brakes sticking. This is the third time fixing and changing the pads and rotors. Very low use of vehicle and short time between having brakes done again.

Filed Nov 8, 2011 · Electrical, Transmission · 67,000 miles · CO

At first, when putting the car into gear, there would be a delay before the vehicle actually accepted that gear--anywhere from 6-10 seconds, along with a grinding noise when I would go from drive to park. I immeduately called my dealer and took it over there and explained to them what had been happening. Given the mileage of my car, the manager of the service dept took the car out for a drive on the highway (with me), and tried to see if the gears were in fact slipping and I would need tranny work. After the test drive, it was decided that they would drain all the transmission fluid and replace it with new. This worked well for about 2 weeks, and then we had a big cold snap here in colorado. After that, it all went south. My car would no longer shift into 2nd or 3rd without a lot of noise. Called the dealer, and by the time we got it there, the car was barely moving at 40mph on a major highway. When I purchased this car three years ago, the odometer read 42,000 miles. Today it reads 67,000. Really? I have transmission failure at 67,000?????? Thank goodness I have a highly competent service manager at the dealership who went to bat for me and called honda directly. I received a "goodwill" repair, but am still forking over $1568 for a new transmission. Obviously, honda has not fixed their transmission problems. I believe another recall needs to be issued sooner, rather than later.

Filed Sep 13, 2011 · Steering · 80,000 miles · NE

Hard to steer at low speed. At idle, can not turn wheel very well unless you put in neutral and increase the RPM. Power steering pump used to squeal and dealer replaced some seals on power steering system. Honda repair shop said " many honda cars steer hard" if I need to turn wheel at low speed to get out of way of danger, forget it!

Filed Mar 16, 2011 · Transmission · 66,000 miles · CA

Our 2005 honda accord v6 suddenly stopped accelerating and behaved like it was on neutral. The engine revved but the car would not move forward. I had to stop the car in the middle of the road and put my hazards on. After a few minutes I started the engine again. When I put the car in drive there was a grinding noise and I felt the car go into gear a few seconds later. When I accelerated the car started to move slowly forward and a whirring noise came from the engine. I had to stop and start the car 3-4 times on the remaining 3 mile drive home. I took it into a honda repair shop. We contacted honda corporate and they have offered to pay 75% of the cost of repair which is estimated at $5000.

Filed Feb 14, 2011 · Brakes · 1 miles · NM

This started when I bought the car in 2005 and continues today (2011). I don't drive the car often for several reasons, one being a constant problem with the brakes. When driving on the highway at higher speeds, the wheel has always stuttered. When on a steep hill, the breaks have never halted the car completely. I have to make sure there are no cars crossing in front of me when on a steep hill. The brakes are terrible if I'm in a place where there is snow. I can't even drive it in snow or where there is a lot of rain. The tires are very good and all terrain, so it isn't that. I have the brakes inspected all of the time and they're only slightly used. I have tires rotated and aligned on a regular basis. But half of the time the brakes grind. Even after inspection at three different honda dealerships, nobody can figure out what's wrong. I wrote to honda about this and several other problems, but they didn't even respond, let alone remedy the problem. I feel the car is dangerous and I use it as little as possible in perfect weather conditions and on flat roads. It's sad that honda takes no responsibility. I had only gotten hondas in the past because of reputation and reliability. I will be buying another "brand" from here on out. I used to live in california and now live in new mexico. I bought the car in santa monica. I have been to several dealerships in both places.

Filed Nov 30, 2010 · Brakes · CA

Brakes make grinding noise, the dealer says this is normal and claim the brakes are good.

Filed Oct 8, 2010 · Brakes · 39,219 miles · MD

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 honda accord. The contact stated that the vehicle was being serviced by an authorized dealer for an abnormal squeaking noise heard from the brakes when she was informed that all four brakes pads were completely worn and the rotors were warped. The vehicle was repaired. The failure recurred approximately one year later. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where she was then informed that the calipers and rotors would need to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 39,219 and the current mileage was 48,539.

Filed Feb 3, 2010 · Transmission · 96,391 miles · CA

My 2005 honda accord ex-l v6 (2 door) suffered a sudden catastrophic transmission failure while cruising at 70 MPH resulting in a near accident. I could not accelerate and the vehicle would not downshift into any other gear. I was nearly hit by vehicles following me and had to merge across traffic into the emergency lane where I "coasted" down an offramp. The vehicle has been properly maintained to the standards listed in the owners manual. The transmission has been serviced twice in 96,000 miles which exceeds the standards in the owners manual. The owners manual also specifies only genuine honda transmission fluid which was used on both transmission services. The vehicle has been diagnosed with a total failure of the transmission, and there were no warning signs at all (slipping gears, grinding, etc.). If the incident happened in a different location (crossing an intersection, more cars in traffic, on a wider highway) it is very likely that I would have been struck by another vehicle.

Filed Jun 16, 2008 · Transmission · 52,750 miles · NJ

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 honda accord. While driving 65 MPH, the acceleration dropped to 25 MPH and would not shift into third gear. When the contact depressed the accelerator pedal, the vehicle would not exceed 25 MPH, and then began making a grinding noise. The vehicle was towed to a mechanic and he replaced a solenoid, but it failed three times. The vehicle was finally repaired and the wire to the solenoid was replaced. The repair cost $856. The current mileage was 52,850 and failure mileage was 52,750.

Filed Mar 28, 2008 · Transmission · 1,000 miles · CA

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 (the federal safety agency id #10018868, december 16 2005).

Filed Jun 4, 2007 · Brakes, Suspension · 35,800 miles · NH

1) the vehicle shakes at high speed. 2) the vehicle at slow speed sounds like the wheel bearings are grinding themselves down 3) the vehicle vibrates at slow and high speed but more so at high speed when pressing the brake peddle 4) the vehicle was brought to the dealership 3 times for these problems with the drive train and the brakes. Still after the third time of having new brakes and wheel bearing the vehicle continues to vibrate to such a manner as I feel it highly unsafe.