2008 Honda Accord: windshield wiper failure

Filed Apr 12, 2010 · Body, Brakes · 29,000 miles · IN

I have a 2008 honda accord ex-l I picked up new in the fall of 2007. To date I have just over 30,000 miles. Today, (4/12/10) I took my car to my local honda dealership for an oil change. I was told that my rear brakes were at 5% and repair cost would be $330.00!!! I mentioned I paid an additional $2,200.00 for an "extended warranty "on top of the $28,000.00 sticker price back in 2007. Today I asked the honda advisor what does my $2,200.00 "extended warranty" cover? He said nothing mechanical. By this point I did not want to argue, but rather I paid the $38.13 for my oil change and left. Also with my previous oil change maybe 3 months ago with about 29,000 miles I was also told my rear brakes were somewhere around 15% and I think the honda dealership quoted me around $300.00. I am definitely a named party in the gibbs lawsuit as of 12/17/09. I have not paid to fix my rear brakes yet. Other problems I am having is my navigation freezes up, I have this rattling sound in my front drivers door, my front passenger door sounds like it is not closed all the way because I hear road noise, and twice now my wipers have continued to stay on even though I turned them off or the wipers will be "delayed" even though the wipers are off, my glove box is misaligned on the right hand side and at times when I am pulling into the garage with my foot off of the gas pedal, the car will accelerate forward a little. I am finished with this car!!!! My 2008 accord is my 3rd accord and by far the most obnoxious lemon I have ever owned. My 1986 and 2000 accords were more "honda" than my 2008 accord. I am thoroughly disgusted with honda's caring integrity.

Filed Apr 5, 2010 · Visibility · 25,000 miles · IN

I have a 2008 honda accord. Each of the past 3 months, the windshield wipers have failed to work properly during use. Each time, they would be working and would stop. Honda service technicians replaced the windshield wiper motor after the 1st and 3rd incident. I believe they modified the bearings after the 2nd incident. The parts appear to fail about every 30 days or so.

Filed Nov 17, 2009 · Visibility · 20,000 miles · PA

2008 honda accord drivers windshield wiper drags the water it was suppose to wipe away back into the operators field of vision. Starts at 40 to 45 MPH with steady rain and worsens as the vehicle speed increases, at 70 it is bad. Dealer says that it does it on all accords and there is no fix.

Filed Oct 21, 2009 · Visibility · 25,000 miles · TN

2008 honda accord drivers windshield wiper drags the water it was suppose to wipe away back into the operators field of vision. Starts at 40 to 45 MPH with steady rain and worsens as the vehicle speed increases, at 70 it is bad. I have pictures. Blade replaced 3 times, arm replaced once, no help. Honda has been notified. Honda is stonewalling me by not contacting back after their initial call, threatening to assume the concern is repaired after sending me a letter that said in 10 days they assume the complaint is no longer a concern. Poor customer service. Other people with 2008 accords have the same problem. (edmunds carspace)

Filed Feb 25, 2009 · Electrical, Visibility · 1,000 miles · NC

Lights go dim and then brighten back up very often like every few seconds, other drivers think I'm flashing them this action seems to be very un safe for drivers. Also when raining the wipers pull the rain water back down the windshield about half way down the drivers side from the a frame.

Filed Nov 30, 2008 · Visibility · GA

2008 honda accord sedan. While driving in a steady rain at 55 MPH and above the rain water collects on the windshield near the driver's side a-frame pillar. The windshield wiper removes the water from the windshield but because of the design of the a-frame pillar it allows the rain water to return to about 1/4 of the driver's viewing area thus obstructing the view until the wiper returns to remove the water. This process continues until either the rain lets up or speed is reduced. Having this obstructed view is a hazard for the driver. I was told by the salesperson when I bought the vehicle the a-frame pillar was redesigned so that wind would be funneled away from the driver and passenger front side windows but this redesign does not allow water to be completely removed from the windshield. I have also experienced this hazard at other times than the november 29, 2008 incident.

Filed Oct 7, 2008 · Lights, Visibility · 500 miles · PA

While driving at night time the headlights flicker 1 to 2 times per minute. If the A/C unit or heater/defroster are on it occurs 2 to 3 times per minute. Twice while driving with the defroster and windshield wipers on. The headlights stayed dim for 2 to 3 seconds. I took the car to the honda dealer were I purchased it. They said they already had other vehicles with this problem and there was no fix. I returned one month later, the service manager gave me the honda 800# and told me to call honda motor corp. The answer I get there is no recall.

Filed Mar 9, 2008 · Visibility · 2,358 miles · VA

While driving in moderate rain showers, water pools on drivers side windshield. Very noticeable at speeds of 50-70 MPH. Windshield wipers operating at any speed actually pull the pool of water from the left side of the front pillar into the drivers vision on the downstroke.