Excessive oil consumption
2010 Honda Accord engine complaints
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Rattling noise coming from engine after cold start.
I bought this car new in october 2009. It is a 2010 model. It has burned oil excessively since the very first time I drove it. It has continued to burn oil and misfire under acceleration. Currently it burns about 3 quarts of oil every 5000 miles.
Takata recall.there is also 2 more recalls regarding the engine and transmission.when driving the car wants to get into stall mode feeling like if its going to stop while driving on highways or streets.called honda several times since july so far they have not fix the problems they keep on giving me the run around dont know what else to do.dont feel safe driving.
In february 2016 - our 2010 accord had repair procedure a completed to update PCM software referring to tsb 13-078 and replaced spark 1-4. Starting in march of 2016 our accord started to excessively consume oil which we now know as (tsb #11-033).in december and march we replaced a bad pressure switch. In july we replaced both pressure switches again. Honda admits that the car is excessively consuming oil but will not fix the problem because the software is not providing the correct codes.
Car consumes oil between oil changes. It will take 2-3 quarts of motor oil between servicing. Found no oil leak. Oil levels can drop really low and oil light indicator does not turn on. Vehicle has a grinding noise for a few seconds on a cold start. Vehicle computer was updated/programmed previously by honda to eliminate excess oil consumption. Vehicle still has excessive oil consumption issue, as well as the low oil indicator failing to illuminate. Oil light indicator can cause excessive damage to the engine if the oil level is low, because it fails to warn the driver when the oil level is low, especially since this vehicle has an excessive oil consumption issue. There have been numerous complaints about this issue and honda has failed to recall vehicles for this issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 honda accord. While starting the vehicle, an unknown sound was heard under the hood. The noise was heard constantly. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the pistons failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was unknown.
Since oil change in april 2016, needed to add 3 1/3 qts of oil in less than 4k miles. No oil is dripping from car; no indicator light showing oil low. Took to get diagnosis of problem and no problem was found. Currently getting an oil consumption test with honda so that we can get extended warranty.
Consumes a quart every 150 miles hah to replace spark plugs twice
My 2010 honda accord has had a check engine light for a p0420 code at 110k miles. For someone that knows something about cars, a catalytic converter should not be going out this soon. As I read numerous forums and articles online, many others have reported the same issues with their 8th generation accord, yet honda has not been told to issue a recall. Obviously these converters were poorly made and it is going to cost nearly 1000$ to fix this.
I am wanting to know about any recall on the vtc actuator. This is a known problem and my car is now making that noise at start up. I know alot of people with the same issue and I think honda needs to be responsible and get this problem fixed. This has been going on for about 3 weeks
High oil consumption and noise when starting at times.
I am having an oil consumption problem at least 3 quarts in between oil changes this has been getting worse and started almost immediately after purchase. This past february it started missing and I had a loss of power while on the highway on the way to work. I took it in and the honda dealership replaced four fouled spark plugs and said if it happened again they would replace the rings in the engine, in total I will have taken the car to the honda dealership 6 times for this problem and I am getting very tired of taking it in so they can tell me that they fixed the problem. With the loss of power I could have been in a serious accident and I am concerned about the engine failing every time I drive the car. I would consider this car unsafe because it could fail at anytime and leave me stranded or worse it could fail when I am pulling into traffic or merging onto a highway.
High consumption of oil. This problem is additional to the cold start problem noise. I received a letter about this extending the warrantee to 125,000 miles. I am going tomorrow to get my car serviced. I am going to report this to them and see what they say.
Vtc actuator failure on cold starts numerous times.
Received notice from honda stating engine warranty extended to 120k miles due to oil consumption, attempted to have vehicle service for oil consumption tests at local dealer (mistlin honda, modesto ca.) was denied by service writer due to not having a check engine light on, I asked why would an engine light go on if I keep topping off oil between oil changes (1-2 quarts) he stated unfortunately he couldn't service it with out a light being on. To my understanding I don't see how a check engine light will be activated if engine is burning oil, unless the engine has gotten damaged due to not having any oil.
Cold start rattle due to vtc actuator failure.
My accord oil light illuminated on and off when there was 40% oil remaining, and therefore, I took my vehicle into fletcher jones honda, which is where I regularly go for routine maintenance service. Then I received horrific news concerning the life of my vehicle, which is in need of a brand new 3.5-liter vtec v6 engine, which will costs $12,372.87. This was especially alarming news because, my vehicle is only six years old and I've only have honda to service it. Also, it was recommended that the following maintenance is performed: timing belt replacement $565.39; clutch assembly $2,019.86; spark plugs replacement $209.52 and syn power (efi service/fuel injection cleaning service $159.95,which brings my out of pocket costs to $15,327.59.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 honda accord. The contact stated that while driving at 25 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 123,000.
I received a letter from honda stating that my car may have a defect in the pistons, and/or piston rings that causes excessive oil usage. As a result of this honda would diagnose and repair the problem but only up to 125,000 miles. At the time I received the letter my car had 150,000 miles. I have noticed excessive oil usage in my 2010 honda accord when compared to my 2004 honda accord with the same 2.4 liter 4 cylinder engine. The 2010 requires oil frequently but the 2004 rarely requires oil between oil changes. I called honda of america on 2 separate occasions and spoke to 3 different people after I asked for my case to be escalated to a higher level. They have refused to do anything for me. My opinion is that no manufacturer should be able to shirk their duty to repair or replace a known defect. Especially when I have evidence that shows their arbitrary choice of extending the engine warranty to 125,000 miles is nonsense. My 2004 accord has more miles than the 2010 but doesn't require oil between oil changes. That tells me that the 2010 with fewer miles may suffer from this known defect that honda has a responsibility to repair regardless of the miles on the car.
When starting the car at a cold start, you hear a loud grinding noise sounds for 2 or 5 seconds. There is a tsb 09-010 regarding a vtc actuator that drains of oil and is not properly lubed when starting the engine cold, causing the grinding noise until oil reaches the part again but honda refuses a recall although there have been numerous complaints about this issue.
Excessive oil consumption, causing plugs to foul and damaging coil packs. This has happened twice in the last 12 months.
Oil light started coming on at that point. My car wasnt due for an oil change. Was hearing the pistons in the engine when I would start driving the car. I checked oil and it showed no oil. I would have to put in 2 to 3 quarts of oil. This has been happening and is still occuring to this day 2015. I have mentioned this to dealer and they claimed nothing is wrong. I just received a warranty extension from honda and I am just about close to the 125,00 mileage that they extended the warranty to. It is a shame that they are contacting me about this years later.
When driving on the freeway on my way to work the check engine light came on. After exiting I checked for error codes (as I always carry the p-code reader with me). The code stated that cylinder 3 was misfiring. I double checked all spark plugs to make sure the connections were okay. The engine light continued to come on, with a rough idle, and engine codes started to be more spontaneous as it stated random misfires/multiple cylinder misfires. I took my car to honda and was told that I likely need to replace the ignition coil, so I did that and still experienced the same problem. I then took it to a shop where they also suspected bad ignition coils. They then did a valve adjustment and was positive that would fix the problem. After performing that job, the car continued with the same rough idle but only populated the error code stating cylinder 3 is misfiring. They took out the spark plug and ignition coil on cylinder 3 and discovered a cracked intake valve. I've spoken to at least 10 shops, 2 honda service dealerships, and 2 personal mechanic friends that all state that a broken intake valve at 107k is very unusual and likely a result of poor design. I have read about the class action lawsuit for all v6 honda accords between 2008-2012. Unfortunately the 2010 v6 6 mt is one of the few models left out of that law suit. I have already had a shop start on the repairs as I have no choice but to have them done asap. I figure an unlikely event like this is due to poor engine design since I have thoroughly kept up with all scheduled maintenance (spark plugs, timing belt, water pump, oil change, etc..). I feel that honda should be responsible for this 2000$ dollar repair.
The past two times I have brought the car in for an oil change I have been told that the oil level is below the dipstick. Both times I have brought the car in for an oil change with 20% oil life showing. Shifting from 2nd to 3rd sometimes gets "blocked". That is the only way I can describe it, you go to shift and cant get into gear, either have to go back to 2nd or back to neutral and then back in. The "double pump shift" usually works. I have also had a problem with the speaker deck rattling which I had supposedly fixed under warranty but only to have the same problem.
I bought my car new in 2010 honda accord 4 cylinder. I had been taking my car to get the oil changed on a regular basis to the honda dealership. Since beginning of this year, my car started making noise so it took it to dealer to check the reason. He told that me that my car is out of oil even though indicator say oil level is 70% and that is the reason for it's making sound. He told me that he could not detect the issue and bring it one more time. He temporarily fixed the issue by filling the oil. It again happened after a month and he again filled in oil but he charged me this time for filling the oil. He said that we will need to do "oil consumption" test as he doesn't see any leakage either. This is really scary to me when I see that there is already class suit against honda for the same reason but that's applicable for 6 cylinders engine and not for 4 cylinders. When I asked the dealer about it, he simply denied any lawsuit or class action or recall for accord 2010. It's defect in a car but neither honda accept it or dealer agrees to it. However, I'm spending my money and time to fill in the oil every month after only 1000 miles. It's ridiculous and frustrating as well.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 honda accord. While driving various speeds, the vehicle slid to the right while slowing down. The rear of the vehicle made an abnormal popping noise when the speed decreased. The failure occurred several times. The dealer diagnosed that the ipm motor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 59,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 honda accord. While driving 60 MPH, the engine warning light illuminated. Immediately after an oil change, the oil pressure warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 86,000.
Purchased vehicle 5/8/2014. Driving home and I called my husband and stated that the car sounded like crap--wasn't shifting correctly and just had a horrible sound coming from engine. He stated we will check oil and transmission fluid when you get home. To find no oil or transmission on either. We immediately contacted dealer we purchased from and we had it towed there for attention. Car dealer changed oil(which wasn't much) and transmission fluid were "fine". Passing the buck! We continued to keep an eye on it to find we are putting quarts of oil in it. It has had 3 oil changes in less than 6 months and not due to mileage---due to each place we took it to-dealer-changed oil, jiffy lube-changed oil-honda-changed oil and started "oil consumption" test. I have checked oil in my cars, since I was 16 years old. Honda stating "it's normal"--it's not normal to have to keep adding oil to your car between one oil change to another, due to mileage only. You can visually see oil everywhere on the engine block and laying on other components of the engine. Fix the car!!!!!!
Excessive oil consumption. I am putting 1-2 quarts oil every 3000 miles, even though the oil life indicates 80% or better. I bought this car new and just noticed this about 9 months ago. The oil is not leaking, it is just gone. Also when I start the car first thing in the morning or when is cold, the top of the engine makes a rattling noise. There is also a loud pronounced noise that sounds like it is either the engine or the transmission, something doesn't sound right. I am taking it to the dealer to have it checked out.
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