2012 Honda Accord body problems

Filed Aug 24, 2023 · Airbags, Body · TX · crash

At around 7:25am this morning I was driving to work in traffic and I was needing to stop, but my brakes were not working properly. They went all the way to the floor, no pressure, and I rear ended another person going 35mph. My entire front-end of my vehicle is totalled and my airbags did not even deploy. After the wreck I pumped my breaks to try to move it off the freeway and the breaks started to work again. This is a serious problem because had I been going any faster and even had my other family in the car we all could have been seriously injured or died!!

Filed Jun 29, 2023 · Body, Electrical · CA

The trunk release mechanisms of my Honda Accord EXL coupe failed, both manual cable and electrical trunk release. My trunk does NOT open and when I need to access my spare tire in the trunk - I will NOT be able to. A real danger since I live in Canyon Country and often phone reception is poor. The only Honda Model that does NOT have any external nor internal emergency trunk release option. There is no "Valet" button, no decklid access, no external hidden key lock nothing that can release my trunk so I can gain access to my spare tire. Federal Law 49CFR571.401 mandates an emergency internal trunk release. In this Honda Model the ONLY way to get into the trunk from inside is by unlocking and pulling down back seats to access the trunk. BUT the ONLY way to unlock back seats is by pulling a cable that unlocks them which is INSIDE THE TRUNK! So the safety design flaws in the Honda Accord EXL coupe are: there is no emergency access to release the trunk to gain access to the spare tire AND there is no emergency way to unlock back seats to gain access to the trunk since the only way to unlock back seats is IN THE TRUNK. A Mechanical Engineer needed to dismantled the seats to get into the trunk and he tried to release the truck with the Emergency Trunk Release but it is obvious that the latch has failed. if there was ever a person stuck in the trunk that person would NOT be able to free themselves. I do have a video showing the Emergency Trunk Release not working if you like to see it but i can not upload it. I lost my job during the Pandemic and my house has major damage from the massive amount of rain Los Angeles received. I am unable to afford to have a Honda Dealership tell me what I already have on video showing that the Emergency Trunk Release has FAILED and I am in potential danger every time I drive. I asked Honda to fix trunk release latch and expressed the dangerous Coupe Design Flaws but they will not fix the safety problem unless Honda Dealership gets involved.

Filed Sep 11, 2021 · Airbags, Body · CA

I don't have a air bag due to someone stealing the whole air bag

Filed Mar 24, 2021 · Body · 80,000 miles · TX

My 2012 honda accord started having paint issues when it had 80,000 miles on it. I took it into the dealership and both the dealership and american honda acknowledged there was a problem but refused to fix it. The paint started peeling in the back window well and has now spread to the side of the car. Large paint chips come off exposing bare metal.

Filed Dec 18, 2020 · Body, Steering · 106,000 miles · MO

The driver side lower ball joint spontaneously failed at 106000 miles. No creaking, whining, clunking, or any indication that it was failing. There were no cracks in the boot and the vehicle drove fine prior to the failure.

Filed Dec 19, 2019 · Body · 60,000 miles · OH · 3 injuries

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 honda accord. While attempting to load the trunk of the vehicle, the hatch closed and injured three family members. Medical attention was not received. The vehicle was taken to apostolakis honda (3156 elm rd, cortland, oh 44410, (800) 900-4600) where it was diagnosed that the dampers on the spring may have weakened due to the age of the vehicle. The contact was informed to properly open the trunk to its full upright position for proper operation of the trunk. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000. The VIN was invalid.

Filed Mar 26, 2019 · Body · 124,000 miles · MD · 2 injuries

When one opens the trunk of the parked car, the trunk door quickly opens all the way and then quickly bounces back part way, sometimes hitting the head of whoever it is that is standing next to the trunk door.

Filed Feb 4, 2019 · Airbags, Body · 79,000 miles · SC · crash · 2 injuries

'takata recall'. I have taken measures for the safety recalls, adhering to required dates provided by the federal safety agency of this vehicle, one being the air bags recalls. I was involved in a recent car wreck (january 12th, 2019)at which the driver front air bag deployed from steering wheel. The opposing passenger ran a red light at a street/intersection perpendicular to the street I was traveling on. I t-boned her 2010 honda accord in the rear panel, driver's side. I was traveling at speed limit, approx 42 MPH and she was traveling at excessive speed but I am unaware of her speed limit. My vehicle continued in a straight path but completely totaled the front end and driver's side front panel, frame, etc. As for my my injury, I felt burnt on both wrists at the time of impact, but due to shock of accident I did not seek medical attention. Over a course of 4-5 days my left wrist showed significant burns and only now, 23 days later, has the left wrist burn begun to heal but will most definitely leave an obvious scar.

Filed May 17, 2018 · Body · FL

Peeling of front bumper near hood

Filed Apr 6, 2016 · Body · 51,000 miles · IL

Honda accord 2012 model trunk spring broken leading trunk free falling can cause serious human body damage or potential fatal issue if kid or teenager is involved. What happened on my 2012 accord (less than 4 yr and about 51k mil) is one of two trunk spring is broken at end. I believe it is serious quality issue based on my observation due to material fatigue. I got hit on my head after opening the trunk but not aware of trunk free falling due to spring broken when I was moving stuff in the trunk. As adult, I stand tall so the travel distance of falling trunk above my head is short however I still feel the pain now. No bleeding but bruise for sure. Imagine if kid or teenager is involved, the damage to human body can be serious and even fatal. I did test myself by putting kid helmet and plastic bottle there. The helmet surface has dent and cut for sure after trunk free falling. The bottle is totally smashed by free falling trunk. I searched online and realized that the incident happened on our car could be 1st one happened on this still kinde of new 2012 accord. I am afraid it will start showing up and the impact definitely can be serious human body damage even fatal depending on who is involved and people may not be aware of trunk spring broken with body (head, arm, hand...) underneath free falling trunk. I strongly recommend related government related institution and honda to investigate seriously. If it has to be recall, it has to be quick. It (hit by falling trunk) already happened to me and my wife. We already put warning sign on the trunk to our kid not opening it before fix. I have both test videos and photos showing the serious impact by free falling trunk however due to file size limitation, I can only upload 5 photos. I can provide further videos and additional photos if required.