Vehicle does not accelerate, but hesitates 2-4 seconds from a stop or near stop, then suddenly surges to mid throttle forcing the driver to either brake suddenly or avoid hitting another vehicle. Happened 4 times in one year with my car.
2012 Honda Accord engine complaints
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Our 2012 4 door/v6 honda accord was involved in a crash. A mack truck hit our car from behind at an estimated speed of 50. We hit the car in front of us at an estimated speed of 20. The vehicle was considered totaled with an estimate of $22000-$25000 in damages. The front airbags never deployed. In my research, 2012 honda's had a recall regarding side airbags not deploying (http://www.honda.com/newsandviews/article.aspx?id=6510-en). I am concerned there might be an issue with the front airbags as well. I reported the issue to american honda as a safety concerns for other honda owners. Honda documented all the information regarding the crash then instructed me to have a private individual inspect vehicle to determine if there was a malfunction with the airbags. If so, then they want us to submit the issue in writing.
I took my 2012 honda accord vehicle to be serviced at a local dealership. The vehicle is a leased vehicle with 10 months left on the lease and is still under the 36,000 mile warranty. The dealership told me my AC condenser was broken and it was $710 to fix and is not covered by warranty. They said it wasn't covered because a rock flew up and hit the condenser, which does not make it covered under warranty. I feel as though this is a design/manufacture and fundamental flaw in the vehicle as if I get this fixed, it could very well happen again tomorrow with where the condenser is and has limited protection from the road and debris flying into it. I feel as if this should be covered under warranty and feel that there should be verbiage in the contract when I bought this car that there is significant chance this situation could happen. Minimally, there should be a small protective shield to protect the condenser from this happening. As a consumer, I don't feel my rights are protected and feel that honda should take responsibility to f ix the car. After a considerable amount of research I have found out that there have been a lot of similar cases throughout the united states. I was hoping to have the us dot look into this further for perhaps a recall or a put a notice out for consumers.
I was on the street, approaching a red light. All of a sudden the engine started to speed up. The car did not jump forward. I immediately pressed on the brake, put the car into park, and shut the engine. Luckily there were no cars in back of me. I started the car again. Everything seemed normal. Two days ago, on march 22, I was parking the car on the street between two other cars. I was in either d or r, when the vehicle started to race again. I followed the same procedure as before, and shut the engine. The first time this happened, I took the car to a honda dealer. It was claimed they drove the car and everything seemed fine. Several weeks ago as normal maintenance, I had the transmission fluid changed at the honda dealer. This seems to be a very dangerous situation. Please investigate.
When cruising on the highway, the steering wheel develops a vibration. Also, when the car is idle, it vibrates almost like a cylinder is missing a spark. Only have 34000 miles on this car and its giving me these issues that they say "can't be fixed".
2012 honda accord. Consumer writes in regards to engine misfire that may disable vehicle. *smd the consumer stated the vehicle was still under warranty. Supposedly, a federal court authorized a notice regarding the engine misfire problem. The dealer informed the consumer, even though his VIN was included, there was nothing they could do, until he experienced a failure.
That was on monday 12/31/2012 while traffic in freeway was very clear. I set cruise control at 60 mile/hour but suddenly the car kept increasing faster more than 75 miles. I was panic and kept stepping brake to reduce speed. About one minute, the car was reduced at speed of 50 miles/hour. I tested it without cruise control. I drove steadily about 60 mile/hour about 10 minutes that the car started accelerated by itself again and hit 75 miles/hour. I kept stepping brake steadily to reduce speed until it kicking into 50 mile/hr. This car is definitely defective car with numerous issues. Its defrost system does not function at all that almost killed me on september 2012. Again I brought it to dealer on 01/02/2013 for accelerated issue and defrost system but honda power dealer still could not detect it. I filed complaint with ftc and district attorney/prosecute unit to request to investigate about this issue. I contacted to honda motor to request it to take this car back and terminate my lease but honda motor refused my request because honda motor used test results from power honda dealer and honda world dealer as honda motor 's decision found that there were not any defective with defrost system and accelerate found. Honda motor made this car and failed to detect its problems that is no matter it can detect this car problem or not that honda has to hold accountability to lease it to me. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Since I purchased this car, the engine vibrates, power steering makes noise (and the pump was replaced by dealer), now it also vibrates when riding (wheel) and brakes make a "clamping" noise that honda assures me is normal. At 7k miles, the brakes were "adjusted". The car is now 14.5k miles and still vibrates in idle and when riding. I have filed a lemon law claim with the state of florida already, though honda is working on proving I am wrong. Do I just get rid of the car? Is this car safe? Lemon law arbitration case #[xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
I am into my first year of leasing this new vehicle. I have brought it to the dealer for repairs 3 times. It has been confirmed by the dealer/shop that the vehicle has a "definite shimmy" shaking of steering wheel at highway speed. ( 60-65 ). They have done all the necessary steps to repair this problem and nothing has worked. I have called honda mfg and filed a report as well. I was told by the mfg, they would look into this problem. I was also told by a honda rep. That it may be a "characteristic" of some accords. I feel as a consumer this would be unsafe to drive. I don not feel safe driving this vehicle. Also, the A/C has been worked on 3 times as well, and still not working properly. Why can't the dealer authorize a replacement when it has been confirmed? Why would the dealer even let me leave lot knowing it has a definite problem? Shouldn't safety come first for all?
Stopped for gas engine keep running at high level of rpms with foot on the brakes stopped the car by shifting to neutral and turning engine off this was the second time it happen in one day. In my other complain regarding honda I said april instead of may.
Car was stopped engine keep running foot was on the brakes.
Incident date: 12/05/2011, 5:45pm weather/road condition: good, no rain/snow, normal traffic pattern summary: accord 2012 lx had a sudden engine rev for about a couple of seconds and went back to normal without driver intervention. Minor gas pedal vibration noticed for first 500 miles during break-in. Details: I was driving accord 2012 lx on a local main street at about 20 to 25 MPH, entering a normal small slope. I suddenly heard louder engine noise, and noticed tachometer going up from below 2k to 3k RPM quickly. At the same time, I felt gas pedal was moving away from my right foot. Eventually the gas pedal came back and tachometer reading went back to normal as well. This lasted for a couple of seconds. I did not move my right foot away from gas pedal and did not intervene while this was happening. Since this sudden engine rev went away in a couple of seconds by itself, I didn't feel that the accord accelerated a lot during the period. During first 500 miles on the accord, I also felt minor gas pedal vibration frequently on roads that are not perfectly paved and have some minor bumps. I have never noticed any such gas pedal vibration on other cars when driving down on the same roads. The vibration became less pronounced after 500 miles, and I didn't notice it lately. I am not sure if there is any relationship between initial gas pedal vibration during break-in and recent engine rev incident. I am concerned about highway safety of the car.
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