Front passenger door randomly will not open, even though door lock appears to be in the unlocked position- while vehicle is parked.
2012 Honda Accord: doors won't lock, open or latch
5 of the 374 complaints about the 2012 Honda Accord describe doors won't lock, open or latch.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Doors won't lock, open or latch by model year
What owners say
Two rear doors will not unlock when useing the switches on the driver side door. And rear doors will not unlock when using the remote on the key ring. The door motors sound like they are dying. All of this happens when the car is in the off mode engine not running and in park.
Both drivers side and passenger side front door locks no longer work.
All four of my door locking actuators have all "failed." the car randomly locks and unlocks on the highway and even though honda has had a class action lawsuit over these door actuators for the crv they are not replacing the honda accord ones (they will for a small fee of $1500.00).
The mechanism for releasing the fuel door is a latch/button located inside the vehicle near the driver side floor. Depressing the mechanism is supposed to release the exterior fuel door so that gasoline can be filled into the vehicle. The mechanism does not work. Upon repeated pressing of the button, the fuel door will not open. Eventually, prying a flat object into the spacing between the fuel door and the body is required to release the fuel door. The vehicle has been serviced at mile high honda for this problem twice (the latest service occuring on january 2, 2015) and in both instances the technicians, while able to reproduce the problem, were unable to repair it. The technicians stated that they have seen this problem with other 2012 model accords and have not been able to identify the source of the problem or fix it. Further, the technicians stated that they spoke with honda's technical service department, who acknowledged the problem exists for other 2012 accords and stated that they have no resolution at the time. Lastly, despite widespread occurence of this problem, honda has yet to recall the vehicles to remedy this issue. I have owned this vehicle for over two years, which was purchased brand new, and this problem has been recurring every single time I have attempted to open the fuel door. The problem is significant in that it restricts ability to fuel the vehicle.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2012 Honda Accord door locks
Is doors won't lock, open or latch a common problem on the 2012 Honda Accord?
5 of 374 owner complaints about the 2012 Honda Accord (1%) mention doors won't lock, open or latch. The model year with the most reports is 1990.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2012 Honda Accord?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2012 Honda Accord
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