On 3 separate occasions my Honda Accord 1.5T has lost power while driving in traffic. All of the warning lights came on, and I could not go over 10 mph. Fortunately i was able to turn onto a side street each time. I turned off the the engine and after a few minutes restarted...only once was I able to regain power and drive home with normal power. My car went to the dealership each time, and they have told me they cannot duplicate the issue. And now the dealership has had my vehicle for almost 2 months. The service agent said he has never seen anything like it, and when I mentioned specific articles about the turbocharged 1.5 engine online, he discounted them saying, "anyone can write stuff on the internet". Honda dealership and Honda Corporate has no solutions, other than just live with it. A car slowing down in heavy traffic or on the expressway is a major accident waiting to happen, and Honda doesn't seem to care.
2018 Honda Accord transmission complaints
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All the systems in the Picture failed.. I noticed my reading lamps don't work and middle brake light stays on dim when these warning lightscome on.... and the car loses power on the road It will slow down like its braking and won't accelerate. if there is ever a tractor trailer behind me I'm afraid it will hit me... when shutting down the car and restart within 30-50miles warnings lights come back on..
I have had issues with my rear brakes for a long time. I have changed my rear brakes twice since I had the car. Today all my warning lights in the dashboard turned on and won't turn off. I have no clue as to what's going on. Also the rear taillights had a broken seal where moisture collects in the taillights. The brakes in this car was the worst I have ever experienced. The car vibrates while braking and there is a vibration in the brake pedal as well despite having recently changed the brakes. The warning lights are a new problem and a complete electrical failure. The current mileage is 62,000 miles.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 honda accord. The contact stated that occasionally the vehicle was difficult to start-up. Additionally, while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle would loss motive power and stall without warning. The vehicle was taken to don jacobs honda (2699 regency rd, lexington, ky 40503) however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. There was no dtc codes retrieved. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact was informed that the vehicle needed to be diagnosed to be covered under the warranty. If not, the contact needed to pay out of pocket for the repair. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 honda accord. The contact stated while the vehicle was in park, when it rolled backwards and crashed into another vehicle. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact was relating this failure to the federal safety agency campaign number: 20v771000 (electrical system, back over prevention, visibility/wiper, visibility, exterior lighting). The vehicle was taken to honda of columbia (4333 sunset blvd, lexington, sc 29072) where the recall was serviced. The vehicle had been repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure and informed the contact that the failure was not related to the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 6,200.
The car had a strong smell of fuel in cabin when starting on various occassions. The car also temporarily stalled and lost power when coming to a corner turning and also three times when coming off the freeway. The car was always warmed up and in california during the warm weather. Dealer noted fuel smell in oil and increased oil level. Had oil changed and was told a fix was coming soon. Took car in to dealer months later for a recall, a bcm recall and again I told them that the oil smelled of fuel after 500 miles since oil change. Waiting for manager to call me back with update on fix. It is a 2018 honda accord 1.5 litr turbo. 26,000 miles on motor. I bought the car from the dealer in january 2020.
2018 honda accord with 10 speed automatic transmission experienced a very violent upshift at low speeds (taking off from the parking lot). This happens intermittently and, of course, a dealer was not able to diagnose the issue as they only drive the vehicle for, maybe, an hour, while the issue occurs every so many hundreds of miles (can't quite pin down the exact interval).
2018 honda accord with 10 speed automatic transmission experienced a very violent upshift at low speeds (taking off from the parking lot). This happens intermittently and, of course, a dealer was not able to diagnose the issue as they only drive the vehicle for, maybe, an hour, while the issue occurs every so many hundreds of miles (can't quite pin down the exact interval).
2018 honda accord with 10 speed automatic transmission experienced a very violent upshift at low speeds (taking off from the parking lot). This happens intermittently and, of course, a dealer was not able to diagnose the issue as they only drive the vehicle for, maybe, an hour, while the issue occurs every so many hundreds of miles (can't quite pin down the exact interval).
2018 honda accord with 10 speed automatic transmission experienced a very violent upshift at low speeds (taking off from the parking lot). This happens intermittently and, of course, a dealer was not able to diagnose the issue as they only drive the vehicle for, maybe, an hour, while the issue occurs every so many hundreds of miles (can't quite pin down the exact interval).
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 honda accord. The contact stated that while driving, several unknown warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to hendrick honda bradenton (5515 14th st w, bradenton, fl 34207) and was not able to be diagnosed due to the warning lights no longer being illuminated. The contact also stated that she had replaced the battery. On another occasion while driving, the brakes independently activated without warning. The failure occurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken back to the same dealer however, the mechanic was not able to retrieve a failure code. The contact also stated that while driving, the vehicle failed to exceed 20 MPH. The vehicle was towed back to the same dealer. The dealer called the contact and the contact explained the failure. The dealer informed the contact that fuel injection needed to be replaced and that the vehicle was over 36,000 miles and was not covered under warranty. An estimate for the repair was provided. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and negotiated a price for the repair. The failure mileage was approximately 43,000. The VIN was not available.
Driving down the highway going 70mph and check engine light starts flashing. Car stops accelerating I limp over to the median. I turn the vehicle off and turn it back on. The car has a solid check engine on along with all the assisting lights on. The car accelerates like normal and when I get home I disconnect the battery and everything clears once I reconnect. In another instance I go to turn my car on the check engine light stays on but the vehicle won't go past 1500 rpms and it's basically in limp mode with the check engine light on again to go along with road departure system, vehicle stability system, tire pressure monitoring, brake system, electric power steering, hill start assist, adaptive cruise control , collision mitigation and emission system warnings all light up. I did the same thing disconnect the battery and again they all go away. This has been going on for a month. At least 9 times where all the warning lights come on along with the check engine light. Once when I'm traveling as explained and 2 times where it goes into limp mode from the start. Took vehicle to a friend and got a p0303 cylinder 3 misfire. Having done research of the code noticed that 2012-2018 honda's have had similar issues addressed by a bulletin and extended the warranty for those vehicles. My car has 70k and it's currently out of the warranty period. Thank you.
Purchased in may 2019. Currently < 50,000 miles. All service performed at honda dealership. Several weeks ago began to notice gasoline smell in the cabin while driving. Didn't think much of it, though it was coming from the outside/other vehicles. Check engine light came on last week. Took the vehicle to the dealership for service, was told the fuel injector needs to be replaced, cylinder 3 issue. Last resort was to do a fuel injector cleaning service, had that done. Two days later, while driving 70 MPH on the highway, the vehicle would no longer accelerate. Immediately pulled over without incident but could have been very bad. I am not convinced the fuel pump problems that required a recall for many 2018 accords with 2.0t engines are not also impacting 1.5t engines.
Intermittenly (I.e. Every so many hundreds of miles), the vehicle has extremely violent shifts at low speeds (2-20 miles), where upon shifts it almost feels as if the vehicle has been re-ended. Honda has not properly investigated issue as their usual m.o. Is to send the customer to the dealer where the vehicle is driven for a couple of hours for "troubleshooting" which, of course, is not sufficient time-span for the issue to manifest itself. As with a number of other issues in the 2016-2020 honda models, honda has not properly investigated this issue and it is another potential foreshadowing of a mass failure just as honda had with the automatic transmission in the 2000-2017 time span. And it would seem that honda is up to their ways again, when it comes to the automatic transmissions: https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2020/honda-odyssey-transmission-problems-cause-lawsuit.shtml in their other models.
The vehicle shifts rough around 20-30 miles per hour. Today when I left the grocery store and was driving slowly through the parking lot, it jerked about 4 times before it decided to drive smoothly. However, on occasion, it has shifted so hard that everything fell off my seat and one time I thought it was going to stall in the intersection when I had started up after waiting for a red light. I've had the car in for service a few times for this problem since it was purchased in may, 2018 and each time I am told nothing is wrong with the car and that is just how it runs. I've had two other hondas and loved them. I doubt this is the way honda intended this vehicle to run. For 2 1/2 years I have dealt with this problem. Also, I contacted honda corporation directly. I received a case number and was told to take it to a different dealer for service. It was the same song and dance. Today I was pricing what my car was worth and I noted that there was a recall on the fuel system. However, when I put in my VIN, it says my car is not affected. For a moment there, I thought just maybe I could finally get this problem resolved. No such luck.
While driving on any type of roadway, when changing gears from 1st to 2nd the gears grind and sometimes will not go into gear, though the clutch pedal is fully depressed.
2018 honda accord 2.0t touring with 10-speed automatic transmission, mileage < 1000. Transmission has rough shifting from 2nd into 3rd gear at low rpms/speed (2,000 RPM / < 14mph) feeling like a manual shift car popping the clutch. This can happen when car is cold or warmed up, car is in the northeast with cold or hot weather. I noticed that the rpms don't drop when it happens which creates the slam into gear feeling judder. Under slightly harder but normal acceieration the car shifts (like a manual car ) as if double clutching from 2-3rd feeling like its skipping a gear but its very quick as you hear the engine revs blip between shifts. I have taken to the dealer who observed the same rough shifting and told by dealer it does shift like this compared to other accord vehicles. Dealer indicated they would only observe the condition since honda has no official tsa out yet. I showed him the acura video for the same engine/trans a clutch fix break-in that's was used to help solve some reported rough shifting and honda dealer would not use it given acura use case. I am on 7,000 miles but under 1yr ownership and the same rough shift condition exist but less severe. Some internet reports state rough shifting goes away above 7k miles as the transmission breaks-in and the software learns the driving behavior but it really has not in my experience. Hard acceleration going above 4500 RPM the car shifts quite normally and smoothly and does not exhibit the low speed rough shifting in any of the normal or sport modes of the car thus surmising there's some form of operational failure occurring by unintentional design in software or mechanical.
While driving on I-95s passing through georgia state and in sport mode vehicle lost speed unexpectedly engine light appeared having to stop quickly to the side of the highway. When tried to reintegrate to highway, vehicle speed reached to no more than 40 miles. Vehicle ended it up being towed to jacksonville fl.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 honda accord. While driving 40 MPH, the contact heard three beeping noises and the vehicle began to decelerate on its own. While depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to accelerate immediately. After a few seconds, the vehicle accelerated normally. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact was able to drive to her destination safely. On september 26, 2019, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to wittmeier honda (located at 2288 forest ave, chico, ca 95928, (530) 895-8181), but they were unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 12,163.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 honda accord. While driving approximately 75 MPH and decelerating to 15 MPH, the vehicle would not immediately accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. It took three to five seconds before the vehicle accelerated properly. The failure occurred on three different occasions. The vehicle was taken to pohanka honda of fredricksburg (60 s. Gateway dr, fredricksburg, va) to be diagnosed, but the cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 7,089. *as *tr *tt consumer stated the service manager drove my car for a week. He duplicated the problem. Told me that is the way it works. He will not return my call. He will not tell me if he duplicated the same on another car.
My vehicle has missing structural adhesive on the front driver side suspension strut tower. It appears the robot that bonds the pieces of metal together with adhesive either had an air bubble in the line when this vehicle was made or there was some other defect. In addition, the transmission shifts extremely rough and nothing has been done by honda to correct the issue. I also had to have bubbles fixed in the paint on the trunk lid. The adaptive cruise control is nearly impossible to use because it does not detect vehicles ahead and accelerates rapidly or applies the brakes abruptly for no reason. American honda was notified of the defect in the suspension strut tower adhesive but refused to send an engineer to look at the car. In my opinion, any missing structural adhesive used to join metal, especially on a highly dressed place such as the strut tower, could easily become a safety defect. I would prefer my vehicle be bought back from honda as it appears to be a lemon.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 honda accord. While driving 55 MPH and attempting to pass another vehicle, various unknown warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel and the vehicle began to hesitate. The contact was able to drive the vehicle back home. The contact called brilliance honda of crystal lake (located at 680 w terra cotta ave, crystal lake, il 60014, (815) 459-6400), but did not receive a call back. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 6,120.
On 2018 honda accords the adaptive cruise control which is standards on all trim levels, does not brake the vehicle to maintain the set speed when going downhill. This is odd since the vehicle will apply brakes to maintain speed if there's a vehicle in front of the car, but on downhills all it will do is make several downshifts to try and maintain the speed. Every other car I've driven that has adaptive cruise control will apply brakes to keep the vehicle speed from increasing in an uncontrolled manner. Of course if you tap the brakes yourself cruise control is disabled. A simple software update would resolve this issue.
I have experienced a number of issues with the 2018 honda accord sport, related to the engine, transmission, head unit, brake hold system, noise (tire and poor sound insulation) as well other issues which are described in the attached document.
I have a 2018 honda accord 2.0t touring with the 10-speed automatic transmission. The transmission shifts extremely rough from 2-3 gear, 3-4th and downshifting into pretty much any gear. It's been taken to the dealer several times for this issue and nothing has been resolved. I was told it was just how the transmission shifted on this car, which I immediately disputed because I've driven other exact models that did not exhibit this rough shifting behavior. I also am dissatisfied with the length of time it takes the vehicle to engage reverse from park. It can take up to 3 seconds for reverse to engage at which time it just slams into gear. I've contacted american honda and filed a complaint about the various concerns I have with this vehicle. I also have a paint defect from the factory on the rear trunk lid. Honda instructed me to take it back to the dealership, which is hard with my schedule. If this continues after the next service appointment, I'm going to demand the car be replaced with another vehicle.
Upon driving on a highway at 60 MPH at night, the accelerator peddle was rapidly depressed to avoid another rapidly oncoming car from the rear of my car. My car stumbled and a blinking check engine light came on. The car then went into an operating mode in which about 80% of the car's power was lost and could only be driven very slowly. The car was able to be driven 5 miles to my house. At home the car was turned off. Upon restarting, the check engine light was off and the car then performed normally. A similar incident previously occurred but the check engine light did not come on. Several days after this incident, the car was taken to the dealer. The dealer could not duplicate the problem and there was no fault codes reported from the engine control module. As a result, the dealer did nothing. This is surprising since this was a major performance and safety anomaly for this car. The manufacturer was contacted regarding this problem, however, no action or comment from their customer service department has been received.
2018 accord touring 2.0 about 1800 miles on it. The car shifts very rough in the first 3-4 gears when the car is cold. Also happens at times when its warmer. One dealer claimed to have fixed it with a honda approved break-in procedure. It did not solve the issue. It has happened each day I drive the car since I first got it about a month ago.
Engine oil smells strongly of gasoline. This is the same 1.5l turbo gdi engine that has been recalled already in the civic and crv.
The shift from 2nd to 3rd gear under light acceleration is violent and feel like the vehicle was rear ended this happens more frequently in colder temperatures this happens when starting from a stop or a rolling stop.
Two separate issues: 1) with only 2,400 miles on the accord, on october 7, 2018 it suddenly lost power 2 or 3 times over a 60-mile stretch of the busy 405 freeway, each time slowing from 65 MPH to approximately 30 MPH or less despite maintaining even pressure on the accelerator. The car did not respond to pressure on the gas pedal. No cruise control was used at any time. The sudden deceleration could have caused a serious accident. 2) on november 30, 2018, I attempted to resume motion after stopping for a red light. The accord's gas pedal failed to respond for approximately 5 to 6 seconds, then suddenly lurched forward. This also could have caused a serious accident.
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