Honda Accord Complaints (2008)

1,521 consumer complaints on file.

#10872913June 7, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED, THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS INDEPENDENTLY DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT SUFFERED HEAD AND SHOULDER INJURIES, BUT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V665000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10871776June 1, 2016
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I BEGAN HEARING A DISTURBING MECHANICAL RATTLE ON COLD STARTS AND STARTED TO BECOME MORE EXCESSIVE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE VTC ACTUATOR WAS THE PROBLEM AND I CONTACTED HONDA AMERICA FOR A SOLUTION AND ASSISTANCE BUT THEY DENIED ANY GOODWILL SERVICE BECAUSE OF THE AGE AND MILES ON MY CAR EVEN THOU ITS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH EVERY 2008 ACCORD 2.4L KSERIES ENGINE. MY 2003 ACCORD, SOUNDS MUCH BETTER AT START UP THAN MY 2008. KIND OF SAD SINCE IT'S OVER 200,000 MILES NOW. THE GRINDING SOUNDS SO BAD IT HAS TO BE DAMAGING TO SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE. WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS FROM ALL THE 2008 V4 OWNERS, I DON'T KNOW WHY HONDA IS ACKNOWLEDGING THIS PROBLEM AND RELEASE A SERVICE BULLETIN BUT NOT A FREE REPLACEMENT OF THE TROUBLED PARTS. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING GIVEN AND I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH HONDA'S CUSTOMER SERVICE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH CASY WITH AMERICAN HONDA THIS MORNING, HE STATED THAT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN MADE BECAUSE IT HAS NOT CAUSED AN IMMEDIATE HARM TO CONSUMERS. SO, IF I UNDERSTAND HIM CORRECTLY, HARM TO A CONSUMER HAS TO HAPPEN BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE TO A KNOWN PROBLEM????
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10871666May 31, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE SRS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V056000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,777. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10869953May 24, 2016
AIR BAGS
2008 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DISSATISFACTION OF DENIAL RESPONSE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF RECALL 16V-056 REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE PAID A HONDA DEALER TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM IN NOVEMBER 2015. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10865766May 19, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V056000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10865255May 16, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
1. EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. 2. REAR BREAKS REQUIRE PADS CHANGED AFTER EVERY 15K -17K ML OF DRIVING 3. BATTERY FAILED AFTER 1 1/2 OF SERVICE, ABOUT 20K MI.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10865074May 16, 2016
ENGINE
THE COLD START GENERATES THE GRINDING SOUND FROM VTC ACTUATOR. THE RESULT OF VTC ACTUATOR COMPLETE MECHANICAL FAILURE IS CATASTROPHIC. THE VALVES FROM THE INTAKE OF EITHER CYLINDER 2&3 OR 1&4 WILL RESULT IN A TENSIONER TO FAIL AND A FANTASTIC COLLISION OF THE VALVE WITH THE PISTON. HONDA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AS THIS IS A PART DEFECT. THE NEWLY REDESIGNED VTC ACCTURATOR WAS RELEASED BUT HONDA AMERICA ONLY REPLACE THIS FOR CERTAIN CUSTOMER AS CASE BY CASE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10865163May 16, 2016
ENGINE
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BLINKING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING. ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HONDA WON'T COVER BECAUSE CAR IS 5 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. ONLY HAS 42,000 MILES. WAS TOLD EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOTICED NO EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. LAST WEEK WAS TOLD ENGINE MISFIRE ISSUE AND THEY REPLACED RINGS AND PISTIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10864196May 10, 2016
ENGINE
THERE'S EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. I'VE CHANGED SPARK PLUGS, PCV VALVE, THROTTLE BODY BUT NOTHING HELPS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10862961May 4, 2016
ENGINE
THE COLD START GENERATES THE GRINDING SOUND FROM VTC ACTUATOR. THE RESULT OF VTC ACTUATOR COMPLETE MECHANICAL FAILURE IS CATASTROPHIC. THE VALVES FROM THE INTAKE OF EITHER CYLINDER 2&3 OR 1&4 WILL RESULT IN A TENSIONER TO FAIL AND A FANTASTIC COLLISION OF THE VALVE WITH THE PISTON. HONDA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AS THIS IS A PART DEFECT. THE NEWLY REDESIGNED VTC ACCTURATOR WAS RELEASED BUT HONDA AMERICA ONLY REPLACE THIS FOR CERTAIN CUSTOMER AS CASE BY CASE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10862689May 3, 2016
POWER TRAIN
REPLACED VTC ACTUATOR ONCE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. NEED A NEW REDESIGNED VTC ACTUATOR TO BE MANUFACTURED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10862296April 30, 2016
AIR BAGS
THIS IS REGARDING THE 15V-665 RECALL FOR SRS ECU SOFTWARE UPGRADE ON 2008-2009 HONDA ACCORDS. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT STEVENS CREEK HONDA TO BRING MY CAR IN FOR THE RECALL. WHEN I GOT THERE, THEY INDICATED THAT THE RECALL FOR THE SOFTWARE UPGRADE HAD BEEN SUPERCEDED BY ANOTHER RECALL ACTION REQUIRING A PART THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE YET. I ASKED WHY THEY LET CUSTOMERS MAKE A RECALL APPOINTMENT IF THEY ALREADY KNOW THE RECALL CANNOT BE DONE. SERVICE ATTENDANT COULD NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION AND I WASTED SOME TIME OFF FROM WORK. THEN I TALK TO HONDA NORTH AMERICA AND THEY INSIST I NEED TO GET THE SOFTWARE UPGRADE AND DO NOT KNOW WHY STEVENS CREEK TOLD ME OTHERWISE. OVER THE NEXT *3+ WEEKS* HONDA NORTH AMERICA TRIED TO RESOLVE THIS WITH STEVENS CREEK. TWICE HONDA NORTH AMERICA TOLD ME IT WAS CLEARED UP AND TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE RECALL. BUT THEN WHEN I CALLED STEVENS CREEK I'M STILL TOLD EITHER 15V-665 IS SUPERCEDED BY RECALL 16V-056 WHICH REQUIRES PARTS NOT YET AVAILABLE OR THAT IT ONLY NEEDS TO BE DONE IF MY SRS LIGHT IS ON. BUT AGAIN WHEN I TALK TO HONDA NORTH AMERICA THEY INSIST THAT 15V-665 AND 16V-056 ARE DIFFERENT RECALLS EVEN THOUGH BOTH HAVE TO DO WITH THE AIR BAG AND THAT THE 15V-665 SOFTWARE UPGRADE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SRS LIGHT. I FINALLY GAVE UP AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP FURTHER AWAY. BUT IF THIS RECALL IS THE SAFETY ISSUE THAT HONDA NORTH AMERICA TELLS ME IT IS, THEN I CAN ONLY ASSUME STEVENS CREEK IS PUTTING DRIVERS AT RISK BY NOT SERVICING THE RECALLS AS INSTRUCTED MY HONDA NORTH AMERICA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861719April 27, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V056000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 06/15/16*LJ *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861419April 26, 2016
ENGINE
EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION OF 1 OR MORE QUART EVERY 1000 MILES. HONDA REPEATEDLY FAILS TO UPHOLD IT'S SERVICE WARRANTY EXTENSION OF VEHICLES THAT QUALIFY FOR EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861388April 25, 2016
ENGINE
TAKATA RECALL, I TOOK MY CAR TO THE HONDA DEALER ON APRIL 18,2016 BECAUSE OF NOISE. THEY IDENTIFIED THE VTC ACTUATOR AS THE PROBLEM AND STARTED THAT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. MY HONDA ACCORD HAS 37,000 MILES ON IT. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE, STARTING SEVERAL YEARS BACK. PLEASE FORCE A RECALL. THANK YOU! PICTURE SENT FROM HONDA, GOLD PART BROKEN, SILVER WAS REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860664April 21, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE ABS, THE VSC AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE REPAIR PARTS NEEDED TO BE ORDERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000. UPDATED 06/15/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. UPDATED 06/27/16.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860510April 20, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING ON AN EXIT RAMP AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED HEAD ON INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED LEG, KNEE, NECK, AND BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT BODY SHOP WHERE THE BODY DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10860074April 18, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V665000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10859982April 17, 2016
ENGINE
PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2012, WITHIN 60 DAYS OF PURCHASE I REPORTED ISSUES WITH OIL CONSUMPTION TO HONDA AND ALSO TO THE DEALERSHIP IN WHICH THE CAR WAS PURCHASED. HONDA GAVE ME A RENTAL FOR TWO DAYS WHILE THEY REVIEWED THE PROBLEM. WE WERE THEN ASKED TO BRING OUR VEHICLE BACK FOR A TOTAL OF 3 TESTS ONCE EVERY 30 DAYS TO HAVE THEM MEASURE THE OIL. IN THE MEANTIME WE KEPT PUTTING OIL IN THE VEHICLE IN A MORE THAN NORMALLY EXPECTED RATE. EVEN THOUGH THEY NOTICED IT AS A PROBLEM, THE BEST THEY OFFERED TO DO WAS FIX IT FOR $1500, HOWEVER WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. IN 2016 HONDA REPORTED A OIL CONSUMPTION RECALL FOR VEHICLES OF WHICH MINE FIT THE ORGINAL CRITERIA. FOUR YEARS LATTER HONDA IS STILL TELLING US THAT THEY WILL FIX IT FOR $1500. THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE FIXED WITHOUT US HAVING TO PAY FOR IT CONSIDERING THIS WAS A LATE IDENTIFIED PROBLEM OF WHICH WE HAVE HAD TO FOOT THE COST FOR EVEN WHILE HAVING A CAR NOTE. HONDA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEMS ON THE VEHICLES RECALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855692April 15, 2016
AIR BAGS
SRS ECU RECALL HAS BEEN POORLY HANDLE BY HONDA CORPORATION. MY CAR IS A 2008 HONDA ACCORD AND I GOT A RECALL NOTICE RECALL15V-665 AND IT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED AS OF THIS DATE. I FIRST VISITED TEAM HONDA IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA ON JANUARY 12, 2016 AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT RELATED TO RECALL. I WAS TOLD THE COST WOULD BE $500.00 TO REPAIR. I WAS UNABLE TO PAY FOR REPAIR AT THAT TIME. I VISITED THEM AGAIN WHEN I GOT A NOTICE AND THEY STILL WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE REPAIR AND NOW I AM BEING TOLD IT WOULD BE SOMETIME THIS SUMMER BEFORE PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR AND WOULD LIKE TO EITHER GET MY CAR REPAIRED OR A RENTAL CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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