2013 Honda Accord UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.
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HAD TWO OF MY CAR DOOR ACTUATORS WENT UP HAD TO PAY OVER $800 TO REPAIR THEM PEOPLE WERE GETTING LOCKED IN MY CAR WHEN TO STOPPED .NEXT DAY DOORS MAKING SOME NOISE TOOK MY CAR BACK TO DEALER THEY SAID THE OTHER TWO DOORS WERE GOING UP .TALK TO THE MECHANIC THAT DID THE WORK HE SAID HE WOULD DO THE WORK FOR A DISCOUNT IF THEY WOULD OK IT. SINCE THEY DID NOT FIND IT SAME DAY.THEY SAID NO WAY THEY WANT ANOTHER $800 TO FIX THEM . SO PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING LOCKED IN MY CAR. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A SAFTEY ISSUE.
NHTSA RECALL 17V-418. THE DEALER AT STEVEN CREEK ROAD, SAN JOSE, CA CHARGED US $80 FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST. CALLED THE HONDA AND STILL INSIST THAT WE NEED TO PAY. THE DEALER THREATENED NOT TO RELEASE THE CAR AFTER T HEY DID THE FINAL REPAIR. WE DON'T HAVE CHOICE BUT TO PAY. WE WERE TAKEN ADVANTAGE BY HONDA. I FILED A COMPLAINT TO HONDA UNDER CASE # 06455487 BUT JENNIFER INSIST WE NEED TO PAY. WHAT A SHAME? WE HAVE THE CAR BACK BUT WE FEEL WE WERE CHEATED BY THIS COMPANY!
BATTERY A PIECE TO BE PLACED ON THE BATTERY SENSOR TO PREVENT MOISTURE FROM ENTERING TO PREVENT A FIRE
DEAR SIR/MADAM:I BOUGHT MY CAR IN 2013 AND MY BATTERY WENT BAD THIS YEAR. I CONTACTED HONDA TO INFORM THAT IT IS UNUSUAL TO GET THE BATTERY WENT BAD WITHIN 3 YEARS WHEN I WAS USING IT VERY CAREFUL. I ASKED THEM TO CHANGE THE BATTERY AND THEY REFUSED TO TAKE ANY LIABILITY SINCE THEY SAID IT IS REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR. I TOLD THEM EVEN AAA GIVE 5 YEAR WARRANTY ON THEIR BATTERY. LAST MONTH, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM HONDA STATING THE FOLLOWING: "AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. (HONDA) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2013 - 2016 ACCORD VEHICLES. IN CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE PLASTIC CASE OF THE BATTERY SENSOR MAY HAVE GAPS THAT ALLOW MOISTURE TO ENTER THE SENSOR. SAFETY RISK: IF MOISTURE CONTAINING CONDUCTIVE SUBSTANCES (SUCH AS ROAD SALT) ENTERS THE BATTERY SENSOR, IT COULD CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AND SUBSEQUENTLY, A FIRE." THEY STILL REFUSED TO REIMBURSE ME $300.00 OF WHAT I PAID FOR MY BATTERY ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE RECALL.
FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS THE PUSH BUTTON START HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES IT WILL START RIGHT AWAY, SOMETIMES ALL I GET IS A CLICK, AND SOMETIMES NOTHING. OFTEN HAVE TO PUSH IT SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE CAR WILL FINALLY START. THE BATTERY IN THE KEY FOB IS NEW, THE CAR BATTERY HAS BEEN CHECKED. I ASSUME IT'S THE STARTER FROM THE SOUND OF IT. ALL THE LIGHTS AND POWER WINDOWS WORK. I RESEARCHED THE COST AND IT'S ANYWHERE FROM 600-800 TO REPLACE STARTER, THAT'S MORE THAN THE CAR PAYMENT! THE CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD! CONSUMERS SHOULD BE PROTECTED AGAINST MANUFACTURES TRYING TO MAKE MORE MONEY OFF OF PARTS. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH I SEE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS VERY ISSUE AND EVEN AFTER REPLACING THE STARTER THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURS. NOW IT COULD BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE ALONG WITH THE STARTER. TODAY WAS FINAL STRAW, AFTER GETTING ICE CREAM WITH MY 2 LITTLE KIDS IN 92 DEGREE WEATHER, THE CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL! SO I HAD TO CALL A FRIEND TO PICK ME AND THE KIDS UP, WE HAD TO WAIT IN 92 DEGREE WEATHER! NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THIS EVENT WITH A NEW CAR! HONDA NEEDS TO RECALL THIS STARTER DEFECT AND FIX STARTERS ISSUES IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU.
DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE THINKING I HAD A BLOWOUT TO FIND OUT MY SUNROOF GLASS JUST SHATTERED .NOT A CAR WAS AROUND ME WHEN THIS HAPPEN.
WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE REAR CAMERA GOES BLACK, LEAVING ONLY LIGHTED TRAJECTORY LINES ON THE SCREEN. FOR 2 YEARS THE CAR HAS BEEN UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED STATIONARY AND MOVING. ON A CITY STREET ONLY. WE HAVE MULTIPLE VIDEOS AND PICTURES IF NEEDED.
MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT AND REAR DOORS DID NOT OPEN DURING THE WINTER SEASON. I SUSPECT THEY WERE FROZEN FROM THE COLD WEATHER. BUT THEN AGAIN IT ONLY OCCURRED ON THE DRIVER SIDE. SOMEWHAT OF AN SAFETY ISSUE I WOULD THINK.
PROBLEM WITH WINDOWS/SUNROOF: CAR PARKED IN OKC PARKING LOT FOR 11+ HOURS AND WHEN WENT TO LEAVE, ALL FOUR WINDOWS WERE DOWN AND SUNROOF WAS OPEN. CAR REMAINED LOCKED. THIS IS SECURITY ISSUE SINCE ANYONE CAN ACCESS VEHICLE AND EVEN OPEN TRUNK (NOTHING WOULD BE SAFE).
THE CAR HAS A PUSH BUTTON CRANK ALSO WOULDN'T START AT ALL AND HAD TO JUMP STAT IT THE OTHER DAY AFTER WORK. AT TIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL TRIES FOR CAR TO CRANK. IT IS SAID TO BE THE STARTER THE CAR IN VERY OLD LOW MILEAGE AND HONDA HAS HAD MULTIPLE COMPLAINS AND THIS IS NOT BEEN RECALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS JUMP STARTED AT MY WORK IN GRAHAM NC. FEEL THAT HONDA IS NOT RESPONDING TO THE COMPLAINTS AND FIXING THE ISSUE. WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER HONDA IF THIS IS WHAT KIND OF CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY HAVE REGARDING THREAT PRODUCTS!
WHILE DRIVING WITH THE AC FOR 15 MINUTES; A LITTLE SMOKE STARTS TO COME OUT OF THE CENTER CONSOLES TWO VENTS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 2 WEEKS EVERY TIME WE DRIVE FOR OVER 15 MINUTES. THE SMOKE LAST FOR UP TO 30 SECONDS THEN STOPS. ONCE IT IS DONE, A SLIGHT ODOR OF BURNED ELECTRICAL CAN BE NOTICED.
HONDA HAS A "LANEWATCH" CAMERA THAT A SCREEN COMES ON WHEN THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL IS DEPLOYED. OUR HONDA'S CAMERA FAILS TO COME ON LEAVING THE SCREEN IN A NORMAL MODE. THIS WOULD BE SUCH AS GAS MILEAGE ETC. DEALER AND HONDA MOTOTORS REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. THEY NEED TO "REPLICATE" AT DEALER. WE CALLED THEM TO COME TO OUR HOME WHICH IS LESS THAN 5 MINUTES AWAY. THEY ALWAYS ARE BUSY OR HAVE AN EXCUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING FORWARD READY TO TURN ON A CITY STREET. WE TOOK THE VIDEO TO SHOW THE TURN SIGNAL ON AND NO "LANEWATCH". WE HAVE ALSO FILED A COMPLAINT ON OUR REAR CAMERA BLACKING OUT. DEALER REFUSES TO FIX. DRIVEACCORD.COM IS FULL OF SIMILAR CASES. SEEMS LIKE A HONDA DEFECTIVE PRODUCT.
THE STARTER ON THE 2013 HONDA ACCORD EX-L SEDAN BEGAN TO FAIL AT LESS THAN 50K MILES. IT BEGAN WITH THE SYMPTOMS OF NOT STARTING WITH THE FIRST PRESS ON THE PUSH BUTTON IGNITION, WHICH I WAS TOLD BY HONDA MAY JUST BE A FAULT OF MY OWN FOR NOT OPERATING THE PUSH BUTTON SYSTEM CORRECTLY. THIS TURNED OUT TO BE INCORRECT AS ONCE MY WARRANTY EXPIRED THE CAR STARTED TO REQUIRE MORE AND MOST "PUSHES" TO START. EVENTUALLY I WAS LEFT STRANDED AND THE CAR WOULD ON START AT ALL IRRESPECTIVE OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES I TRIED. WHILE THIS WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE WHERE I WAS STRANDED, IN OTHER SITUATIONS THIS COULD HAVE EASILY RESULTED IN INJURY, OR IN THE WORST CASE, THE LOSS OF LIFE.
STARTER WENT OFF. CAR WAS NOT STARTING IMMEDIATELY. IT WAS TAKING LONG TIME TO START AFTER TRIED SEVERAL TIME. MECHANIC REPLACED THE NEW STARTER COST $750.00 LABOR AND PARTS.
AFTER ONLY 40,000 MILES, 2013 V6 ACCORD, CAR STARTER GIVING PROBLEM. CAR DIDN'T START AT ONE POINT AND AFTER MANY TRIALS, STARTED WITH JUMP START AFTER THAT, STARTED GIVING JERK LIKE ENGINE STALLS DURING DRIVING. SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION.
2013 ACCORD HAVING ISSUES STARTING, TURN ONCE NOTHING, I GIVE IT A MINUTE THEN IT STARTS, THIS IS EVERY TIME I GET IN MY CAR TO DRIVE. I'VE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE BATTERY. THIS IS EMBARRASSING CONSIDERING THE CAR IS NOT YET 3 YEARS OLD!
I HAVE OWNED MY 2013 HONDA ACCORD SINCE 2013. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL. THE MOST BEING WITH THE CAR STARTING. I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND THE STARTER AND AM STILL HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING THE CAR. I WENT ONLINE AND NOTICED THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. TH CAR MAKES A CLICKING NOISE AS IF IT IS GOING TO START THEN IT DOESN'T START. ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON AND IT THEN BEGINS TO START AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES HAVE GONE BY. PUSHING THE BUTTON DOES NOT GET THE CAR TO START. YOU HAVE TO PUSH IT NUMEROUS TIMES TO GET IT TO START. THIS PROBLEM HAS COST ME UPWARDS OF $700 TO $1,000 TO REPLACE EVERY TIME THERE IS AN ISSUE. THIS SHOULD BE A MANUFACTURERS ISSUE AS A STARTER SHOULD NOT BE WORN OUT IN 3 YEARS. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM AS I AM SURE IT WILL BE A LAWSUIT COMING SOON BASED ON ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ WITH THIS ISSUE. I AM TAKING MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALER TODAY TO HAVE THIS ISSUE LOOKED AT AGAIN.
INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEMS. DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL HARDER SOMETIMES SOLVES PROBLEM, SOMETIMES NOT. CHANGED BATTERIES IN KEY FOBS. REPLACED CAR BATTERY. STILL INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEMS. CAN HEAR "CLICK", DASH LIGHTS-UP BUT ENGINE DOES NOT ENGAGE. REPEATED ATTEMPTS UNTIL ENGINE STARTS. HAS BEEN HAPPENING BETWEEN 48K AND NOW 50K MILES.
SINCE PURCHASED NEW IN 2013, THE RADIO SOMETIMES WILL NOT GET A LOT OF STATIC AND FUZZ. TO CLEAR UP THE STATIC, WE HAVE TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND TURN THE IGNITION OFF THEN RESTART THE CAR AND RADIO PLAYS CLEARLY. I LEARNED THIS TECHNIQUE FROM A HONDA FORUM
SINCE PURCHASED NEW IN 2013, THIS CAR HESITATES AFTER STOPPING AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE WITH THE FRONT WHEELS TURNED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT FOR A LEFT TURN. THE CAR SHUTTERS AS IF IT IS ABOUT TO SHUT DOWN- VERY DANGERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING LEFT ON A DIVIDED STREET OR HIGHWAY WITHOUT A SIGNAL LIGHT.
(2014)TIRE PRESSURE TURNED ON .. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE TIRE SIDE WALL WAS ALREADY DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO PURCHASE A NEW TIRE. 2ND INCIDENT, TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT TURNED ON AT 730AM ON SEPT 23,2015 ..WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE SEEN AT 8AM THEY SAID THE SIDE TIRE WALL WAS DAMAGE AND NEEDED TO PURCHASE A NEW TIRE. IF TIRE PRESSURE GAUGE NOTIFIED PROPERLY THERE WOULD BE NO NEED TO PURCHASE TIRES
HONDA'S REPLY TO MY COMPLAINT BELOW / $250 GIFT CARD WAS AN ABSOLUTE "SLAP IN THE FACE" TO ME AS A SO CALLED "APPRECIATION FOR MY HONDA LOYALTY" AND NOT RECOGNIZING THIS ENGINEERING DEFECT! I'M NOW EVEN MORE DISGUSTED WITH HONDA AND I PLAN TO DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO WARN OTHERS. I'VE RECENTLY READ WHERE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WAS RECENTLY SETTLED FOR A SIMILAR PROBLEM W/HONDA CIVICS, ODYSSEUS & AN ACURA MODEL. HONDA RECOGNIZED / ADMITTED TO THIS SIMILAR DESIGN FLAW ONLY AFTER THEY WERE FORCED TO DO SO. ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL!!! EXERTS FROM MY 8/25 LETTER TO HONDA BELOW; DEAR SIRS, I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF AN OCCURRENCE I JUST EXPERIENCED WITH MY 2013 HONDA ACCORD I JUST PURCHASED (6/10/2014). MY AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED COOLING ON FRI, 8/22/2014 AFTER LEAVING WORK. AFTER I RETURNED HOME FROM A SWELTERING 45 MILE COMMUTE, I IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT ON SAT, 8/23. AS MY 2013 CERTIFIED HONDA ACCORD WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY (I PURCHASED 74 DAYS EARLY), I WAS SURE THE PROBLEM WOULD BE COVERED @NO COST TO ME. I HAD EVEN PURCHASED HONDA''S EXTENDED WARRANTY ON 6/10 EVEN THOUGH IVE NEVER EXPERIENCED REPAIR PROBLEMS WITH MY PURCHASES IN THE PAST. I WAS TOLD ROAD DEBRIS HAD DAMAGED THE CONDENSER DUE TO ITS LACK OF PROTECTION, ALL OF THE FREON LEAKED OUT, THE CONDENSER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONDENSER COST WAS $168.00 WHILE WITH INSTALLATION COST WAS $400.99! AFTER ALL OF MY RESEARCH ONLINE IT APPEARS THIS IS A 'WIDE-SPREAD DESIGN PROBLEM AND HONDA IS ACTUALLY MAKING MONEY OFF OF THE DEFECT BY CHARGING OUTRAGEOUS SERVICE FEES TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IT DISGUSTS ME TO THINK THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN! *TR
WENT TO START THE CAR, THE CAR WILL NOT TURN ON, EVERYTHING WORKS BUT CAR WON'T START. SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE STARTER. *TR
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The 2013 Honda Accord has 73 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.