74 complaints reported

2014 Honda Accord UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
74
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
2

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

May 2020

I'VE CONTACTED MY LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS CORPORATE HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH THE ISSUE OF THE PAINT PEELING OFF AT THE RAIN CHANNELS AT THE REAR WINDSHIELD. THEY SAID THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND SAW THAT I AM NOT THE FIRST OR THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM. HONDA TELLS ME IT'S DUE TO THE TYPE OF WASH FLUID I'M USING AS WELL AS BIRD DROPPINGS AND TREE SAP HOWEVER, I WASH THE VEHICLE REGULARLY LIKE ALL OTHER VEHICLES I'VE OWNED, ALL UNDER THE SAME WASHING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, AND THIS IS THE ONLY VEHICLE THIS HAS HAPPENED ON. THE PAINT IS PEELING IS MAKING ITS WAY UP THE CHANNEL AND WHEN IT REACHES THE TOP IT'S GOING PEEL MUCH FASTER AROUND THE VEHICLE. THERE IS ALSO A FACEBOOK GROUP (HONDA PAINT DEFECT ACTION GROUP) AS AN EXAMPLE WITH ALMOST 2,000 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM IN THE SAME EXACT LOCATION. THAT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. *TR

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: May 2019
Apr 2020

ALONG THE ROOF-LINE WHERE THE ROOF MEETS THE BACK WINDSHIELD THE PAINT IS PEELING AWAY AND IT GETTING PROGRESSIVE WORSE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE AS WITH HONDA AND THEIR DEALERSHIP. ITS A KNOWN ISSUE AND NEED ADDRESSING. MY VEHICLE HAS 40+K MILE AND GARAGE KEPT...EXTREMELY WELL MAINTAINED AND NO ACCIDENTS AND NO ISSUES AT ALL. MY VEHICLE IS ALWAYS IN THE GARAGE...MY COMMUTE DISTANCE IS 2 MILES FROM MY HOME. SEE PHOTOS OF CONDITION OF VEHICLE AND PAINT PEELING AWAY/FLAKING OFF AT THE ROOF-LINE. I HAVE BEEN A HONDA OWNER FOR OVER 3 DECADES WITH MANY DIFFERENT HONDA PRODUCTS INCLUDING THEIR LAWNMOWERS! PLEASE REVIEW AND ASSIST. I AM PUTTING THE DATE BELOW OF DEC 2017 (ONLY 3 YEARS IN) WHEN THE PAINT STARTED PEELING... ITS GOTTEN WORSE WITH EACH PASSING DAY. MANY THANKS

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2017
Feb 2020

I MAY HAVE CLICKED THE WRONG SUBJECT BUT MY STARTER HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS AND I GOOGLED I AND SAW THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE STARTER

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Oct 2019
Dec 2019

AS SOON AS MY WARRANTY RAN OUT, A LITTLE OVER 3 YRS AND CLOSE TO 40,000 MILES, MY STARTER WENT BAD. SINCE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, WE HAD THE STARTER REPLACED IN LATE 2017. MY STARTER STARTED MAKING NOISES AGAIN AND WOULD NOT START SPORADICALLY WITHIN A YEAR. IT HAS GRADUALLY STARTED HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. MY CAR IS 5 YRS OLD AND HAS 90 000 + MILES, AND IS GOING TO NEED A 2ND STARTER REPLACED. SOMETHING HAS TO BE BURNING UP MY STARTER.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2017
Oct 2019

INTERMEDIATE STARTER SCREECH WHEN STARTING VEHICLE. VEHICLE WILL NOT START WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND HAPPENS TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE STARTS.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Oct 2019
Sep 2019

I NOTICE COUPLE OF WEEK AGO THAT MY CAR WOULD NOT START ON THE FIRST PUSH BUTTON PRESS. THE COST HONDA DEALER GAVE ME FOR THE REPAIR WAS $755.00. I CALLED HIM BACK THE NEXT DAY TO INFORM HIM ABOUT ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE STARTER FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL. I'VE READ AND PLAIN AS DAY HE SAY HONDA HAS NO REPORTS ABOUT THIS BEING A ON GOING ISSUES. I ALSO CALL THE HONDA CUSTOMER CARE LINE, AND AFTER BEING PLACE ON HOLD SEVERAL TIMES, I RECEIVED THE SAME ANSWER.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Sep 2019
Aug 2019

I HAVE REPLACED THE STARTER ON THIS CAR 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND IT STILL HAS THE SAME ISSUE. SOME DAYS THE CAR STARTS JUST FINE AND OTHER TIMES YOU GO TO ART ART THE CAR AND IT DOESN'T START AND MAKES THIS TERRIFYING GRINDING NOISE. HONDA REALLY NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS. THE CAR ISN'T OLD ENOUGH TO BE HAVING THESE KIND OF ISSUES. I AM ALWAYS FEARFUL THAT I'M GOING TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE I NEED TO GET OUT OF SOMEWHERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO SO DUE TO THE CAR NOT STARTING RIGHT. IT IS UNSAFE FOR ME TO TAKE MY FAMILY PLACES FOR FEAR THAT WE WILL BE STRANDED. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED DUE TO THIS CAR NOT STARTING AT ALL A FEW MONTHS AFTER REPLACING THE STARTER.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Aug 2019
Jul 2019

2014 HONDA ACCORD START ISSUE I PURCHASED THE CAR ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND AT THE TIME IT ONLY HAD ABOUT 30K MILES. THE STARTER DIED AFTER ABOUT 62K MILES. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME $840 TO HAVE IT REPLACED. AFTER IT WAS REPLACED I FOUND OUT THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD ISSUES WITH STARTER ONLY AFTER 3K EVEN WHEN THE CARS WERE UNDER WARRANTY. THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST HONDA FOR THE ACCORD FOR YEARS 2013-2015. HONDA NEW THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE STARTER HAS FAILED TO DO A RECALL ON THE CAR. THERE IS NO WAY THAT MY STARTER SHOULD HAVE FAILED SO SOON.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jun 2019
May 2019

GRINDING NOISE AT START UP. HAD TO REPLACE STARTER AT GREAT COST

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: May 2019
May 2019

CAR DOES NOT START SOMETIMES AND WHEN I CONTACTED HONDA THEY SAID 800 $ FOR THE STARTER ISSUE

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Oct 2019
Mar 2019

CAR JUST TURNED 5 YEARS OLD WITH 85,000 MILES AND THE CAR WON'T START. I WAS ALMOST STRANDED AT THE COFFEE SHOP WHEN AFTER THE 12TH TIME TRYING TO START CAR IT STARTED. WHEN KEY TURNED NOTHING HAPPENS. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK TO DEALER WHERE TOLD ME THE STARTER IS NO GOOD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED AND WILL PROBABLY NOT BUY ANOTHER HONDA. I ORIGINALLY BOUGHT A HONDA BECAUSE THEY WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR RELIABILITY BUT A $700 ISSUE ON A 5 YEAR OLD CAR IS NOT RELIABLE. I WOULD'VE BOUGHT A CHEVY IF THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. WHEN I BOUGHT THE HONDA I WAS TOLD BY SALESMAN I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING UNTIL 300,000 MILES. WELL I DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO 100,000 MILES.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Mar 2019
Feb 2019

WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE CAR TO WORK THE CAR HAS STALLED TWICE. VERY SCARY SITUATION. IT GIVES NO WARNING, HE SAID.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2019
Jan 2019

MY CAR WOULD NOT START. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW STARTER. THE CAR IS NOT MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD AND ONLY 47,000 IN MILEAGE. POOR HONDA! I'D LIKE A MORE RELIABLE CAR THAT WILL NOT KEEP ME STRANDED.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2019
Dec 2018

I'VE NOTICED THAT THE CAR IS CONSUMING OIL AT LEAST 1 QUART BEFORE 1K MILES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AT YONKERS HONDA ON 12/28/2018 AND THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE ADVISED TO BRING BACK THE CAR AT 1K MILES FOR AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Dec 2018
Dec 2018

I AM HAVING THE SAME STARTER ISSUES AS SO MANY ON A BLOG THAT I WAS READING AFTER HAVING MY 2014 HONDA ACCORD FOR 4 YEAR. I JUST CAME BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE STARTER AND THIS PART IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THEY QUOTED ME 865. THEN I COMPLAIN AND THEY CALLED THE HONDA REP AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO PAY 200. I AM STILL IN A STATE OF SHOCK AFTER SEEING ALL THESE COMPLAIN AND HONDA HASN'T ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE YET. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED WITH HONDA AND ITS REPUTATION

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Dec 2018
Dec 2018

PRESSING THE START BUTTON WITH KEY FOB NEXT TO IT TURNS ON THE IGNITION AS WELL AS THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BUT DOES NOT CRANK THE ENGINE, WILL HAVE TO TRY MULTIPLE TIMES TO START THE ENGINE. THIS IS HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY AND STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO, SEEMS TO BE GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AS THE LAST INCIDENT REQUIRED REPEATING 6 TIMES TO GET THIS STARTED. PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND ONLY HAS 30K MILES, ALL MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AT THE DEALERSHIP. DISAPPOINTED TO EXPERIENCE SUCH ISSUE FROM A HONDA AS THE DECISION TO PURCHASE WAS SOLELY BASED ON THE REPUTATION OF HONDA.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Nov 2018
Sep 2018

THE KEYLESS ENTRY ALLOWS THE CAR TO BE DRIVEN WITHOUT HAVING THE KEY IN THE CAR. ACCORDING TO HONDA, THIS IS A FEATURE. AS I HAVE HAD TO DRIVE MANY MILES TO BRING THE KEY (WHICH WAS IN THE CAR WHEN IT WAS STARTED, BUT LEFT IN THE HOUSE BEFORE DRIVING OFF) TO MY HUSBAND BECAUSE HE DIDN'T REALIZE HE DID NOT HAVE HIS KEY UNTIL HE WENT TO START HIS CAR. HE WAS 9 MILES AWAY FROM OUR HOME. IN MY MIND, THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU CAN BECOME STRANDED WITHOUT KNOWING IT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Sep 2018
Jul 2018

BACK UP CAMERA NO LONGER WORKING RIGHT TURN CAMERA NO LONGER WORKING

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2018
Jun 2018

HAD TO CHANGE THE STARTER 6/2017 AND THEN AGAIN 4/2018 CAR WOULD NOT START

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Feb 2017
May 2018

I PURCHASED 2014 HONDA ACCORD SPORT NEW IN MARCH 2014. AFTER 33000 MILES THE STARTER BEGAN TO NOT START THE ENGINE AFTER THE FIRST ATTEMPT AND SOMETIMES THE SECOND OR THIRD ATTEMPT.I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO LIBERTY HONDA HARTFORD CT. FOR SERVICE.DEALER SAID THE STARTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SINCE THE TIME WAS OVER THE 3YEAR COVERAGE PERIOD EVENTHOUGH THE MILEAGE WAS UNDER THE 36000 MILES.DEALER SAID 2014 AND 2015 YEARS HAD SOME BAD STARTERS INSTALLED BY FACTORY.I PAID FOR NEW STARTER INSTALLED FOR $775. WHY DID HONDA PUT BAD STARTERS IN CARS THAT WOULD BECOME DEFECTIVE SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRATION? MANY COMPLAINTS FROM 2014 & 2015 HONDA ACCORD OWNERS ABOUT THE PROBLEM.HONDA SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A REPAIR BASED ON GOODWILL. DEALER SAID NO. WHEN YOU CAN'T START THE CAR QUICKLY THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. CAR WOULD NOT START QUICKLY WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT,PARKED AT A STORE PARKING WITH ENGINE STILL WARM OR PARKED ON CITY STREET WITH ENGINE STILL WARM.TIME OF YEAR WAS APRIL AND MAY 2018.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Sep 2018
May 2018 Fire

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HONDA ACCORD. AFTER THE CONTACT'S SON PARKED AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE LATER THAT DAY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS UNKNOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. IT WAS NOT DETERMINED IF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Mar 2018
Apr 2018

REAR CAMERA SHOWS ONLY A BLACK SCREEN WITH ORANGE GUIDELINES IT NO LONGER SHOWS OUTSIDE, WHEN CAR IS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. SIDE CAMERA STILL FUNCTIONS

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Apr 2018
Feb 2018

WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 34,000 MILES ON OUR 2014 HONDA ACCORD V6. AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED, THERE IS A FAULTY STARTER ISSUE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, WE DEPRESS THE PUSH START BUTTON AND HEAR MANY CLICKS BUT NO TURN OVER OF THE ENGINE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE ENGINE. UPON CALLING THE DEALERSHIP, THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT STATED HONDA HAS YET TO DO ANYTHING TO RESOLVE THE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2018
Feb 2018

THE CAR CONSUME OIL AND SOMETIMES THE OIL LEVEL COMPLETELY DRIED UP AT A MILEAGE OF 2500 MILES AND I HAVE TO CHANGE THE OIL LEVEL REGULARLY BECAUSE THERE IS NO MESSAGE IS POPPING UP TO WARN ME.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Apr 2017
Dec 2017

SOMETHING IN CONNECTION WITH ENGINE LOSS THERE WHERE AROUND 300 CATS RECALLED WAS JUST WONDERING IF OURS WAS ONE OF THEM PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK ON THIS ISSUE AS I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS MATTER ASAP.IT SAYYS THEY MIGHT HAVE TO REPLACE MY BLOCK AT NO CHARGE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2014 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Dec 2017

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The 2014 Honda Accord has 74 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.