What 379 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Honda Accord Plug In Hybrid

At around 7:25am this morning I was driving to work in traffic and I was needing to stop, but my brakes were not working properly. They went all the way to the floor, no pressure, and I rear ended another person going 35mph. My entire front-end of my vehicle is totalled and my airbags did not even deploy. After the wreck I pumped my breaks to try to move it off the freeway and the breaks started to work again. This is a serious problem because had I been going any faster and even had my other family in the car we all could have been seriously injured or died!!

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE, THE HATCH CLOSED AND INJURED THREE FAMILY MEMBERS. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT RECEIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO APOSTOLAKIS HONDA (3156 ELM RD, CORTLAND, OH 44410, (800) 900-4600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DAMPERS ON THE SPRING MAY HAVE WEAKENED DUE TO THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED TO PROPERLY OPEN THE TRUNK TO ITS FULL UPRIGHT POSITION FOR PROPER OPERATION OF THE TRUNK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

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WHEN ONE OPENS THE TRUNK OF THE PARKED CAR, THE TRUNK DOOR QUICKLY OPENS ALL THE WAY AND THEN QUICKLY BOUNCES BACK PART WAY, SOMETIMES HITTING THE HEAD OF WHOEVER IT IS THAT IS STANDING NEXT TO THE TRUNK DOOR.

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'TAKATA RECALL'. I HAVE TAKEN MEASURES FOR THE SAFETY RECALLS, ADHERING TO REQUIRED DATES PROVIDED BY NHTSA OF THIS VEHICLE, ONE BEING THE AIR BAGS RECALLS. I WAS INVOLVED IN A RECENT CAR WRECK (JANUARY 12TH, 2019)AT WHICH THE DRIVER FRONT AIR BAG DEPLOYED FROM STEERING WHEEL. THE OPPOSING PASSENGER RAN A RED LIGHT AT A STREET/INTERSECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE STREET I WAS TRAVELING ON. I T-BONED HER 2010 HONDA ACCORD IN THE REAR PANEL, DRIVER'S SIDE. I WAS TRAVELING AT SPEED LIMIT, APPROX 42 MPH AND SHE WAS TRAVELING AT EXCESSIVE SPEED BUT I AM UNAWARE OF HER SPEED LIMIT. MY VEHICLE CONTINUED IN A STRAIGHT PATH BUT COMPLETELY TOTALED THE FRONT END AND DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT PANEL, FRAME, ETC. AS FOR MY MY INJURY, I FELT BURNT ON BOTH WRISTS AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, BUT DUE TO SHOCK OF ACCIDENT I DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. OVER A COURSE OF 4-5 DAYS MY LEFT WRIST SHOWED SIGNIFICANT BURNS AND ONLY NOW, 23 DAYS LATER, HAS THE LEFT WRIST BURN BEGUN TO HEAL BUT WILL MOST DEFINITELY LEAVE AN OBVIOUS SCAR.

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I WAS GOING STRAIGHT AND THE LADY SHE CAME FROM PARKING LOT N HIT ME UP. SHE HAD STOP SAYING BUT SHE DIDN'T STOP. I DO HAVE MY POLICE REPORT IF YOU GUYS NEED TO? ...UPDATED 08/01/16 *BF *TR

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ON 8/03/2015 I WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER SUV THAT FAILED TO STOP WHILE I WAS WAITING BEHIND A RED LIGHT. THE IMPACT OF THE ACCIDENT WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO FORCE MY CAR TO HIT THE OTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND CONSEQUENTLY I WAS TAKEN BUT THE AMBULANCE TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. I AM WRITING YOU THIS BECAUSE AFTER MY RELEASE FROM THE HOSPITAL I NOTICED DUE TO THE HIGH SPEED IMPACT THE AIR BAG LIGHT IN MY CAR HAD BEEN TURNED ON YET THE AIR BAG ITSELF NEVER DEPLOYED. THEREFORE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT AND INQUIRY ABOUT THE HONDA AUTO COMPANY. I BELIEVE I MIGHT HAVE SKIPPED VERY SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES PERHAPS BY LUCK YET THE FACT THAT THE AIRBAG OF MY HONDA NEVER DEPLOYED IS REY DISTURBING TO ME. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER.

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OUR 2012 4 DOOR/V6 HONDA ACCORD WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. A MACK TRUCK HIT OUR CAR FROM BEHIND AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 50. WE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF US AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 20. THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED TOTALED WITH AN ESTIMATE OF $22000-$25000 IN DAMAGES. THE FRONT AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. IN MY RESEARCH, 2012 HONDA'S HAD A RECALL REGARDING SIDE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING (HTTP://WWW.HONDA.COM/NEWSANDVIEWS/ARTICLE.ASPX?ID=6510-EN). I AM CONCERNED THERE MIGHT BE AN ISSUE WITH THE FRONT AIRBAGS AS WELL. I REPORTED THE ISSUE TO AMERICAN HONDA AS A SAFETY CONCERNS FOR OTHER HONDA OWNERS. HONDA DOCUMENTED ALL THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE CRASH THEN INSTRUCTED ME TO HAVE A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL INSPECT VEHICLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIRBAGS. IF SO, THEN THEY WANT US TO SUBMIT THE ISSUE IN WRITING. *TR

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MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT SAFETY NEGLIGENCE, ON THE CORPORATE SITE FOR HONDA AND I QUOTE STATES ?YOUR SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY?. I TOOK MY CAR TO GET CHECKED FOR A KNOCKING NOISE AND WAS TOLD BALL JOINTS RECOMMENDED TO BE REPLACED. I ASKED IF IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND WAS TOLD YES BY SERVICE ADVISOR. AFTER BEING CHARGE FOR APPARENTLY TIGHTEN RODS. APPARENTLY THE CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS NEGLECT SAFETY OF THE CUSTOMER AND ALSO HAVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS CUSTOMERS WAS TOLD THIS WHEN BROUGHT CAR IN AND I QUOTE ?SO YOU KNOW MORE THAN THE HONDA ENGINEERS?. THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL OF MY CAR CAME OFF (WHERE THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM) AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER AND BEING CHARGED FOR TIGHTEN RODS. NOW DEALER IS BLAMING ME FOR THE WHEEL COMING OF WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. MY COMPLAINT RESOLUTION SHOULD BE HONDA TECHS/DEALER SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR THEIR SAFETY NEGLECT AND SHOULD REPAIR THE DAMAGES THAT HAVE COST ME TO MY VEHICLE WHICH I HAVE WORK HARD FOR. *TR

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AS I WAS BRAKING WHILE APPROACHING AN ANGLED PARKING SPACE THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. THE CAR ACCELERATED, CROSSED THE SIDEWALK AND HIT A CONCRETE BUILDING. THE AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. THE INSURANCE ADJUSTOR DECLARED THE CAR TOTALED. *TR

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I WAS DRIVING DOWN MARKET STREET IN YOUNGSTOWN WHEN I WAS ALMOST OBSTRUCTED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, I SWERVED AND WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT 40MPH AND SHE WAS GOING 25MPH. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SIDE AIR BAGS, MY BACK AND NECK HURT AS WELL AS MY PASSENGER. AMERICAN HONDA SAID THERE WERE NOT DEFECTS... *TR

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