What 1,418 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Honda Accord Plug In Hybrid

ABS (Automated Breaking System) is impacted and turns on lights on my dashboard failing the following while driving (Forward Collision Warning, Tire Pressure Light, Lane Departure Warning, Anti-skid system) It is avaliable for testing on request. Car does not stop as it is supposed to in urgent breaking due to ABS failure and puts driver and others on risk. My spouse already got in an accident due to this. Yes, after months of system failure on and off, I finally got my car inspected at a independent service center. Honda dealership costs more and are not ready to even look at it without paying, even though this seems to me a problem discussed online in many forums/sites. I called and emailed manufacturer and was turned down by requesting me to go to the Honda dealership repair which charge way more only to inspect only one issue. No other than the independent service center. Yes, there were dashboard lights of the above mentioned lights and I discussed this with Honda service team during my oil change and I was said this is driver assistance and not a safety issue. The root cause diagnosed by independent service center was ABS system.

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The ABS Module has failed. The repair is almost 3,000 from Honda. The car is not safe once it reachers 80mph the vehicle loses control.

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The contact owned a 2013 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving alone, at approximately 15 - 20 MPH, the brake pedal was applied but failed to respond. The vehicle collided with another vehicle in the parking lot and continued on to collide with a vending machine stopping the vehicle. The contact stated that the driver-side air bag was deployed and a broken arm bone injury was sustained. The contact stated that the sole occupant of the vehicle that was struck sustained neck injuries and received medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was deemed a total loss and towed to a lot. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 79,000.

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CAR STALLS GOING THRU INTERSECTIONS WHICH I COMPLAINED ABOUT WHEN I BOUGHT IT IN FT .MYERS IN 2013. I HAVE PAPERWORK THAT SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT HOWEVER, THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE YEARS. SO FAR, I AM LUCKY NOT TO BE HIT! BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING ON 7/15/19 , I STARTED TO TURN INTO A DRIVEWAY AND THE BRAKES LOCKED AND I HAD TO VEER ONTO THEIR LAWN ON AN EMBANKMENT, RAN OVER A CEMENT PARKING BLOCK AND THROW IT INTO PARK AND TURN IT OFF IN ORDER TO STOP THE CAR FROM HITTING ANYONE! THE CAR WAS TOWED FROM PROSPECT AVE AND BRADY STREET IN MILWAUKEE WI. RUSS DARROW HONDA RAN A SAFETY CHECK AND SAID IT WAS FINE. I THINK THEY SHOULD CHECK THE VSA MODULATOR. ABRA AUTO REPAIR IN GLENDALE HAD IT TOWED AND SAID THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE IT AND SENT IT TO RUSS DARROW HONDA. CLEARLY, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH IT! I HAVE A FL DRIVERS LICENSE AND I AM IN WI NOW FOR THE SUMMER, WHICH IS WHERE THIS HAPPENED. I HAVE PICTURES BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO UPLOAD THEM TO YOUR SITE?

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I HAD PULLED INTO A PARKING STOP AND STOPPED. I WAS ABOUT TO REVERSE TO PARK STRAIGHT WHEN MY CAR SHOT FORWARD. THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING AND THE CAR ACCELERATED FORWARD UNTIL IT WAS STOPPED BY A BRICK COLUMN. I WAS IN A PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF A RETAIL STRIP CENTER.

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2013 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TECHNICAL FLAW WITH VEHICLE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD OVER A CURB. THE AIR BAG DID DEPLOY THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED. UPDATED 10/02/2017*JS

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WHILE PARKING, BUT STOPPED, THE CAR SPED OUT OF CONTROL. FOOT BRAKE AND HAND BRAKE FAILED TO STOP THE SPEEDING CAR. IT LEAPED OVER A CURB AND INTO A RETENTION POND. THE DOORS REFUSED TO UNLOCK. DRIVER AND PASSENGER ESCAPED THRU WINDOWS AND ONTO THE ROOF. PREVIOUSLY, THE UNATTENDED CAR HAD LOCKED ITSELF AND WINDOWS AND SUNROOF HAD OPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE TWO FOBS WERE ON CUP HOOKS IN THE HOUSE. HONDA SHOWS NO INTEREST.

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VEHICLE WAS PARKED. UPON PRESSING BRAKE TO SHIFT TO "DRIVE" THE VEHICLE JOLTED MULTIPLE TIMES THEN ACCELERATED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE DIRECTLY IN FRONT INJURING A PERSON WHO WAS BETWEEN BOTH VEHICLES AT THE TIME.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DEACTIVATE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN OR STOP WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED THROUGH A RED LIGHT AND CRASHED INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. PRIOR TO ACTIVATING THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE BRAKES OPERATED NORMALLY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

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DRIVING ON A BUSY S.E. STREET IN WASHINGTON DC, DRIVING ABOUT 20 TO 30 MPH., HEARD A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A TIRE BLOWING OUT OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF NOISE EMANATING FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR. I TRIED TO PRESS THE BRAKE, BUT INSTEAD THE CAR ACCELERATED AND WOULD NOT STOP. IT SPED UP AT LEAST ANOTHER 15 TO 20 MORE MPH, AND AGAIN, WOULD NOT STOP. THERE WERE VEHICLES IN THE BACK, SO I COULD NOT USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE OR SHUT THE CAR OFF. THERE WERE ALSO VEHICLES ON THE SIDE AND IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION ON HOW TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN WITHOUT HITTING ANY PEDESTRIANS OR ANY OTHER VEHICLES. DECIDED TO TRY AND STOP THE CAR BY HITTING SOMETHING STATIONARY AND RAN INTO A SET OF STEPS THAT BELONGED TO AN OFFICE BUILDING. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND TWO PASSERSBY STOPPED TO ASSIST ME AND MY PASSENGER OUT OF THE CAR. WE WERE BOTH TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL WITH SUBSTANTIAL INJURIES TO THE CHEST, RIB, NECK AND BACK FOR MYSELF AND THE PASSENGER. *TR

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I RECENTLY HAD A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE WITH MY 2013 HONDA ACCORD REGARDING UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AT A GARDEN NURSERY I APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THEY DID NOT RESPOND IN ANYWAY, THE ENGINE THEN REVVED UP MAKING A LOUD NOISE, THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD OVER SEVERAL RAILROAD TIE BARRIERS, BUSHES, HIT A TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED IN THE LOT AND CAME TO REST IN A MULCH PILE. LUCKILY THE TRUCK AND MULCH STOPPED THE CAR AND I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT INTO PARK AND TURN IT OFF. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE SIDE OF MY CAR AND THE PROPERTY OF THE NURSERY. THIS HAPPENED ON MAY 8, 2014 AT 5:00 PM. IT WAS A GRAVEL PARKING LOT, DRY SUNNY DAY. THIS HONDA WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 2013 AND IS A 4CYL WITH CVT TRANSMISSION AND HAS APPROXIMATELY 13,000 MILES. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT SITS NOW WAITING FOR A HONDA REPRESENTATIVE TO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE. IT WAS A BLESSING THAT NO ONE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF MY CAR. MUCH OF MY DECISION TO PURCHASE A HONDA WAS BECAUSE OF RELIABILITY AND SAFETY; HOWEVER, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS MY FIRST HONDA AND I AM THOROUGHLY DISAPPOINTED AND ALARMED AFTER THIS INCIDENT. *TR

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WHILE COMING TO A STOP IN MY PARKING SPOT, I APPLIED THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, WITH ENGINE SURGE /LOUD NOISE AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES...... CAR PLOWED OVER PARKING SPOT BARRIER, INTO SHRUBS, BALCONY BEAM AND NEIGHBOR'S SCREENED PATIO. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE , SHRUBS, NEIGHBOR'S PATIO AND MY BALCONY. THIS WAS A TERRIFYING EVENT. INVESTIGATIONS BY INSURANCE CO AND MECHANIC ARE PENDING AT THIS TIME. *TR

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I WAS PARKED IN AN ALLEY BEHIND A COFFEE SHOP. I TURNED THE CAR ON AND PUT MY SEAT BELT ON AND PUT IT IN GEAR. IT SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD AND STRUCK A PARKED CAR ONE CAR'S WIDTH FROM ME, RICOCHETED AND HIT ANOTHER PARKED CAR (WHICH THEN HIT THE CAR NEXT TO IT). I COULD NOT STOP THE CAR, THOUGH I TRIED; THEN I PIVOTED AGAIN AND HIT AND TOOK DOWN THE CINDER BLOCK WALL OF A GARAGE. I TURNED THE CAR OFF EITHER RIGHT BEFORE HITTING THE GARAGE WALL OR RIGHT AFTER. NO AIRBAGS WERE EVER RELEASED. IN RETROSPECT, AFTER THE SHOCK AT ALL THE DAMAGE, I BELIEVE SOMETHING WAS DEFECTIVE ABOUT MY NEW HONDA ACCORD.

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AT 11:00 A.M. ON NOV.6 I WAS DRIVING MY 2013 HONDA ACCORD. I PULLED INTO A STORE PARKING AREA AT ABOUT 5 MILES PER HOUR. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND TURNED TO ENTER THE PARKING SPACE WHEN MY CAR ACCELERATED WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I HEARD THE CAR REV-UP AND PUSHED ON THE BRAKE MORE. THE REVVING STOPPED, BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD SLOWLY. THE CAR MOVED OVER THE PARKING BARRIER AND HEADED FOR THE STORE WALL. IT BROKE THROUGH THE STORE WALL AND I PUSHED THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK AND PUSHED THE BUTTON TO TURN THE CAR OFF. THE CAR STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. I WAS NOT HURT AND LEFT THE CAR TO LET THE OWNER OF THE STORE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. MY CAR HAS THE CVT TRANSMISSION. *TR

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I OWN A 2013 HONDA ACCORD EX-L V6 WITH 7520 MILES ON HIT. I APPROACHED MY GATED COMMUNITY ON FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:45PM, HIT THE REMOTE TO OPEN THE GATES, PLACED MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THERE WAS NO BRAKE REACTION WHATSOEVER. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD. FORTUNATELY, THE GATE OPENED BEFORE I HIT IT. I CONTINUED TO MY HOME, CHECKING THE BRAKES AND THEY APPEARED TO WORK, OPENED UP THE GARAGE AND WAS PUTTING THE CAR IN THE GARAGE WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND AGAIN THE CAR'S BRAKES HAD NO REACTION AND I HIT THE WALL AND DOOR LEADING INTO MY HOUSE. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR AND NO RAIN. FORTUNATELY, THE CAR HAS MINIMAL DAMAGE; HOWEVER, THE HOUSE HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. I AM UNABLE TO CLOSE AND LOCK MY KITCHEN DOOR LEADING FROM THE GARAGE INTO THE HOUSE. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM, AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR ALONG WITH PREVIOUS YEARS. *TR

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