What 609 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Honda Accord Hybrid

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON (IN THE DASHBOARD WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT) AND THE CAR SPEED DROPPED TO LESS THAN 40 M/HR

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STARTER DIES NOT START ALL THE TIME. PRESS BUTTON AND HEAR IT GRIND. CAR AS $42,000 MILES. DEALER SAYS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE READ TONS OF COMPLAINTS THAT HONDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS. IT MAY STRAND ME IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. ISSUE IS WITH 2013-2015 V6 ACCORD. DEALER WANTS $800 TO REPLACE WITH SAME DEFECTIVE PART.

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I BOUGHT A 2015 HONDA ACCORD ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT. AT 42,000 MILES, I WAS LEAVING IN THE MORNING FOR WORK AND HAD TO JUMP MY VEHICLE. IT THEN HAPPENED EACH TIME THAT I TRIED TO START MY CAR. THE ALTERNATOR HAD GONE COMPLETELY OUT AND I HAD TO PAY $700 TO FIX. AN ALTERNATOR SHOULD NEVER GO OUT THAT EARLY IN A VEHICLE AT JUST 42,000 MILES.

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THE RIGHT REAR DOOR DOES NOT OPEN WITH THE REMOTE, OR WITH THE LOCK/UNLOCK INSIDE BUTTON OR MANUALLY. THE SYSTEM IS FROZEN ON THAT SIDE CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MY CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO TRAVEL IN THE REAR SEAT. THERE IS NO WAY TO OPEN THE REAR DOOR IN CASE OF ACCIDENT/FIRE OR ANY OTHER EMERGENCY.

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PARKED CAR AND LOCKED IT BY PUSHING THE BUTTON ON THE DOOR. DID NOT USE THE FOB. CAME BACK LATER AND ALL THE WINDOWS WERE ROLLED FULL DOWN AND THE MOON ROOF WAS OPEN. NO ACTION ON MY PART SEEMED TO CAUSE THIS. SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. FIRST TIME WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO. READ SOME INTERNET REPORTS ABOUT THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENING WITH OTHER HONDA OWNERS. RISK OF WEATHER DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, THEFT, VANDALISM, ETC.

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I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 70MPH WHEN SIGNS SUCHS AS "ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM PROBLEM", "EMISSIONS SYSTEM PROBLEM" STARTED DISPLAYING ON DASHBOARD AND SPEED WAS DECREASING AND I COULDN'T SPEED UP. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND SIGNS WERE GONE. I DROVE HOME FINE. I WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE CAR.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND UNDER THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 06069488. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HONDA ACCORD. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, THE STARTER FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DAVID MCDAVID HONDA OF IRVING (3700 W AIRPORT FWY, IRVING, TX 75062, 214-516-7502) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STARTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

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VEHICLE (4 CYCL, 2015 W/ 20K MILES) FAILED TO START ON THE FIRST TRY, WOULD TAKE 6 OR MORE ATTEMPTS OF THE PUSH BUTTON START TO GET THE VEHICLE TO SUCCESSFULLY START. NO ALARMS, LIGHTS, NOTIFICATION, ETC.. THAT THE VEHICLE SAW AN ISSUE (I.E. KEY FOB NOT PRESENT). HONDA DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A "FAULTY STARTER MOTOR". REPLACEMENT ISN'T COVERED BY THE REMAINING WARRANTY (BUMPER TO BUMPER IS EXPIRED, BUT POWER TRAIN HASN'T). DEALER REPLACEMENT QUOTE IS $693.80.

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MY BATTERY IS HAVING TROUBLE. CAR CONTINUES TO RANDOMLY DIE. THERE ARE NO LIGHTS OR ITEMS BEING LEFT ON WHILE I AM OUTSIDE OF MY VEHICLE. BATTERY HAS BEEN TESTED AND REPLACED WITH SAME ISSUE. INSIDE CAR ALL ELECTRICAL STARTS TO FLASH QUICKLY WHEN TRYING TO START MY CAR (THIS SHOWS CAR IS DEAD)

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CAR STARTED TO LAG WHEN PRESSING BUTTON TO START THIS MORNING. WENT TO TURN IT ON TO LEAVE IN THE AFTERNOON AND JUST DIED. NO LIGHTS CAME TO US KNOW. JUST DIED. THIS HAPPEN TO US ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO AND WE REPLACE THE BATTERY.

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MY 2015 HONDA ACCORD WITH ABT 70,000 MILES ON IT; THE CAR WOULDN'T START, THE ENGINE WOULDN'T TURN. IN THE PROCESS OF TROUBLESHOOTING WE DISCOVERED THAT HIS STARTER WENT OUT. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTIES. JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, OUR NEIGHBOR HAD EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM - HE HAS A 2015 HONDA ACCORD AND HIS CAR'S STARTER WENT OUT. HE SPENT SOME $700 FIXING IT AND IT WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OUT OF 3 YEARS 36,000 MILES WARRANTY. THERE SEEMS TO BE A HIGH RATE OF STARTER FAILURES ON NEWER HONDA ACCORDS, WHICH MAY NECESSITATE A RECALL.

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FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS MY CAR HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE TURNING ON. I HAVE HAD TO CALL GEICO FOR A JUMP START ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS ALREADY. SOMETIMES WHEN I PRESS THE POWER BUTTON, IT STRUGGLES TO TURN ON AND I HAVE TO TRY MULTIPLE TIMES. OTHER TIMES IT WON'T TURN ON UNLESS I USE THE REMOTE START OPTION WITH MY KEY. THE CAR HAS NEVER TURNED OFF ON MY WHILE I AM DRIVING, BUT A FEW TIMES WHILE I AM DRIVING, THE DISPLAY RESTARTS AND IT STARTLES ME BECAUSE IT GOES COMPLETELY BLANK AS IF THE CAR IS GOING TO SHUT OFF.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. UPON ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, AN ABNORMAL WHINING NOISE WAS HEARD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DIAMOND HONDA (17525 GALE AVE, CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91748, (626) 671-4601) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STARTER WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

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DIFFICULTY STARTING. KEYLESS ENTRY SENSES KEY BUT FAILS TO START WHEN BRAKE IS DEPRESSED AND IGNITION BUTTON IS PRESSED. HAPPENING MULTIPLE TIMES/WEEK AND BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. OFTEN STARTS AFTER 2-3 ATTEMPTS. NOT RESOLVED BY REPLACING BATTERY, RESOLVING BATTERY SENSOR RECALL, OR CHECKING FUEL PUMP. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE STARTER AND HAS LEFT ME STRANDED WHEN CAR DOES NOT START.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V418000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT CALLED DAVID MCDAVID HONDA OF IRVING (3700 W AIRPORT FWY, IRVING, TX 75062, 469-713-3594) MORE THAN THREE TIMES AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND AN APPOINTMENT WOULD BE SCHEDULED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

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I AM TAKING MY 2015 HONDA ACCORD SPORT TO HONDA DEALER (SOUTHBAY HONDA, MILPITAS, CA) TO COMPLETE "REPLACE BATTERY MGMT SENSOR" RECALL 17V-418 COMPLETION. MY CAR HAS STARTED SHOWING UNIQUE PROBLEM OF NOT STARTING ON FIRST TRY, SOME TIMES IT STARTS ON FIRST TRY, OTHER TIMES IT TAKES MORE THAN ONE TRY TO START. THIS IS FRUSTRATING & SCARY TO GET STRANDED. CAR IS LESS THAN 22K MILES (BOUGHT DEC. 2014). AFTER LOOKING AT INTERNET THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM & SHOULD BE CONSIDER RECALL OF "REPLACE STARTER". DEALER ARE QUOTING AROUND $1000 TO REPLACE STARTER, SHOULD BE COVERED AS IT'S DEFECTIVE HONDA PART. TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE THERE ARE MANY HONDA ACCORD 2013-2015 OWNERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUE. HERE IS ONE THREAD: HTTP://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/HONDA/ACCORD/STARTER-PROBLEMS.PHP

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THE CAR WOULD GIVE A HARD TIME STARTING ONCE A WEEK, THIS STARTED 3 WEEKS AGO, THEN LAST WEEK IT JUST STOPPED TURNING ON, AFTER TRYING COUPLE OF TIMES , I TURNED IT ON, DROVE TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP WERE THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY AND A NEW STARTER. THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT SINCE THE CAR PASSED THE 36,000MILES, IT HAD 42,000MILES. I NOTICED ANOTHER CAR SIMILAR TO MINE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP, SO I WENT ONLINE TO RESEARCH THIS ISSUE AND FOUND OUT THAT HONDA KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM HAPPENING QUIET OFTEN AND DID NOT ISSUE A RECALL AS WELL AS THEM HAVING A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT REGARDING THIS MATTER. I HAVE DONE ALL THE WORK AT A HONDA DEALERSHIP AND HAVE DOCUMENTS AND RECEIPTS IT COSTED ME ABOUT 840$$ WHICH IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR A RELATIVELY NEW CAR.

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CAR WOULDN'T START ALL ELECTRIC SYSTEMS DOWN. CAR SHUTDOWN NO LIGHTS NO ENGINES. NO POWER AT ALL.

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CAR BATTERY DIED 3 TIMES IN 2 MONTHS THE YEAR MAKE MODEL HAS RECALL FOR BATTERY SENSOR SHORT CAUSING BATTERY DRAIN/FAILURE AS WELL AS POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD WITH NEGATIVE TERMINAL. MY VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HONDA OF FLORENCE (250 COX CREEK PKWY, FLORENCE, AL 35630 (256) 760-7400) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STARTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND WAS AWAITING ON A RESPONSE FROM THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

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TOWARDS THE END OF 2017, I HAD MY HONDA ACCORD SERVICE AS A RESULT OF THE BATTERY DEFECT RECALL. AFTER SUCH REPAIR, MY VEHICLE STALLED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY BACK IN FEBRUARY 2018. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND IT HAD APPROXIMATELY 45,000 MILES THE HONDA DEALER STATED IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR AND CHARGED ME TO REPAIR IT . HOWEVER, ON 4/1/18 THE CAR STALLED ONCE AGAIN AND I THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND IT APPEARS THE TOO MANY 2015 HONDA ACCORDS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM FOLLOWING THE BATTERY DEFECT RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY RISK, SINCE THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER LEAVING ONE VULNERABLE TO BING HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES WHEN THE CAR STALLS. MY CAR PANEL/ SYSTEM DOES NOT GIVE ANY WARNING PRIOR TO SHUTTING DOWN ALL POWER WHILE THE CAR IS ON MOTION. ONCE THE CAR STALLS, ONE CAN NOT TURN THE ENGINE BACK ON. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS HAS TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE SOME ONE IS KILLED AS A RESULT THAT F THIS DEFECT ON THE HONDA ACCORD.

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I RECEIVED THE NOTICE OF THE RECALL FOR THE BATTERY SENSOR AND TOOK THE CAR IN AUGUST BUT THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PART. NEXT MAINTENANCE IN NOVEMBER I REMINDED THEM OF THE RECALL ON THE BATTERY AND THEY GAVE ME THE TEMPORARY FIXING. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE BATTERY STARTED TO FAIL. I WOULD HAVE MY CAR PARKED AND IT WOULDN'T TURN ON. THIS HAS BEEN MORE CONSTANT NOW. WENT BACK TO THE DEALER MARCH 7, 2018 AND I MENTIONED ABOUT THE BATTERY AND THEY TOLD ME THE BATTERY WAS FINE THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT.ON THE THIRD DAY AFTER MY BATTERY DIED 2 TIMES AFTER HAVING IT OFF FOR LESS THEN 10 MINUTES. AND HAD TO JUMP START IT. I HAVE SEEN THAT MANY HAVE SAID THE SOLUTION IS TO BUY A NEW BATTERY BUT THE CAR IS JUST 2 YEARS SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW AND MY MILEAGE IS NOT EVEN 40,000 MILES YET. HONDA SHOULD BE THE ONE TO FIX THIS.

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I HAD PURCHASED BRAND NEW ACCORD HYBRID 2015 IN DECEMBER 2015 AND IN JANUARY 2018 CAR BATTERY IS DRAINED FULLY DUE TO UNKNOWN REASON. LAST NIGHT , IN -5F TEMPERATURE MY CAR BROKE ON THE ROAD AND I HAVE SEEN WORST IN MY LIFE DUE TO CAR ISSUE ON THE ROAD. I WOULD APPRECIATE , IF YOU LOOK INTO THE QUALITY OF BATTERY ISSUE BEING PLACED IN CAR FROM HONDA AND VARIOUS DEALERS AS IT SOUNDS SKETCHY TO ME. EVEN IF I DROVE 45K MILES BATTERY SHOULD LAST LONGER ON NEWER CAR COMPARE OLDER CARS. I WOULD APPRECIATE , IF YOU CAN LOOK INTO IT MORE CLOSELY.

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BATTERY DIED SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING. ON 1/1/2018, I DRIVE TO THE GAS STATION ON MY WAY TO THE AIRPORT. I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND NOTICED THAT PUMP WAS OUT OF OF ORDER SO STARTED MY CAR AND DROVE TO ANOTHER PUMP WITHOUT ISSUE. I FILLED UP MY TANK, WHICH TOOK ABOUT 4 GALLONS OF GAS, THEN WHEN I TRIED SO START MY CAR IT WOULD NOT START. I HAVE PUSH BUTTON START AND ALL OF THE ELECTRONICS WORKED BUT THE IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN OVER. THE DASH BLINKED. I TRIED 3 MORE TIMES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT VERY TIGHT AND THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. THIS LEFT ME STRANDED AT THE GAS STATION. I HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE RESCUE. WHEN THE GUY JUMPED MY BATTERY HE SAID MY BATTERY WAS SO LOW THAT WHEN I TURN MY CAR OFF NEXT TIME IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THIS IS AT 6AM IN THE MORNING ON A HOLIDAY, AND I'M SUPPOSED TO BE PARKING MY CAR FOR 5 DAYS ST THE AIRPORT. I HAD TO CANCEL MY FLIGHT AND FIND A PLACE TO BUY A NEW BATTERY THAT SAME DAY, WITHOUT HAVING TO TURN MY CAR OFF. THE BATTERY COST ALMOST $200. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW FROM DEALER SO IT HAD THE ORIGINAL BATTERY THAT CAME WITH THE CAR WITHIN. I ALSO HAVE ALL MAINTENANCE DONE AT DEALER, MOST RECENTLY TWO MONTHS PREVIOUS, WHERE ALL THINGS CHECKED WERE LISTED AS OK. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED IN JULY 2015. THE BATTERY SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED SO QUICKLY. THE CAR HAD 56,165 AT THE TIME OF BATTERY FAILURE. THERE WAS NO WARNING. THE CAR HAS NEVER NOT STARTED. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. I KNOW ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE BATTERY SENSOR, AND WE RECEIVED THE TEMPORARY FIX AND WILL GET THE PERMANENT FIX DURING OUR NEXT MAINTENANCE, HOWEVER I FIND IT STRANGE THAT MY BATTERY FAILED IN BETWEEN. I'VE NEVER, SINCE I'VE OWNED A CAR, HAD TO REPLACE A CAR BATTERY IN JUST 2.5 YEARS OF USAGE.

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