The interior of this car is awful. It is not real leather and if it is, it is the worst quality. Soon after 3 years, the leather started to bubble up on the door armrest and the center console armrest and then tear into strips. It looked/looks ugly. The car looks like I have had it for 2 decades and it's only 10 years old!

The seats are also in bad shape, with slivers of cracks everywhere and gaps of cushion coming through. I ordered some seat covers to help cover up the ugliness.

I also wrote to Honda corporation early on and complained about this, but they shrugged it off as, we're sorry to hear that.

The seats where your bottom goes is very hard and not flexible at all. It will eventually crack like plastic. Everything else is a different color, thin and bubbles up and peels. This started happening about a year after I bought brand new. I paid around $32,000 for this car. It was not covered under warranty but they did replace the arm rest at no cost and told me to clean the discolored hardened seats with window cleaner??? Now the arm rest is bubbling again and the door and door arm rest is peeling. I took my car in again and he added up this ridiculous amount. He told me it would be around $4,000 the replace all the panels.

My Honda Accord was brand new off the show room floor so imagine my surprise when only 4 years later the interior material on the center console and driver's arm rest started to bubble and then shredded to the touch leaving bare bones now for all to see. I've written to Honda Customer Service (with pics) after the dealer told me it was normal wear and tear but to no avail. Guess a $30,000 car doesn't need to stay together until it's paid for... It's cheap fit and finish and they need to address this!!!

Vinyl covering (simulated leather) began bubbling on one door arm rest 2 years ago. Then I noticed bubbling on center console arm rest and a second door arm rest in the summer of 2012. Now the center console arm rest cover is shredded like tissue paper. Clearly this is a quality problem and needs to be replaced. I have no idea how to proceed. If Honda won't make the repair, who should I consult and what is a cost estimate.

(If Honda won't make this repair it will be my LAST Honda purchase. I will be buying a new car next Spring.)

I bought a brand new off the lot 2008 Honda Accord with beautiful tan leather seats. about a year or so after I purchased the car I noticed the leather starting to bubble up on the center console and the door handles. The bubble eventually popped leaving a hole in the leather. Also the seat had some bubbling up and loss of color in spots. I took the car back to the dealer but it was out of warranty. The dealership agreed to split the cost of the replacement for the console and had the leather fixed on the passenger seat. They spray painted it with leather paint (i guess). Anyway that didn't last long as the color would wipe off on the rag when I used leather cleaner to clean off the seat. I imagine I am not the only one who is experiencing this problem as it is obviously the quality of the so called leather that is being used, or was being used.

Here is yet another 2008 Honda Accord gripe, around 22,000 miles I noticed little plastic chips falling out of the back of the steering wheel, they look like little black plastic pieces. Also the weather stripping on the A pillars keeps falling off during the summer when its hot. The moon roof got stuck open, took it to dealer and guess what, they left my car outside and it rained in my interior, they did fix it under warrany, but still a big pain in the ass. Passenger seat wobbles and makes rattling noises when you go over bumps. Arm rest on driver door has a hole worn in the cheapy fake leather from resting my elbow on it when i drive. Shifter knob is loose and rubber pedal pads are worn to the metal already. I wish honda made a toilet big enough to flush the accord down, because this car has turned out to be a TURD ! You should be ashamed of yourselves Honda!