CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2013-2014 Honda Accord is showing signs of an electrical problem with the starter failing soon after the 36K mile warranty expires. It's compounded by reports that the OEM battery doesn't have sufficient amps to start the V6 reliably after a year or two.
For now we are rating this problem with the "Beware" seal because it's occurring so soon after the 36K mile warranty expires. The upshot is when your Accord won't start, that's never good, but especially bad when it's just a few years old.
Also once again, owners are complaining that the 2014 Honda Accord seats are uncomfortable. Uncomfortable seats has been a significant complaint with the Accord since the 2008 model year.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 0
Average Mileage:
38,025 miles
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My car is subject to NHTSA recall number20V-769. The Honda dealer will not repair it unless I pay another $1,500 for parts. My dealer said this was a "money grab" by Honda and all related parts and labor at 4.5 hours. I should not have to pay for a recall because my driveshaft needs to be replaced.
Approx. 165000 I had to replace the transmission. The cvt transmission blew with me only owning for approx. 2.5 years. I'm now on my 3rd cvt transmission and Honda blamed me for the malfunction. I was driving to pick up my 3 year old from daycare when I heard a bang and items falling from my car. I was able to coast and park in a church parking lot.
February 13, 2021 around 11:45 I was driving with my son and his friend & my dog with me, I about to make a left in intersection when I hit the gas pedal I hear a noise under my car (boom) then the car won't go foward even though I hit gas. Then I put in reverse it's the same thing it won't stop the car are still moving backward so I hit the brake and the car stop in the middle of intersection. So I put the gear in "P" park position but the car are still moving down the hill. Slowly by slowly backwards and then I hit the snow on the side road that's why the car stop. I'm so nervous on that moment even my son and his friend are scared.
The contact owns a 2014 Honda Accord. The contact stated that the vehicle was serviced under NHTSA campaign number: 20V769000 (power train) in which both the driver's and passenger's side front drive shafts were replaced. The contact indicated that 10 days later while driving approximately 8 mph and making a right turn, a loud popping and banging noise from the front end had occurred. After stopping to inspect the vehicle, the vehicle began to roll away with the shifter in park position. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer who confirmed that the replacement driveshaft had fractured and the failure was due to poor casting of the part. No further information was available. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 62,000.
Putting vehicle in reverse, the car jerked and shut off thenstarted on own. Repeated twice. This happened once while making a broken U turn in a culdesac, the other was in my parking spot.
- Manassas, VA, USA
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Car was parked in driveway stationary in park and just rolled off out of the driveway by itself.I have a video but I unable to load on here. Proof video.
While driving to work ABS, vbs and steering lights all come on at same time. Brought into the dealer ship as a safety issue. Vehicle had approximately 103,000 miles. Dealer ran diagnostics and reset sensors, said it could be a bad module in the brake system would cost $1800 to replace. Drove car for 2 days all lights came back on. Questioned dealer about module and how common replacement was. They said never replace them. Researched the issue and found that it is very common and causes many issues, dealer/ manufacturer knows of issue and refuses to correct issue in cars with much less miles. Complained to dealer with no response.
All 2013-2016 Honda Accord with V6 engines and automatic transmission have a design failure that causes the starter and torque converter to grind intermittently until they fail. This design failure creates an extremely dangerous condition and can lead to the owner stranded. The cost to repair this problem is over $4,000. My failure started within the first 3 years of service with less then 50,000 miles. I've had to pay for 3 new starters and the problem still occurs. An online search show this problem occurs at a very high rate on these vehicles. I believe the problem is the engine and transmission won't align and even after the torque converter is replaced the problem will still occur because of the clearance failure due a manufacturer design issue.
My 2014 Honda Accord is experiencing excessive oil consumption, lack of engine power, engine stalling issues and overall unsafe drivability conditions. I took the vehicle to albany Honda on 5/4/2020 for them to diagnose and repair the issue but they could not duplicate the problems I was experiencing so they recommended an oil change and gasket valve cover replacement and charged me $262.08 for the service. I paid for the service and drove my vehicle off the lot with the severe issues still present. After 30 minutes of driving the vehicle the engine struggled to get up hills, began jerking, jolting violently and I was almost hit by oncoming traffic, I immediately called serve department back at Honda and told them about the incident and that I was bringing the car back and for them to do a thorough inspection and diagnosis of the vehicle as it had become a safety hazard and I didn't feel safe driving it. The next day the tells me that they 'test drove' the vehicle again and that the mechanic noticed a 'slight surge' but still could not pinpoint the issue. They then recommended a host of completely unrelated expensive repairs that would cost me $600 to $700; money that absolutely no one has to spare during this nationwide pandemic. Frustrated and disappointed I ended up taking my vehicle to another certified repair shop and they diagnosed the issue as P0300'as an engine misfire. The shop refused to work on the vehicle because they said it's a serious issue and that Honda should be responsible to repair my vehicle because they problem is a tsb bad piston rings that Honda needs to address.
The transmission went out while I was driving my 2014 Honda Accord. More specifically, I was driving out of a mall's parking lot. There are only 85,636 miles on the car and the car was made in America in January 2014. Prior to this event, there weren't any issues or alerts regarding the transmission.
Purchased 2014 Accord 5 years ago, and my oil light came on so I called to get my car service since my oil life said I was at 30%. I am now being told that my car is burning a lot of oil. Of course, when I am out of warranty. The dealership performed the oil consumption test after I reached 1K miles from my oil change and they said I may need to replace piston rings or get a new engine. I find it surprising for a car that is only 5 years old needs a new engine. Honda must be lying to their customers and failing the emissions test as their cars are burning way too much oil. Honda is not doing anything to fix this; it was a problem with the older cars (hence the recall for 2008-2011 models) and seems like it continues to be problem for the newer cars. Keep in mind, I have gone to the same dealer for all of my services and kept up to date with maintenance; and I was never told I had low oil in these five years.
The car is burning oil. I completed an oil consumption test as requested by the Honda dealer and the oil consumption is high, leading them to conclude that the car is burning oil.
I believe Honda is cheating on their emissions certifications my car. My car has a California: Pzev emission certification which continues for 15 years or 150,000 miles, whichever comes first. I purchased this pzev car thinking it would be good for our environment. My car has been well cared for, has 28, xxx miles on it, and is currently consuming engine oil at the rate of about one quart every 3,000 miles. I have been to walnut creek Honda complaining about this excessive oil consumption, and they tell me to continue adding oil until the oil consumption rate increases to one quart every 500 miles. Enough-is-enough! the internet. The internet is full of postings from other angry Honda owners complaining about excessive oil consumption of up to one quart every thousand miles and Honda says this is normal and refused to take responsibility for correcting Honda problem. Discussion. Pzev means partial zero emissions vehicle and I believe my car also meets the low emissions vehicle (lev) tailpipe-emission standards. Excessive oil consumption unnecessarily increases air pollution as evidenced by the coating of black soot on the insides of my cars tail pipe. Conclusion. I believe that Honda is cheating on their emissions certifications by designing and building engines that early in their useful life develop excessive oil consumption and Honda is refusing to correct their design defect until it reaches one quart of oil burned (creating unnecessary air pollution) every 500 miles driven. My friend frank has a 2003 Honda Accord with 85, xxx miles that uses almost zero oil between oil changes, so Honda definitely knows how to make engines that do not burn oil.
I was driving in my 2014 Honda Accord. I began to feel what I would describe as "tremors" as I was accelerating the car. I was going at a speed of about 25 mph. The tremors would occur for a bit then the feel of the drive was normal. This occurred on and off over the next 2-3 miles. I was at a stoplight and when the light changed, my car would not move at all, not while in drive or reverse. It just wouldn't move. I had to have the car towed to a Honda dealership. Once Honda evaluated the car after charging a $130 "diagnostic" fee, I was told that the problem was with the cvt transmission and that the problem was referred to the dealership's district(?) service manager to "see what Honda wants to do about it". the next day I received a call that the cost of the repair/replacement would be $4,386.80 and that Honda was agreeing to cover 60% of the cost and I would be responsible for paying 40% of the costs, which amounted to $1,826.88 (including taxes). When I asked what specifically was wrong with the cvt transmission, I was simply told "Honda doesn't allow us to open cvt transmissions." This sounds very suspicious to me. I need my car, so I don't feel like I have any choice but to pay the costs. However, I should point out that I keep up with the routine scheduled maintenance and had the transmission service as suggested at about 50K miles. I bought the car new in July 2014, so it is only 4 1/2 years old and has less than 65K miles on it. It seems like this transmission should be deemed defective and be completely covered under my warranty or extended warranty. Please advise.
Since I bought the car I've had problems with the car staying on and running, when I come to turn it on, it shuts off. I have taken it to Honda dealers and they don't see anything wrong with it.
My 2014 Honda Accord has 42,000 miles. Starting a couple months ago, the car would not start randomly. (battery, alternator tested good. No issues with them) I drive a manual transmission, if the car stalls in traffic or on a hill I wouldn't be able to start the car back up. This is extremely dangerous! I have been stranded places because the car won't start. One time it was 100 degrees outside and I couldn't leave to go home from work because it wouldn't start. Since the issue started a couple months ago, it is no much worse. I have to turn the key 15 to 20 times and it finally will start. Sometimes it wont. I have read that many people have issues with these 9th gen Honda Accord starters failing. Mine failed at 42,000 miles" what modern car's starter dies that early"! someone else's starter died at 24,000 miles. Many posts online about the issue. Took the car to the dealership, they wanted $800 to fix the issue. My warranty expired at 36,000 miles. So dangerous, expensive, and frustrating! this problem needs to be fixed by Honda.
Randomly the ABS, brake, traction, and steering wheel indicators appeared after starting the car and moving in motion to go to the store. No warnings preceded. After being checked by a mechanic, it was diagnosed as having a bad modulator. The indicator light continues to pop up each trip. Since having the car, the starter was replaced less than a year ago.
Wheel bearing failure, pre-mature - the car made a loud low hum between 35-60 mph. Reading forum's on line, road noise from the Michelin tires was described which I assumed the noise to be. The noise seemed to get louder over time so I had the dealer check it out. Both the left and right rear wheel bearings had gone bad on a 3 plus year old car (just out of warranty) with 26,000 miles. Both wheel bearings were replaced and it solved the problem.
Oil life at 40%. car was making noise. While driving and pressed on brakes...oil pressure light would turn on and off. Checked oil on car. No drop of oil in the engine. Excessive oil consumption. No leaks.. carbon found on cylinders, inside engine and on pinston rings. This is not normal especially when consistent oil changes, fuel injection was cleaned, and cvt transmission is also replaced consistently. I just bought the car 6months ago. Engine is currently dismantled and warranty does not cover! completely upsetting!
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- Eddyville, KY, USA