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:
5 / 5
Injuries / Deaths:
8 / 0
Average Mileage:
34,170 miles
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My 2014 Honda Accord sport (72,000 miles) has intermittent starting issues. When attempting to start car, there will be no sounds or clicks, but all of the lights engage as if the better is fully charged. Then after 3-4 attempts the engine will turn over and start as if nothing was wrong at all. My local Honda dealership seems to think this is a starter issue, but this does not seem like a normal starter problem as it is very intermittent and makes not clicking sound. Have had issue for about 2 months now.
The contact owns a 2014 Honda Accord. When the contact pressed the push/start button to start the vehicle, the engine would not immediately start. The failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The failure mileage was 60,000.
For my 2014 Honda Accord purchased brand new in 2014, I started having starter issues after about 52K miles. I was surprised because generally a starter is supposed to be a long lasting part. Honda dealer did not cover it stating its past cars warranty. I did contact Honda and they are also saying car is out of warranty. They mentioned something about case may be reviewed but that mostly it's not covered. I also checked online and a lot of other Accord owners also had similar issues and there was a class action lawsuit in this regard.
3 lights illuminated on my dash, traction control, power steering, and TPMS. Dealer says its the ABS module. At only 53,000 miles, I believe this is premature failure. Poor design on Honda behalf. Same with the small oem battery Honda puts in these vehicles. Also failed prematurely. Honda needs to issue recall for ABS module. Vehicle was in park and took 5 attempts to start the vehicle, vehicle would start and stall, after 5 attempts vehicle stayed on with 3 warning lights and was able to drive away.
I took my car to Honda dealership 2 weeks ago.they reprogram a key and replace a recall sensor, so I was told. They also did a system update.since then I have had multiple issue with my car. 1st was a charging system warning, which I thought was my alternator or battery, but they said was nothing. Three days ago I got into my car to start it and it would not start stated " fcw system failed" after 3 attempts its started but acceleration would not respond. Rmp stayed below 2000 even with my foot deep on the gas pedal. I turn the car off and let it sit for for 20 mins, then it accelerator came back. But fwc and all service lights stayed on. Wake up the next day all lights went away like nothing had happened. Today I was driving home and the acceleration occur again. While on the high way it would not respond. Made it home safe. As I was about to get in my car again it would not start. Car has power but is not starting. At one point of trying to start my mph gaged was flicking, even after I release the start button. Ive read many reports by customers having the same issue with the fwc fail as well as the starter system. Base on my research it seems that only Honda Accord 2014 having this issue. Honda cant seem to find the source of the problem and this is bad. Whatever the cause may be Honda needs to find a solution to this. I was left stranded with no help and no one to call on. Because one moment my car was driving like the 2014 car it is and next it was not.
- Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
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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.
Every once in a while I am not able to start the car. The battery is good and the battery in the key fob has been replaced. When I push the button, nothing happens. After awhile (a few minutes to 30 minutes or so)the car will crank. This is happening more and more frequently. I am concerned that I will soon be stranded and not able to wait this out.
Last yes when the battery was 3 years old and it completely died on me, had to buy a new one. I didn't might since it was $150. A few month (August 2018) ago my car would not start from the first time I push the start bottom and I would have to push it again for it to start. This happened about once to twice a week. But over the last month (November 2018) this issue really increased. Started to happen more often and the car would start after the 5th or 6th attempt. Called the dealer they quoted me over $500 to fix the issue at a discounted rate. But my starter should not be going out this early when the car is only 3 to 4 years old. This issue must be happening a lot because the dealer didn't even ask to do a diagnostic. After I explain my problem they said quoted me for the starter. I have videos of this issue but I cannot upload it. I will place it on youtube (https://youtu.be/pysds6cndnq). Will upload more videos.
I only problem I have for this 2014 Honda Accord LX vehicle is the starting issue. Sometimes I cannot start the car and it strands me on the roadside or parking lot several times. I went to the Honda dealer and they checked that there's nothing wrong. I also went to other auto repair stores several times. And some of them said it's the starter's problem; others said it's alternator or battery's problem. The problem still exists. And when the weather becomes cold, the car cannot be started more frequently than warm days. This problem causes me big troubles because I have to pay a lot to jump start it. And it left me on the road which is unsafe. The car is only 4 years old and only 55000 miles on the odometer. There are so many similar cases with other Honda owner on the internet. I seriously think that Honda should take care of the problem and make a safety recall to fix the problem.
3 dashboard lights appear illuminated on dashboard all at once while driving the car, these three lights that remain illuminated include 1) anti-lock brake system (ABS) light, 2) vehicle stability control system (vsc) light, and 3) electric power steering light. Honda dealer told me that the ABS modulator needs to be replaced and that my car was not under warranty anymore (3yrs or 36K miles). The quote I recieved to replace the ABS modulator from the Honda dealership was $1,700. I decided to google ABS modulator for Honda Accord to see if there were other Accord owners that have a similar issue. Upon search from youtube and Honda forums, I found there to be other owners that have the same problem with 3 lights illuminated (ABS, vsc and electric power steering) and the repair cost if not under warranty can range from $1,300 to as high as $2,000 from what I saw other Honda Accord owners to report. I feel as though Honda is not taking responsibility to repair this outside of the warranty and feel as though they sold me a dysfunctional car. I feel compelled to write this complaint because my car value is 10K and to repair the ABS modulator I would have to fork up nearly 20% of my cars value for an electrical issue that was perhaps faulty design on Honda part. Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope you investigate it further.
My car was stationary. It was parked at a shopping mall parking lot. When I came back after shopping my car won't start. This has happened twice within a month. The electric ingition is not working. This is electric start failure. There should be an urgent recall. This is very unsafe as it keeps happening even when I am on the road.
To whom it may concern, I've been reviewing several website's where car owners of 2014 Honda Accord sedan's has reported where the ignition will not turn over when you insert their key. I have to turn my key and take it out at least 5 times in over for the ignition to turn over. This is a major concern for my especially if I'm stranded. I was in my parking garage on 11/19/18 at 5:30pm where my car will not start. I had to take my key out and insert it in the ignition for about 5 times before it turnover. My car has had its routinely check ups and I'm not sure as to why this is happening all or suddenly. I'm noticing that this has been happen for about 2 months. When I taken my car to my local dealership- duval Honda on casset ave and they stated that no one has reported this issue. However I have review plenty of complaints of the similar issue that I'm having.
The starter has started failing. It started out once a week and has continually gotten worse. Now when trying to start the car it fails multiple times a day.
The contact owns a 2014 Honda Accord. The contact stated the starter malfunctioned and the vehicle stalled. The contact opened the hood and the engine started smoking so he disconnected the battery. The vehicle was taken to the dealer visalia Honda (1016 S ben maddox way, visalia, ca 93292, (866) 220-5340) where the contact was advised that there was no recall on the vehicle. The failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had not been contacted. The failure mileage was unknown.
After 4 yrs and 60K miles this car has had a starter replaced by the dealer and I've gotthen two new batteries. Need to jump start every now and then even after the car has been turned off only while stopping for a couple off minutes. Can't rely on this car to be on time to pick up kids from school or get to work
The contact owns a 2014 Honda Accord. While driving 10 mph, the contact noticed smoke under the hood of the vehicle. The battery warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle caught on fire under the hood. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. It was unknown if the vehicle was a total loss. The manufacturer and dealer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 69,000.
My alternator reading is at 12.0, with the car still being this recent, the price of a new alternator is very expensive. I was hoping maybe to see if Honda actually has a recall on this model.
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