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
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
I bought a new Honda Accord 2014. The transmission broke at 47K miles and after it was repaired at nardy Honda it once again broke down at 75K miles. I have an 7 year warranty on the vehicle and nardy mgt. Extended it to 112K miles. Now in April 2020 the vehicle seems to have engine trouble. I have it towed to another dealership to repair vehicle since nardy was totally closed due to the corona virus. Once at huntington Honda, service mechanic shows me some thing happened to the wires on top of the engine by the fire wall. He stated a rodent may have chewed some wires. The service mgt. Stated I would not be covered and was an unbelievable expensive repair bill. They put some kind of rodent proof tape over the area, but didn't extended the tape another 2 feet to cover the entire back area. When I asked why not the mechanic stated that the tape was expensive. Well 2 weeks later the same problem arose a couple inches where the mechanic failed to extend the tape. Service mgt stated that they were sorry but you will not be covered for the same repair which in total was over 1000 dollars when the dealership should of repaired the problem the first time. I also learn that Honda had made theses lines eco friendly from 2010 to 2016 where it attracted rodents. I feel I should be compensated for this very expensive repair.
My car 2014 Honda Accord sport automatic transmission has a problem with starting engine, it was quiet several times when starting engine and it turns out it caused starter won't start. My car just 49,000 miles and occurs this problem. I'm totally disappoint the quality of Honda. I'm not sure that : should NHTSA take an action to order Honda motor recall this matter due to defected starter or what so ever ?
Honda Accord sport 2014, new battery and new starter. Some time start normal some time dead. After giving jump, start and no problem for few weeks and start again. Do not know what is the problem.
Every once and a while I get in my car and try to start it up and it won't start. It takes several times before it does start up. You never know when it's going to not start because it does it every now and then. I have been stranded many times waiting and constantly turning the switch to see if it'll start and after many tries, it does. I have replaced the starter and key fob batteries neither one of them were the problem. After replacing the starter, my key fob stopped working and I can't lock my doors anymore. I've also took it to the dealership to have it looked at and they tried to replace two of the fuses but they both burnt out as soon as they were put in. I've only had this car for two months and it feels like I've had it for years the way I'm having problems with it.
5 times one or more spark plugs failed, causing power loss to gasoline engine, slowing car to a stop. Each time, the car was on the freeway (ca-2), utilizing cruise control. Dealer replaced special spark plugs as a waranty issue. Happened 2X in 2015, 1X in 2017, 1X in 2018, 1X in 2020. The car was climbing a slight grade, weather was variable (cool to hot), always on cruise control, speed never exceeding 60 mph.
The car intermittently will not start. All electrical components work, ac works, windows, except the engine doesn't turn over. The engine does not start. Sometimes it starts the first time, other times you are sitting there trying to start for 15, 20 min. The frequency of non- start increases as time goes on. Temperature and time driven do not matter. It's happened in 70 degree weather and in 15 degree weather. It's happened after I've driven for 5 min or 50 min.
After putting the car in gear it shows a fcw code in the dashboard. It happens everytime the car is moving out of the driveway, on a street, highway, and interstate.
Car does not start reliably and when it does, lights dim upon engaging the power steering to turn, the radio goes on and off while the car is running and the car nearly dies while stopped at a light with the ac running.there are countless similar complaints online to warrant a recall. Either the battery harness is defective or the Honda Accord in general has major electrical issues starting as early as 35,000 miles.the battery, starter & alternator have been tested and ruled out as defective. This is a completely unreliable car that could die in the middle of traffic. There have been several recalls on the battery-adjusting software and some issue with moisture increasing risk of fire.
Engine will not start intermittently. Car is push button start. Hear relay click but starter does nothing. After repeated attempts, car starts normally with plenty of crank from the starter. Battery/alternator checks out fine; this is not a battery problem. Intermittent but seems to be increasing in frequency.
My car will have moments when it will not start. In order to start my vehicle, I have to keep turning the key into it turns on. My battery and alternator have been check but both are functioning properly. It will do this in various scenarios, if the car is off 5 minutes or 5 hours.
Today is February 24 2020 and my car started doing a weird noise on the engine what it sound like a misfire but all the lights started coming up on my dashboard while losing power on it was very scary cuz a lot of cars were passing by at a high speed on the freeway I was real scary cars almost hit me.. the car was service a week before they recommended to replace ignition coils and spark plugs which got done on it ever since then my car has had a weird rattling noise when starting it up after a few minutes it goes away hope these issues are corrected bye dinners under ships or manufacturers for safety purposes thank you.
In the 2014 Accord, the push to start turns the lights on and the dash, but the car does not start. There was a recall for the same issue in other models of Honda but not in the 2014. So needless to say I can turn everything but the car on. The piece is $200 to replace without labour cost. I only have 44,000 miles on my vehicle. I have looked up the issue and, I'm not the only person with this vehicle to experience the problem. I truly hope this can be fixed and a recall should be in order. This is ongoing still sometimes after trying for 10-15 minutes it will start other times it doesn't. makes it very hard when I'm a single mom who thought she was buying a good reliable car.
Engine fails to crank at first try. Car has only 30000 miles. Starter makes strange sound and nothing happens when cars is parked for some time. Had the battery terminal recall done before this started to happen. Repeated tries with the start button will eventually work, so far.
I have had 1 oem Honda starter replaced and 2 aftermarket ones. The car intermittently starts. Sometimes immediately and sometimes leaves me stranded. I took the car in a few times to the Honda dealership in the past and since I couldn't replicate it they couldn't do anything and was charged the diagnostic fee $180. This car is so unreliable that I can't even have my kids drive it fearing them being stranded. I had the car towed at least 6 times. To have the car start fine the next day or even hours later. There are so many complaints with others owning the same generation Honda Accord on all the forums online. It is not safe at all. I have been dealing with this around 40K and now my car is 160K, since no one seems to be able to fix it.
Vehicle sometimes does not start. I have two vehicles of the same model and year one was recalled and software was fixed concerning the electrical system and battery and this vehicle that I am submitting was not recalled even though they were bought on the same day and are the same exact model.
Vehicle will not start sometimes when you push the start button. I had the battery, alternator, and started tested and all are in perfect working order.. all the batteries in the keys are fine as well. The process I use to start the car is push the break then press the push start button. When it does not start it makes a clicking noise like the battery is dead but there again when the battery is tested it is fuller charged. This is very frustrating as a new mother. I am scared my son and I will be left somewhere with my car unable to start. I have attached an image of which dashboard alerts appears when this issue occurs.
My 2014 Honda Accord has been having intermittent issues with the push-button start for several months. I took it to the dealership who replaced the battery and things worked a little better for a couple of weeks, but it is back to not starting intermittently when I hold down the brake and push the starter button.
When trying to start, makes a clicking noise and won't start. Have to turn it off, wait, then try again. Sometimes I even get out the car and lock it to reset everything. Sometimes it starts, sometimes it doesn't. sometimes I have to jump start it.
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