Table 1 shows one common electronic stability control related problems of the 2005 Honda Accord.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Electronic Stability Control problems |
Purchased car in 2007 - died while driving 2 wks later: new battery supposedly. Had batter/electric problems repaired thru starter, new batteries and alternators every other year. Today: 6/5/18 - car has electrical problem & so today I enter VIN # into NHTSA website with results: " a broken outer race may cause abnormal noise, the malfunction indicator light to turn on, and allow contact between the transmission idle gear and an electronic sensor housing within the transmission" called Honda hdqtrs and can't do anything.
Takata recall. I took my 2005 Honda Accord to Honda world in westminster, California and was told there's no recall for my airbags even though I have received notices in the mail and the airbag light turns off and on. The vehicle is in motion on city streets or highway, whether go straight or turning, the airbag light turns off and on. This dealer has refused to check the airbags unless I pay and says there's no recall for the airbags though I've received notices.
I were driving on freeway 405 near ucla at 55mph. There was a completed flat tire on my left front wheel of Honda Accord 2005. I felt the flat tire and see the abs light on my dash board turned on. After complete flat tire, the tire debris rip off my abs sensor wire for the left front wheel. My rim has no damage. Since my tire is only a few months old, so I get free replacement from costco. I think the Honda has a bad design on the abs sensor wire to my left front wheel. The abs sensor wire is not properly covered. The flat tire debris riped off the abs sensor wire. Contact Honda customer service about this. They said it is not their issue. I think a properly design car should not have anything rip off when a complete flat tire happened. Honda should have covered the abs wire more effectively.
My car is not equipped with stability control, but it does have traction control, which can be disabled by a switch on the left end of the dashboard. The traction control seems to work well at speeds above 30 mph, but when starting out, if the car hits a slippery patch, instead of pulsing the brakes to keep the wheels from spinning, as the Chrysler lhs I owned previously did, it simply gives up, cutting most of the engine power, leaving the car unable to go more than 2 or 3 mph. This is extremely dangerous when crossing intersections with stop signs and can even create a hazard when the intersection is controlled by a stop light. It can be avoided by disabling the traction control system before hand, but the disable button won't work if unless the car is at a complete stop, creating a panic situation if the system kicks in unexpectedly. No car should be allowed on the road with a system like this, but my understanding is that a number of other makes exhibit the same behavior, possibly due to a common vendor. There are traffic deaths due to improperly timed intersection crossings every day, and given the behavior of systems like this, I find it hard to believe that no deaths have resulted from it. I've been lucky enough to recognize the system's bad behavior and disable it more often than I would have to disable a properly designed system; the average driver should not be faced with such a burden. Please take action against all of the companies that allowed a system like this to get onto our roads. Please note that I listed the "date of incident" as the first occurrence I recall, because a date was required, but this has been happening, and I have been taking precautions to avoid it, from the time I got the car in 2006 up to now. Thank you.