general problems of the 2008 Honda Accord - part 1

Took my car to dmv and was told about 3 recalls jy4 / 16v-056 safety e-063 r21 / 09e-063 safety v-395 r89 / 11v-395 safety 2008 Honda Accord lx recall title srs no communication recall 08-2010 Accord nose mask secondary shaft.

On August 6, 2025, I scheduled an appointment at ball Honda, located at 2135 national city blvd, national city, CA 91950 (tel: 619-259-5865), for a recall service on my 2008 Honda Accord, since I was unable to attend, I sent my son to take the car in, however, the Honda representative refused to perform the service, stating, "the recall was for vehicles purchased new, and they came with a nose mask," without checking the VIN or verifying whether my vehicle was actually affected by the recall.

The contact owned a 2008 Honda Accord. The contact stated that she reversed the vehicle into her driveway and exited. After five minutes, an abnormal odor of smoke was detected. There were sparks detected in the engine compartment, and the vehicle caught fire. The fire consumed the engine area up to the dashboard. The fire department extinguished the fire. There were no reported injuries, air bag deployment  or police report filed. The insurance towed the vehicle to a tow lot and deemed the vehicle a total loss. The local dealer was contacted, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, who opened a case. The failure mileage was approximately 163,000.

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I have been told my vehicle is a lemon. I believe the regular maintenance schedule that I have been adhering to should somewhat avoid this issue. I have went to two Honda dealerships, ed napelton and one in orland park IL. Three weeks ago I drove and parked came back attempted to start and my baby would not start. I noticed when I attempted to turn the key the needle would go to the top. I waited a while the car started took her in to wd napelton, they kept telling me nothing was wrong. They said I could leave because they did not choose to figure out why my vehicle had just not started, so I went to my car to leave and she did not start right their in the parking lot. I went and go my mechanic and he tried to start it wouldn't start, he looked at the dash and said your car is overheating. Im asking why it was just here for a oil change and some other work prior to that. I had file a bbb complaint. The director called ke in for a meeting with the mechanic and from what they are saying because no one has given me anything in writing, I was told to be careful driving and every week my coolant should be topped off. They did say the coolant is leaking into my engine. I got a 3rd opinion and Honda ahould have goven me a detailed description of the diagnosis. The sales department is bothering me about buying my car, I told them no, I need my cat I cant afford another vehicle. My gut is telling me Honda has done thia to my engine thinking I will have to buy another vehicle. Please help me get a proper diagnosis and I need to know how this issue was caused? my last recourse is speaking with attorney.

Went to get my smog check and the found the problem and he diagnosed the problem as a nose mask.

Inside the right side of the door pen mark.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Honda Accord. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, it caught on fire. No one was injured during the fire. The fire department was notified and extinguished the fire. A fire department report was filed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure the manufacturer was made aware of the faillure. The vehicle has not been inspected however the fire department in their report could not determine what caused the fire because the vehicle was badly burn. The failure mileage was 560,000. Vw.

The car caught on fire near the passenger front wheel, my home security camera, detected motion ( the flames) no modifications were ever done to my car the fire department wasn’t able to determine the cause as 7 minutes passed before they arrived. The surveillance camera picked up motion 40 minutes before the fire when a car drove down my street. Yes it was 13 years old but it was regularly maintained by my mechanic and in excellent condition as I can provide pictures and full footage of the entire incident. If my vehicle had been parked in my garage it could’ve burned down my house !! fortunately it was parked on the curb in front of my house.

Oil consumption issue and grinding from timing chain at cold starts. Will become a major issue so why no recall? driver seat motor is dead.

See attached file for more complete explanation. Honda service center is recommending I install 2 new axles. This car 2008 Honda Accord has only 55,000 miles on it and has not hit anything. Complaint filed with Honda and ftc. Details in attached document.

Honda makes very bad transmissions. I have a 2008 v6 Accord and transmission broke down at 151,000- miles. Also radiator went broke at 152,000.

Takata recall. Honda contacted me again regarding the takata airbag inflator. I traded this car into an Acura dealer approximately 10 years ago. I have contacted Honda by phone and mail 5 or 6 times yet they still haven't corrected this. Somewhere someone is driving a dangerous vehicle. I sure they could find this car if they followed up correctly. They are obviously not very concerned about safety.

Both front driver and passenger side air bag curtains that connect to the roof are leaking water into the vehicle when it rains. I'm aforesaid this could affect my airbag in the event of an accident. I never realized this is why my driver seats are wet when it rains.

I have a 2008 Honda Accord that was purchased in Feb 2011. I have never had any major issues with this car in the past, besides replacing brakes. However, in the past year, I have noticed that my oil is burning much faster than it used to. I go to the dealer to have my oil changed per their instructions when the oil meter says 15%. However, I noticed that my car was running odd, even though my oil meter said 60%. I checked my oil dipstick to find that it was completely dry October last year, even though I just had an oil change 2 months before. I had to buy two quarts of oil to fill it back up. I suspected that the dealership (Honda of columbia) did not actually fill my oil, but charged me for it. I went to the Honda dealership in columbia, who insisted that they did fill my oil in October. Since that incident, my car has had to have frequent oil changes, due to the oil burning out quickly. I had an oil consumption test started in July 2019 at 147,384 miles and it showed my car burned a quart of oil in 2000 miles (149,230). The Honda dealership told me that it was �normal� to burn one quart in 2000 miles because my car has many miles. Therefore, I had to buy another quart of oil to add to my car. I checked my oil yesterday (at 150,300 miles) and I have burned another quart. This time it was 1000 miles for one quart. It is concerning that my car has started to burn oil quickly when it did not before.

Door lock, rear passenger side, automatically unlocks when I lock the doors. This has happened before on the driver side, rear door and was replaced due to recall.

Very loud noise for a few seconds when starting the car. . Took it to the mechanic shop he said it was the vtc actuator and few other things. .

Watet leaking on the driver side curtain airbag.

The car is excessively burning oil. I have to add a quart of oil at least once a month. Before that I was getting oil changes frequently because the car was saying the oil was low.

Takata recall can't make contacts 1-833-619-7579 or 920 238 6810 or by. . Read more...

While playing music the rear deck lid rattles really bad with the bass from the music.

I hear a grinding sound every time I brake. I saw that Honda settle a class action lawsuit regarding replacing or reimbursing for brake pads that wore out twice as fast. But I called Honda and they told me my car was not covered by this. I have a proximately 54,000 miles on my vehicle. Secondly, my vehicle vibrates or shakes a bit at higher speeds of 65 mph and above on the highway. Not sure if this is a common problem or should be addressed by Honda. Finally, I develop backaches due to the discomfort of the seats which I suspect are not correctly or ergonomically designed. After about 30 to 40 minutes of driving I experience lower back pain which I normally never have. This dissuades me from driving for much longer distances as I remain stiff and need to rest in order to recover from the back pain after driving the vehicle.

Transmission stalling.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v346000 (air bags), 16v056000 (air bags), and 09e063000 (equipment). The parts for the recall repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The contact had not experienced a failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issues. Parts distribution disconnect and VIN tool confirms parts not available.

Car sporadically dying (electrically and all) while in drive or in motion of forward driving (while going 30 + mph) and then just as sporadically turning itself back on. Makes chain dragging sound similar to worn brake pads but the sound will change pitches while driving between 0-43mph. After 43 mph it no longer makes odd sounds but as soon as deceleration begins it is at risk to either temporarily "die' or slightly jerk and almost "die". This has happened while driving up to 20 times within 3 miles and the first time it "died" was while pulling into a parking spot and fully stopping. It has not done it for the last couple days and local mechanic could not diagnose it as the battery was in great condition and everything appeared to be plugged where it should be.

Vtc actuator car makes rattling noise at start-up and at other times.

Is making a very loud rattle noise for about 2 second at cold start-up as I see that is common problem with Honda cars.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v346000 (air bags) and 09e063000 (equipment). The parts needed to repair the vehicle were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available and parts distribution disconnect respectively.

While sitting in the car the interior sun visor mounting unexpectedly came loose and the visor suddenly dropped. Had this happened while the vehicle was under way this could have caused an accident. I understand that this was a problem on some Toyota vehicles and several other Honda owners have experienced similar issues.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v346000, 16v056000, 15v665000 (air bags) and 09e063000 (equipment). The parts needed for the repair were not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available and parts distribution disconnect.

The door panels of all Accords ive noticed the inside door panels peels very bad. I took my car to maaco and he said he have seen quite a few like that. It cost me 572. 00 to repair it with real leather. And the leather seats peels also. I have always kept my cars up inside and out. It upsets me so much because these cars are so pretty and easy to maintain as far as maintanence.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v346000 (air bags), 16v056000 (air bags) and 09e063000 (equipment) however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the issues. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available. Parts distribution disconnect.

Takata recall as part of the airbag think my car is one of the recalls Honda garage in greenfield mass. Could not tell me. Also brought my car today to have it test drive because feel like the front in has problems with noise an vibration feeling they test drove it said looked at it in the garage an told me it looked fine I just dont feel like it drives like it did before just want to send this as back up because if it brakes or ends up back in want to make it known an worried about the airbags.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v061000, 16v056000, 15v665000 (air bags) and 09e06300 (equipment) and stated that the parts needed for the repair were not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available. Parts distribution disconnect.

Experiencing excessive oil consumption, per Honda recall, it is due to piston o rings leaking oil into chamber causing excessive oil burning and causing engine knocks once the oil was consumed within less than 3 months.