general problems of the 2018 Honda Accord - part 2

Vehicle suddenly accelerated one day as if someone had pushed on gas almost causing an accident. Next day vehicle began lagging and suddenly stopped with all lights and warnings going off. Everything from lane departure to emissions issues. Both issues could have easily caused accidents. Looking issues up I see that several Honda’s of this year are being recalled for fuel pumps but not mine. Several others have had similar issues with their vehicle as well and not being recalled. Vehicle is only 3 years old and less than 40k miles on it. This sudden acceleration or deceleration and dying is going to get someone hurt.

The contact owns a 2018 Honda Accord. As his wife was pulling into a driveway at a low rate of the speed, the vehicle independently accelerated without warning. The contact's wife had slammed on the brake pedal but to no avail. The vehicle continued to accelerate and crashed into the house. The vehicle continued to accelerate upon impact and his wife was able to shut off the vehicle. The contact's wife nor the occupants inside the home were injured as a result of the collision. The vehicle caused damage to both the home and the vehicle in the garage. The airbags did not deploy upon impact. The police were called to the scene and a police report was filed. Due to the failure, the vehicle was towed to an independent body shop for repair. The dealer nor the manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 23,000.

Collision mitigation braking system problem. See your dealer. This has showed up 3 times on my car so far, 2 times in 6 days. Driving in good weather, clean highways, checked radar for debris and have not found any each time. Dealer says no code, nothing wrong! why is it telling me to "see dealer" ???? if nothing is wrong. All the safety, cruise and braking safety features were shut off, could not use cruise alone after. Happened once in 2020 and March 20&26 of 2021. Dealer keeps telling me nothing is wrong!.

Driving on I-65 at 70mph (my cruise was set along with acc and lkas). System worked with no issues for ~200 miles. When this happened, the car in front of me slowed down, and my car started slowing down as well. Out of the blue, as I got closer, I got this error in my dash, collision mitigation braking system problem see your dealer. It took a second for me to realize that my car was no longer slowing down. Fortunately I still had enough distance to press on my brakes before hitting the back of the car in front of me.

I was slowly pulling into my garage to park. When I pressed on the parking break, the car revved to full speed, slammed into garage and would not respond to the brakes, or any attempt to turn off the ignition or to control the car, including failure of the automatic emergency braking, forward collision or parking collision to function, even though they were all turned on. When "park" was depressed, with the engine still revving at a high speed, the car flew full speed into reverse into the driveway, spun in a circle then flew through the driveway elevated concrete divider, through the neighbors fence and was stopped by a large boulder under the driver's side of the vehicle. The engine was smoking and revving and did not immediately stop. The driver's side air bag had deployed and the door was jammed. I crawled out of the passenger side. The neighbor into whose yard the vehicle went, witnessed the incident. Another neighbor rushed to the car with a fire extinguisher, disconnected electrical wiring and sprayed the engine. The car had gone totally out of control. It took the towing service 2 hours to get the car out of the yard. My insurance company determined the car to be a total loss. Recently, the collision center where the car was eventually taken, completed an analysis of the car's computer and determined there had been multiple computer system failures leading to the car becoming uncontrollable. Fortunately, I was not seriously injured. Had this happened in a busy area, there could have been a much more disastrous result with deaths. The police arrived but did not file a police report as the incident was on private property and there was no one seriously injured.

The vehicle gave me a warning for the emergency breaking and began to aggressively brake for no reason. This has happened to me three separate times. Case 1: there were no cars in front of me, a few cars behind but not too close. The vehicle slammed on the breaks from ~50mph to ~25mph aggressively. Thankfully I was not hit, only received a few angry honks from other drivers. Case 2: driving on the highway at 60-65mph, vehicle slowed down to 30-35mph or so, I was afraid I was going to end up in the hospital if I caused a wreck. Cars were around in other lanes and nobody was in front of me in the 2nd lane. I got off the highway to take a few deep breaths, called the Honda dealership in ferndale, michigan. Dropped my car off a few times to get it looked at, the service department was "unable to duplicate the event" and sent me on my way. I work in front camera modules/windshields releasing at another automotive company so I have experience with this item. I asked for my case to be forwarded to an engineer at Honda to help explain the situation and to be connected to them, no luck. Case 3 similar to case 1, but a busier road. Distance was kept from vehicle in front, but my vehicle still decided to "break-check" the car behind me. This was a close one. Now, I typically drive the vehicle with the auto braking feature off (it may not be completely off but I turned it off from the steering wheel menu options). I own a 2018 Honda Accord ex-l 2. 0t. All these cases happened around 28,000miles-40,000miles (two of three cases under warranty, vehicle was taken in 2-3 times during warranty and the last time the dearlership didn't even consider trying to find out the issue once they saw my history of already bringing it in). The front camera module camera void on the windshield was clean and clear 3of3 times, the grille had some dirt/residue 1of3 times which is what the dealership blamed it on. I have received no support for my claims, hence I am reporting it here. Disappointed. . .

The cmbs, speed follow are not working when you drive 40miles in the freeway and it say always see your dealer and the seatbelt are very stiff.

2018 Accord randomly and automatically brakes hard when no obvious hazard is around. The acc will turn off and error is displayed saying see your dealer. When the car is turned off it resets and acc is running again. I am getting very nervous driving this car on highways.

The problems with vehicle started three months after purchasing it in November 2018. I have four documented cases with the dealership. As well as 7 videos of the incident taken place while the car is in motion. The tachometer and entire dashboard, including entertainment center, shuts off while driving. This is a big safety issue especially while using the gps. The system reboots itself while the car is in motion. Honda corporate is aware of the issue and had not provided a fix for the issue to date, despite representations that such fixes would be available by fall of last year. I also have voicemail from the service and parts director of the dealership admitting fault and no fixes for the problem. I have additional evidence I can share. For "when did this happen?", I have put the approximate last time this issue arose. The problem is ongoing and has been since I bought the car in November 2018. Please note that my pdf files cannot go below 6mb, so I need to submit that to you some other way when you contact me. Thank you for your time.

Car on a straight road, no adverse weather conditions. The collision mitigation braking systems shuts down. This has occurred during both day and night time and has happened six times. The radar panel was not obstructed. The cmbs can only be reset by stopping and restarting the car. I have contacted the manufacturer's customer support with no resolution. I have contacted at least two dealer service centers with this problem, no resolution. They say they need to see the error code - problem is, the warning resets when the car is restarted. This problem has been reported by other customers on the car complaints website. Most recent occurrence was on 06 Feb 2020. The cmbs has shut down at different mileages, both in and out of the cars warranty.

Accord accelerates to surge at random - it happened 4 times. Two times when we were driving on the freeway, one time on the street, and one time was when we were stopped at a red light! we had to brake very, very hard, and use our emergency brake! we are lucky that no one was in the cross-walk when this occurred. As you see in the attached receipt, the problem is the tape used when our Accord was built. The dealer said that this is happening once per month at their location where cars are brought in with the same problem. The dealer told me that the wires are faulty because rodents are attracted to chew on the cars wires specifically. When we called Honda customer service about this issue. The customer service representative said that Honda is aware of this issue, and has made rat tape to address it, but that Honda is waiting to hit a certain number numbers of complaints so that it is enough to meet its threshold before issuing a full recall.

On Sunday night (11/10/19) around 5:15 pm, I was driving down the left lane of a 2-lane highway at ~55 mph. The closest vehicle was no less than 5 car lengths ahead of me. Randomly, the orange "brake" light came on in the dash and the car automatically slammed on the brakes almost to a complete stop causing my head to jolt forward. Luckily the car behind me was able to stop as I started to accelerate again. I believe there was nothing in front of me or on the road that should have caused this safety feature to engage. This was very dangerous and scary. I woke up this morning in excruciating pain from my neck and shoulders down to my lower back. The pain has been getting worse throughout the day and is now radiating down my arms and I have limited range of motion. Last night, I figured out how to turn off the automatic brake feature and have not turned it back on today.

Car accident head on emergency break didn’t work bad injuries.

Collision mitigation system does not work; initial issue was warning systems went on with no one in front of car. Second time brakes were applied to vehicle with no one in front of car, leading to car induced panic stop on road, thankfully, no one was trailing my car at that time. Honda test drove and could not find anything; since this is sporadic, this was not surprising. Told them it is a very dangerous condition and that this is a well documented complaint on websites; they told us we can turn off front mitigation collision system each time we drive. Requested dealership general manager to report this condition to regional director at Honda.

Collision mitigation, lane assist, road departure, and brake system malfunction before vehicle is a year old causing vehicle to leave roadway when using speeds in excess of 50 mph preventing vehicle from stopping, and/or causing steering wheel to "alert" you of lane departure while driving properly also causing vehicle to "steer" into side of 18 wheeler while traveling speeds in excess of 60mph for interstate travel with passengers in tow. Has happened for roughly 7,000 miles. When brought to Honda to be fixed, was told it was not covered under vehicle warranty due to having "clips" broken off of front sensor. Was accused of sensor being hit by something yet no sign of damage. Honda refused to have this fixed and simply "cleared" the alerts causing vehicle to not have use of any safety features but also not show any maintenance codes as well. Honda service manager stated something as simple as a "junebug" can cause this to malfunction and that is why customers carry collision with insurance. States alot about Honda's quality if a simple junebug can cause an entire $30,000 vehicles safety features to malfunction and a service manager not want to comply with safety standards due to some 2$ broken clips that can break by simply driving down a louisiana roadway. What does this state about these vehicles up north dealing with snow with a sensor that sits underneath the front bumper?.

The collision mitigation system and adaptive cruse control (acc) has on two occasions turned off at highway speed - potentially dangerous situation if you are depending on the system to regulate your speed in traffic. The car must be stopped and restarted to reactivate the system. Also, the system at times applies braking when there are no other cars or other obstacles in it's line of sight. This also seems to happen (not always) when overtaking a tractor trailer at highway speed. I have researched this problem on the internet and other Honda owners have experienced the same issue, typically with the dealer not being able to find a problem. Apparently the error codes reset when the car is restarted.

The collision mitigation braking system warning light comes on intermittently. I have to stop the car turn it off and turn it back on in order to reset the warning light. The dealer tells me this is a known problem but they don't have a fix the light has come on in all types of driving conditions, clear and dry, rain, etc.

Cmbs problem. . . Was driving on the highway yesterday when the "collision mitigation breaking system" light came on and that disabled the acc I was using. Nothing particular happened, maybe I was braking at the time. I arrived at destination. Turn the car off and back again right away to see the warning light disappear and everything back to normal. I thought I was ok but it happened few hours later on the way back in the same circumstances.

Collision mitigation braking system activated for no reason, on surface roads and highway speeds, vehicle slammed on brakes automatically, there is nothing on the road in front of the car. This has occurred numerous times. Dealerships told me that there was no registration in the warranty system because they were unable to fix the problem so no record of this problem was sent to Honda USA.

Collision detection system failed, works fine after restart. Issue occurs every 70 miles and requires a restart to fix.

Since the vehicle reached approximately 5000 miles, I had a massive safety failure of the "Honda sense" system shutting down, hazard & turn signals inoperative, power locks inoperative, brake system warning light on, loss of auto headlights and information screen. Vehicle was taken to the dealrship and they retrieved trouble code which is a "mystery code" that Honda does not know why its occuring . . . . Radar told car to accelerate when vehicle was not in motion u0401-92 along with 3 other codes. Dealership showed me printout from computer but customer receipt said reset system only and did not list out trouble codes (4 codes retrieved) vehicle now stops intermittently while driving at highway speeds, pulls itself out of the lane while driving, and apple car play system no longer will recognize iphones (tried multiple) and dealer has verified issue but just resets. Infotainment screen lost power and set warning message for same when dropped off again at dealership 2/26/19. Dealer in florida also had car, said nothing wrong, could not duplicate and vehicle never left dealership and carplay did not work after they claimed it was fine. Also found that entire system was reset and rebooted, causing loss of all settings and stored information/stations. . . . Why reboot if its working? vehicle now being driven with Honda sense system off due to fear of collision or accident caused by vehicle and not driver. This vehicle is now unsafe to drive. Multiple complaints about vehicle braking on its own, flashing "brake" warning to driver when no car in front . . . Happens local and highway driving now intermittently. Vehicle has been in dealerships approximately 4-5 times since inital electrical failure 12/24/19. Email contact and several phone calls to hma already. Original electrical failure happened 12/23/28 and I have been dealing with since. Also have snapshots.

As I was pulling out the garage from the san francisco International airport heading towards the highway to san francisco the miles per hour is 30 entering and then 65 mph when you get on highway. The dash board indicates the wrong miles for speed it said 100 mph. It stayed like that for more than 5 mins. I already had a previous situation with this vehicle where the braking systems engaged as I was on highway in 05/13/2018, and almost caused my life and others behind me, there was significant damage from being rear ended and over 18k worth of damage but Honda dealer keep saying nothing was found faulty! I had them turn �off� all safety modes cause I'm afraid it will happen again but it keeps coming back �on�. It yanked me several times when no other car is around me. The braking light appeared several times already since I got it back, and it's like they don't believe you. Now after all this I'm stuck with a faulty car I'm really thinking about getting a lawyer on this. And my speakers seem not to be right either the sounding is very low compared to when I got it. Only 2000 miles and this car been a pain . Physically and mentally! and did I mention that my airbags didn't work from first incident I reported. After car was crushed in from being hit from behind . Nope they failed too.

I live in rochester NY and even with very light snow that is not even collecting on the roadway I get an urgent notification that crash avoidance and any radar based safety systems are compromised and not available at this time. This is due to the radar unit being interfered with snow collection as it is in the shape of a square cup and it collects snow like a scoop. There is no heating element on the unit at all to keep it clear of snow and it's location is such that it is rendered totally useless in any snow what so ever. BMW, mercedes and Audi all either have hidden their units behind items that are heated for northern climates or the radar unit itself is gently heated below a particular temperature to avoid loosing all safety systems. This is simply not acceptable in a modern car and I would ask NHTSA to look into with Honda recalling all northern cars to change the radar unit to a heated version or to relocate it behind an emblem or something that doesn't collect snow like a scoop. It is a very poor design and impacts all distance and crash avoidance systems present on the vehicle. This is a 2. 0 touring edition with every available option so it is not for a lack of spending money for safety that's for sure. The dealer said they have received many complaints about this same issue and are telling people it's made that way and frankly the sensor should be heated in northern climates. Nice!.

Automatic emergency braking took car from 60 to 0 on highway (route 65n in nashville). Luckily no one was behind me (it was 6am) or I could have been rear-ended. I could not accelerate or control the car at this point and came to a complete stop. This is the second time this has happened in the last month. This turns a touted safety feature into a hazardous feature. Planning on a dealer visit this Friday.

Driving my new 2018 Accord ex-l 2. 0 in the left lane on i65 going south toward lafayette in on Friday October 5. There were two southbound lanes. Conditions were wet but it was not raining hard at the time. Had acc and other safety features on. Was passing a semi (that was going about 70-71 mph) at about 75 mph when a car came up behind me going much faster than me. I accelerated to move in front of the truck and immediately lost all acceleration. The small yellow check engine light came on and I was steadily losing speed. I maneuvered over to the right shoulder going about 50. Had to keep the engine revved at 3000 rpm and still was steadily losing speed while driving on the shoulder. Eventually pulled off at the first exit after about 2 miles on the shoulder and was going about 15 mph at the time. Turned off the car, waited for a few minutes, and started it up. It drove fine and the engine light stayed off. I had my wife and two daughters in the car. We easily could have caused an accident on a busy two-lane interstate with many semis. Dealer says there are no codes to check from the cel and that all hoses, etc are connected and that the car is fine. It wasn't fine when it lost power on the highway. I suspect an electrical problem or something with the fuel pump.

Failure of front crash mitigation, lane deparure mitigation system while car is moving. Sudden deceleration from engine to electric at highway speeds.

Tl-the contact owns a 2018 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that the vehicle deaccelerated completely on several occasions. There was a loss of motive power. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The contact stated that all of the warning lights illuminated on the dashboard. Hughes Honda - 2250 moody road, warner robins, georgia 31088 (478) 449-3939 - was made aware of the failure and stated that the fuel injector may have been faulty within the vehicle. The source of the failure was undetermined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. In addition, the contact stated that the vehicle is stationed in germany and referenced NHTSA campaign number: 18v629000 (back over prevention, visibility) on the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 13,000. Ad.

2018 Honda Accord exl. 1565 miles on odometer. Weather was sunny and 89�f. I was driving vehicle on the interstate at approximately 65 mph with acc and lkas activated but being closely monitored as this feature is new to me. As the traffic was slowing down ahead the instrument cluster displayed "collision mitigation braking system problem. See your dealer" error message. I had to quickly apply the brakes to avoid a collision with the car in front of me. In the process of notifying dealership to seek out a solution. Very worried about this as a system designed to prevent front collisions almost caused one!.

Wife was driving on interstate in the left hand lane about 75 mph when a yellow light appeared on the dash and car lost engine power. Wife is unsure which yellow light came on due it happening so fast. She coasted across three lanes and made it to the shoulder. Car was towed to dealer and they cannot find anything wrong with it. There is 700 miles on the car. Dealer said it may have been road debris that caused collision mitigation braking system to take control of the car but nothing was recorded in the edr unit. Very unsafe.

I have revcieved the "collision mitigation braking system problem" multiple times. I have taken it to the dealer and they adjusted the brake and did a software update but I continue to get the same problem.

Immediately after purchasing the vehicle in charleston, SC, I made a trip to atlanta. During the round trip I noticed on several occasions after making a stop, such as at a traffic light, when the light turned green and I pressed the accelerator there was no response. After 4 or 5 seconds the engine accelerated at such a rate that it was difficult to control. I knew that this problem was potentially very dangerous. In fact, I told my wife that she should never drive the car until this problem was resolved. After returning home from atlanta I took my car into the service department at rick hendricks's Honda in charleston, SC where I purchased the car. I explained the problem to the service technician and after several hours he told me that they had tested the car and that the problem I had was inherent to this Accord and I would have to live with it. He told me that I had been driving the car in econ mode and that this problem would not happen if econ mode was �off�. So, I turned econ mode �off� and began driving the car off the dealer lot and when I stopped at the first stop sign and then began proceeding, there was no response when I pressed the accelerator. I refuse to accept the fact that I have purchased a new car and have to live with a defect that the dealer says �it is just the way your 2018 Honda Accord works�. I am driving an automobile that potentially might cause injury to myself, passengers in my car, and other vehicles as well.

All Honda sensing lights goes off and see the dealer message shown on screen.

On 3 seperate occasions the car has seen a shadow on the ground and slammed on brakes then releasing for no reason. There were no other vehicles around me on each occasion. I thought the car was stopping on a yellow light on the first incident but was told by the service manager that it doesn't do that. This is a very dangerous issue that needs to be addressed. I asked the service manager to disable it but was told he can't do that when it is possible because this is an added feature.

2. 0 turbo : delay in acceleration when accelerator is depressed NHTSA # apas02142018901, item #10129330.

When I crank car and pull off it jumps real hard and say collision mitigation system failure see dealer. I shouldn't have to keep turning brand new car off for it to do right. Please recall all Accords very bad Honda this one is horrible. Vehicle was on a regular street good condition miami FL. The side mirrors shake all the time. The music always take time to load. Defect in whole car please please recall before injury.