general problems of the 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid

The contact owns a 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid. The contact stated upon starting the vehicle, several warning lights indicating brake failure was illuminated. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the brake pedal was depressed but failed to respond. The contact stated that upon pumping the brake pedal, the brake responded. The contact stated that there was a 40-50 ft. Stopping distance delay while driving at slower speeds and depressing the brake pedal. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the brake pump had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to Honda technical service bulletin number: 20-001 (2017 Accord Hybrid brake tandem motor cylinder). The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 101,000.

The contact owns a 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving on a two-lane road, the brake pedal inadvertently engaged. No warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that he previously had the windshield replaced and was concerned that after the replacement, the defects started to occur. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure could not be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 91,000.

Automatic braking system brought the car to full stop as I was accelerating when a light changed from red to green. There was no risk of hitting anything in front of the car. Speed was about 10-15 mph when the car put on the brakes. I was almost rear-ended by the car behind me. The car would not give control to the accelerator for several seconds. My foot was off the brake. In addition, the automatic braking system often gives false positives such as when driving at normal speed (30-50 mph) on a 2-lane road (one lane each direction, yellow solid lines separating the traffic) and the road curves and an on-coming vehicle is correctly and safely in their own lane.

On Friday, April 27, 2018, while driving on a major highway and parkway on three occasions I had a system failure while driving and lost braking ability. I applied the brake pedal & the car didn't slow down. I used the handheld parking brake to stop. When the car was turned off & restarted systems all worked for a few minutes & then failed again. I drove off the highway to safety & parked. On Saturday, April 28, 2018, I drove the car to Honda service center. Service advisor fenix did not believe me but they ended up giving me a loaner car. On Monday, April 30, 2018, I received a call from service advisor fenix asking if the service manager could drive my car home because they cannot find any issues with my car or my brakes. I said yes. Service manager experienced the same system failure that I experienced while he was driving home. On may 12, 2018 I picked up my car from Honda and was told issue was fixed. On may 17, 2018, at about 6:22 am, I was driving on the cross island parkway in heavy rain when I once again experienced a total system failure resulting in my car not having the ability to stop by applying the brakes. I stopped again by utilizing the parking brake. Honda towing towed the car to the Honda dealership where an employee then drove the car to the Honda service center and then returned to the dealership in a different car to pick me up and transport me to the service center. I have no confidence in this car and cannot ever see myself driving it or allowing my family to ride in it regardless of who is driving it as it is not safe!!.