MY HONDAY ACCORD HYBRID DOES NOT COME WITH A SPARE TIRE. IT JUST COMES WITH A SEALING KIT TO TEMPORARILY REPAIR THE FLAT TIRE. ON MAY 30TH I WAS DRIVING LOCALLY AND GOT A FLAT TIRE. I TRIED THE SEALING KIT ACCORDING TO ITS INSTRUCTION, IT DID NOT DO ANYTHING AND I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED AWAY. THE FACT THAT THE REPAIR KI…
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MY HONDAY ACCORD HYBRID DOES NOT COME WITH A SPARE TIRE. IT JUST COMES WITH A SEALING KIT TO TEMPORARILY REPAIR THE FLAT TIRE. ON MAY 30TH I WAS DRIVING LOCALLY AND GOT A FLAT TIRE. I TRIED THE SEALING KIT ACCORDING TO ITS INSTRUCTION, IT DID NOT DO ANYTHING AND I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED AWAY. THE FACT THAT THE REPAIR KIT DID NOT WORK AT THE TIME OF NEED IS ONE ISSUE. MY MAIN ISSUE IS NOT THAT, IT'S THE FACT THAT THIS CAR DOES NOT HAVE A SPARE TIRE AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT OUT OF TOWN. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I WAS TRAVELLING OUT OF STATE, AND HAD A FLAT TIRE, I COULD BE STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE. ON JUNE 14 I WROTE A LETTER TO HONDA CORPORATION AND REQUESTED THAT THEY PROVIDE ME WITH A COMPACT SPARE TIRE THAT I CAN CARRY IN MY CAR TRUNK. THEY CALLED ME BACK AND INFORMED ME THAT HONDA WILL NOT PROVIDE ME WITH A SPARE TIRE. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND IT SEEMS LIKE OTHER OWNERS OF HONDA HYBRID HAVE SAME CONCERN AND THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR EITHER. IN ANY CASE I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. THANK YOU.
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Honda Accord Hybrid vehicles manufactured August 29, 2013, to May 30, 2015. Electrical interference may cause the hybrid system to switch into fail-safe mode, disabling the gasoline engine, limiting the vehicle's speed to 40 miles per hour and functioning only on battery power. Once the battery is discharged, the vehicle will stall.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: A vehicle stall increases the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will update the hybrid system software, free of charge. The recall began on November 6, 2015. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is JT7.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
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DP22005 · Pedestrian Alert Sounds
Opened Jan 27, 2023 · Closed Aug 7, 2023
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Electrical System:propulsion System
NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 KG or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after March 1, 2021.On January 27, 2023, NHTSA opened Defect Petition (DP) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matter described in the petition. On June 24, 2023 and as supplemented on June 25, 2023, the petitioner notified NHTSA he was withdrawing his petition. The petitioner indicated that, based on his review of data, there is no justification for asserting potential benefits that could be derived from actions sought by my petition. Based on the petitioner's withdrawal, DP22-005 is closed. Closure of this DP does not represent a determination by NHTSA regarding the subject matter of the petition.
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