2017 Honda Accord Hybrid

WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN, WARNINGS STARTED POPPING UP ON THE DRIVER DISPLAY LISTING NUMEROUS FAILURES AND THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. (THERE WERE ABOUT HALF A DOZEN ERRORS BUT I DIDN'T CATCH THEM ALL ... "ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM', 'BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEM", "VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST PROBLEM", "COLLISION MITIGATION SYSTEM PROBLEM", "ROAD DEPARTURE MITIGATION SYSTEM PROBLEM", ETC. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES OVER THE NEXT 15 MINUTES AS WE TRIED TO MAKE OUR WAY HOME. LUCKILY WE WERE ON LOCAL ROADS AT LOWER SPEEDS'LESS THAN 40.THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED MY HUSBAND WAS BREAKING WHILE APPROACHING A RED LIGHT AT ABOUT 5-10 MPH BUT WE BARELY STOPPED IN TIME. THERE WAS A VERY MINIMAL STOPPING POWER. WE TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT AND CALLED HONDA. THE REP SAID 'YES THAT WAS A RANDOM PROBLEM AND TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART. THE PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED.' HOWEVER IT HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES ON THAT OUTING. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR AND I USE IT OFTEN TO TRANSPORT MY GRANDKIDS.

THERE HAVE BEEN THREE INSTANCES OF TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. INITIAL INSTANCE OCCURED ON VEHICLE STARTUP, A NUMBER OF ERRORS WERE GIVEN INCLUDING "AADAPTIVE CRUISE CONRTOL PROBLEM","COLLISSION MITIGATION SYSTEM PROBLEM","ROAD DEPARTURE MITIGATION SYSTEM PROBLEM" AND "BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEM". WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN MOVING FORWARD. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHERE HONDA BLAMED THE ISSUE ON THE UNDERCAOTING CAUSING COMPONENTS TO OVERHEAT. THIS WAS OCTOBER 2018 IN PHILADELPHIA. REPLACED BRAKE SYSTEM AND REMOVED UNDERCOAT ON AFFECTED AREAS. SECOND INSTANCE OCCURED IN FEBRUARY 2019 IT HAD STOPPED RAINING BUT ROAD WAS STILL WET AND HAD PUDDLES. DRIVING DOWNTOWN, AT A YELLOW LIGHT BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED, I RAN THE LIGHT AND WAS ABLE TO STOP WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE. CAR WAS GIVING THE SAME SET OF ERRORS. THIS TIME RESTARTING THE CAR MADE ERRORS GO AWAY. BROUGHT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THEY DID A SOFTWARE UPDATE BUT COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO DID NOTHING ELSE. THIRD INSTANCE WAS FEBRUARY 2ND, WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30-40 MPH, AGAIN EITHER AFTER RAIN HAD STOPPED OR STILL HAD A SLIGHT DRIZZLE. THIS TIME I SAW THE ERRORS WHILE DRIVING BEFORE I NEEDED TO BREAK AND RECOGNIZED THE ISSUE. MANAGED TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO PULL OVER. AGAIN RESTARTING THE CAR CLEARED THE ISSUE, I HAVE NOT BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER YET.

TOOK CAR IN FOR ALIGNMENT, THE LEFT REAR CAMBER IS OUT OF SPECIFICATION @ -2.2 DEGREES. THE SPECIFICATION IS -1.0 TO -2.0. WAS ADVISED THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT SPECIFY A REAR CAMBER ADJUSTMENT METHOD. WAS ADVISED AN AFTERMARKET KIT WAS AVAILABLE TO CORRECT CAMBER WHICH HONDA WILL NOT HONOR UNDER WARRANTEE. EXCESSIVE CAMBER WILL LEAD TO PREMATURE TIRE WEAR ISSUES.

TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SYSTEM LIGHT STAYS LIT WITHOUT ANY VALID CONDITION TO CAUSE IT. DEALER HAS RESET IT TWICE, BUT LIGHT RELIGHTS WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF DRIVE TIME. CONSTANT INDICATION MASKED AN ACTUAL TIRE FAILURE WHICH COULD HAVE LED TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. TIRE DEALER REPLACED RUINED TIRE, RECHECKED ALL TIRE PRESSURES AND RESET ALARM, BUT AGAIN IT RE-LIT WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF DRIVING TIME.

WHILE DRIVING 6 WARNING LIGHTS POP UP ON THE DASH AND THE BRAKES FAIL. THE INFORMATION CENTER OF THE DASH SCROLLS THROUGH SAYING "BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEM", "VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST (VSA) PROBLEM", "HILL START ASSIST PROBLEM", "COLLISION MITIGATION SYSTEM PROBLEM", "ROAD DEPARTURE MITIGATION SYSTEM PROBLEM", "ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM". THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON SUBURBAN ROADWAYS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS BREAKING WHILE APPROACHING A RED LIGHT AND NEARLY REAR ENDED THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. A DIAGNOSTIC WAS DONE AND THE BRAKE SIMULATOR AND TANDEM MOTOR WERE DETERMINED TO REQUIRE REPLACEMENT.

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!!

BRAKING MITIGATION SYSTEM SENSOR FAILS WHEN SWITCHING LANE ON THE HIGH WAY BRAKES APPLIED BY ITSELF AND VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP WITH A LOSS OF POWER AND HEAVY STEERING AND COULD LEAD TO CRASH BY ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR END ME LANE DEPARTUE MITIGATION RADAR CAMERA FAILS ISSUE FALSE ALARM WHILE YOU ARE STAYING IN YOUR LANE AND STEERING BECOMES HEAVY BOTH ARE ON GOING ISSUES MAY 13 2017 CONTACTED HONDA DEALRSHIP MANY TIMES AND THEY SAY VEHICLE SENSOR HAS PROBLEM SOFTWARE FOR SAFETY COMPONENT HAS A PROBLEM SENSOR AND CAMERA NEED CALIBRATION VEHICLE AS DESIGNED WITHIN SOFTWARE LIMITATION OH VEHICLE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OH WARRANTY NOT COVERING YOUR INSURANCE SHOULD PAY FOR CALIBRATION IT IS COVERED UNDER WARRANY WILL REPLACE BUT THEY DONT

THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER KEEPS FALLING OUT. ALSO, EVERY TIME WHEN I USE THE WIPERS ONLY HAVE THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW IS CLEANED PRIOR TO THE WIPER FALLING OUT OF THE HOLDER. IF I AM IN TOWN AND NOTICE THE WIPER I WILL GET OUT AT A STOP LIGHT TO FIX IT BUT MOST OF THE TIME I AM DRIVING AT 65 OR MORE WHEN THE WIPER FALLS OUT OF THE HOLDER. THIS HAPPENS EVERY WEEK SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.