2012 Honda Accord

I HAVE BEEN SEEING MY DOCTOR SINCE AUGUST 2012 FOR ACUTE LOWER BACK PAIN WHICH HAS NOW BECOME CHRONIC. THIS CAME UPON ALL OF A SUDDEN AND MY DOCTOR NOR ME DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE. I STUMBLED ACROSS THE CAR STATS WEBSITE AND COULDN'T BELIEVE ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FRONT SEATS AND THE BACK PAIN ASSOCIATED BY OTHERS. NOW, THE MYSTERY IS OVER! MY CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN IS PROBABLY CAUSED BY MY 2012 ACCORD. I AM 42 YEARS OLD AND HAVE NEVER HAD BACK PROBLEMS BEFORE. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE!!! I HAVE BEEN A PROUD OWNER OF A HONDA ACCORD SINCE 1991 BUT THIS IS MY LAST ONE UNLESS HONDA CAN FIX THIS PROBLEM. FOR ALL YOU BACK PAIN ACCORD DRIVERS, CONTACT ME AND LETS GET HONDA'S ATTENTION. WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM FELLOW DRIVERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM! [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY CAR WAS PARKED IN ORANGE COAST COLLEGE- COSTA MESA- CA PARKING LOT ABOUT 5PM- 9PM. I GOT OUT ABOUT 9PM AT NIGHT THAT WAS SUMMER TIME BUT IT WAS UNUSUALLY VERY FROGGY NIGHT. MY EXTERIOR WINDOWS CAR WERE FULLY COVERED WITH FROG AND WATER THAT WARMED UP MY CAR FOR 3 MINUTES AND PUSHED DEFROST BUTTON THAT TURNED YELLOW BUT I WAITED FOR 20 MINUTES FOR REAR WINDOW DEFROST FROG BUT THERE WAS NOTHING HAPPENED. I COULD NOT BACK UP BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY CAR ROWS BEHIND ME. I HAD TO OPEN ALL FOUR WINDOW CAR AND ASKED MALE STUDENT HELPED ME TO BACK UP. I DROVE MY CAR TO HOME WITH FOUR WINDOW COMPLETELY OPEN THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY I COULD LOOK AT TWO SIDE WINDOWS TO DRIVE MY CAR HOME AT THE DARK AND HEAVY FROGGY CONDITION. THAT TOOK ABOUT 35 MINUTES TO DRIVE HOME INSTEAD OF 15 MINUTES THAT I USED TO DRIVE FROM MY SCHOOL TO HOME. AFTER THAT INCIDENT I PARKED MY CAR OFTEN OUTSIDE INSTEAD OF INSIDE OF MY GARAGE TO TRY TO DETECT ABOUT THAT BASIC BUT VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. DEFROST FUNCTIONALITY AT MY CAR. THAT WAS FEB 20,2012 I TOOK MY CAR TO POWER HONDA SERVICE WHERE I LEASED THIS CAR FOR FIX IT BUT THIS DEALER FOUND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING FOUND WITH ITS DEFROST FUNCTIONALITY. LATER THAT I KEEP PARKING MY OUTSIDE TO TEST HOW EXACTLY MY CAR' DEFROST FUNCTIONALITY. THERE WERE SOME MORNING DUE FOR TESTING WATER CONDENSATION OBTAINED ON MY EXTERIOR WINDOW CAR THAT I HAVE FOUND THAT DEFROST FUNCTION AT MY CAR TOTALLY DOES NOT FUNCTION AT ALL EVEN AFTER PUSHING DEFROST BUTTON THAT TURN YELLOW ! BUT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. THAT WAS HOW POWER HONDA TESTED MY ABOUT!!!! I CALLED BACK POWER HONDA ABOUT THIS ISSUE THAT THEY ASKED ME TO BRING BACK FOR RETEST AND I DID BRING IT BACK FOR TWO MORE TIME BUT ITS TEST CAME BACK THE SAME LIKE IT WAS BEFORE. THAT WAS OCT 25, 2012,I BROUGHT MY CAR TO DIFFERENT DEALER THAT WAS HONDA WORLD BUT IT CAME OUT ITS TEST WITH SAME RESULT AS POWER HONDA. *TR

SINCE I PURCHASED THIS CAR, THE ENGINE VIBRATES, POWER STEERING MAKES NOISE (AND THE PUMP WAS REPLACED BY DEALER), NOW IT ALSO VIBRATES WHEN RIDING (WHEEL) AND BRAKES MAKE A "CLAMPING" NOISE THAT HONDA ASSURES ME IS NORMAL. AT 7K MILES, THE BRAKES WERE "ADJUSTED". THE CAR IS NOW 14.5K MILES AND STILL VIBRATES IN IDLE AND WHEN RIDING. I HAVE FILED A LEMON LAW CLAIM WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA ALREADY, THOUGH HONDA IS WORKING ON PROVING I AM WRONG. DO I JUST GET RID OF THE CAR? IS THIS CAR SAFE? LEMON LAW ARBITRATION CASE #[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1400.

THE FRONT SEATS IN THE 2012 HONDA ACCORD ARE SO BAD THE OWNERS ARE ALTERING THE SEATS AND COMPROMISING THE BUILT IN SAFETY DESIGN. THE SEATS IN THIS CAR CAN PHYSICALLY HURT YOUR BACK MINE GOES NUMB AFTER A 30 MIN RIDE. HONDA OF AMERICA NEEDS TO PUT ON NOTICE THE SEATS IN THIS CAR ARE NOW A SAFETY ISSUE. I DID CONTACT HONDA THEY DID NOT DENY THE SEAT PROBLEM BUT OFFERED NO SOLUTIONS OTHER THAN TRADE IN THE 2012 ACCORD FOR THE 2013 WITH THE NEW SEAT DESIGN. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2012 HONDA ACCORD V6 EX-L IN DEC. 2011. I NOTICED A STEERING SHIMMY/VIBRATION AND AN ESCALATING GRINDING NOISE IN AUGUST 2012. I ORIGINALLY TEST DROVE THIS VEHICLE THOROUGHLY WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND NEVER NOTICED THIS PROBLEM UNTIL AUGUST 2012. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP TECHNICIAN ISOLATED THE NOISE TO A FAILED LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING. THEY REPLACED THE BEARING AND GRINDING NOISE HAS GONE AWAY BUT CONTINUE TO HAVE SHIMMY/VIBRATION AT 55 -75 MPH AND IS MOST NOTICEABLE/AMPLIFIED BETWEEN 60 - 70 MPH. SINCE THEN I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK AND HONDA TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THAT THE TIRES WERE BALANCED CORRECTLY. I TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE TECHNICIAN AND HE CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS A VIBRATION/ SHIMMY OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE HONDA DEALER TECHNICIAN THAN DROVE ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THEIR LOT THAT WAS THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL WITH 500 MILES ON IT AND IT DID THE SAME THING. HE SAID IT COULD BE THE ROAD. I SAID NOT EVERY ROAD OR HIGHWAY WHERE SPEED LIMITS ARE ABOVE 55 MPH WILL DO THIS TO A VEHICLE. HE SAID THAT IF MORE COMPLAINTS ARE FILED THEIR MAY BE A RECALL BUT THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE HE COULD DO AT THIS POINT AND IF HE HEARD ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO A RECALL HE WOULD LET ME KNOW. THE TECHNICIAN LOOKED AT MY RIMS FOR ANY CURB DAMAGE WHICH THERE IS NONE AND I INFORMED HIM THAT I HAVEN'T HIT ANY CURBS. I WAS GOING TO GO BACK TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS CONSTANT PROBLEM BUT THOUGHT I WOULD RESEARCH ON-LINE TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY OTHER 2012 HONDA ACCORD OWNERS HAVING THIS PROBLEMS AND THERE IS SO I SEE NO NEEDED TO MAKE AND WAITED TRIP TO HONDA DEALERSHIP. SINCE I DRIVE 60 MILES ROUND TRIP TO WORK FIVE DAYS A WEEK THIS IS GETTING TO BE VERY IRRITATING AND NOW THE LOWER PART OF MY ARMS HAVE DEVELOPED TINGLING/NUMBNESS SENSATION AFTER DRIVING FOR THESE LONG PERIODS OF TIMES. *TR

THE FRONT SEAT DESIGN ON THE HONDA ACCORD IS TERRIBLE. IT CAUSES LOWER BACK PAIN AND PUSHES YOUR HEAD FORWARD. DUE TO THE UNCOMFORTABLE SEAT DESIGN YOUR FOCUS MOVES FROM BEING ON THE ROAD TO TRYING TO ALLEVIATE PAIN OR GET COMFORTABLE AND IN TURN REDUCES FOCUS ON THE ROAD AND INCREASES RISK OF HAVING AN ACCIDENT. THIS SEAT ISSUE IS WIDELY REPORTED AT HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/HONDA/ACCORD/2012/. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED A SHIMMY IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE TECHNICIANS BALANCED THE TIRES AND REPLACED THE TIRES BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE AND VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHERE THE DEALER DECIDED TO ALIGNED, BALANCE AND FINALLY REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIRED THE PROBLEM EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY ATTEMPTED TO REPAIRED IT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

PURCHASED A NEW 2012 ACCORD IN JUNE AND HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH IT WITH ONE VERY BIG EXCEPTION; THE DRIVERS SEAT HAS A DEFINITE DESIGN FLAW. THE SEAT IS BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ADJUST TO A COMFORTABLE POSITION AND THERE IS NO DOUBT IT DOES CAUSE LOWER BACK PAIN. ON ANY DRIVE OVER 15 MINUTES, THE SEAT HAS TO BE REPEATEDLY RE-ADJUSTED TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING WITH ANY SEMBLANCE OF COMFORT. FROM WHAT I CAN SEE BY RESEARCHING COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET, THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY A SAFETY DEVICE EMBEDDED IN THE SEAT BACK THAT ACTIVATES IN A REAR END COLLISION. THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND REALLY SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO AS IT DOES POSE A SAFETY HAZARD AS THE NEED TO CONSTANTLY REPOSITION THE SEAT (AND YOUR BODY) IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE CAR IS FATIGUING AND A DEFINITE DISTRACTION TO ONES DRIVING. THOUGHT IS MIGHT "BREAK IN" BUT AFTER 3 MONTHS THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. HAVE OWNED MANY CARS OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM IN ANY OTHER VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED OR DRIVEN. *TR