2016 Honda Accord

THE CAR VIBRATION INCREASES WHENEVER THE CAR IS IN DRIVE AND IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT, STOP SIGN, PARKING LOT, ETC. DURING COLD WEATHER TEMPERATURES THE VIBRATION IS EXCESSIVE AND CAN MAKE A RATTLING NOISE COME FROM THE ENGINE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW CONTINUOUSLY. HONDA DEALERSHIPS REFUSES TO CONSIDER IT AS AN ISSUE.

ON MAY 29, 2017, I NOTICED AN SLOW OIL LEAKAGE FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE SIDE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR AFTER I WENT UNDER THE CAR TO INSPECT BECAUSE THERE WAS A OIL STAIN ON MY DRIVEWAY. THE LEAKAGE WAS LARGE AND IT SPREAD. I NOTICED OIL ON THE BOTTOM SHIELD PROTECTOR OF THE CAR. THE OIL COLOR WAS CLEAR WITH BLACK PARTICLES. THE AREA WAS MOIST. AT THE TIME, MY CAR HAD 6,274 MILES. I CONTACTED HONDA CORPORATION AND I WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE CAR TO ANY HONDA DEALER FOR INSPECTION. I TOOK THE CAR TO CARSON HONDA WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED BY THEM THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK BETWEEN TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE. CARSON HONDA COULD NOT PINPOINT EXACTLY WHERE THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM SO THEY PLACED A WHITE SPRAY RESIDUE TO PINPOINT THE LEAK. I RETURNED WITH THE VEHICLE TO LONG BEACH HONDA FOR EVALUATION OF THE LEAK. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT SEE THE LEAK. I MYSELF NOTICED THAT THAT THE WHITE RESIDUE WAS MOIST AND BROWN AND WHITE RESIDUE FROM SITES WHERE IT WAS NOT LEAKING. HONDA CORPORATION WAS RECONTACTED BECAUSE THE LEAK CONTINUE AND WAS ADVISED THAT I CAN ONLY TAKE TO ONE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION ONCE I START THE CASE. I TOLD THEM I WOULD TAKE IT TO NORM REEVES HONDA AND STAY THERE. AT NORM REEVES HONDA, THEY FOUND TRANS/CVT LEAKING OIL. THEY SAID THE ISSUE WAS REPAIR. ON APRIL 23, 2018, I PERFORMED A MOTOR OIL CHANGE AND I SAW A VERY SMALL OIL LEAKAGE ALONG THE AREA SEPARATING THE TRANS AND ENGINE. LEFT ON TO RE-EVALUATE LATER. ON FEB 18, 2019, I WENT UNDER MY CAR TO INSPECT FOR OIL LEAKAGE. THE OIL LEAKAGE HAS CONTINUE AND IS SIMILAR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE LEAKAGE FROM MAY 29, 2017. THERE IS CLEAR OIL LEAKAGE WITH BLACK PARTICLES AND OIL ON THE BOTTOM SHIELD PROTECTOR OF THE CAR. MILES AT THIS TIME 18,999.

RE: NHTSA RECALL ID 19V060; THIS RECALL APPEARS TO ONLY IMPACT V6 HONDA ACCORDS, HOWEVER, I FEEL IT SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO FOUR-CYLINDER AS WELL. I HAVE NOTICED MY CAR ALMOST STALL-OUT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE OWNERSHIP. MY CAR HAS ABOUT 57K MILES ON IT, IT HAD 6K WHEN I PURCHASED IT CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED. TYPICALLY, THIS HAPPENS WHEN I'M SITTING IN A PARKED POSITION IN IDLE. BUT, IT HAS ALSO OCCURRED WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR, START DRIVING AT A LOW-SPEED (DOWN OUR ALLEY), AND I FEEL GAPS IN THE POWER WHEN I PUSH THE GAS. IT WILL ACCELERATE AT A CERTAIN RATE, THEN STOP, EVEN THOUGH I'VE NOT LIFTED MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS UNSURE WHAT THIS WAS RELATED TO (SPARK PLUGS), BUT THIS RECALL HAS MADE ME THINK IT'S ALSO RELATED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AT LEAST FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT ONLY RELATIVELY RECENTLY (WITHIN THE PAST 6 MONTHS OR SO).

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE CAR SEEMED TO SPEED UP EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT PRESSING THE GAS. I STRUCK MY NEIGHBORS WALL ACROSS THE STREET, BUT NOT VERY HARD. AT THAT POINT I HEARD A ROAR. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS AT THE TIME, BUT NOW I RECOGNIZE IT AS THE SOUND A CAR MAKE IF YOUR PRESSING THE GAS WITH THE CAR IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. I DECIDED TO PULL BACK INTO MY DRIVEWAY TO ASSESSS THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT ROARED FORWARD. I PRESSED THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD BUT THE CAR COULD NOT BE STOPPED IT CRASHED INTO THE BRICK WALL OF MY GARAGE. THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND I SUFFERED CUTS AND BRUISES. MY CAR WAS TOTALED.

PASSENGER SIDE DRL HAS QUIT WORKING. I AM OUT OF WARRANTY BASED ON MILEAGE NOT MONTHS OF TIME. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. HONDA DEALERSHIP WILL ONLY REPLACE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY (QUOTED AROUND $1,500 FOR 1 SIDE). I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE IS AN UPDATED DESIGN THEY ARE REPLACING THEM WITH. I WILL WAIT FOR THE DRIVER SIDE TO BURN OUT BEFORE CREATING AN ISSUE AT DEALERSHIP LEVEL. MANY COMPLAINTS AND MANY ACCORDS (ALL TRIM LEVELS) WITH THIS ISSUE. MY SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THAT THEY SEE SEVERAL EVERY WEEK! HONDA, DO THE RIGHT THING AND REPLACE THE DESIGN DEFECTIVE LIGHTS AT NO CHARGE!

FRONT HEADLIGHT LED STRIP (USED AS RUNNING LIGHTS) BURNED OUT. THE LED STRIPS ARE NOT ABLE TO BE REPLACED SEPARATELY. THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT UNIT HAS TO BE REPLACED TO REMEDY THE ISSUE. ONE WENT OUT AND WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, AFTER THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THE OTHER STRIP WENT OUT. HONDA AMERICA OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE IN THE MATTER. VERY DANGEROUS TO NOT HAVE RUNNING LIGHTS. COST TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE LIGHT UNIT (WHICH, AGAIN, IS REQUIRED TO REMEDY THE ISSUE) IS UPWARDS OF $1,500