Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 01/07/2009 | 22000 | ||
| While traveling at high rate of speed on an interstate my vehicle struck a patch of black ice. the car's vehicle stability assist engaged, but i was unable to gain control, the vehicle spun repeatedly and left the roadway, striking a culvert and causing the side and side curtain airbags to deploy. i found out a week after getting my car back from repairs that the rear brakes were completely worn down to metal on metal with no prior warning and after only approximately 22,000 miles. i believe that this caused a significant safety issue and contributed to my accident. when the vehicle stability assist and brake assist function was engaged, i believe the worn state of the rear brakes as opposed to the almost new condition of the front brakes caused the back end of my car to swing around and spin out of control. this is a documented problem with the 2008 accords (on the internet), but amercian honda has yet to even admit that there is a problem. i am lucky that i was not severely injured or killed in that high speed crash. fortunately, the honda engineers that designed the airbags put more thought into their design than the engineers that designed a rear braking system that wears down after 20,000 miles. i currently have about 57,000 miles on my accord and have now replaced the rear brake pads and rotors twice. | |||
| 01/04/2009 | 12000 | 1 | |
| While driving my 2008 honda accord the engine failed and the entire dashboard lost power as i was on the highway. the entire car lost functionality including the power steering and brakes i had to come to a complete stop and put the car in park and restart the engine buy turning off and on the ignition key. *tr | |||