2015 Honda Accord Electrical System
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PUSH TO START NOT WORKING PROPERLY. CRANK WITH NO TURNOVER OR JUST CLICKS. THE CAR USUALLY STARTS AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. A NEW STARTER IS NEEDED. *TR
I HAVE A 2015 HONDA ACCORD SPORT. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE MY BATTERY TWICE NOW. UNTIL ABOUT 3 - 4 WEEKS AGO, MY CAR WAS WORKING FINE UNTIL MY IGNITION WOULDN'T START WHEN I TURNED THE KEY. BUT EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL IN THE VEHICLE WORKS FINE. I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY DOZENS OF TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE FINALLY STARTS. NOW IT GOT SO WORST THAT IT TAKES 10 TO 15 MINUTES TO START THE VEHICLE THEN IT SUDDENLY STARTS LIKE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. DID A SEARCH ON VARIOUS HONDA FORUMS AND APPARENTLY IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE MODEL.
CAR HAS TROUBLE STARTING. WON'T TURN OVER. JUST CLICKS WHEN YOU TURN THE KEY. THE CAR WAS OFF AND NOT IN MOTION. IT HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY NO MATTER WHERE I'M PARKED. AT FIRST IT STARTED HAPPENING OCCASIONALLY. NOW IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I START THE CAR. I HAD A MECHANIC CHECK IT OUT AND CAN'T FIND OUT WHAT'S WRONG BUT RECOMMENDED A NEW STARTER. *TR
I OWN A 2015 HONDA ACCORD WITH 38K MILES. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT STARTING. SOME DAYS IT WOULD CRANK RIGHT UP OTHER TIMES I HAVE TO TRY MULTIPLE TIMES OR NOT START UNLESS IT'S JUMP STARTED. I TOOK IT TO HAVE THE BATTERY CHECKED THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY BATTERY SO WE INSTALLED A NEW BATTERY AND IT STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN NOT WANTING TO START . I FINALLY TOOK IT IN TO BE CHECKED TODAY AND THEY TELL ME IT'S THE STARTER!!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS FOR A CAR WITH 38,000 MILES. NOW IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE TO FORK OUT $800 FOR A STARTER. I AM A VERY DISSATISFIED HONDA CUSTOMER..DON'T PLAN ON EVER PURCHASING ANOTHER AFTER THIS. HONDA NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS!!!!! *TR
CAR DOES NOT START RANDOMLY. LIGHTS AND DASHBOARD WILL COME ON BUT ENGINE WILL NOT START AND MAKES A CLICKING NOISE. AFTER TURNING THE KEYS A FEW TIMES THE CAR WILL START LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED, AND THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW MONTHS RECENTLY. CAR IS PARKED. WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS A STARTER ISSUE AND AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM MANY 2015 ACCORD DEALERS ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. *TR
I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE CAR NOT STARTING AND WITH REPLACING BATTERIES. IN FIVE YEARS, I HAVE HAD 4 BATTERIES. SOMETIMES THE CAR STARTS RIGHT AWAY, SOME TIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL TRY'S, TAKE A BREAK AND TRY AGAIN. FRUSTRATING IS REALLY AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED AT WORK, IN PARKING LOTS AND IN MY GARAGE. I KEEP MY CAR SERVICED. I JUST TOOK IT IN JULY 3 FOR OIL CHANGE. THE TIME BEFORE, AFTER THE CHECKED MY TIRES IN THE DRIVE IN BAY, THEY ASKED ME IF I ALWAYS HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME STARTING MY CAR, I TOLD THEM YES, AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK. OF COURSE THEY FOUND NOTHING. MAYBE NOW THAT THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, MAYBE THEY WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENING. THE FEAR OF GETTING STRANDED AT NIGHT AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT ACROSS THE BRIDGE OR IN THE DEAD OF WINTER IS UNSAFE AND UNSETTLING. I NOTED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL SIMILAR ISSUES IN THIS FORUM, I WOULD THINK HONDA WOULD FIND A FIX FOR THE TRULY OBVIOUS PROBLEM. THIS WAS MY THIRD HONDA, MORE THAN LIKELY , MY LAST. JUST TODAY, I GOT INTO THE CAR AND IT STARTED RIGHT AWAY. I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE, GOT IN THE CAR ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES LATER AND IT STARTED RIGHT AWAY. I LEFT THERE AND WENT TO GET GAS. I GOT BACK IN THE CAR, TRIED TO START THE ENGINE AND I GOT NOTHING. I LITERALLY SAT AT THE SERVICE STATION FOR 15 MINUTES, TRYING TO START MY CAR. JUST AS I WAS READY TO CALL FOR A TOW, IT STARTED. THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
2015 ACCORD LX WILL NOT START SOMETIMES.JUST CLICKS WHEN KEY IS TURNED.ALL LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE ARE WORKING PROPERLY. NEW BATTERY HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND STILL HAVING SAME ISSUE. IT APPEARS THIS IS HAPPENING TO NUMEROUS OTHER CONSUMERS BUT NO PROGRESS IS BEING MADE BY HONDA TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE ON OCCASION.
CAR WILL NOT START. THE BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED AND IS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD. LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUE. HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T56656_DS799830 THIS IS MY SECOND TIME WITH THIS PROBLEM.
CAR DOES NOT START EVEN THOUGHT BATTERY IS FINE. HONDA IS UNWILLING TO HELP WITHOUT A DIAGNOSTIC FEE ON AN ISSUE MANY 2013-2015 ACCORD MODELS HAVE. CAR WAS PARKED AFTER RUNNING COMPLETELY FINE, WHEN I WAS TRYING TO START IT AGAIN IT REFUSED TO TURN ON COMPLETELY. TIRE LIGHT FLASHES AND AVS/ENGINE/BATTERY LIGHT ARE ON.
AT 52K MILES, ENGINE WILL NOT CRANK WHEN KEY IS TURNED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, ENGINE WILL FINALLY CRANK AND THEN WILL START AS IF NOTHING WERE WRONG. HAPPENS AT LEAST ONCE IN EVERY 3-4 TIMES STARTING ENGINE IS ATTEMPTED.
OUR 2015 HONDA ACCORD HAS DEVELOPED A STARTING PROBLEM THE VEHICLE HAS A PUSH BUTTON START AND MORE SO THAN NOT IT TAKES REPEATED PUSHES OF THE START BUTTON FOR THE CAR TO CRANK OVER. THIS CONDITION STARTED ROUGHLY ONE MONTH AGO AND IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME SINCE IT IS MY WIFE'S CAR AND I DON'T WANT HER TO BE STRANDED BECAUSE THE CAR DOESN'T START. WHEN YOU PRESS THE BRAKE AND THE START BUTTON ALL YOU HEAR IS A LOUD CLICK COMING FROM THE STARTER BUT IT DOESN'T CRANK OVER. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH 2013 - 2015 HONDA ACCORDS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND HONDA IS BEING VERY IRRESPONSIBLE FOR NOT STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND ADMITTING IT IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I'VE READ SAY IT IS A STARTER ISSUE AND EVEN THE HONDA DEALERSHIPS ARE SAYING IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM!!!
CAR WON'T START RANDOMLY EVEN WITH BATTERY JUMP. IT HAPPENED A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE. I THOUGHT PERHAPS WE LEFT A LIGHT ON OR SOMETHING BUT CAR STARTED WITH BATTERY JUMP. A FEW DAYS AGO, NOW MY WIFE COULD START A CAR WHILE SHE WAS WAITING FOR KIDS FROM SCHOOL PARKING LOT. THANKFULLY SHE WAS ABLE TO GET SOME HELP TO JUMP START THE CAR. LATER WHEN SHE RETURNED HOME, I ALSO FOUND IT NOT STARTING AGAIN IN MY HOME DRIVE WAY AND I CAN'T JUMP START THE CAR ANYMORE. IT HAS LESS THAN 26000 MILES... SHE IS NOW AFRAID TO TAKE THE CAR AS IT MAY START AT ALL.
I HAVE A 2015 HONDA ACCORD CP WITH ABOUT 60K MILES. I IT CAN NOT START THIS MORNING, ALL THE DASH LIGHTS FLASH AND IT ISN'T CRANKING. IT HAPPENED LAST YEAR BUT IT COULD START AFTER A HALF HOUR, AND IT RUN WELL UNTIL THIS MORNING. IT JUST WONT START NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY AND HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE VEHICLE STARTED AND OPERATED AS INTENDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED AND PERSISTED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME UNDRIVEABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE STARTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VIN AND THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.
INCONSISTENT START UP. ONE CLICK WITHOUT ACTUALLY STARTING. IT MAY TAKE 1-20 ATTEMPTS TO TURNOVER. BATTERY IS ABOUT A YEAR OLD. MILEAGE IS 117,000 MILES. BASIC MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON THIS VEHICLE.
MY CAR HAS 58,000 MILES. AND NOW THE CAR START UP FIRST TIME AND AFTER STARTING AND STOPPING IT THE VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY NOT START. WHEN I PUSH THE PUSH START BUTTON THE LIGHTS COME ON AND THE RADIO AND THE HEAT COMES ON BUT IT JUST CLICKS. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER AND THEY RECOMMEND THE I REPLACE THE STARTER AND ROTATING THE TORQUE CONVERTER ONE BOLD HOLE COUNTERCLOCKWISE.
VEHICLE IS NOT STARTING WHEN I PUSH THE IGNITION. I'VE BEEN TO MANY FORUMS WHERE SIMILAR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND MANY SOLUTIONS TRIED BUT NO FIX FOUND. PEOPLE HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX THIS ISSUE AND STILL NO FIX. I'VE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND HAD THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TESTED WITH NO ISSUE FOUND. HONDA ISSUED TSB 16-002 FOR V6 ACCORD MODELS BUT DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE ON MY V4 MODEL. VEHICLE IS PARKED - ISSUE HAS BEEN ONGOING AND IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE TO THE POINT THAT I AM NOT DRVING IT! SPOKE WITH HONDA CUSTOMER COMPLAINT REP AND INFORMED THAT THE TSB STILL DOES NOT APPLY TO MY CAR. IN THE MID-WEST DURING THE WINTER MONTHS THE RISK OF BEING STRANDED IN SUB-ZERO TEMPS IS VERY REAL WITH THIS ISSUE AND HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TO ME TWICE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PUSH START BUTTON FEATURE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO FUNCTION; TAKING MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO ACTIVATE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED BY A DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. UPON INVESTIGATION, HE DISCOVERED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: A16-002 WHICH HE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
VEHICLE NEEDS NEW BATTERY EVERY 2 YEARS. HAS LEFT ME STRANDED TWICE. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 90,000 MILES AND IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD. HONDA HAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL SOME TYPE OF BATTERY SENSOR BUT THIS HAS NOT HELPED. THERE ARE TWO TSB'S THAT I KNOW OF: TSB 16-002 AND TSB 17-057. CAR GURUS WEBSITE HAS A BLOG WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF ACCORD OWNERS ALL IN THE SAME BOAT. PEOPLE ARE REPLACING STARTERS, ALTERNATORS, IGNITION SWITCHES, BATTERIES, ETC. TO NO AVAIL. HONDA HAS TURNED ITS BACK ON ITS CUSTOMERS. I CAN NOT AFFORD THIS. PLEASE HELP.
THE PAST MONTH MY VEHICLE WILL START INTERMITTENTLY. I WILL TURN THE KEY AND NOTHING HAPPENS. NO CLICK FROM THE STARTER OR NOTHING. LIGHTS COME ON. TURN KEY TO OFF AND TRY AGAIN AND IT STARTS. BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR TESTED GOOD. MY GUESS IT IS THE STARTER GOING BAD OR THE STARTER RELAY. CAR HAS 75000 MILES ON IT. OBVIOUSLY CAR IS PARKED. THIS OCCURRED 11/20/2019 TO PRESENT. IT IS RANDOM WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN AND IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN.
ESTA ES LA 2 QUEJA QUE PONGO,EL NMERO DE RECLAMO ES:[XXX].EL PROBLEMA DEL SENSOR QUE LE CAMBIARON DEL RECALL ME ESTA DAANDO LA BATERA DEL CARRO,LA ORIGINAL SOLO DURO UN AO SIETE MESES Y COMPRE OTRA Y DURO CASI LO MISMO.QUIERO SABER QUE PUEDO ASER.EL PRIMER RECLAMO LO PUSE EL 03/01/18.UNAS SEMANAS DESPUS QUE ME INSTALARON EL SENSOR DEL RECALL. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *PM *TR
IN 4 YEARS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY TWICE AND NOW I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STARTER. AND THE CAR HAS ONLY 48000 MILES. POOR QUALITY PRODUCTS INSTALLED ON HONDA CARS THAT USED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLES IN THE MARKET
WE HAD TO REPLACE THE CARS ALTERNATOR AT 37K MILES, THE BATTERY AT 16 MONTHS, AND HAVE REPLACED HEADLIGHTS 6 TIMES SINCE OWNING THE CAR.
THE CARS RADIO RANDOMLY REBOOTS AND FREEZES WHILE IN USE AND DRIVING. CALLS WILL DROP, DISPLAY WILL BLANK, AND RESET ITSELF. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE HAVE TO PARK THE CAR, POWER IT OFF AND RESTART TO CLEAR THE ISSUE. HONDA TELLS US THERE IS NOTHING WRONG AND IT IS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE.
ALL OF THE DOOR ACTUATORS FAILED AT 30000 MILES I SPEND 400 DOLLARS FIXING JUST ONE DRIVERS SIDE)
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The 2015 Honda Accord has 142 Electrical System complaints on file. 1 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.