2017 Honda Accord UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.
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The rear backup camera quit working making it more dangerous to back up without it. The dealer was too busy to examine it for awhile. I believe it may be a cable problem like was identified on other Honda models recently because my camera screen is also blank.
My vehicle continuously loses battery charge, even when it’s being driven weekly.
My back-up camera stopped working at around 40,000 miles of driving. When I put my car in reverse, I only get a black screen. There was a similar recall done for back up cameras for Honda Accords in 2018, my car is a 2017. According to other owners online, many are having a similar issue. Thank you.
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Glitchy infotainment system crashes (specifically Apple CarPlay). Users have to unplug phone and plug it back in multiple times while driving.
My backup camera at first was blurry and now all I can see is black with either orange or yellow lines. I depend on this camera
My 2017 Accord infotainment system's Apple carplay constantly freezes whenever I use it. This is posing as a safety risk because the infotainment unit would randomly freeze up and require shutting off the car and turning it back on in order for it to work again. There are multiple people experiencing this. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2016-2017-honda-accord-carplay-issues.2287310/ https://www.driveaccord.net/threads/2016-accord-ex-l-apple-carplay-screen-freezes.554208/page-3#post-6821377
THE BACK UP CAMERA JUST QUIT WORKING IT'S A BLACK SCREEN WHEN YOU PUT TO REVERSE
THE REAR CAMERA HAS STOPS AND STARTS WITHOUT WARNING WHEN I PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN SITTING STILL.
REAR BACKUP CAMERA HAS FAILED. THERE IS SIMILAR NHTSA CAMPAIGN 18V629 THAT COVERS 2018 HONDA ACCORD BUT NOT 2017 HONDA ACCORD. THERE ARE SEVERAL USERS REPORTING SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THE REAR BACKUP CAMERA ON THE HONDA ACCORD. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
BACK UP CAMERA STOPPED WORKING. IT ONLY DISPLAYS ORANGE LINES. WHEN TRYING TO ADJUST THE IMAGE THE SCREEN DISPLAYS STATIC LIKE LINES AND ALSO THE LIGHTS ON DISPLAY SCREEN GOES DIM. UNABLE TO GET CAMERA TO WORK. OWN CAR ONE YEAR WITH A LITTLE OVER 17,000 MILES AT TIME I PURCHASED. IT ONLY HAS 29,000 MILES ON IT NOW. NOT HAVING BACK UP CAMERA WORKING CAN CAUSE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS.
SUDDENLY MY CAR WINDSHIELD START BREAKING AND MOSTLY IT IS FROM 9TH GEN ACCORD TO 10TH GEN ACCORD. IT COSTED ME THOUSAND DOLLAR TO FIX IT AND MY CAR ONLY HAS 52 THOUSAND MILEAGE
THERE ARE THREE THINGS CONCERNING TO ME, I'M ORDER OF IMPORTANCE: 1) WHEN I DRIVE IT'S ALMOST AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING THE WAY THE CAR JERKS. THE OTHER DAY MY GEAR IDENTIFIER KEPT BLINKING N/3 BACK & FORTH & A ERROR LIGHT POPPED UP INDICATING AN EMISSIONS ERROR & A TRANSMISSION ERROR. AFTER TURNING OFF THE CAR THE GEAR IDENTIFIER STOPPED BLINKING & JUST SHOWED D. I TOOK IT TO HONDA & THEY SAID THEY RECEIVED A P076 ERROR WHICH MEANS CONDEMNED TRANSMISSION, BUT AFTER THE REDOING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LIKE THEY HAD DONE A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE ISSUE & RERAN THE CODE NOTHING POPULATED ON THE DIAGNOSTICS. I WAS TOLD IT COULD HAVE BEEN A GLITCH. 2) MY NAVIGATION SCREEN GOES BLANK AT RANDOM MOMENTS WITH NO WARNING & WHEN ASKED JUST ADVISED NO UPDATES FOR IT SHOWING. 3) SOMETIMES MY BLUETOOTH WILL NOT CONNECT TO DEVICES OR I CAN LISTEN TO MUSIC, BUT CANNOT SPEAK WITH SOMEONE ON THE PHONE, THEY CANNOT HEAR ME & I CAN'T HEAR THEM, I HAVE TO PUT MY PHONE ON PRIVATE OR SPEAKER.
NOT A SAFETY ISSUE ?? SOMETHING KEEPS KILLING THE BATTERY ON THE CAR .REPLACED BATTERY TWICE IF YOU LEAVE FOR A WEEK THE BATTERY IS DEAD. HAVE A COWORKER THAT HAS THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL WITH SAME ISSUE.HAVE BROUGHT TO HONDA TWICE ONLY TO BE TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG??!! THEREFORE,STILL AN ONGOING ISSUE PRESENTLY.
BACKUP CAMERA HAS BECOME BLURRY AND UPON RESEARCH ONLINE, THERE ARE OTHERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 2018 HONDA ACCORD VEHICLES, HOWEVER, THIS RECALL NEEDS TO APPLY TO ALL HONDA'S WITH BACK UP CAMERAS BECAUSE THIS IS DANGEROUS AS THE OWNER CANNOT SEE SOMETHING OR SOMEONE DUE TO HOW BLURRY IT IS.
AUTOMOBILE WILL JUST STOP STARTING. AFTER JUMP STARTING, IT WILL OPERATE FINE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THEN PROBLEM WILL RESURFACE.
REAR CAMERA HAS MALFUNCTIONED. THE DASHBOARD SCREEN SHOWS A BLACK BACKGROUND WITH HORIZONTAL 'VIBRATING ' LINES. 2018 HONDA ACCORDS HAD A RECALL FOR THIS BUT TO DATE THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL FOR THE 2017 ACCORDS ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM.
ON 9-12-2019, MY WIFE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN ACCELERATION WITH HER 2017 HONDA ACCORD. SHE TURNED INTO A PARKING SPACE AT A LOCAL FUNERAL HOME, STOPPED AND WAS ABOUT TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK. SUDDENLY THE CAR ACCELERATED, SURGING FORWARD OVER THE CURB, DOWN THE LANDSCAPED BANK, OVER ANOTHER CURB, CROSSED OVER A 2 LANE ROAD, OVER A CURB INTO A FAST FOOD ENTRANCE, OFF THE CURB, CONTINUING FORWARD AND HIT THE RIGHT REAR CLIP OF A CAR IN THE DRIVE THRU, OVER ANOTHER CURB AND FINALLY STOPPED AFTER HITTING A TREE. THE BREAKS DID NOT SLOW OR STOP THE CAR. THE CAR TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET BEFORE STRIKING THE TREE. THE CAR WAS TOTALED DUE TO ALL OF THE DAMAGE UNDERNEATH. I REPORTED THE ISSUE TO MY HONDA DEALER ON 9-13-19. THEY GAVE ME THE NUMBER TO THEIR NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS. HONDA SENT FIELD REPS OUT TO EXAMINE THE CAR AND TRY TO PULL ANY DATA. ON 10/10/19 I RECEIVED A CALL FROM HONDA STATING NO ISSUES FOUND. AFTER CHECKING THE INTERNET I FOUND OVER 150 ISSUES WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION ISSUES WITH HONDA. THIS REOCCURRING ISSUE NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE IT RESULTS INTO SOMEONE DYING .
SUN ROOF EXPLODING WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE
TAMARA RECALL - SOMETIMES BUT NOT ALL THERE IS HESITATION WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS AFTER STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. OCCASIONALLY THIS WILL HAPPEN WITH RIGHT HAND TURNS BUT NOT AS OFTEN. I HAD COGGIN HONDA IN ST AUGUSTINE CHECK THE PROBLEM OUT BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR BUT THOUGHT IT WAS A DRIVER ERROR.
THE TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE CAR ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR DRIVING IN WINTER CONDITIONS. THE TREAD PATTERN IS DESIGNED FOR DRY ROADS. THERE ARE NO CHANNELS FOR ACCUMULATING SLUSH, SNOW, ETC. TO EXIT THE TREAD TO THE SIDES. THIS CAUSES ACCUMULATION IN THE TREAD AND CAUSES HYDROPLANING AND COMPLETE LOSS OF TRACTION. LAST WINTER I ALMOST LOST TOTAL CONTROL OF THIS CAR WHILE ON THE EXPRESSWAY COMING NORTH FROM O'HARE ON I94 IN SLUSH. I TRIED ASKING THE KENOSHA, WISCONSIN DEALERSHIP TO PUT ALL SEASON RADIALS ON THE CAR AND THEY REFUSED, SAYING IF I WANTED TO PAY FOR DIFFERENT TIRES I COULD DO THAT. SELLING OR LEASING A VEHICLE IN A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL AREA SHOULD INCLUDE TIRES THAT ARE SUITED FOR SAID AREA. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IN SNOW OR ANY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS DUE TO THE TIRES.
CAR NEEDED TO BE JUMPED STARTED TWICE. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO FIND CAUSEO OF BATTERY NOT FUNCTIONING. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. BATTERY AND ALL OTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FAILED TO SHOW ANY CAUSE OF DEAD BATTERY. FIRST TIME, CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER WAITING 20 MINS. SECOND TIME, CAR IN GARAGE OVER NIGHT WOULD NOT START.
WHEN CAR IS RUNNING FOR AN HOUR OR MORE AND THEN STATIONARY (OUTSIDE IN THE DRIVEWAY) WITH THE CABIN AIR ON, THE SMELL OF GASOLINE IS COMING INTO THE CABIN AND IS VERY NOTICEABLE. I TOOK MY BABY DAUGHTER OUT FOR A DRIVE TO GET HER TO FALL ASLEEP AND WHEN I REACHED HOME I USUALLY SIT WITH HER IN THE CAR WHILE IT RUNS, BUT THE SMELL WAS SO STRONG THAT I HAD TO WAKE HER AND REMOVE HER FROM THE CAR. BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER TODAY (01/29/18) WHO NOTED NO GAS LEAKS AND STATED THAT GAS GAP WAS NOT AS TIGHT AS IT COULD BE, BUT IT SEEMS IMPROBABLE THAT IT WOULD CAUSE THAT MUCH OF A SMELL IN THE CABIN. SEEING SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FOR HONDA CR-V AND FEEL LIKE THE DEALER COULD DO MORE EXPLORATION, BUT DIDN'T SO THEY COULD NOT DO FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THE ISSUE. THEY CLAIMED THEY COULD NOT SMELL THE GASOLINE BUT SOMETHING ELSE AND SAID IT WAS "OFF GASSING OF THE INTERNAL ENGINE COMPARTMENT CHEMICALS". BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I COULD SMELL GASOLINE.
SUNROOF SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE.
THERE IS A LOUD WIND NOISE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR. IT WAS NOTICEABLE WHEN I DROVE ON THE HIGHWAY ABOVE 60 MPH. I HAD IT EVALUATED BY THE HONDA CARE CENTER AND THEY REPLACED THE WINDOW STRIP; HOWEVER, ONCE I ACCELERATE PAST 40 MPH IT IS EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED TJAN BEFORE. I RETURNED TO THE SERVICE CENTER AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT FIXABLE AS IT IS IN THE DESIGN OF THE CAR. IT SEEMS HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO ME THAT ENGINEERS WOULD ALLOW A CAR ON THE ROAD WITH KNOWN "WIND ISSUES" OR A DESIGN FLAW. THIS IS MY FOURTH HONDA ACCORD AND NEVER HAS THIS BEEN AN ISSUE.
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The 2017 Honda Accord has 55 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. 2 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.