Honda Accord / 2018
2018 Honda Accord problems
Owners have filed 2,908 complaints about the 2018 Honda Accord with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 18.2% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of forward collision avoidance at 15%.
Complaints2,908
Crashes67
Fires5
Injuries64
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Engine 18.2% · 530
Forward collision avoidance 15.0% · 436
Fuel/propulsion system 10.2% · 297
Electrical system 9.8% · 284
Service brakes 8.5% · 247
Unknown or other 8.4% · 245
Fuel system, gasoline 5.7% · 165
Power train 4.5% · 132
Severity
Of those complaints, 67 describe a crash, 5 describe a fire and 64 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 36 model years of the Honda Accord in this data, 2018 draws the most complaints of any of them.
Filings are rising — 1518 in the last three years against 771 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 22,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Drove to work, about 35 miles. Few hours later went to leave to get a cup of coffee, started car and ALL lights came on dash and seems like every feature cycled through indicated nonfunctional. Drove to dealership, head gasket leak and piston misfiring, $4200. Car is a 2018 Honda Accord EX-L with 62000 miles. Seems strange to have such an extensive issue with a honda with such low miles. Can you investigate. Thanks Engine
At 144000 miles all vehicle lights came on and vehicle engine would shake and vibrate. Computer said misfire on cylinder three. Changed spark plugs and coil. Problem still persisted. Mechanic recommended replacing fuel injectors so i did. After injectors were replaced all the lights came back on and the car runs worse. I believe its a blown head gasket now and the mechanic is testing the head this week. Engine
The contact owns a 2018 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of an unknown recall. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds on several occasions, the check engine warning light blinked, and the vehicle lost power. The vehicle was restarted after each failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. Engine
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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Other Honda Accord years
2015 825 complaints · 28.7% electrical system 2016 822 complaints · 23.4% electrical system 2017 770 complaints · 19.4% electrical system 2019 1,074 complaints · 17.7% forward collision avoidance 2020 556 complaints · 23.6% forward collision avoidance 2021 340 complaints · 20.6% forward collision avoidance