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2010 Honda Accord Other Problems

24 owner-reported other complaints from NHTSA data

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Complaints
Jan 2017Dec 2019
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Data sourced from NHTSA public database. For informational purposes only. Always consult a qualified mechanic.

Owner Complaints (24)

criticalUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Oct 2024

Your car's rear doors and windows may become inoperable when locked from the outside, trapping you inside with no way to escape. This happened to the owner twice — once when he was accidentally locked in the trunk area after crawling through, and again when he couldn't open a door from the inside while waiting in a parked car. In hot weather, this creates a dangerous situation where you could be unable to exit the vehicle.

NHTSA #: 11621157
highUNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Filed: Apr 2024

Three months after purchasing your 2010 Honda Accord in March 2023, a ball joint failed and damaged your axle, which caused additional damage to the vehicle. Your warranty didn't cover the ball joint, axle, or related damage, leaving you to pay for towing and repairs out of pocket. You're still experiencing problems with the car, and the dealer has not resolved the ongoing issue. The repair will likely involve replacing the ball joint and inspecting the axle and suspension components for damage.

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NHTSA #: 11581940
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: May 2023

I own a 2010 Honda Accord. I was driving on the highway while driving at approximately 60 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle started to shake and failed to operate as needed. I was able to navigate the vehicle off the roadway. The vehicle was towed to a dealership where the vehicle was diagnosed that the piston rings needed to be replaced. I have 59,000 original miles on it! I was told by the service advisor that it was common in Hondas with v6 due to the Ecco or vcm. I found out extended warranty was given to owners, I didn't. I want to know why I didn't and why I never received a recall? I'm not spending $6000 for something that was a terrible design. Please call Helen Crowe or David Bryant 317-701-7600 or email Dobryant66@gmail.com

NHTSA #: 11523938
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Feb 2023

The two catelletic converters are broken at the same time? The part guy said 1 is broken and the other just isn’t working. How can this be on a car that has less than 125,000 miles?

NHTSA #: 11505668
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: May 2021

08-2010 ACCORD NOSE MASK SAFETY RECALL THAT IS NOT BEING HONORED.

NHTSA #: 11414727
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Feb 2020

THE STOCK STEREO WILL MAKE A POPPING ELECTRICAL NOISE AND THE STEREO WILL STOP WORKING. SOUNDS LIKE A PERSON IS BANGING ON THE TRUNK. IF YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON THE RADIO WILL WORK UNTIL THE NEXT EPISODE. THE RADIO STATIONS USUALLY STOP BEFORE AXILLARY JACK. THE CD PLAYER STOPPED WORKING IN 2018. NEVER HAD THESE ISSUES IN MY 2005 HONDA ACCORD.

NHTSA #: 11312069
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Dec 2019

WHEN ALARM GOES OFF IT LOCKS MY DOORS AND WINDOWS AND I CAN'T GET OUT UNTIL IT STOPS I WAS TRAPPED INSIDE CAR IN SUMMER LIKE 101 OUTSIDE BOOK SAID ROLL WINDOW DOWN AND OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE HANDLE THE WINDOW WELL WON'T OPEN AND I CAN'T OPEN MY DOOR AND I'M LOCKED IN THERE WITH NO AIR IN THE DEAD OF THE SUMMER THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM. ONE TIME I TRIED TO GET OUT AND THE ALARM WENT BACK ON AGAIN AND I WAS LOCKED IN THERE ANOTHER FIVE OR 10 MINUTES EVEN MY NEIGHBOR CAME OUT AND TRIED TO HELP ME

NHTSA #: 11290992
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Jun 2019

THE SAME ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE A RECALL OUT FOR 2010 HONDA ACCORD WITH DIFFERENT VINZ IS THE BEARING IN THE TRANSMISSION

NHTSA #: 11220229
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Nov 2018

TOLD BY DEALER THIS NOSE MASK AFTERMARKET RECALL DOES NOT EFFECT MY VEHICLE. YOU SAY IT DOES.

NHTSA #: 11151011
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: May 2018

CAR IS BURNING THROUGH OIL MUCH FASTER THAN NORMAL. HONDA AGREED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, BUT SINCE IT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL "RECALL" THEY DID NOT INFORM CUSTOMERS. THEY REFUSE TO COVER THE KNOWN PROBLEM SINCE THE 2010 ACCORD WAS BUILT IN 2008, AND THE WARRANTY COVERS 8 YEARS.

NHTSA #: 11091145
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Apr 2018

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH WHEN THE SUNROOF SHATTERED. THERE WERE NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME AND I WAS NOT CROSSING UNDER ANY BRIDGES.

NHTSA #: 11083948
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Dec 2017

WHILE DRIVING THE ODOMETER SHOWS A WARNING THAT THE FUEL CAP IS NOT SEALED I CAN CLEAR THE WARNING BY CHANGING THE ODOMETER SETTING BUT IT REAPPEARS SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THIS IS SOMETIMES ACCOMPANIED BY A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. TOOK CAR TO HONDA DEALER WHO REPORTED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FROM THE FUEL CAP WARNING. THEY REPLACED THE FUEL CAP BUT LESS THAN A DAY LATER(APPROX. 50 MI.) THE WARNING HAS REAPPEARED

NHTSA #: 11053666
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Nov 2017

SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE ABOURT 70 MILES AN HOUR

NHTSA #: 11043875
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Oct 2017

THE SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WITH NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME.

NHTSA #: 11039915
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Sep 2017

TAKATA RECALL...

NHTSA #: 11021042
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Aug 2017

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. THE CAR BEGAN GRINDING AND HAD NO OIL REGISTERED ON THE DIPSTICK AFTER 1000 MILES FOLLOWING AN OIL CHANGE. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES DESPITE USING HIGH MILEAGE OIL AND GETTING OIL CHANGES MORE FREQUENTLY THAN RECOMMENDED,

NHTSA #: 11020638
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Mar 2017

TOOK MY 2010 HONDA ACCORD TO REPAIR A ATC ACTUATOR. I AM TOLD THE PART HAS NOT BEEN IMPROVED AND EVERYONE WHO HAD THIS REPAIRED IS RETURNING WITHIN 6 MONTHS . THERE ARE ALOT OF COMPLAINTS .WHEN IS HONDA GOING TO RECALL AND FIX THIS FAULTY PART . THE CAR STARTS SO LOUD !!!!

NHTSA #: 10967045
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Mar 2017

RIGHT TURN SIGNAL CANCEL IS BROKEN. IT IS NOT CANCELING THE SIGNAL AFTER FINISHING A RIGHT TURN. I HAVE TO MANUALLY TURN IT OFF. IF I FORGET TO TURN IT OFF IT MIGHT BE MISLEADING OTHER DRIVERS AND COULD INCREASE CHANCES FOR A CRASH.

NHTSA #: 10959953
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Jan 2017

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I HEARD A LOUD "POP", IT SOUNDED LIKE GUNFIRE SO I LOOKED AROUND TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER VEHICLES NEAR ME AND NON WERE CLOSE. I LOOKED AT ALL MY WINDOWS AND THEY WERE IN TACK BUT I HEARD THIS LOUD GUSHING OF WIND COMING FROM OVERHEAD. WHEN I STOPPED, I REALIZED IT WAS MY SUNROOF. IT HAD A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND IT LOOK AS THOUGH IT HAD COME FROM THE INSIDE AS THE REMAINING GLASS WAS PROTRUDING UPWARD. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO SOLD ME THE CAR AND THEY STATED IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE. I GOOGLE TO SEE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO REPAIR IT AS THE DEALER STATED THEY WOULD NOT, THAT IS WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, SO I AM REPORTING MY ISSUES IN HOPES THAT THE CAR MANUFACTURERS WILL TAKE THIS SERIOUS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

NHTSA #: 10939174
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Aug 2016

THE INTERIO PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AREA IS LEAKING WHEN IT RAINS. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A WRECK. I'VE LOOKED ON THE EXTERIOR AREA AND UNABLE TO VISIBLY SEE ANY DEFECTS THAT WOULD ALLOW RAIN/WATER INTO THE INTERIOR AREA THAT IS LEAKING. MY CONCERN IS THE WATER/RAIN WILL CAUSE THE SIDE AIR BAG TO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY DURING A TIME OF NEED.

NHTSA #: 10893413
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Apr 2016

WHILE DRIVING ON 414 MAITLAND, OUT OF NO WHERE I HEARD A LOUD "POW!" THOUGH I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT, I THOUGHT A BIRD OR METEORITE OR STREET LIGHT COVER HAD FALLEN FROM THE SKY AND LANDED ON MY VEHICLE. I LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW A BLACK SQUARE OBJECT FALL FROM THE SKY AND THE CAR BEHIND SWERVE OUT OF ITS WAY. AT THAT POINT I COULD HEAR SMALL PIECES OF SOMETHING BOUNCING AROUND IN THE POCKET BETWEEN THE MOON ROOF AND THE COVER, AND ROLLING ON, OVER AND OFF OF THE MY CAR. I PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER MORE THOROUGHLY, EXPECTING TO SEE A DEAD BIRD, BLOOD & FEATHERS, OR A ROCK, OR A STREET LIGHT COVER SITTING IN THE AREA WHERE MY MOON ROOF GLASS USE TO BE, INSTEAD I FOUND A HUGE GAPING HOLE(APPROX. 12" X 17" IN THE MIDDLE OF MY MOON ROOD AND THE REMAINDER OF THE GLASS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE HOLE ARCHED LIKE A HILL. I DETERMINED THAT THE "POW!" I HEARD WAS THE GLASS EXPLODING, AND THE BLACK PIECE OF SOMETHING THAT WAS FALLING FROM THE SKY IN MY REAR VIEW WAS THE PORTION OF GLASS. I IT WAS CLOUDY AND LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT RAN, SO I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE NEAREST SHOP (PUBLIX) AND BOUGHT A BOX OF 2 MIL CONTRACTOR GARAGE BAGS, SOME SHIPPING TAPE AND TAPED ONE OF THE BAGS OF THE TOP OF THE VEHICLE. I THEN RETRACED MY PATH I THE INTERSTATE TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING DIDN'T FALL FROM THE SKY AND THAT THE GLASS HAD IN FACT EXPLODED. I FOUND NOTHING, EXCEPT THE SHARDS OF GLASS THAT WAS ONCE MY MOON ROOF. I THEN WENT HOME, PARKED THE CAR AND BEGAN RESEARCH "EXPLODING MOON ROOF". COME TO FIND OUT THIS IS NOT AN ALIEN OCCURRENCE AND SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS MANUFACTURER, YEAR, MAKE & MODEL. HTTPS://WWW.BOGLEHEADS.ORG/FORUM/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?T=171365 HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/HONDA/ACCORD/2010/WINDOWS_WINDSHIELD/SHATTERED-EXPLODED_SUNROOF.SHTML HTTP://WWW.CRVOWNERSCLUB.COM/FORUMS/14-PROBLEMS-ISSUES/16323-2010-EXPLODING-SUNROOF.HTML

NHTSA #: 10861867
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Sep 2011

THE DAY AFTER MY AC STOPPED WORKING I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO THE NEAREST DEALER WHICH WAS AUTOWEST HONDA OF FREMONT. EVEN THOUGH SUMMER WAS ALMOST OVER IT WAS STILL HOT ENOUGH NOT TO LIVE WITH OUT AC SO I DECIDED TO HAVE MY AC DIAGNOSED. APPARENTLY THE DEALER SAID THAT A SMALL PEBBLE HIT MY CONDENSER WHICH CAUSED MY AC TO STOP WORKING. MY INSURANCE WILL COVER IT BUT MY DEDUCTIBLE IS TOO HIGH, MY HONDA WARRANTY DOES NOT WANT TO COVER IT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A DEFECT AND OF COURSE THE COST TO FIX THE AC CONDENSER PLUS LABOR WOULD COST ABOUT $900!! I REALLY FIND THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT UN FAIR! IF IT THAT SIMPLE FOR A CONDENSER TO BE DAMAGED BY A PEBBLE WHY WOULD HONDA PUT OUT A VEHICLE LIKE THAT OUT ON THE STREETS! I KNOW THE CONDENSER HAS TO BE EXPOSED BUT I BELIEVE THE MODEL OF THIS VEHICLE EXPOSES THE CONDENSER TOO MUCH AND IF ITS THAT SIMPLE FOR THE CONDENSER TO GET DAMAGED THEN HONDA HAS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW AND TO HAVE SUCH A NECESSARY REPAIR RUNNING FOR $900 AT 30,000 MILES IS RIDICULOUS. EITHER PUT BETTER CONDENSER ON HONDA VEHICLES OR DON'T PUT VEHICLES OUT THERE WHERE ONE HAS TO WORRY ABOUT HITTING PEBBLES BECAUSE THEY MIGHT COST YOU ANOTHER $900! REALLY UNHAPPY WITH HONDA RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT I LOVE HONDA'S AND MOST OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE ONE. HOPEFULLY HONDA CAN FIX THIS, BRAND NEW CAR AND ALREADY UNHAPPY AT 30,000! AND OF COURSE I HAD TO PAY THE$150 FOR DIAGNOSING THE THING BECAUSE IT WAS NOT COVERED BY MY HONDA PROTECTION PLAN! HOW ARE WE SUPPOSE TO DRIVE A HONDA ACCORD COUPE WITH PIECE OF MIND IF I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A PEBBLE HITTING MY CONDENSER AND DAMAGING IT, WHEN STREETS ARE FULL OF THEM! I NEED A CAR THAT WOULD GIVE ME PIECE OF MIND NOT ONE THAT WOULD PUT ME AT RISK FINANCIALLY EVERY TIME I'M DRIVING THE [XXX] THING! SORRY FOR THE COMPLAIN HONDA AND HOPE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING TO FIX THIS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA #: 10424868
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Jun 2011

2010 HONDA ACCORD. PRE-MATURE REAR BRAKE WARE. I HAVE 25,000 MILES, ALL HIGHWAY. THE REAR BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED. I WENT TO HONDA. THEY SAID IT WAS MY FAULT. AND WANTED $ 250, TO FIX. SAID I NEEDED NEW ROTORS (LIE, LOCAL SHOP SAID REAR BRAKE SHOT, NOT ROTORS. DEALER NO HELP. CALLED AMERICAN HONDA, THEY SAID THEY WOULD CALL THE DEALER, AND TRY TO HELP. DEALER TOLD THEM I WAS NEVER THERE. I HAVE INVOICE, THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUITE, FOR 2009 REAR BRAKES, NOT MY 2010. (YET). *TR

NHTSA #: 10409297
mediumUNKNOWN OR OTHER
Filed: Jan 2011

I PURCHASED A NEW 2010 HONDA ACCORD LX-P IN LATE NOVEMBER OF 2009. ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2010, I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN BECAUSE THERE WAS A SEVERE WHINING NOISE AT IDLE THAT WAS MOST PROMINENT UNDER SPEEDS OF 20 MPH. THE WHINING NOISE STARTED ABOUT FOUR WEEKS EARLIER AND SEEMED TO DISSIPATE ONCE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR. THE NOISE SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE A POWER STEERING PUMP LOW ON FLUID OR JUST BEFORE THE PUMP STARTS TO GO OUT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP SINCE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND LEFT IT THERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. UPON RETURNING TO THE GARAGE, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THE NOISE IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH ALL ACCORDS WITH THE 4-CYLINDER ENGINE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. HE STATED HE EVEN REMOVED THE POWER STEERING BELT TO RULE-OUT THE POWER STEERING PUMP. I THEN ASKED HIM IF THIS WAS THE CASE, WHERE EXACTLY WAS THE WHINING COMING FROM? HE INFORMED ME THAT HE JUST DIDN'T KNOW. PLEASE HELP! TO OVERCOME THE SEVERE WHINING, I HAVE TO TURN THE RADIO UP OR TURN ON THE AC/HEATER FAN TO DROWN OUT THE NOISE.

NHTSA #: 10377746

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