2005 Honda Accord engine problems

Owners reported engine problems in 51 complaints for the 2005 Honda Accord, 6% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 51 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 77,000 miles 40 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 6 and 2
Injuries and deaths: 4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 40 complaints that include mileage. 40% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	7
20k to 40k miles	6
40k to 60k miles	3
60k to 80k miles	7
80k to 100k miles	3
100k to 120k miles	2
120k to 140k miles	6
140k to 160k miles	1
160k to 180k miles	3
180k to 200k miles	1
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 40 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 77,000 miles, and 40% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 2 fires, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

Dt*: the contact stated during sudden, hard braking the vehicle pulled to the right. Then a few days later, during normal braking, the vehicle pulled to the left. The dealership was unable to determine a problem. Then while traveling 30 MPH on a slushy downhill road the brake pedal was depressed and the brakes did not respond. The vehicle rear ended another vehicle. There was a police report taken at the scene. The driver received minor injuries.

Reported at 7,000 miles, June 2006 CrashInjury

I was driving on interstate 20/59 near ft. Payne, alabama with the cruise control set on 75 MPH. I changed lanes to pass a slower car but did not touch the gas pedal. The car started to accelerate on its own. I tapped the breaks to turn cruise control off but the car continued to accelerate without touching the gas pedal. The acceleration was not a full throttle acceleration, just a moderate increase.

Reported at 135,000 miles, May 2013

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Honda models