2018 Honda Accord electrical system problems
Owners reported electrical system problems in 296 complaints for the 2018 Honda Accord, 10% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 296 10% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 11,000 miles 92 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 56 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 13 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 9 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 92 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 11,000 miles, and 78% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 11 crashes, 2 fires, 6 injuries.
What owners wrote
May 13th, 2018 driving on the highway doing 50-55 going eastbound on the bay bridge in san francisco -'out of no where' the electric parking brake came on! And I didn't push no buttons! Not quite sure of the malfunctioning, but it cost an accident' cause someone hit me from behind! Also my airbags didn't deploy, but when honda link assistant called and we was told- 'they sense an accident cause of deployed airbags.' I'm afraid to drive a car that nearly killed us.
After being parked in a friends driveway for several hours I proceeded to open my car and drive home. First remote control would not open doors, after several tries it open the driver door only, upon turning ignition on a series of warning indicating the adaptive cruise control system automatically disables itself, all collision mitigation functions stop working, series of warning see pics appear on display to see dealer, all windows and truck will not function, turn signals and brake lights, rear view camera do…
Other problems reported for the 2018 Honda Accord
- Engine 587 complaints
- Fuel system 476 complaints
- Forward collision avoidance 448 complaints
- Brakes 262 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 138 complaints
- Cruise control 111 complaints
- Lane departure 64 complaints
- Steering 62 complaints