7/17/19. 2018 Accord touring 2.0 purchased new in November (has about 11,000 miles now). I was driving 65mph on highway when car made loud clunking noise, began to smoke intensely, and shuddered to a stop and died. I was on bluetooth phone call at the time and the person on the other end heard it and asked what it was. I said I thought the engine was on fire. I was able to pull over just as every possible warning light flashed on dash and profuse smoke poured from sides and under hood. I jumped out and moved away from vehicle, seeing a long stream of liquid from under the car along the road where I had pulled over. Fire rescue came, although the car did not ignite. They and the roadside service man advised me that oil had exploded everywhere, as from a high pressure situation. The car has had one oil change at the dealer, per its maintenance schedule, and otherwise has had nothing done. I did hear a strange noise coming from it the previous evening--loud enough that I checked to see if it had any maintenance warnings, which it did not. It said my oil was at 60% and would need a B1 when it was time. After my car died, it required a tow to the dealership. The dealer said they could not even turn it on and they don't know what is wrong, but they need a specialist to come look at it. I'm concerned about how utterly dangerous the situation was. If it had been later in the day with heavier traffic, my life would have been at even greater risk. It seems really unusual to have such a catastrophic failure for no reason on a new, historically reliable vehicle.

- Boulder City, NV, USA

After car has warmed up, upon a restart, gasoline odor comes through air vents as car idles. This is on the 2.0L turbo engine in the sport model.

- Bloomington, IN, USA

Engine oil smells strongly of gasoline. This is the same 1.5L turbo gdi engine that has been recalled already in the civic and CRV.

- Atlantic Beach, FL, USA

Upon completion of the driving the car, I will put the car into the garage. After 10-20 minutes has passed, I walk out to the garage and the whole garage smells like unburnt fuel. On occasion if the time between drives is short, the entire inside of the car will also smell like fuel. I have taken the car to the dealer 4 times so far, with no luck helping. Today will be the 5th time in the first 20000 miles. I put it as last week because that is what made me send it back to dealer yet again, but this has been on going for months.

- Ada, OH, USA

Two separate issues: 1) with only 2,400 miles on the Accord, on October 7, 2018 it suddenly lost power 2 or 3 times over a 60-mile stretch of the busy 405 freeway, each time slowing from 65 mph to approximately 30 mph or less despite maintaining even pressure on the accelerator. The car did not respond to pressure on the gas pedal. No cruise control was used at any time. The sudden deceleration could have caused a serious accident. 2) on November 30, 2018, I attempted to resume motion after stopping for a red light. The Accord's gas pedal failed to respond for approximately 5 to 6 seconds, then suddenly lurched forward. This also could have caused a serious accident.

- La Palma, CA, USA

The contact owns a 2018 Honda Accord. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning and decelerated on several occasions. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. In addition, all the warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. Hughes Honda (2250 moody road, warner robins, Georgia 31088, (478) 449-3939) was made aware of the failure and stated that the fuel injector may have been faulty. The source of the failure was undetermined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact stated that the vehicle was stationed in germany and referenced NHTSA campaign number: 18V629000 (back over prevention, visibility). The failure mileage was approximately 13,000.

- Lizella, GA, USA

Strong odor of gasoline in the engine and rising oil level. Car doesn't even have 200 miles on it! this is not what I had expected from a Honda.

- Atlantic Beach, FL, USA

I had an event with my turbo hose being loose, dealer tech said must have been loose coming from the factory. Here is the thread. My situation is illustrated with my handle, "mikiwolf". basically, lost power in my vehicle after 1850 miles and had it towed to dealership. At first they said it was bad fuel and quoted me $800 to clean the fuel tank. Tech kept using "ethanol" and "water" interchangeably which confused me. A day later I went to the dealership and the tech said it was bad gas with just 5% ethanol, fuel was too rich creating the problem for me. Even after I expressed that ethanol is simply an additive, it meant little to this 20-something kid. Long story short, after I asked him to test for water, he wound up doing a visual inspection and found the turbo inlet pipe was loose, tightened it, and did a test drive - problem fixed. The tech went on to say that his internal forum shows this situation happening more and more with Accord. He thinks they are coming from the factory too loose and going forward he knows what to look for now. The dealership did the right thing to work with me and reconcile their findings with me. Problem is, not everyone is as technical as I am and overall Honda seems to have a build issue to resolve and broadly investigate.

- North Bellmore, NY, USA

Fuel tank cover did not open. Vehicle was stationary.

- Broomall, PA, USA

Similar to nhtsb complaint id# 11111897, vehicle lost power while in motion on 7/21/208 on highway in congestion while raining. It has since been towed to Honda dealership where currently undergoing repair work. I was told fuel injectors needed replacement under warranty. I hope this solves the issue and does not happen again as I was put in a potentially dangerous situation that afternoon.

- Upper Marlboro, MD, USA

Vehicle loses power on a highway in congestion when it is raining

- Tampa, FL, USA

Problem with fuel filler lid actuator assembly freezes causes inability to push in and open the fuel door. Dealer contends this is a known issue but no eta on repair. I have been unable to locate other complaints similar to this online and Honda has not responded directly to a ticket opened on their customer service site.

- North Grafton, MA, USA

The car stutters or stammers when you press the accelerator/gas pedal at times, it does not do it at all times. It is dangerous. It was stationary at a stop light, or pullling off from a stopped position.

- Columbus, GA, USA