NHTSA Complaint #10436645 — 2008 HONDA ACCORD

ABOVE START DATE AND MILEAGE ARE ESTIMATES AS THIS SEEMS TO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE. THE ENGINE SPUTTERS WHEN ACCELERATING THROUGH THE FIRST FEW GEARS. THIS IS NOTICEABLE AROUND THE 20-35 MILE PER HOUR RANGE, BUT MAY OCCUR BEFORE OR AFTER THAT SPEED. IT SEEMS DANGEROUS IF ACCELERATION IS NEEDED WHEN THE CAR WILL NOT RESPOND. I HAVE LOOKED UP HONDA SERVICE BULLETINS AND IT SEEMS THERE A RE A FEW THAT "MIGHT" FIT THE ISSUE. ONE IS RELATED TO AN OIL "LEAK" ANOTHER TO OIL "CONSUMPTION" AS WELL AS ONE RELATED TO ENGINE "LOW POWER". I BELIEVE THE OIL ISSUE EXISTS REGARDLESS AS I AM CHECKING IT NOW AND DISCOVERED IT IS ALWAYS LOW. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT APPLY AS IT IS HARD TO DETERMINE THE EXACT PROBLEM AND SERVICE BULLETIN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR THIS ISSUE ONLY FOR THE DEALER TO NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OR IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM WHILE AT THE SHOP. EARLY ON WHILE UNDER WARRANTY THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THIS ISSUE AND SOME SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY THEY SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SPARK PLUGS. THE ISSUE HAS ALWAYS REMAINED EVEN AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OF SOME SPARK PLUGS. THEY MAY NOT HAVE REPLACED ALL OF THEM AND THUS THE ISSUE AT HAND? I WILL HAVE TO ASK THE DEALER FOR A SERVICE HISTORY IF THEY HAVE IT SINCE I MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE RECORDS. THE CAR WILL GO BACK AGAIN FOR THIS ISSUE AFTER WRITING THIS. I'M HOPING FOR A POSITIVE OUTCOME WHERE IT WILL NOT COST ME A FORTUNE AS THE CAR IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY BUT WAS BROUGHT IN FOR THIS WHILE IT WAS COVERED. *TR