NHTSA Complaint #10652605 — 2008 HONDA ACCORD

AROUND DECEMBER 20TH, 2012 I STARTED TO NOTICE A DECLINE IN MILEAGE WITH MY OIL CHANGES. IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE FROM THERE. THE CAR BURNS UP SO MUCH OIL AT THIS POINT SO QUICKLY, I WOULD SAY THAT AT ABOUT EVERY 1000 TO 2000 MILES I AM PUTTING 4QTS MORE OF OIL INTO MY ENGINE BECAUSE IT HAS ALL BURNED UP. I HAVE ALSO NOTICE THAT MY OIL LIGHT NEVER COMES ON DURING THIS TIME. THE ONLY WAY I KNOW THAT I HAVE NO OIL IN MY CAR IS BY CHECKING IT MYSELF AND/OR WHEN I START TO HEAR THE CYLINDERS GRIND. I TOOK MY CAR INTO HONDA AND ASKED THEM WHY MY OIL WAS GETTING BURNED UP SO QUICKLY AND THEY FED ME A LINE OF NONSENSE AND TOLD ME IT WAS BECAUSE WE SIT IN TRAFFIC SO MUCH. THEY BASICALLY WERE TRYING TO GET RID OF ME AND TELL ME IT WAS NORMAL. AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE I WENT TO A JIFFY LUBE A MONTH LATER TO GET MY OIL CHECKED AGAIN AND WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING IN MY ENGINE THAT I HAD NO OIL IN MY CAR WHATSOEVER. HONDA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. EVEN WITH THE EXCESSIVE OIL USE. ANOTHER PROBLEM I HAD IS WITH THE VTC ACTUATOR AND I AM STARTING TO WONDER IF THE TWO ARE INTERTWINED. *TR