NHTSA Complaint #11181077 — 2016 HONDA ACCORD

ON MAY 29, 2017, I NOTICED AN SLOW OIL LEAKAGE FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE SIDE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR AFTER I WENT UNDER THE CAR TO INSPECT BECAUSE THERE WAS A OIL STAIN ON MY DRIVEWAY. THE LEAKAGE WAS LARGE AND IT SPREAD. I NOTICED OIL ON THE BOTTOM SHIELD PROTECTOR OF THE CAR. THE OIL COLOR WAS CLEAR WITH BLACK PARTICLES. THE AREA WAS MOIST. AT THE TIME, MY CAR HAD 6,274 MILES. I CONTACTED HONDA CORPORATION AND I WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE CAR TO ANY HONDA DEALER FOR INSPECTION. I TOOK THE CAR TO CARSON HONDA WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED BY THEM THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK BETWEEN TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE. CARSON HONDA COULD NOT PINPOINT EXACTLY WHERE THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM SO THEY PLACED A WHITE SPRAY RESIDUE TO PINPOINT THE LEAK. I RETURNED WITH THE VEHICLE TO LONG BEACH HONDA FOR EVALUATION OF THE LEAK. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT SEE THE LEAK. I MYSELF NOTICED THAT THAT THE WHITE RESIDUE WAS MOIST AND BROWN AND WHITE RESIDUE FROM SITES WHERE IT WAS NOT LEAKING. HONDA CORPORATION WAS RECONTACTED BECAUSE THE LEAK CONTINUE AND WAS ADVISED THAT I CAN ONLY TAKE TO ONE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION ONCE I START THE CASE. I TOLD THEM I WOULD TAKE IT TO NORM REEVES HONDA AND STAY THERE. AT NORM REEVES HONDA, THEY FOUND TRANS/CVT LEAKING OIL. THEY SAID THE ISSUE WAS REPAIR. ON APRIL 23, 2018, I PERFORMED A MOTOR OIL CHANGE AND I SAW A VERY SMALL OIL LEAKAGE ALONG THE AREA SEPARATING THE TRANS AND ENGINE. LEFT ON TO RE-EVALUATE LATER. ON FEB 18, 2019, I WENT UNDER MY CAR TO INSPECT FOR OIL LEAKAGE. THE OIL LEAKAGE HAS CONTINUE AND IS SIMILAR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE LEAKAGE FROM MAY 29, 2017. THERE IS CLEAR OIL LEAKAGE WITH BLACK PARTICLES AND OIL ON THE BOTTOM SHIELD PROTECTOR OF THE CAR. MILES AT THIS TIME 18,999.