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2005 Honda Accord Hybrid
This is a warning to anyone looking to buy one of these vehicles. I
just bought one a couple months ago and it makes a constant loud annoying humming sound around 80 mph. The sound actually starts at 70 and continually gets higher in pitch and louder up to 80 mpg. Honda refuses to do anything about this problem, they state that since the condition occurs outside the legal speed limit for my state, they are not obligated to fix the problem. So if you looking at buying the Hybrid, beware. Buying a car from Honda in general may not be the best idea if their policy is to refuse repair for conditions that only occur at higher than the posted speed limit. As for me, I will not be buying another Honda, nor will anyone in my family. There customer service for this issue has been pitiful and a bitter disappointment. |
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if you bought this car to drive over 80mph you should have just picked up a
regular non-hybrid Accord, as it won't save you any gas at thast speed. > wrote in message ups.com... > This is a warning to anyone looking to buy one of these vehicles. I > just bought one a couple months ago and it makes a constant loud > annoying humming sound around 80 mph. The sound actually starts at 70 > and continually gets higher in pitch and louder up to 80 mpg. Honda > refuses to do anything about this problem, they state that since the > condition occurs outside the legal speed limit for my state, they are > not obligated to fix the problem. > > So if you looking at buying the Hybrid, beware. Buying a car from > Honda in general may not be the best idea if their policy is to refuse > repair for conditions that only occur at higher than the posted speed > limit. > > As for me, I will not be buying another Honda, nor will anyone in my > family. There customer service for this issue has been pitiful and a > bitter disappointment. > |
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You sound very bitter for a new owner. What kind of car did you have before
this? Honda and their owner service has always been very fair to me. Honda cars are not perfect, just better than most. Maybe you should give GM car a try, I hear they are giving them away at employee price to try to stay in business. Honda never had to do that. Be sure to tell the rest of your family also. |
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I had a 1999 Nissan Maxima before this vehicle, and yes it still saves
fuel at 80 mph, it averages about 32 mpg at this speed. I am bitter because this car has been in the shop for about a third of the time I have owned it, and now they refuse to do anything about the humming noise. Fresh off the lot the engine light would come on if you punched the gas and accelerated to interstate speeds. They took a while to figure out the problem, and then loaded a software update to the computer that fixed the issue. They did make one attempt to fix this humming noise, they actually replaced the transmission. However, when that repair didn't fix the problem they decided they weren't obligated to repair it due to the speed limit. |
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On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:34:30 -0400, Sparky Spartacus
> wrote: wrote: > >> I had a 1999 Nissan Maxima before this vehicle, and yes it still saves >> fuel at 80 mph, > >What does that mean, can you watch some hands pouring petrol from the >tank into a backup bottle or something? why would you expect the dealer to break the law by driving that fast? I've refused many aq customer ride along due to speed issues. try this, have a state trooper ride with you at e this speed and see what he says. Chip |
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I would expect the dealer to repair the problem because it probably
indicates an issue that will eventually cause a mechanical failure of some kind. Further, 80 mph is the average speed of any rush hour traffic in the Nashville, TN area. Additionally, I travel, and some states allow speeds up to 80 mph in any case. Finally, this is a quality control issue. This vehicle is rated to go up to 160 mph, the fact that it has problems at 80 mph shouldn't be discounted because of the speed limit in any one particular location. As a side note, the humming noise is also present at much lower speeds, it's just not near as loud or annoying. |
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