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Awfull Sound System
Dennis, 03/10/2016
2016 Honda Accord EX-L 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl CVT)
13 of 16 people found this review helpful
Complained about the sound system sounding like a hand held radio with no depth to it. Lousy Sub woofer. I was informed by Honda that to hear the sub woofer I have to turn down the bass and vice versa. Even then the sub woofer is not that great. The software needs to be updated by a sound engineer. Even an employee at the dealer after I made the purchase said the sound system was so so. You can make it sound better by Bluetooth and playing through an equalizer. My 2006 Accord sound system was 10 times better. Honda told me that there is no way to help. I have to live with it. Update: Rear speaker sounds as if there is a piece of Styrofoam inside it . Buzzing. Road noise is becoming increasing louder as I drive. Wind noise from front doors. Car seems to be made very cheaply. Rattles and noises. Making me regret trading in my other Accord. Update April 2016: Had Honda repair noise in rear speaker grill area. Still noisy but not as bad. Wiper Blades makes excessive noise during rain and sounds as though it is hitting the left side top of windshield corner. Technician says they all make that squishing/banging noise and nothing they can do about it. Only does it while in heavy rain. Also found out when I enter my email address using wifi or tethering it will consistently change what I enter. I have tried different gmail addresses and the system will alter what I input so I am unable to login.. Checks for test drive: Sound system depth and feel Wiper Blade noise in Heavy rain Road Noise at higher speeds/wind noise
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Great tech but the skimped on materials
Rich, 05/29/2016
2016 Honda Accord EX-L 4dr Sedan w/Navigation and Honda Sensing (2.4L 4cyl CVT)
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
Great tech and great ride but it is diminished by the following cost -cutting / design flaws.. 1. No volume knob! Really? Do they not know how important this is?!? 2. GPS is not very reliable: Often takes a while to find your location/direction. Needs a better antenna. 3. Remote start has a short reach. Lame! How am I suppose to start my car from my office?? 4. There is no visor over the dashboard / navigation screen to prevent sun washout. There should be. 5. Navigation system does not show you the name of the road you are on. It only shows you the name of the road you are approaching. That is useful but it should display the name of the road you are on.
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Car is disappointingly average.
Matt Sabatine, 02/03/2016
updated 02/26/2025
2016 Honda Accord EX 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 6M)
20 of 26 people found this review helpful
After racking up over 260,000 miles with my old six-speed manual Honda Accord Coupe, I decided it was finally time for a new ride, and after testing some of the competing companies offering similarly reliable mid-size sedans (Toyota, Subaru), I decided that I would get another Accord. My old 2004 Accord treated me very well, and Honda has proven to me to be an incredibly reliable car manufacturer. When I started looking into what model I'd be interested in and could afford, I immediately realized that I was very limited in my choices, given that I insisted on getting another 6-speed manual, which they don't make at any model above the EX. I couldn't even get an EX-L (just an EX with a leather interior). I went with the EX, even though I could easily do without some of the "upgrade" features, like the keyless remote push button start, and the two infotainment screens, which are redundant and having two is really kind of pointless. I also wanted a black car, but, again, realized that my options with the manual transmission were very limited, to two (yes, TWO) colors, dark gray and silver, to be exact. I chose the dark gray option, and when I started actually looking into getting one, I came to realize how rare they are, and how infrequently manual transmission Accords are manufactured nowadays...as in, I had to drive over 100 miles, through New York City, to a dealer in New Rochelle, NY to purchase the only one within that radius. So, I couldn't even check out/drive the car before I bought it. The Apple CarPlay is a nice feature in theory, but the entertainment system has already caused me some problems, occasionally freezing, or not responding, or forcing me to turn the car off, and turn it back on, just so it acknowledges that my phone is plugged in...this after two months of owning the brand new vehicle, with about 3,000 miles on it. The main infotainment screen is exclusively touchscreen, which I HATE with a burning passion. There is nothing I would rather have than a good old fashioned volume knob I can turn left or right, rather than have to repeatedly tap the "volume" space on the touch screen. Ditto with navigating through the various apps within the central entertainment system, like Sirius Radio. Having everything touchscreen is incredibly distracting and frustrating, as you have to touch the screen in the exact correct position or risk hitting something you hadn't desired to hit. Maybe I'm an old school 24 year-old, but when I am scanning radio stations or wishing to turn the volume up or down, I'd prefer a [non-permissible content removed] knob to turn rather than have to tap my fingers on a screen. It's confusing, annoying and incredibly frustrating. I have the exact same gripe about the climate control system--Honda has apparently done away with the actual knobs to adjust the cool air/heat, and has replaced them with buttons. So, rather than have the control set all the way to the "cold" option previously, and be able to switch it all the way to the highest temperature heat option with one turn of the knob, you must now repeatedly tap on the red "heat" or blue "cold" button. As many people are aware, when the climate control system used to be turned off, the car would still blow out air at the temperature the knobs were set at. That is, even if you didn't have the heat on, but had the knob all the way over on the heat side, it would still blow out a little hot air. And it made it really simple and convenient to slightly adjust the control to the climate you desired without having to engage the climate control system at all. Contrarily, with this new, incredibly annoying and convoluted way of adjusting climate in the vehicle cabin, you must now turn on the heat/air conditioning to adjust the temperature. As much as I hate the touch screen infotainment system, I kind of hate this even more...sometimes simpler is better. Lastly, the vehicle's performance...I downgraded to a 4-cylinder from my 6-speed V6 coupe, so was expecting a drop in acceleration, but man is this car slow...I've had to readjust the way I dive, as in what gear I'm in and when I like to shift, just to accommodate for the vehicle's sluggish acceleration. Additionally, it is not a particularly smooth shift. The car doesn't shift smoothly at all when downshifting from 3rd to 2nd or from 2nd to 1st unless the car is pretty much at a dead stop. Shifting into reverse is even worse, as the car has to be at a dead stop to shift into reverse at all, and even then it isn't a smooth shift. Could be that the car is just getting "broken in" but I'm a few thousand miles in and I'm getting sick of my brand new car shifting more roughly than my 12 year-old Accord Coupe with 261,000 miles. That being said, I fully expect this car to be every bit as reliable as most other Hondas seem to be, and I get good gas mileage. All in all, if I could go back, I would not have purchased this car.
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Overall happy...except for road noise
Grandma of 3, 03/14/2016
updated 09/15/2016
2016 Honda Accord LX 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 6M)
12 of 15 people found this review helpful
I did a TON of research before making a decision - owned a little over 2mos now. Leased the 2016 Honda Accord Sedan LX (didn't care about the extra bells and whistles). Traded in my 2007 Toyota Sienna Van w/90k miles, no add'l money down, pymt is $205 39mos. Kona Coffee Metallic (pretty dark) w/black interior (had white vehicle for last 15yrs). A little adjusting since I'm used to sitting up higher. Seats are comfortable, although front passenger seat sits a little low and consequently a little more effort to get out. I have 3 grandkids (5, 8, & 11) that live locally and back seat has ample room/room to grow. Trunk is pretty darn spacious and came with trunk mat standard which I think is great. Purchased (not from dealer) all weather floor mats that cover hump in back to help with dust/rock collection (I live in Az). Handles very well. Disengaging "Eco" makes it pretty zippy when needing to accelerate (merging/uphill). Taken 700mile road trip and comfortable in seats entire time, avg 37mph highway cruising @ 75. Road noise is more than I expected, although because I live in NW Az (3500 elev) when the asphalt is not 'tight/new' this greatly affects the noise (acceptably quiet if road is good). Also believe the Continental tires are part of the problem, but does not really make sense to spend $500+ to replace them at this point. Overall happy with purchase, but sometimes the road noise gets to me. When you test drive I would suggest driving on different road types (good/smooth & bad/rough), LEAVING RADIO OFF so you can hear road/tire noises and get the full experience based on various road conditions. **Update- 8/31/2016** after owning for 8mos, road noise became overly frustrating for me. I beleive the Accord is a good solid car (particularly loved the gas mileage) but was not the right choice for me and my family needs. I ended up trading it in on an older/used but very well taken care of Toyota Tundra Quad Cab, which although the gas mileage sucks, it was worth it to me and I am much happier.
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Complicated Honda
Thomas Zynda, 03/28/2016
updated 04/05/2017
2016 Honda Accord LX 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 6M)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
The car has really good acceleration and handling, very quiet, a nice firm ride, great outward visibility. But the controls are unecessarily complicated ,illogical, and difficult to use. For example, the radio volume you adjust with a knob, but to adjust the tone you have to turn on the information screen, which is dangerous to do when you're driving and quite simply a stupid way to design the controls. Ditto resetting the trip odometer. The car's manual is very poor--illustrations are very poor and explanations incomplete or otherwise inadequate and at least in one place (p. 29 on system settings) just plain wrong. The video disc manual is equally useless as it's just a video of the paper manual. In short, the design of the controls is stupid and the manual is next to worthless. The CVT transmission is very smooth. Car seems thin in some respects, e.g. the hinges for the trunk lid. I hope they didn't skimp on other things. After a year with this car, I have to say that it's a really good buy for the price--its performance is great, especially on the highway, and gas mileage is great, though 2 miles below advertised in town. Excellent highway mileage. But the design of the audio and temperature controls are difficult and just plain stupid as a design. Map pockets in the doors are too short and the console storage is too short because the cup holes are to large. Some interior plastic is cheap crap. Otherwise, the car performs extremely well on the highway. The care is a very good value for the price (I'm talking about the basic model.
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