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5th Accord, and best one yet
David Lundgren, 04/04/2018
2018 Honda Accord Touring 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 10A)
34 of 37 people found this review helpful
After owning five V6 powered Accords and Crosstours, I am a big fan of that engine’s power and smoothness, and in the Crosstour specifically, the level of refined quiet most of the time. I was highly skeptical of Honda’s decision to pull it out of the new Accord for 2018. Well, you can cross that off the list of things to worry about. I bought this thing to have a car with a good fun-to-drive score again after two lovely but reserved Crosstours, and I am here to tell you it has fulfilled that role completely. The engine in my 2.0 Touring trim has an exuberant raucousness in Sport mode that makes the car a ball to drive on a good winding, climbing road. It even has a nice throaty growl to it when you start driving like a jackass, and it sure as hell pulls strongly. I’m an early enough adopter that these are still pretty rare. It gets a lot of looks at the store when I park it, and I’ve even gotten old school thumbs up gestures out on the road. From women as well as men! Really? In a Honda Accord? Not since my 98 Coupe when that cool body style came out and I had one of the first cars in the region. OK, it’s a gorgeous red, which doesn’t hurt the profile, but even in a year or so when these are common as raindrops it is still going to be a striking car. It looks far, far better in person than in any photograph, trust me. It’s really low, just sort of crouching there. Those 19 inch wheels and properly wide tires don’t hurt the look one bit either. And the interior is just gorgeous. A Touring trim, this car has every single option that Honda offers, including a bunch of stuff that I did not expect even after viewing endless YouTube videos… like the rear seat heaters and the automatic high/low beam headlights. I knew they were all LED lights and was impressed by the quality of the light at night, but the auto adjust stuff was a surprise the first time it kicked in on a winding road on a black night soon after I bought it. I once replaced a beloved top level 1998 Accord Coupe with a top level sedan for practicality reasons, and disliked the vanilla character of the sedan so much I dumped it for another two door after only 16 months. In those days, if you wanted the attitude and the sporting flair, it came as a two door only. Now that the coupe is gone - sadly, of course - I have to admire that someone decided to let the four door throw off the shackles, as it were. This is a great Grand Tourer with plenty of character for the corners. An average sort of Accord buyer who finds him or herself in one of these after three or four earlier version cars is going to get a hell of a surprise the first time they punch that Sport button. So much so that you may see a few parked on the side of the road while the owner walks around it, looking to see if this thing really says “Honda Accord” on it. OK, the push button transmission is little weird. But it frees up plenty of room, is modern and swoopy, and you get used to it quickly. Plus, it turns out that you don’t even have to put in it Park when turning off the car. Just kill the motor with the Start/Stop button and the car puts itself in Park, and then locks itself for you as you walk away, every time. And I’ll be damned if the Garmin navigation’s voice recognition system doesn’t actually work! In both my Crosstours, if you were bored and wanted to amuse yourself, you went out to the car and told the navigation system to go somewhere. The results were so entertaining you could spend the afternoon out there. You weren’t going anyplace, that was for damn sure, but the seat was comfortable. I couldn’t believe it the other day when I said “38 Sugar Pine Road, Queensbury” and the damn thing actually pulled up it’s socks and went there. And now with the Apple CarPlay it’s reading my messages to me and responding with correctly dictated responses, even at 70 miles per hour on the Northway. The Honda Sensing stuff is good - the lane keeping has a long way to go but the radar cruise is terrific, coming to a complete stop in heavy traffic if needed. I will forever miss the LaneWatch camera, but I knew I was giving it up and the blind spot stuff works fine. The car feels solid and very safe, but capable of turning into Ted Nugent at a moment’s notice should the opportunity present itself. Really, I couldn’t be happier with this car. I came very close to buying the new Volvo XC-40 this time, but for the money - for what you get, this car is a hell of a value - and for my desire for something with some fun genes this time, this was the right choice. Clearly I am a Honda guy, but I’ve had Nissans, Fords, Pontiacs and even a Triumph Spitfire in the past, and with my Swedish heritage, that Volvo itch will eventually get scratched, but Honda has hit this one right out of the park.
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Upset with service by corporate Honda
Dhawk, 11/16/2018
updated 11/19/2019
2018 Honda Accord Touring 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo CVT)
19 of 20 people found this review helpful
Two months of mitigation errors and still not resolved. I have spent hours at dealers and on phone to corporate. In shop 8 times and still no ACC or cruise control. The best response I get is have patience with us. Honda has made me feel that I don’t count as a customer. Honda does not stand behind thier cars. My last Honda after owning ten. I traded it off after unable to get Honda to fix the issues. I lost $10,000.00, needless to say that is my last Honda.
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Family sports sedan with few compromises
James, 12/10/2017
updated 12/16/2019
2018 Honda Accord Sport 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
46 of 51 people found this review helpful
I have owned my 2018 Honda for over two years now and I continue to be pleased with my purchase. I have had some minor issues. Every six months it seems, the radio sound will cut in and out when using the turn signal. After about a week, this issue will disappear. I have never been able to get it to the dealer when it was exhibiting this symptom so they have not been able to intervene. I agree with other reviewers that the rear camera visibility is compromised when it is wet. I also ran through my first set of tires rather quickly. However, I tend to drive aggressively so I suppose this is partly my fault. I also had some issues with the manual climate control. It seemed to me moving it one or two degrees would lead to huge swings in inside temperature. At the advice of another Honda owner, I set the auto climate control to my desired temperature and have not had any issues since. With the larger engine and the FWD, it would benefit greatly from a limited slip differential. And I have noticed that my kids prefer my wife's car because they don't sit as low in the backseat. That being said, the spaciousness of the rear passenger area never ceases to astound me. No other sedan below mid or full size sedan comes close to the Honda on rear seat legroom. I think you'd have to get a large sedan to compare (i.e. BMW 7 series). Some recent reviews here suggest some serious issues with the Accord's safety technology, that I have, fortunately, never experienced. The car continues to be a lot of fun to drive. Aside from the floor mats, the interior has held up well and still looks new. Thanks to Honda for offering a manual in their larger engine. I know it is a pipe dream, but I will say again that if this platform had a turbo-charged 6 cylinder engine, with AWD and a manual, I am certain it could hold its own against M-series BMWs and S-series Audis.
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A good car, but with a few problems...
Mike, 01/12/2018
2018 Honda Accord EX-L 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo CVT)
45 of 50 people found this review helpful
I recently got the EX-L trim in November and am currently leasing. Overall I am happy with this car, but there a few things to consider before looking to purchase or lease this vehicle for yourself. The first thing I want to mention is the seating in the driver’s position. Comparing this to the 2017 Honda Accord, seat width feels slightly reduced because of the center console being slightly larger than the previous generations. It’s also taller from the ground. Being a bigger guy who felt comfortable in the previous generations of the Accord, it’s going to take Drivers like myself some time to properly find their level of comfort with the adjustments provided on the side of the seat. If you can afford the higher trim levels, go for the EX-L for example as the remote adjustments will find that sweet spot of the seat with ease versus pulling and pushing your seat back and forth. I also don’t believe the base LX trim model can have the seats go up and down in height adjustment. Technology wise, there’s a lot to like if you’re tech savvy. When it comes to warnings appearing on the digital driver meter as you’re driving (which you can turn off), Honda Sensing, and working on the touch screen panel, there’s a lot to get wowed by. Thankfully, if you’re not looking to get distracted by all of this, you can turn off most these features. With the way cars are moving technology wise now, this may not be the car for you if you’re not a tech savvy person as I feel the nooks and crannies of this car are surrounded by these features. My biggest complaint is the fuel door. Most cars these days have a lever or mechanism around the Driver’s side or on the floor. In this model, it has been eliminated. In its place is having the door electronically controlled by the unlock door on the Driver’s side or by using the FOB key. I noticed one day when it was cold out that the Gas door wasn’t opening. The door should be opening when either the doors are unlocked, when pressing on the FOB key (twice on the unlock button), or when the car is off. For whatever reason at cold temperatures (possibly 30 degrees and below), it doesn’t allow the sensor to electronically signal the door to unlock. This is a BIG problem; one I would hope with enough complaints considers a recall on the vehicle. It’s also possible that since this care just came out, I happened to have a bad one among the bunch being sold. It’s a bad design choice. I hope in the future models that they will revert to having a manual way of opening the door. Another thing to mention that I had a problem with was the touch screen panel randomly shutting off and rebooting twice. They both happened while I was stationary. The digital driver meter also shut off and rebooted. I took it to my dealer and they had reset the panel. The problem hasn’t occurred since. This car is good overall. There’s even a few more features in the Touring such as air conditioned seats, Wireless charging for Samsung Phones, etc. That I wish I had in the EX-L trim. It drives great, and have found no problems in that regard at all. With the way technology is evolving in cars, I can’t help but think what happens if you end up deciding to finance a car like this and have it after 100,000 miles. We usually think about mechanical problems in cars, but now new issues could arise technology wise that would malfunction and cost a lot more to fix in these vehicles. I think it’s advisable to lease these cars until you eventually decide to keep one to where you know it will be suitable for long term.
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Best Accord Yet (Nov 2017) - Updated (Nov 2018)
ROMIL, 11/15/2017
updated 11/01/2018
2018 Honda Accord Touring 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo CVT)
43 of 48 people found this review helpful
I came out of a 2015 Genesis sedan lease and financed the 2018 Accord Touring the day it went on sale in October 2017. I test drove the 2018 Camry (Toyota missed a lot of the tech the Accord has, making it a no go for me, even in the top trim level...plus the Camry costs more), 2017 CR-V (nice vehicle, but Accord had a few features the CR-V doesn't, like cooled seats and the newer Honda infotainment system), 2017 Mazda CX-5 (nice, but missing some tech), and the 2018 Audi A5 Sportback (super nice, but with a price tag to go along with it...$57K). The Accord was the clear winner of the bunch. It is somewhat reminiscent of my Genesis from a tech standpoint, but for $20K less. The Accord is easily the most luxurious feeling midsize family sedan I've driven, trumping even the Mazda 6. The material and build quality in the cabin is top notch; everything feels great to the touch. The active safety tech works well. The cabin is roomy and visibility is great. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are very useful and work well with Honda's new infotainment system (the 2018 Odyssey is the only other Honda with this new system). The sound system in the Touring is pretty good. Not an enthusiast-level system by any means, but certainly better than most non-luxury car "high-end" systems I've heard. The heated and cooled seats work very well. The car is relatively quiet on the highway compared to the competition, although coming from a Genesis which was bank vault-quiet, it seems a bit noisy by comparison. I do mostly highway driving at 77 MPH and have been averaging 34 MPG combined which is good, but not amazing. My car is the Radiant Red Metallic with Ivory leather and the combo is quite striking. I've been stopped by a few people who can't believe it is an Accord. On the negative side of things: power is just adequate. It's not slow, but compared to competitors with a V-6 or even the upcoming 2.0T Accord, it is a bit underwhelming. If you want performance, wait for the 2.0T at the end of Nov 2017. It is faster than the old V-6 Accord and even the new Camry V-6. The other benefit of the 2.0T will be the 10-speed auto in place of the CVT the 1.5T has. It's is okay as far as CVTs go, but not my favorite kind of transmission. Bottom line: this is without a doubt the best midsize family sedan on the market currently. Toyota tried with the new Camry, but failed pretty hard in my book. The Camry's 8-speed transmission is jerky, the interior is a bit of a chocolate mess, there is no Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, no ventilated seats, and no memory seats at ANY trim level, even the fully loaded XSE V-6 which costs an unbelievable $40K. Every major auto publication comparison test between the two cars has given the Accord the victory at every trim level, so there's no doubt the Accord will continue its reign as the most winning vehicle of all time on Car and Driver's annual 10 Best List. ///Nov 2018 Update: I wrote my original 5-star review back in Nov 2017 after owning my 2018 Touring for a month. It's now been roughly a year and 18,000 miles later. Having lived with the car this long, I would bring the overall score down from 5-stars to 3.5-stars. Here is why: rattles everywhere. Both B-pillars rattle and the doors have rattles. The rear deck behind the rear seats rattles whenever there is any kind of bass in music. The cupholders are the worst design I have ever used in any car. They don't fit half the various size water bottles I own (which all fit perfectly in my wife's Pacifica or my old Genesis). The ones that do fit, tip over half the time when going around a turn, which is really annoying. The "high end" sound system in the Touring is merely okay. It's a non-name brand system that will certainly not wow you, especially when the entire rear of the car is rattling with bass. When I am cruising on the highway in the left lane with ACC engaged and lane keep assist turned on, about a third of the time whenever I pass a slower car in the right lane, my car will momentarily slam on the brakes as the nose of my car comes abeam the rear end of the other car, even though both cars are perfectly straight in their lanes and inside their lines. It recovers quickly, but it is pretty annoying, especially when passing on the left with other traffic on your tail. On a hot desert summer day, if I turn the cooled seats on the second I start the car, my seats barely cool off to ambient temp by the end of my 40 min drive home. In my wife's Pacifica, no matter what the outside temp, your butt/back will be frozen solid within 5-10 minutes if you keep the cooled seats on. The positives of the car still exist: roomy, reliable mechanicals, good mileage, lots of nice tech. I'm guessing my particular car was one of the earliest built since the dealer sold it to me the day prior to the car officially going on sale in the US back in Oct 2017. Hopefully future model years will rectify some of the issues I've seen, but for now I am lowering my overall score.
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