Used 2018 Honda Accord Touring 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 10A) Consumer Reviews
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Well rounded and quick
Marty, Corona, CA, 12/28/2017
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Honda Accord Touring 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 10A)
103 of 112 people found this review helpful
This car is a well rounded fun to drive sedan with a light feeling agile package and a potent 2.0t engine and 10 speed transmission that works well and produces strong acceleration. The 10 speed is responsive with generally smart gear selection but can be a little busy with so much shifting. In general this car feels much faster than my prior 301HP Lexus GS due to much better mid-range torque. In fact, sometimes power comes on with more impact that you expect and wheel spin is too easy. Traction control should have one more aggressive mode. Generally drive line works well though some surging does occur and I find using eco mode produces a smoother overall driving experience with it's slower throttle mapping. The dash is an excellent blend of modern technology and simplicity that is easy to use on a day to day basis. Take some time to explore the controls and read the manual as there is a bit of complexity and the time invested will help you like the car more. The basic NAV is good with some occasional dubious route choices but the system works much better than my Lexus unit did and Android Auto is also available. Search for and enable the tachometer all the time mode for the left instrument then use the center of that gauge for something like mileage or NAV or radio for a nice combination. The speakers seem a bit cheap sounding especially on FM but the Siris and Bluetooth audio sources do sound better than the FM and speaker break-in after 3-4months did improve the sound a bit. I know it says sub-woofer in rear deck but I can’t hear it. The Bluetooth phone hands free produces better audio on both ends with my Samsung S8, now S20 phone than my $54k Lexus did! Further, if using the phone the infotainment touch screen is excellent as entering an extension # on most hands free systems is nearly impossible, while on this one it is easy. The voice recognition for navigation is 2005 quality and basically worthless for entering addresses while driving. Seat shape and support is good but they are WAY TOO hard(notice dealer parts room accessories have several seat cushion options for sale on the wall!). My son has a Clarity and those Honda seats are much nicer. Notice that like many Japanese cars the passenger seat has no height adjustment which is illogical. Please Honda add a basic manual lift option as when a shorter person like the wife or mother is in that seat they complain the sun visor is worthless and they are grumpy! Ride and handling are good but a little mixed. The steering feel with the 19" wheels is quite nice and cornering is pretty flat, but the shocks are under damped as larger undulations in the road allow the car to oscillate too much even in sport mode with some bottoming yet there is still some harshness coming through. Sport mode in city areas is of little value but on a tight mountain road in Yosemite Park I found it to be just plain excellent both handling wise and gear choice wise with grade logic working perfectly to manage speed and great choices coming out of corners(way better than the rear drive Lexus GS350 with summer tires!). On the other had Honda does not believe in sound deadening in the floor so road noise is a problem with this car, perhaps especially with the 19" wheels. Be sure to test drive the car on some different road surfaces to hear it as when tires age they get louder so the test drive is as quiet as it will get. (For reference my prior cars were a 2014 Lexus GS-350 and the large Hyundai Genesis sedan) Mileage has been ok, with city driving at 20mpg (90% city) Long trips at 34+. Overall, this car is a nice package and well implemented. I used the Costco buying service for invoice + $565. For things I’m not happy with: Item one is that the brake feel is really poor and the dealer keeps saying it is normal. This is not correct or logical & the brakes are way too touchy making smooth slowing on a gradual downhill or smoothly coming up to a stop impossible. Honda needs to fix this as the calibration of the drive by wire brakes is terrible. Parking sensors have two significant problems. One is on a daily basis the front sensors go off randomly when stopped in traffic even when there is nothing within 5ft. Second there are NO center front sensors for parking in a garage or parking lots. There are 4 sensors in the back where you already have a nice camera but on the front there are just two for the sides-DUMB! Road noise is too high and I wish they would get more serious on this topic. Hyundai Sonata or Camry are quite a bit quieter. Minor issues: Auto-high beams are silly and really rude for other drivers plus it takes some time to find out how to disable this very low value feature; the headlights are technically interesting as all LED but not very bright. Some reviewers have downgraded the car's safety rating as a result, so Honda please spend money on better lights. Trunk is flat with no real grocery bag hooks so everything goes flying. Accessory hooks would help, bought the accessory tray but its surface is slick and does not help.
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5th Accord, and best one yet
David Lundgren, Cohoes, NY, 04/04/2018
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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Great Vehicle, but.....
Kevin B., Cave Creek, AZ, 06/18/2018
Honda Accord Touring 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 10A)
15 of 16 people found this review helpful
I've had the car for 3 months and put 3k miles on it. I have the 2.0 Touring with the turbo. Overall, I'm very pleased with it, but there are a few quirks I don't like. I've discovered that it is difficult/impossible to determine how close you are to a parking curb or sidewalk on the front end. You can't gauge where your front end is by looking out the windshield and over the hood. The car has sensors that detect objects to the right or left, but none that tell you how close a concrete bumper/sidewalk is to the front bumper. The front bumper sits fairly low to the ground which means it's threatened every time you try to park. Why not put a sensor to protect the middle of the bumper? To compound the problem, if you are on any kind of an incline, up or down, the gear shift becomes problematic. Let's say your bumper is two inches from a concrete bumper and you're on a slight decline. When you put the gear shift into reverse, the car will drift forward up to 6 inches before reverse actually catches hold. Result? Your front bumper gets scraped. I've never had a car before that has so much drift when changing gears. Another problem pertains to the wheels. I believe my wheels are 20". There is very little distance between the rim and the ground as the tires provide only about a 2" buffer. This becomes a problem when you get near a curb as there is very little protection for the rim. As a consequence, if you scrape a curb the rim takes the impact, not the tire. This really makes a mess of your beautiful rims. Check it out when you're in a parking lot: Honda rims will be much more scuffed than others. OK, all that said, I'm still glad I own the vehicle and am very pleased with the quality, performance and mileage. (I recently drove it from PHX to LA and got 36 mpg at 75 mph.) Would I buy it again? You bet. Do I hope they make some improvements before I buy my next one? You bet!
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AWESOME! 2.0T Touring
CC, Columbia, SC, 04/16/2018
Honda Accord Touring 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 10A)
23 of 26 people found this review helpful
I have to chime in about my 18 Accord, as I have the 2.0T Touring trim. Everything about this car I absolutely love, from its performance all the way to its design, ride, and interior electronics! Bought mine in January and now it has 2267 miles as of today, 70% oil life according to Hondalink. Really don't think you can go wrong with any trim levels, the amount of standard tech that is included in this car just elevates it to another class. The interfaces are all designed well and intuitive in my use. Coming from a compact class with a 6 speed manual, I can't say enough good things about the 2.0T and the 10 speed transmission. Driven manuals all my life, and this is the first time I've actually enjoyed driving an auto so much. I really recommend this engine and its transmission pairing, I did not even consider the 1.5T and the CVT. Power delivery is amazing, and the car is deceptively fast. The programming is excellent, in normal mode, it'll even smoothly let you do engine braking (6th to 4th, and lower depending on speed, double tapped on paddles) to slow the car down with satisfactory rev matched down shifts. The engine will actually hold the gear even in normal mode for a while, until you start cruising, as the manual mode will revert back to full automatic. That was the main selling point for me, as I think Honda made a winner with the transmission/engine and I wanted a seamless experience with the adaptive cruise control, which is amazing. I forgo the option of the 2.0T paired with a true 6 speed manual transmission in the Sport model, as the Sport model didn't have all the other features I wanted, plus the adaptive cruise would not have been as seamless. With the 10 speed automatic, the sport mode makes the car take on a completely different character with a true manual mode and the programming is even better. The adaptive suspension is awesome as well with the different modes. I have had no problems with the car, mine is still very solid. Refinement in the Accord for the Touring trim is excellent, as I enjoy the quietness, and all the materials that you come into contact with. Honda did an excellent job of mimicking wood inlays, as it is completely artificial, but it classy and does not give off the 'plastic wood' aesthetic found in other manufacturers, which I completely have a distaste for. The HUD display, full LED headlights, and the adaptive suspension, are my favorite features. Only thing that was a minor annoyance was this ticking sound coming from inside the passenger B-pillar, so I found the source and fixed that. Other than that, my hood, dash, overall fit & finish, are excellent, with no other squeaks or rattles. The electronics have been very reliable for me with no gremlins on a day to day use. I may have had the headunit glitch up and restart itself only like two times since owning the car. The Touring trim reminds me of driving a much more expensive car with its adaptive suspension without the luxury badge which is exactly what I wanted, and I've even debadged mine for that super clean look in the rear and for ease in weekly detailing. Handling for this car is excellent as well given how large this car is. To me, it drives like a smaller car. However the turning radius and sound system could be better, but given all the other attributes of the car, I really can't complain! I initially hated the rear end of the car too, but it's actually growing on me with its design. At night by the way it's lit, it's reminiscent of a 3/5 series from the rear. But it doesn't matter as most of the time I'll be on the inside enjoying all the interior aesthetics and performance of the car. I love the aggressive front and especially the side profile which screams Audi. I don't think you can go wrong with any of the trim levels, but the Touring trim really puts the Accord above it's class into the luxury territory without the badge.
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Honda missed the mark on testing this Accord!
ksugman12, Chicago, IL, 06/01/2018
Honda Accord Touring 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 10A)
20 of 23 people found this review helpful
Was really excited about this car when I got it. I shopped around for a couple weeks, and drove several competitors including the Camry, Malibu, Maxima, Legacy, Optima, and Sonata. Decided to go with the Accord because I had a 2014 and loved it. It was the most well built car I've owned. No rattles, ran great, no issues. The 2018 Accord rides great, looks great, and has all the technology I want. The unfortunate part, is the fit/finish is poor on the inside. There is a HORRIBLE rattle in the heads up display area and also on the back deck under the back windshield. The dealer is aware of these issues as is Honda Of America, but I've taken my car in 4 times now to try and get this issue resolved. Hopefully they get it fixed, but there are a lot of touring owners having the exact same issue. Which begs to question, why didn't this come up with Honda when testing the car? What will go wrong next? I hate to say it, but I'm likely going to trade this one in for something else. I hope they get these issues resolved, but it's been a big inconvenience and kept me from enjoying an otherwise good car.
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