I bought the sport version of the Honda Accord in Dec 05, from my local Honda dealer (Stockton). This car was trouble from the start!
Honda pride themselves on the 90,000 mile/3 year warranty, and are unable to identify a lethal fault because it was intermittant.
The first week into driving the car it cut out while driving.
Firstly I was unsure as to what had happened, and lucky for me it was early morning, and there was no traffic, otherwise I would have crashed.
I thought it was a 'one off' and dismissed it and put it down to human error, maybe I, in my subconscience, stalled the vehicle.
However this was not the case. The engine cut out a further 4 times that week, so I contacted the nearest Honda dealer (Fleet, Surrey), who recomended I bring the car in to have it checked.
After running various diagnostics, and test driving the vehicle, no fault was reported.
I was not happy and contacted the dealer where I purchased the vehicle, and told them I was rejecting the vehicle. They did not accept my rejection, as they insisted there was nothing wrong with the car, "Because their computer said so".
Anyway to cut a long story short, I accepted an allternative Honda Accord, which I have had for 2 months now, with no faults. Honda have a 30 day exchange plan, which allowed me to change the vehicle, within Stocktons group stock.
I felt They (Dealer) took advantage of me, because I had already paid them for the original HOnda, and knew I had to accept an alternative.
The final straw for me was when the car cut out when I was with my family, and I lost Power Steering and braking efficiency.
I had to use a lot of physical power and leg power to steer and brake the vehicle, and struggled a little.
However, I am happy with my Current vehicle, but would not reccomend a HOnda Accord 2.2 i-CTDI to anyone, after my experience.
I have sent details regarding this fault to Honda about 7 days ago, and haven't recived no reply from them yet.
Please be wary of this vehicle, I, for sure will not be going back to Honda again for another car, especially after the dealing with the dealers.
What I found with doing a little search on 'Google' is a similar fault was reported with the American Honda Accords, and this was down to the fuel pump fuse, dislodging, however Honda insist a different type of fuel holder is used in the UK Honda Accords.