I have had my 2018 Accord for about 11 months. I have run into two annoyances that, according to the dealer, no one else has ever reported and they can't duplicate. To me, both appear to be software issues. I am wondering if it really is just me, or if anyone else has also seen these problems.

Bluetooth - My phone connects to the car roughly 80% of the time. The other 20% or so, it will not. If I turn off the car and then restart it, the Bluetooth software apparently reinitializes and will connect properly to the phone. I was told by the dealer that I need to update my phone. However, all security patches are installed. In addition, we have the same problem with my wife's phone generally connecting, but not always. (Her phone is a different manufacturer and different Android version. She generally keeps Bluetooth off, and will only turn it on when I am unable to connect, so it is not an issue of competing Bluetooth signals. Plus, I drive alone the vast majority of the time, and this definitely happens under those conditions.)

Driver's Door Unlock - About 95% of the time, when I put my hand on the driver's door handle, the door unlocks properly. However, 5% of the time, the driver's door will not unlock, but the other three doors will. (I did select the option to unlock all doors simultaneously in the settings.) Also, trying to get around this by pressing on the unlock button on the fob will not unlock the driver's door. Similarly, pressing the lock and then unlock buttons on the fob will still not unlock the driver's door. Sometimes, walking away from the car, and then coming back will unlock the driver's door as expected. My two workarounds are to either go in the passenger side and then reach over to unlock the driver's door, or, by accident, I found out that holding down the unlock button on the fob for about 10 seconds will lower all of the windows and open the sunroof. The dealer told me to keep my phone separated from my fob. I am sure is not the issue. I always keep them in separate pockets. But, even if it was, it does not explain why three doors unlock, but not the fourth.

Thanks for either confirming that others also have these problems, or, as my dealer's service advisor tells me, it really is just me and my haunted car.

 

Re: Driver's Door Unlock -- I have the same/similar problem with my 2018 Honda Accord Hybrid which I purchased in June 2018. The percentage seems to be about the same (95/5) which makes it an intermittent problem. Major difference(s) for me is that none of my doors unlock when the Door Handle Unlock doesn't work (I have my doors set to "All Unlock"). Sometimes doing the lock/unlock with the fob eventually works somewhere - - I've come in through the rear-driver side a couple times. Once, nothing seemed to work and I crawled in through the trunk.

I had my car in for Dealer Service on 4 Jan 19 and mentioned it. They kept the car for most of the day, trying to re-create the problem - no luck - but they did find that a cell on my battery was dead and replaced the battery (no charge warranty). I don't know if that was related or not since it hasn't happened since (too early I think).

Unfortunately, until just the other day, I had forgotten about the key in my fob. I'll see if that works in the future.

 

 

I have a 2018 accord having the same problems intermittently. It is worth noting that it’s 2022 and I’ve had this car for four years now only had this issue twice in the last few months. First time was definitely a dead battery. I’m not sure what’s going on this morning but I have a new battery in my car now and I still have the lock unlock issue pop up. I wonder if it could potentially be because I park my car in my garage so I leave my purse with my keys in the car. I have two small children with bags upon bags that usually have to go in and out of the house with them so if I can get by with leaving one in the car I generally do. My husband drove my car and his seat settings selected but my keys were in the car. I don’t know if that makes a difference but that’s the only thing I’ve been able to come up with doing Google research. Not sure if that’s actually the case though.

 

In my case, I am sure it is not a dead battery, as it has happened once every month or two since I purchased the car brand new in 2018. I am still on the original battery in the car, but not in the key fob. But sometimes, the driver's door just won't unlock. The others do. My wife never drives my car, so that also is not the problem. I have learned to live with it when it does happen by holding down the unlock button long enough to force all the windows to automatically open. Then getting into the car is no problem. But it sure is annoying.