2013 Honda Accord at 42,000 miles
You did not give a mileage, so this uses 42,000 — the median reported failure mileage for this model year, which is a rough stand-in for “a typical example of this car”. Put your real reading in the box below for an answer about your car.
At 42,000 miles on this car
At 42,000 miles on a 2013 Honda Accord, 39 of the failure modes other owners have reported already have their median report at or below your reading, and 8 more fall inside the window where they are usually reported. The heaviest of the ones already due is other engine problem.
Already past the median 39
Half of all reports of these failures came in at or below where your car is now.
- Other engine problem 39k
- Other body or interior problem 3k
- Other powertrain problem 22k
- CVT failure 6k
- Other visibility problem 1k
- Ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure 41k
- Other speed control problem 3k
- Fuel pump failure 38k
- Other fuel system problem 21k
- Backup camera failure 12k
- Other wheel or tire problem 15k
- Sunroof failure or glass breakage 19k
27 more.
You are in the window 8
Your reading falls inside the middle half of reports for these.
Typically later 20
Reported further down the road than where you are.
- Starter failure 48k
- Wheel bearing or hub failure 50k
- Misfire or rough idle 52k
- Excessive oil consumption 55k
- Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure 59k
- Head gasket failure 60k
- Airbag inflator rupture 63k
- Timing chain, belt or tensioner failure 70k
- Alternator or charging system failure 71k
- Airbag failed to deploy in a crash 89k
- Catalytic converter failure 90k
- DPF, EGR or DEF system failure 95k
8 more.
Timing unknown 8
Reported, but too few owners gave an odometer reading to place them.
- Rust or structural corrosion 4×
- Door latch or handle failure 3×
- Other seat belt problem 3×
- Paint peeling or clear coat failure 2×
- Radiator or coolant leak 1×
- Overheating 1×
- Complete transmission failure 1×
- Alignment fault and uneven tire wear 1×
Why the list is generic until you type a number
Every figure below is a comparison against your odometer, so with no reading given the page has to pick one: 42,000 miles, roughly what a 2013 car covers at 12,000 miles a year. A reading 30,000 miles either side of that moves failures between the columns, which is the difference between a useful list and a generic one.
Already inside the reported range
39 failure modes on the 2013 Honda Accord have a median reported mileage at or below 42,000: other engine problem (median 40,000 miles, 96 reports), other body or interior problem (median 2,500 miles, 70 reports), other powertrain problem (median 22,500 miles, 53 reports), CVT failure (median 5,000 miles, 41 reports), other visibility problem (median 1,100 miles, 33 reports) and ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure (median 40,000 miles, 32 reports).
Half the owners who reported each of these had done so by that mileage, which means half had not. A failure being "due" here is a statement about other people's cars, and the useful response is an inspection rather than a pre-emptive repair.
The window you are in now
8 further modes are reported in a band that includes 42,000 miles: other brake problem (5k to 105,000 miles), loss of power steering (33k to 75,000 miles), other steering problem (26k to 79,000 miles), other electrical problem (30k to 68,000 miles), no-start or intermittent start failure (40k to 67,500 miles) and other driver assistance problem (26k to 120,000 miles). These are the ones to watch on this car over the next few thousand miles.
A window here is the 25th to 75th percentile of reported mileages, so it holds the middle half of the reports and excludes the tails on both sides.
Still ahead of you
20 further modes sit above your reading, the nearest being starter failure at a median of 50,000 miles. On a car you intend to keep, these are the ones that decide whether it is worth keeping.
What this list is not
It is a reading of what owners of other 2013 Honda Accords reported, and at what odometer reading they reported it. It is not a maintenance schedule, not a diagnosis, and not a prediction about this car: two identical cars with different service histories are not the same car.
Complaints are filed voluntarily, mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers, and a failure mode with few reports has a wide window even when the median looks precise. Modes with fewer than 8 dated reports are shown without percentiles for that reason.
Where 42,000 miles falls on the curve
The three columns above sort the failure modes one by one. This is the same evidence in aggregate: every dated report on this model year, stacked up in the order the odometer readings arrived. The dashed line marked you is where your car sits. How much of the line is to the left of that mark is how much of this model year's reported trouble is, on the evidence, already behind you.
About 47% of the dated reports on this model year had already been filed by 42,000 miles. That is the share of the problems that show up in this record, not of the problems this car will have. A further 6 reports came in above the top of the scale, which is why the line stops short of the top.
- Line share of reports filed by that mileage
- Dashed the mileages called out above
A steep early climb means a car whose reports cluster young, which is the pattern of a defect rather than of wear. A line that only gets going past six figures is the opposite. Neither shape says anything about the specific car in your driveway, and a curve built from a few dozen readings can be moved by one owner with a talkative afternoon.
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Questions this page answers
What should I expect at 42,000 miles on a 2013 Honda Accord?
39 of the failure modes owners have reported on the 2013 Honda Accord have a median report at or below 42,000 miles, and 8 more fall inside the mileage window where they are usually reported. That is a watch list drawn from other owners, not a prediction about this car.
How to use the three columns. The left column is the list to hand a mechanic before you buy, and to check the service history for if you already own the car. The middle column is what to budget for this year. The right column is not a reprieve — it is a reminder that a used car has a bill schedule, and this is roughly where it falls. All of it is drawn from 1,892 owner complaints about this exact model year, not from a maintenance manual. How the percentiles are computed.
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed