Honda Sued Over Allegedly Undersized Accord, CR-V Batteries

Some Honda Accord and CR-V vehicles are “power-hungry” automobiles with undersized batteries that fail prematurely, “marooning consumers with a disabled vehicle,” a new proposed class suit in a California federal court alleges.

Drivers and owners have complained about failing batteries in their 2017-2019 Accords and CR-Vs since 2017, according to the suit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Honda had discovered the defect by February 2017 when it told service advisers it wanted to collect batteries from 2016 and 2017 Honda Accords where customers complained of “no start,” the suit alleges.

The batteries ...