[lmacmil]

I've got a 2013 that is perfectly acceptable but after spending a week with my son's 2020 EX-L 2.0T, I'm longing for a 10th gen. Carplay and ACC are 2 of the features that appeal to me most. I'll probably go with the 1.5T since it will be adequate for my needs. My better half wants me to get a hybrid and I'd be ok with that too. Her Rav4 hybrid has ACC and it works pretty well. I recently read a knock on the Honda ACC so I'm looking for additional opinions. FWIW, the used Accord prices in my area are still pretty high. There are a couple low mileage EXL 1.5Ts nearby that are only a few hundred dollars less than the original MSRP.

 

[RiotCars]

I really like the ACC on my '22 model. The only issue I have with it is if you're traveling in the right lane on a highway with someone in front of you, and that person takes an exit, it often doesn't detect the car leaving the travel lane to the exit lane and brakes for no reason. When I see someone exiting in front of me, I usually hit cancel on the cruise control in order to avoid that. But literally the only issue I've had with it, otherwise it's been great!

I'm not positive on this, but I believe the ACC got better across model years during the 10th generation. I'm not sure if the 2022 model year has better ACC than the 2020, but I am pretty sure the 2020 model has better ACC than the 2018 model, for example. Maybe someone else can confirm this.

 

[RAD1HGCV2F9]

ACC works well on my 2019 2.0T Touring, only complaint I have is it is acting up after boiling over my brake fluid. After I flush it it should be okay, but that is a rarety that's specific to me because I am a dumbass.

Also I would go for a hybrid instead of the 1.5T for reliability but that's just my 2c.

 

[mvd1974]

I use it all of the time on my '22 Accord, even on local trips. It works flawlessly for the most part for me.

 

[RCarlL]

Honda's automatic cruise control is awesome. If you like the way that it works in the Rav4 Hybrid, you'll really like how it works on a newer Honda. Honda's ACC is much smoother in its operation than Toyota's. The ACC in both my Highlander (which has TSS 2.5+) is okay- but can be a bit choppy/jerky in traffic. On the highway it's better... but in dense or city traffic, Honda's system is just better. Toyota does a lot of stuff better than Honda- but ACC isn't one of them. Blind spot monitoring is another thing that Honda is better at. Toyota's system seems a generation behind compared to Honda's. Toyota's system doesn't even provide an audible alert if someone is in your blind spot and you activate your turn signal. The system seems capable of doing that- because you get the audible alert with the rear cross traffic alert function- but it's visual alert only with the blind spot monitoring part of Toyota's system.

In terms of Wireless Apple Carplay- my 2021 Accord Touring had it and it was nice- but during my one year with that car, I had five or six times when it just completely stopped working. The only way to fix it was to reset the entire infotainment system and delete the car from the phone's settings completely... sometimes it had to be done multiple times before it would finally sync back up properly. I'm hoping that in the last year- Honda has improved the system or updated it to eliminate the issue- but it was kinda annoying.

 

[Honda2014]

I like the ACC. I use it daily. I only wish Honda would update the following distance (make it closer) so ppl don’t cut me off when I use it in traffic.

I'm not positive on this, but I believe the ACC got better across model years during the 10th generation. I'm not sure if the 2022 model year has better ACC than the 2020, but I am pretty sure the 2020 model has better ACC than the 2018 model, for example. Maybe someone else can confirm this.

I think you’re right. The difference is you got the years mixed up. 2018-20 should be the same. If there’s any difference, it should be the 2021-22 after MMC. The reason I’m saying this is I remember seeing the wording ACC with low speed follow on Honda.com for the 21-22 model years. I don’t recall the same wording for mine and I know for sure my car doesn’t have that feature lol. Similarly, when I test drove a 2021 TLX a couple of years ago, it also had the “low speed follow” which made the experience a bit smoother. It wasn’t a huge difference, but definitely noticeable.

 

[highvoltage]

I have a 2021 with ACC and low speed follow (LSF). LSF is...interesting. The first time I used it my right foot was only inches away from the brake pedal, I wasn't sure what the LSF was going to do. But, as advertised, it slowed down to a complete stop when the car in front of me stopped for a light. And then got up to speed when the traffic started to move.

The one thing about ACC that I don't like is, it's too sensitive. It will match speed to the car in front to the EXACT speed the other car is going. If the driver in front is one of those who is off/on the gas/brake, the ACC will match that. I've read that turning on ECON will tame that, but I haven't tried it yet.

 

[MisterHooman]

We have a 3rd gen Pilot and a 10th gen Accord. The ACC on the Accord is much better in my opinion. It feels like it makes quicker decisions where as the Pilot can't make up its mind sometimes. Maybe that's the transmission not the ACC system. Who knows.

 

[2.0]

I like the ACC. I use it daily. I only wish Honda would update the following distance (make it closer) so ppl don’t cut me off when I use it in traffic.

You can adjust the distance in the settings.

 

[jackpine]

I'll add my praise for the ACC in Gen 10 Accords. I use mine all the time and it makes following other traffic on mountain roads very easy. Yes, my Collision Alert is a little too sensitive when someone I'm following is exiting, but I just step on the brake when I see that happening and press "Resume" when I'm past him. I've adjusted the following distance to 4 bars, and that works nicely for me.

- Jack

 

[JeffJo]

I recently read a knock on the Honda ACC so I'm looking for additional opinions. FWIW, the used Accord prices in my area are still pretty high. There are a couple low mileage EXL 1.5Ts nearby that are only a few hundred dollars less than the original MSRP.

I personally love it, but I have the hybrid. Which is one of the comments I will mention below. But first, an anecdote.

We bought a 2017 CR-V (1.5T, CVT) in December, 2017. It was just after the 2018s came out, so there was a price break. Over the next nine months, my fater-in-law's health was failing. So we drove from central Maryland to Ft. Lauderdale five times. (And we bought a 2018 HAH in September, about the time he died.)

Since I'm a terrible passenger, I did most of the driving on these trips. The typical schedule was that I would drive about three hours until stopping for lunch. After eating, I'd drive maybe another two hours, then my wife would drive one, and then I'd finish the first day. It would end when I got tired again, often around Florence, SC. We'd search for a cheap hotel of B&B, and repeat much the same schedule the next day.

But in the first trip in the CR-V, I found that we were entering Florida before I even thought about saying I was tired. The difference was that ACC and lane-keeping assist (LKA), by eliminating the need for me to devote the 10% of my attention needed to stay in a lane and maintain speed, had made a huge difference in my stress.

Comments:

1. Neither LKA nor ACC is a self-driving mode. You are still responsible for both functions. What many apparently do not realize, is that you can do this by simply overriding either by taking control with the steering wheel or one of the pedals.
2. I personally would be more worried about an ACC system that stops speed-tracking a car that takes an exit ramp, than what I have noticed when either car keeps tracking it. Because stopping migvht mean it woudl stop tracking on a curvy road. I am still driving, so if a car taks an exit ramp, I just push the accelerator to keep a constant speed until it is lost to ACC. And the displays tell you this.
3. LKA reminds you that you need to be in control, by telling you "Steering Required" if you don't move the wheel for about a minute. I find on long, straight stretches, that this happens even when I am "actively" monitoring my lanes, they just needed no adjustment.
4. LKA is better in the CR-V than the Accord. But ACC is far better in the hybrid, especially at low speeds. A gas engine simply can't regulate low speeds, with potential stops, smoothly. The electric motor in the hybrid excels at it. We used to drive once a week to Northern Virginia, to babysit grandchildren, and much of the dense traffic was stop-and-go. If we drove the CR-V, the jerking in ACC w LSF was enough to make one seasick. In the Accord, with just occasional overriding, it was very comfortable.

 

[Mr.Cannon]

Good to hear the ACC is good on the 10th gen since I've got the same thought as OP with my 9th gen. It's great all around and the cruise control gets better MPG than my own driving but I'd like to have ACC when I come up to someone's bumper and have to take over again. I sometimes make 400mi drives and it would be useful especially then.

 

[Honda2014]

You can adjust the distance in the settings.

Yep, of course I know that. But even the closest setting, at least to me, is still a bit too much of a distance. This is confirmed by the numerous times that I typically get cut off when using it in moderate traffic. It’s either that or the local drivers around me are just different lol.

 

[jackpine]

Yep, of course I know that. But even the closest setting, at least to me, is still a bit too much of a distance. This is confirmed by the numerous times that I typically get cut off when using it in moderate traffic. It’s either that or the local drivers around me are just different lol.

And I have mine set at the longest distance (about 3 seconds) and find it works perfectly for me. If someone cuts in between us, I'm happy to let him do that, my ACC just drops smoothly back from him.

- Jack

 

[tc3sean]

Honda cruise control is needing more development. It is lacking compared to Toyota and Ford, as I drove a rav 4 and Fusion.

A great feature which is present on Ford Fusion, the cruise control will bring a vehicle to complete stop when traffic slows, and then it will automatically bring vehicle up to speed when traffic starts moving.

My cruise control deactivates at I think 23 or 25 mph in both my accord and 20 Odyssey. Lame !

 

[JeffJo]

Honda cruise control is needing more development. It is lacking compared to Toyota and Ford, as I drove a rav 4 and Fusion.

A great feature which is present on Ford Fusion, the cruise control will bring a vehicle to complete stop when traffic slows, and then it will automatically bring vehicle up to speed when traffic starts moving.

You mean like this (2018 Accord Owner's Manual)?

My cruise control deactivates at I think 23 or 25 mph in both my accord and 20 Odyssey. Lame !

No. It won't set a speed lower than 25 mph, but it is still active and will match speeds to the car in front of it doing less than 25 mph.

 

[Spuds_Mackenzie]

I'm not positive on this, but I believe the ACC got better across model years during the 10th generation. I'm not sure if the 2022 model year has better ACC than the 2020, but I am pretty sure the 2020 model has better ACC than the 2018 model, for example. Maybe someone else can confirm this.

I have a 22 and it's no better. It does that all the time and the lane centering tries to take the car onto the exit ramp as well. Thats the only bad thing I have to say about the ACC though.

 

[Sapphir8]

It gets the job done. Low speed ACC is decent, if not a bit aggressive at times with the braking. Also, you still have to keep an eye out for lane jumpers. Honda Senseless can't see them.

 

[tc3sean]

You mean like this (2018 Accord Owner's Manual)?
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No. It won't set a speed lower than 25 mph, but it is still active and will match speeds to the car in front of it doing less than 25 mph.

Yes I am setting it initially well above 25, say 50. But it says cancelled when speed drops below 25.

It must be because I have 6 speed manual.

 

[Honda2014]

I have a 22 and it's no better. It does that all the time and the lane centering tries to take the car onto the exit ramp as well. Thats the only bad thing I have to say about the ACC though.

Hmm... are you sure? I'm sure the 2021-22 Accords (post-MMC models) come with ACC with low speed follow, which wasn't available in prior model years. Have you driven a 2020 or prior Accord with ACC with yours back to back? Personally I think it is very noticeable in low speed traffic.

Lane centering is something entirely different. It has to do with the LKA or road departure warning, which can be annoying sometimes.

Yes I am setting it initially well above 25, say 50. But it says cancelled when speed drops below 25.

It must be because I have 6 speed manual.

It's not just the manual. Mine does that too. Once it goes below 25mph (or something like that), it gets cancelled automatically. I think all pre-MMC Accords with ACC do that.