# 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid - Rod knock? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** honda\ **Created:** [January 8, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-accord-hybrid-rod-knock/173999 "2021-01-08T19:10:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sin-son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sin-son](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sin-son)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-accord-hybrid-rod-knock/173999/1 "2021-01-08T19:10:04Z")
Hi I’m ángel my 2005 Honda Accord I te s sounds like piston rod is knocking only on low idled when I press the gas up to 2000 -2500 rpm it’s stop the sound thanks ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-accord-hybrid-rod-knock/173999/2 "2021-01-08T19:46:15Z")
Have you checked the oil level? ---
**Author:** ![Sin-son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sin-son](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sin-son)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-accord-hybrid-rod-knock/173999/3 "2021-01-08T19:49:14Z")
Yes and is fine ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-accord-hybrid-rod-knock/173999/4 "2021-01-08T20:15:38Z")
Thank you for responding. Maybe some one will have some experience with this, I suspect it will require a hands-on diagnosis by a qualified mechanic. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-accord-hybrid-rod-knock/173999/5 "2021-01-09T07:47:28Z")
I have heard a lot of rod knocking, I have never heard one get quieter when you increased the rpm. I used to hear a lot of rod knocking when our city tractor fleet was all gas engine in the 60sw and 70s. zthe company I worked for was notorious for deliberatly overloading. The fines were less than the revenue from the overload and not more than 1 in 10 got caught. I once pulled 110,000 of nickel with my single axle Ford C850 and a single trailed. That put me at about 3 times the legal limit for a 4 axle rig. I got stopped so many times that I got to be friends with the trooper that ran the scale car in the Buffalo area. ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-accord-hybrid-rod-knock/173999/6 "2021-01-09T19:15:10Z")
Does this engine have solid lifters? My 1999 Honda does, and every few years I adjust them and each time some have needed it. ---
**Author:** ![Sin-son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sin-son](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sin-son)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-accord-hybrid-rod-knock/173999/7 "2021-01-09T19:34:12Z")
I was thinking of the motor rotor ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-accord-hybrid-rod-knock/173999/8 "2021-01-09T19:44:20Z")
The noise you hear might be from a cracked flex plate. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/5/15b1f6135a64858849e6f8731b6a4d568dae5098.jpeg "Diagnose knocking noise - cracked flexplate") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyMoi1xAqak) Tester ---
**Author:** ![Sin-son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sin-son](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sin-son)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-accord-hybrid-rod-knock/173999/9 "2021-01-09T23:58:03Z")
Flex plate ? What’s that where that goes ? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-accord-hybrid-rod-knock/173999/10 "2021-01-10T00:05:24Z")
It’s between the engine and transmission. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/9/d99108affd667169d895966dca9e3fc16405e281.jpeg) And this is what a cracked one looks like. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/5/95bad1f738ddab5f4b2054cd5457631673e5a388.jpeg) Tester ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-accord-hybrid-rod-knock/173999/11 "2021-01-10T16:12:00Z")
Google ‘Honda piston slap’, see if the videos sound like your car.