Honda Accord Complaints

25,389 consumer complaints on file.

#10067420April 19, 2004
SUSPENSION
CONSUMER PURCHASED A 2003 HONDA ACCORD BRAND NEW,AND SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN RATTLING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED A FEW THINGS. BUT HAD NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066407April 18, 2004
TIRES:SIDEWALL
HAVE HAD 2 INSTANCES WITH CRACKED AND SPLITTING SIDEWALLS OCCURRING ON BF GOODRICH 195/60 R15 TOURING T/A TIRES ABOUT A YEAR AFTER THEY WENT INTO SERVICE. FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED ON 2 TIRES WHICH WERE REPLACED ON OR ABOUT MARCH 2003. NOW THE REPLACEMENT TIRES HAVE A SPLIT SIDEWALL 1 YEAR LATER. REPLACING THEM WITH ANOTHER BRAND OF TIRE BEFORE A FATAL ACCIDENT DOES OCCUR DUE TO A BLOWOUT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066344April 17, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON APRIL 9, 2004, I WAS BACKING MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD, 4 DOOR TO A PUMP AT A GAS STATION. THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT SUCH A VELOCITY WHILE BACKING THAT I RAN INTO TWO OTHER CARS AND STOPPED ONLY WHEN I RAN INTO THE SERVICE STATION BUILDING'S WALL. EVEN THOUGH I APPLIED THE BRAKE THE CAR CONTINUED TO CAREEN OUT OF CONTROL DESPITE MY EFFORTS TO STOP IT. IT IS MOST FORTUNATE NO ONE WAS MAIMED OR KILLED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066361April 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
EGR VALVE WENT BAD ON THE CAR. INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS HAPPENS TO MANY PEOPLE. ASKED DEALER TO FIX THE PROBLEM AS IT WAS A DEFECT. THEY SAID IT WASN'T. I HAD TO PAY SINCE IT WAS AFFECTING MY FUEL ECONOMY. IT WAS REPLACED BY A NEW, DIFFERENT TYPE OF VALVE. THAT MAKES ME THINK THE ORIGINAL PART WAS BAD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066301April 16, 2004
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
HAVING PROBLEMS OF STERING WHEEL ON HONDA ACCORD 2000 MODEL. CHANGED THE BRAKE PADS IN OCTOBER'03 WITH HONDA DEALER AND HAVE THE SIMILAR PROBLEM AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066328April 16, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED ON INTERSTATE 89. DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067464April 15, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
REPEATED BATTERY FAILURE. *PH THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE PROBLEM MAY BE WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH BECAUSE A SOUND WAS HEARD WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066260April 15, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK I READ ABOUT A RECALL ON VARIOUS HONDA AND ACURA VEHICLES WITH REGARD TO AN IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM IN CONSUMER REPORTS. THE RECALL AFFECTED SOME 19'97 MODELS, BUT 1998 AND NEWER ACCORDS. I OWN A '97 ACCORD THAT IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALER AND AFTER ALMOST 3 WEEKS OF AGGRAVATING PHONE CALLS REDIRECTING ME TO EVERYONE FROM THE CORPORATE OFFICE TO THE JANITOR, I WAS DENIED INCLUSION IN THE RECALL. SOME OF THE EXCUSES WERE THAT MY VEHICLE HAS TOO MANY MILES ON IT TO BE INCLUDED, THAT I DON'T MAINTAIN A SERVICE RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY PARTICULAR DEALER, AND THAT IT MAY JUST BE MY KEY HAS WORN OUT (BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME?). I WAS WONDERING IF IT IS CUSTOMARY TO MAKE SUCH ARBITRARY DECISIONS WHEN DETERMINING INCLUSION IN A SAFETY RECALL. ALL THOSE FACTORS LISTED DO NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT MY CAR CAN ROLL AWAY AFTER I REMOVE MY KEY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066145April 14, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
REPLACEMENT OF LEFT AND RIGHT HUB AND BEARING ON THE REAR OF THE CAR. OF ALL THE CARS I OWNED AND THE CARS THAT FREINDS AND FAMILY HAVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ANYBOBY HAS HEARD OF REPLACING THESE PARTS. ALL OF MY CARS HAVE OVER 180,000 MILES ON THEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067158April 14, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE STALLED, AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER HAD STARTED THE VEHICLE ,AND DROVE IT FOR 15 MINUTES WHEN THIS OCCURRED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066167April 14, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
03 ACCORD LX BRAKE ROTORS WARPED. WHEN STOPPING THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING AND BRAKE PEDAL. BRAKE PADS ALSO SQUEEK AND MAKE GRINDING NOISE. WILL BRING TO DEALER FOR ASSESSMENT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066187April 14, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
SRS LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON. TOOK IT TO DEALER, WAS CHARGED $68 TO BE TOLD IT'S A 7-2 PROBLEM AND HAVE THE LIGHT RESET. AS SOON AS I STARTED UP THE CAR, THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. WAS TOLD IT WOULD NEED A NEW CONTROL UNIT REPLACEMENT THAT WOULD COST ALMOST $500! MY CAR HAS NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS TO CAUSE THIS -- NO ACCIDENTS, NO LOW BATTERY, NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, NOTHING. SEEMS MUCH TO SOON TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS GO "OUT."
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066028April 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
MY CARS STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. IT IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. WHEN I SEARCHED THE RECALLS FOR 98 ACCORDS, IT CAME BACK AS SAYING THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IGNITION SWITCH) ON OTHER 1998 HONDA ACCORDS. HOWEVER, HONDA SAYS MY VIN IS NOT PART OF THAT RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067072April 13, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066064April 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ACCORD 1999 EX-V6 TRANSMISSION SOMETIMES SHIFTS HARD AND 4TH GEAR SLIPS AND SHUDDERS, ALSO UNEXPECTED HARSH DOWNSHIFTS OR ERRATIC SHIFTING. SUSPECT THE PROBLEM TO BE SIMILAR TO MODEL YEAR 2000 AND 2001, BUT NO RECALL ISSUED FOR 1999.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066065April 13, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
MY 1999 HONDA ACCORD'S LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS QUIT WORKING WITHOUT NOTICE. I WILL BE DRIVING AND THEN THEY WILL JUST TURN OFF. I HAVE CHECKED THE BULBS, AND THE BULBS ARE STILL NEW. I HAVE BOUGHT MANY SETS OF BULBS, AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I HAVE HEARD OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS JAPANEESE MADE ACCORDS, AND AMERICAN CIVICS. MY ACCORD WAS MANUFACTURED IN JAPAN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066072April 13, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT DISC ROTORS CONTINUE TO RE-WARP AND NEED TURNING, DESPITE CAREFUL DRIVING PRACTICES AND NO SUDDEN STOPS AND NO RIDING OF BRAKES. VIBRATION MAKES VEHICLE HARD TO CONTROL DURING NORMAL STOPS. DEALER DENIES THERE IS ANY PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066084April 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
I HAVE A 1998 HONDA ACCORD LX V4. I HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMMING ON. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE O2 SENSORS AND HAD THE CODE CLEARED AT LEAST 4 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. MY MECHANIC HAS NOTED THAT HE CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. I HAVE RECENTLY FOUND THIS WEBSITE, HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/HONDA/33.HTML AND IT HAS BECOME APPARENT TO ME THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS. BECAUSE I CURRENTLY HAVE 87,000 MILES ON MY CAR HONDA HAS SAID THAT IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRENTY. MY CAR DOES NOT DRIVE ROUGHLY AND I HAVE DRIVEN FOR MILES WITH THE LIGHT ON. IT GENERALLY STAYS ON FOR ABOUT 1,000 MILES OR SO, THEN RESETS ITSELF FOR A FEW MORE THOUSAND MILES. AFTER WORRYING ABOUT THE LIGHT REPEATED COMMING ON AFTER IT HAD RESET ITSELF I BROUGHT IT INTO MY MECHANIC AGAIN, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT WHEN AN EMISSIONS CHECK IS RAN ON THE CAR THAT NOTHING IS WRONG. SINCE I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, HAVING THIS LIGHT ON MEANS THAT MY CAR WILL FAIL A SMOG CHECK, EVEN THOUGH THE EMISSIONS ARE WELL UNDER THE LIMIT. BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING OF AN ODBII CODE ISSUE AND OTHER EMISSIONS RELATED PROBLEMS, I FEEL COMPELLED TO FILE A COMPLAINT. HONDA WAS FORCED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON THEIR 95,96,AND 97 VEHICLES AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THESE PROBLEMS UNTIL THEY ARE FORCED TO. THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED ME TO GIVE LESS IMPORTANCE TO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, COST ME OVER $200 WITHOUT SOLVING THE PROBLEM, AND HINDERS MY ABILITY TO SELL OR EVEN SMOG THE VEHICLE. RECENTLY, I WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, EVEN THOUGH THE TWO O2 SENSORS ARE NOT GIVING THE SAME OUTPUT, THUS SHOWING THAT THE CAT. IS IN FACT DOING ITS JOB. THIS WOULD COST AT LEAST $400, $1100 AT HONDA. I FEEL THAT A RECALL IS NECCESSARY ON THE EMISSIONS COMPONENTS, AND THAT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE TRIED TIRELESSLY TO FIX THE PROBLEMS SHOULD BE RECOMPENSATED FOR TRYING TO FIX A SIGNIFICANT DESIGN FLAW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066099April 13, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
I WAS DRIVING BETWEEN 0 AND 5 MPH WHEN I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND. THE VEHICLE THAT HIT ME WAS A 1997 TOYOTA CAMERY. HIS APPX. SPEED WAS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. WHEN I EXITED MY VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS COMPLETLY LAYED BACK. I DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME BUT IT APPEARS THE METAL IN THE SEAT BROKE, CAUSING THE BACK OF THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE. THE SEAT WAS IN THE TOTAL RECLINED POSITION. WHEN IT WAS DELIVERED TO COMBS COLLISION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE METAL HOLDING THE TOP OF THE SEAT TO THE BOTTOM HAD BROKEN. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PUSH THE SEAT BACK UP ALL THE WAY. THE PASSENGER SEAT ALSO HAD DAMAGE TO IT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10065953April 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
I CAN REMOVE THE KEY FROM MY 2000 ACCORD WHILE THE GEAR SHIFT IS STILL IN DRIVE. I DID THIS ONCE THINKING I HAD PLACED THE CAR IN PARK, AND AFTER EXITING THE CAR IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARD. DESPITE THE FACT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 98 AND 99 ACCORDS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM, THE FOLKS AT HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME I NEED TO TAKE MY CAR TO A HONDA DEALER AND PAY TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. HOWEVER, THEY DIDN'T PROMISE ME THEY COULD DO ANYTHING FOR ME AFTER THE INSPECTION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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