Honda Accord Complaints

25,389 consumer complaints on file.

#10057125February 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING ON A 1999 HONDA ACCORD 2 DOOR. THERE IS SEVERE JERKY MOTION BETWEEN SHIFTS. ALSO WHILE SLOWING DOWN AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE AGAIN THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD VIOLENTLY WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE DOUBLE GEAR SHIFT. MY FAMILY OWNS THE 4 DOOR VERSION OF THE CAR ALSO, WHICH DOES NOT HAVE SUCH SYMPTOMS. OUT OF 7 PEOPLE I KNOW WHO ALSO OWNS THE ACCORD, 3 PEOPLE HAVE SUCH PROBLEMS. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS TO DATE. HONDA CLAIMS THAT SINCE IT DOES NOT OCCUR WITH "MANY" OF PRODUCTION CARS, IT WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL! THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057141February 13, 2004
AIR BAGS
ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 2003, I BROUGHT MY CAR IN WITH ABOUT 12000 MILES TO DEALER BECAUSE THE SRS LIGHT WAS GOING ON. DEALER COULD NOT DETECT A PROBLEM. IT WHEN ON OR OFF UNTIL 95,000 MILES. AT 95,000 MILES THE LIGHT STOOD ON. AT 98,000 MILES, I BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION INSPECTED DUE TO A RECALL. I ASKED DEALER TO CHECKED MY AIR BAG PROBLEM. THEY DETECTED PROBLEM AS BEING A FAULTY AIR BAG MODULE. UNFORTUNATELY DEALER, DID NOT WANT TO REPAIR MODULE UNDER ORIGINAL WARRANTY BECAUSE IT HAD EXPIRED. ALTHOUGH, I BROUGHT IN MY CAR AT 12,000 MILES LETTING THEM KNOW OF A PROBLEM. IT WAS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND OPTED NOT TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HAD THE AIR BAG SYSTEM RE- SET. THE LIGHT WHEN OFF. HOWEVER, THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON A MONTH LATER. CURRENTLY, IAM RIDING THE CAR WITH NO AIR BAGS ON AND THE MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO HONOR MY WARRANTY WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT IN THE CAR TO THE DEALER AT 12,000 MILES AND INFORMED ME THAT IT IS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT CAN I DO?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059123February 13, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL CONCERNING FUEL TANK FILLER NECK LEAK. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY JUST LOOKED AT IT. DEALER NEVER CHANGED THE TUBE BECAUSE AT THAT TIME IT WAS NOT LEAKING. CURRENTLY CONSUMER SAW FUEL LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. HE EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DISCOVERED THAT THE LEAK WAS NEXT TO THE FILLER NECK HOSE. CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW WHETHER RECALL REPAIRS COULD BE PERFORMED BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE HE RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057980February 12, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING DASHBOARD LIT UP AND VEHICLE STALLED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057094February 12, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1999 HONDA ACCORD V6, TRANSMISSION FAILURE. 2000 THROUGH 2002 HAD WARRANTIES EXTENDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058050February 12, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY DROPPED TO A LOWER GEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058073February 12, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE CONSUMER HAD ENGINE TROUBLE. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE AND HAD BECOME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *PH *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057933February 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE, AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT. WHILE WAITING FOR THE APPOINTMENT DATE, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE ON AN ERRAND. VEHICLE SHUT DOWN IN A PARKING LOT. DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER TO GET VEHICLE TOWED FOR RECALL REPAIRS AT THEIR EXPENSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057893February 11, 2004
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
WHEN ACCELERATING OR DEPRESSING BRAKES A CLICKING NOISE CAME FROM FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE. TECHNICIAN SERVICED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED BODY PANEL WAS SPOT WELDED INSTEAD OF WELDED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057002February 11, 2004
STEERING
STEERING RACK. I BOUGH MY CAR IN OCTOBER 2003, AND HAVE ABOUT 6000 MILES NOW. BACK IN DECEMBER, FOR COUPLE OF DAYS IN THE MORNING, WHEN IT WAS REALLY COLD, ~18-20F, CAR'S STEERING GOT TIGHTER AND ONCE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED EVEN A LITTLE, WOULD NOT COME BACK AUTOMATICALLY BACK BUT I HAD TO PULL IT BACK. LATER IN THE DAY, WHEN IT GOT WARMER, IT GOT BETTER(ALTHOUGH NOT PERFECT) . AGAIN THIS HAPPENENED AT HIGHER SPPEDS AS WELL. COUPLE OF DAYS LATER I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR, STEERING WHEEL GOT EXTREMELY HARD AND I WAS NOT EVEN ABLE TO CHANGE LANES WHICH REALLY SCARED ME. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, THEY AGREED THAT AT WAS A PROBLEM AND PUT IT UP ON A LIFT. WHEN THEY NOTICED COUPLE OF SCRATCHES ON THE PLASTIC NOSE SKIRT AND PLASTIC TRIMS BY THE DOOR, WHICH GOT THERE DUE TO MINOR PEBBLES ETC. STRIKING THE CAR WHEN IN MOTION. THEY TOLD ME THAT TE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO AN ACCIDENT, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO OTHER SIGN ON THE STEERING COMPONENTS OR ANY OTHER VISIBLE SIGNS. I ABSOLUTELY DISAGREED THAT IT WAS DUE TO AN ACCIDENT. ONLY REMEDY THEY TOLD ME WAS TO GET THE STEERING RACK CHANGED. WELL, THEY CHANGED THE STEERING RACK AND REPALCED IT WITH A "HONDA REMANUFACTURED STEERING RACK" WHICH THEY DID NOT COVER UNDER ANY WARRANTY, IN ADDITION THEY CHANGED BOTH THE TIE ROD ENDS AND SOME MORE SMALLER PARTS. THE TOTAL WAS ABOUT $1400. I ASKED THEM TO SAVE THE RACK AND WHEN LOOKED AT IT, OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS NO VISIBLE DAMAMGE ETC, BUT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE DAMAGE IS INSIDE (THE RACK'S METAL PIPE LIKAGE SYSTEM?). I AM 1000% SURE THAT THE STEERING RACK HAS SOME MANUFACTURING PROBLEM, AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE SAVED THE PART AND BROUGH IT HOME WITH ME. I HOPE THAT THE NHTSA FOLKS WOULD PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS ISSUE. AFTER THE REPAIR AND A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT, CAR STILL DRIFTS SLIGHTLY TO LEFT, BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT IS NORMAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059112February 10, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE IGNITION AND STALLING PROBLEMS IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP FIXED THE PROBLEM, BUT A FEW DAYS AFTER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *LA AS THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE DIED. THE IGNITION WOULD STALL INTERMITTENTLY. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057858February 10, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT GAS PEDAL PROBLEM. IT DOES NOT MOVE AS FREELY AS IT SHOULD. CONSUMER HAS TO STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL VERY HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE GOING WHEN MOVING FROM A START POSITION. . THIS OCCURS ONLY AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING FOR A WHILE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056972February 10, 2004
STEERING
STEERING PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT STILL IS NOT CORRECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050146February 10, 2004
AIR BAGS, TIRES, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP FOLLOWED BY A TIRE BLOWOUT ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER, AS A RESULT THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. *AK THE CD PLAYER DID NOT ALWAYS WORK AND EXPERIENCED STATIC. *SC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10057720February 9, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE. SOON AFTER FRONT END RIGHT SIDE DROPPED TO THE GROUND. VEHICLE PROCEEDED INTO A SKID. TECHNICIAN SERVICED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056839February 9, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 1999 HONDA ACCORD V6 EX SEDAN. IT CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 56,000 MILES ON IT, AND MUCH TO MY SURPRISE THE VEHICLE HAS REQUIRED A NEW TRANSMISSION @ 55,000. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND IS MENTIONED ON MANY INTERNET FORUMS. THE COST OF REPLACING THIS TRANMISSION IS RATHER SUBSTANTIAL. THE 00-01 MODELS HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM HONDA ON THE TRANSMISSION FOR 7 YEARS AND 100,000 MILES, BUT FOR SOME REASON THE 1998-1999 MODELS WERE LEFT OUT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE THE SAME GENERATION VEHICLES. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED A FEW TIMES DUE TO TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE. I HOPE SOME ACTION CAN BE TAKEN TO HAVE THE WARRANTY EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE 1998 TO 1999 HONDA ALSO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056840February 9, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN MY 1998 HONDA ACCORD AT ABOUT 54,000 MILES IN NOVEMBER, 2002. I PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THIS TO YOUR AGENCY. HONDA HAS ONLY PAID FOR APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE COST OF THE NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH WAS INSTALLED BY AAMCO. MY QUESTION IS WHETHER THE NHTSA IS GOING TO ISSUE A SAFETY RECALL ON THE 1998 HONDA ACCORD TRANSMISSION. MY REVIEW OF YOUR DATABASE TODAY INDICATES OVER 100 INSTANCES OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON THIS MODEL HONDA ACCORD. ISN'T THAT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE AN INVESTIGATION BY YOUR AGENCY AND A SAFETY RECALL? PLEASE ADVISE AS TO YOUR INTENDED ACTION IN THIS MATTER. THANK YOU TARYNN YOKOMIZO [email protected]
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056842February 9, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056857February 9, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT
MY 2003 ACCORD MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COLD START, ACCELERATING FROM A STOPLIGHT, ACCELERATING AFTER TURNING A CORNER, AND ACCELERATING, AND ON THE FREEWAY WHEN PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE. AFTER SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS, MY LOCAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT DIAGNOSED THIS AS BEING CAUSED BY THE ABS SYSTEM AND THAT I SHOULD CONSIDER IT A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE AUTOMOBILE UNTIL A FIX IS FOUND BY HONDA. MOST RECENTLY, THE ABS, THE TCS, AND THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT IT WAS A FALSE CODE AND THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SYSTEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057770February 9, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. BUT, DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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