Honda Accord Complaints (2000)

1,183 consumer complaints on file.

#10121769May 21, 2005
AIR BAGS
SRS LIGHT ON, RESET. ON AGAIN 5/2/2005 OPDS REPLACED, ON AGAIN 5/3/2005. OLD PARTS NOT AVAILABLE HONDA DOSENT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG, OR WHAT COMPONNET IS CAUSING THE AIR BAGS TO BE INOPERATIVE AND HAS KNOW WAY TO PIN POINT WHICH COMPONNET IS THE CAUSE, JUST REPLACE PARTS UNTIL THE LIGHT GOES OUT.
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0
Deaths:
0
#10120491May 10, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
TOOK 2000 HONDA ACCORD EXL TO DEALER FOR MAINTENANCE. UPON LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP THE SRS AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW MODULE/"AIRBAG BRAIN" AND THAT WITHOUT IT MY AIRBAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY. I TOLD THEM THAT LIGHT HAD NEVER COME ON BEFORE UNTIL AFTER THEY WORKED ON MY CAR, THEY TOLD ME THAT WAS A COINCIDENCE AND THAT THEY WERE NO WHERE NEAR THAT PART OF THE VEHICLE. THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC FREE OF CHARGE AND TOLD ME THE ERROR CODE. THEY QUOTED ME $600 TO REPLACE THE MODULE. I WENT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER FOR A 2ND OPINION NOT TRUSTING THE 1ST PLACE AND THEY TURNED OFF THE SRS LIGHT MODEL # 77960-584-A93057. I TRIED TO PURCHASE THE PART USED, BUT NO ONE SOLD IT. I CALLED AROUND AND THE MOST AFFORDABLE PLACE I COULD FIND QUOTED ME $390. I TOOK IT IN AND HAD IT REPLACED AND THE LIGHT HAS NOT COME ON SINCE. THE INCIDENT OCCURED IN 9/10/03. I WAS LOOKING UP RECALLS AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD. I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BACKSEAT SEATBELT NOT WORKING AND THE RECALLS ON THE SEATBELT ARE FOR THE CIVIC AND NOT THE ACCORD. NOW I AM MAKING AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH. I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM EVERYTIME I START THE CAR THE GAS PEDAL STICKS AND YOU HAVE TO "GUN IT" TO MAKE IT GO FORWARD.
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10120546May 10, 2005
AIR BAGS
THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT (SRV) CAME ON, AND LOCAL GARAGE CHECKED IT OUT ON THEIR COMPUTER. THEY CAME UP WITH A "CODE 9-2 AIR BAG INTERNAL FAULT", AND SAID I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE HONDA DEALER FOR REPAIR. I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO RUN THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT COMPUTER CHECK, AND, IF A FAULT WAS FOUND, I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF REPAIR. MY COMPLAINT: FIRST, AIR BAGS BEING SUCH AN IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEM, AND THEIR INSTALLATION MANDATED BY THE GOVERNMENT, I FEEL THAT WHEN A DEFECT APPEARS, A RECALL AT THE MANUFACTURER'S EXPENSE IS IN ORDER. SECOND, IF THE SAFETY BOARD DOES NOT HAVE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF SIMILIAR COMPLAINTS TO ORDER A RECALL, THEN AT THE VERY LEAST THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THE COMPUTER TEST.
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10120315May 9, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DT: CONTACT HAS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD AND HE SAYS THAT HE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS SBS-AIR BAG LIGHT. HE SAYS THE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON SO HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT THE WIRING BUNDLE HAD BEEN CUT THROUGH BECAUSE SOMEONE THAT MANUFACTURER THE VEHICLE HAD PUT THE BUNDLE UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT AND THEY WIRED THE BUNDLE WRONG THEY PUT THE WIRE TO THE AIR BAG OVER THE WIRE TO THE SEAT. AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE SEAT GOING FORWARD AND BACK AND THE VIBRATION OF THE VEHICLE HAD CUT THE WIRE TO HIS AIR BAG AND DISABLED IT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE AMERICAN HONDA COPORATION ON APRIL 29TH AND THEY GAVE HIM A CASE NUMBER N012005-042900577 HE TALKED TO BRIAN HO AND HE TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAIL A LETTER TO HIS HONDA DEALER STATING THE PROBLEM THE CONTACT WAS HAVING. SO IN A COUPLE OF DAYS HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO HIS HONDA DEALER HE SAID HE NEVER RECIEVED A LETTER SO THEY TOLD HIM THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AND SO WHEN THE CONTACT CALLED BACK MAY 9TH AND THEY TOLD HIM THEY WERE GOING TO DISMISS. THE CONTACT SAYS THAT HIS WARRENTY IS OUT ON HIS VEHICLE AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY HE THINKS THEY DISMISSED THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118791May 2, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2000 HONDA ACCORD LX V6 AUTOMATIC, WITH WHAT ELSE " TRANSMISSION TROUBLE" WE PURCHASED CAR AND WITHIN 2 MONTHS WOULD MAKE HORRIBLE BANG NOIDE WHILE BACKING UP. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WITH COMPLAINT 5 SEPERATE TIMES AND THEY LIED STATING THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT PROBLEM WAS AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. WHEN I DEMANDED THE SERVICE MANAGER AND THEIR TRANSMISSION TECH MEET ME ONE MORNING I DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM AND THE TECH KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS AND THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE INSTALLED. AFTER THEY PUT GOD KNOWS WHAT IN IT I TOOKS IT BACK COMPLAINING OF A NOISE THEY SAID THEY HAD IT ON THE LIFT LISTENED TO IT AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING EXCEPT TIRE NOISE, THEY THING BROKE RIGHT IN THERE PARKING LOT WHEN WE WENT TO PICK IT UP. I JUST LOOKED AT THE JERK MANAGER AND SAID TO HIM " COULDN'T FIND NOTHING WRONG, DON'T EVER GO HICKING THERE ARE RATTLESNAKES THAT MAKE LESS NOISE THAN THIS TRANSMISSION DID AND WE DON'T NEED TO LOOSE ANYMORE LIARS ON OUR LITTLE PLANET NOW DO WE?!!!!". HE HAD NO RESPONSE. WELL NOW TRANSMISSION # 3 IS GETTING READY TO BITE THE DIRT, HAS BEEN SERVICED EVERY 30,000 MILES AND NEEDING REPLACED WITH ONLY 118,000 MILES ON VEHICLE, 68,000 SINCE LAST ONE WAS PUT IN. IT WILL BE THE ABSOLUTE COLDEST DAY IN HELL BEFORE I EVER DARKEN HONDAS DOORS AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118729April 30, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD BRAND NEW. I NOTICED IMMEDIATELY IT SHIFTED ROUGH BUT I KEPT IT ANYWAY. IN 2003 AT 84000 MILES I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 30 MPH, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT ON A BUSY DAY. I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER AND THEY SAID I HAD TOO MUCH TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT. THEY CLEANED THE FILTER, AND SENT IT BACK. IT WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY MADE SOME ADJUSTMENT, AND IT RAN SOMEWHAT OKAY. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER IT BEGAN TO DO IT AGAIN. I TOOK IT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE, AND THAT THE PREVIOUS YEAR THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ISSUED ON THE CAR. I WAS 2-3 THOUSAND MILES OVER THE EXTENSION AT THAT POINT. I KNEW THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD THE YEAR BEFORE. THE CAR WOULD NOT RUN RIGHT AFTER THAT. DEALER KNOWS THEY WERE IN THE WRONG AND THEY WERE VERY RUDE WITH ME. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING I CAN DO. I CAN'T AFFORD $4000.00 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION RIGHT NOW. I AM THINKING OF TAKING LEGAL ACTION.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118722April 29, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD 2 DRIVE IN DECEMBER 1999 BRAND NEW, AND MY FIRST PROBLEM WAS THE CLUNKING NOISE EVERYTIME I WOULD REVERSE. IT FELT I HAD HIT SOMETHING BECAUSE IT WOULD JERK. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND MY TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AFTER ONLY 4 MONTHS OF HAVING THE CAR. THEN AGAIN IN 2002 MY CAR STARTED JERKING AND TAKING A LONG DELAY GETTING IN GEAR. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER AND MY TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. NOW IT'S 2005, AND I WAS ADVISED I NEED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IT JERKS WHEN I ACCELERATE AND IT ALSO DELAYS WHEN GOING INTO GEAR (FEELS LIKE IT IN NEUTRAL WHEN I'M ACCELERATING). I'VE LOST MY FAITH IN HONDA'S AND SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I KNOW OF OTHER PEOPLE SAME CAR SAME PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118007April 17, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
SRS LIGHT (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE): THIS LIGHT IS ON ALL OF THE TIME. I HAVE GOTTEN ESTIMATES OF $75 TO $110 JUST TO ANALYZE THE PROBLEM. A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET SHOWED THAT HUNDREDS OF CONSUMERS ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THIS LIGHT BEING ON. THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE A MAJOR RIP-OFF OF CONSUMERS FOR A KNOWN, DEFECTIVE SYSTEM!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117868April 12, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
2000 HONDA ACCORD WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*MR THE IMPACT WAS ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT THE VEHICLE SRS LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER RESET IT ONCE, REPLACED A SENSOR IN THE SEAT BACK OF THE PASSENGER'S SEAT AND REPLACED THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT CLASP. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116554April 7, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
SRS LIGHT IS ON, VEHICLE NEEDS NEW OPDS. RESULT: NO WORKING AIRBAGS, ESTIMATED REPAIR $663.65+TAX NOT SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED FROM EXTRA CARE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT DEALER AND EXTRA CARE SAYS NOT COVERED CHECKED ONLINE CONSUMER FORUMS - SOME GOT IT COVERED, SOME DIDN'T. *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116215April 1, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
HONDA AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ARE FAILING LEFT AND RIGHT, AND THE NEW TRANSMISSION HONDA IS REPLACING WITH ARE AS BAD AS THE ORIGINALS.*AK MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 53000 MILE AFTER MANY MILES OF MAKING WHISTLING, CLICKING, GRINDING NOISES AND GENERALLY GIVING THE IMPRESSION YOU WERE ABOUT TO BE STRANDED. HONDA REPLACED TRANSMISSION UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY IN MARCH OF 2005 AFTER REQUIRING ME TO SPEND A $100 BUCKS TO SERVICE THE OLD ONE PRIOR TO DIAGNOSTICS. REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION JERKS AND MAKES ALL KINDS OF NOISE WHEN PUT IN REVERSE AND HIT THE GAS. LOCAL HONDA DEALER (HUGHES HONDA IN WARNER ROBINS, GA) TRIES TO LINK IT TO THE SOME BRAKE PAD ALIGNMENT NON-SENSE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET ANOTHER $130 OUT OF ME. I TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER TO CHANGE THE PADS WITH THE AGREEMENT BEING THE DEALERSHIP WOULD ABSORB THE COST IF THE TRANSMISSION NOISE WAS NOT FIXED. THEN THE PADS THEY JUST TOLD ME WERE WORN OUT ALL OF A SUDDEN HAD TONS OF LIFE LEFT. THE CAR WITH THE SAME BRAKE COMPONENTS AND PADS DID NOT MAKE THE NOISE UNTIL AFTER THE NEW TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED. HONDA HAS A REAL PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE FORCED VIA RECALL TO ADDRESS ANY AND ALL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS OR BUY THE CAR BACK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117155March 31, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO GO INTO REVERSE WHEN PUT INTO GEAR, WHICH WAS PREVENTING THE VEHICLE FROM BACKING OUT IF IT NEEDED TO MOVE OUT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK UPDATED 3/28/2006 - THE TRANSMISSION IS SLUGGISH WHEN GOING UP HILLS UNTIL IT REACHES 20 MPH -3/3/2006. *NM
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116070March 30, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WITH 46,270 MILES, TWO HEAD BOLTS BROKE RESULTING IN THE FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET. THE VEHICLE DID NOT OVERHEAT UNTIL AFTER THE GASKET FAILED. THE DEALER HAS "SUGGESTED' THAT THE BOLTS WERE OVER TORQUED AFTER MANUFACTURER, HOWEVER, I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON IT THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE HEAD BOLTS. REPAIR INVOLVED A NEW GASKET KIT AND 12 NEW BOLTS. I HAVE THE OLD BOLTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117042March 29, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED UNTIL VEHICLE SHUT OFF. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117071March 29, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IGNITION INTERLOCK REPAIRS DONE. UPON PICKING UP THE VEHICLE CONSUMER WAS STILL ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WITH THE VEHICLE RUNNING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115261March 16, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
SAFETY RESTRAINT LIGHT FOR THE AIR BAGS KEPT COMING ON. CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE DEALER .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115101March 14, 2005
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT CONTINUED TO FAIL. THE SEAT LINK SUPPORT WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114955March 10, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED VIA PHONE. DEALER URGED THE CONSUMER TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109719March 2, 2005
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHEN THE KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE GEAR SHIFTED FROM PARK. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. SINCE PURCHASE THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED IN ANY POSITION OF THE TRANSMISSION LEVER. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112201February 26, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A CAR CUT IN FRONT OF ME. THEN THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC CAME TO A COMPLETE HALT. I APPLIED MY BRAKES. THE CAR THAT CUT ME OFF, MOVED OUT FROM THE LANE I WAS ON INTO THE NEXT LANE. I WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION WITH HONDA CRV. MY HONDA ACCORD 2000 RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE . THE FRONT SRS AIRBAGS NEVER FUNCTIONED. THIS COLLISION TOOK PLACE IN THE FREEWAY AT LEAST 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE FRONT AIRBAGS DIDN'T WORK. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP THAT I TOOK MY CAR FOR REPAIRS WHICH CAME OUT TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, TOLD ME THAT THE REASON THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T WORK WAS BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A DIRECT HIT, IN OTHER WORDS THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING THE AIRBAGS OR REPLACING THEM. THEY STATED, THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FROM HONDA ON THE AIRBAGS. THE COMMUNITY HONDA DEALERSHIP JUST REPLACED THE PARTS THAT WHERE DAMAGED IN THE COLLISION. THE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS DAMAGED BADLY, IT WAS PUSHED BACK APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET. I WAS LUCKY, NOT TO HAVE HAD SERIOUS INJURIES. HOWEVER, I DON'T TRUST THE FRONT AIRBAGS BECAUSE THEY SHOULD OF FUNCTIONED AND THEY DIDN'T. I, STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT HONDA MOTORS U.S.A. SHOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAGS AT NO CHARGE. SOMEONE SHOULD INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE THE HONDA ACCORD SE 2000. VEHICLE [XXX]. THANK YOU. *JB *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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