Honda Accord Complaints (2002)

1,050 consumer complaints on file.

#10182381February 12, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ACCORD V6 EX. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, WITH ABRUPT SHIFTING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS, AND ABRUPT DOWNSHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS. POTENTIAL SAFETY DEFECT AS CAR HESITATES WHEN CROSSING TRAFFIC. CURRENTLY 69,000 MILES, BUT PROBLEM SURFACED AT AROUND 55K MILES AND IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. APPARENTLY HONDA IS COVERING REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSIONS FOR 2001, BUT NOT 2002 MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. LOVE HONDAS, BUT THEY DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS ONE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10182000February 8, 2007
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT ON 01-17-07 AND WAS HIT HEAD ON. MY CAR IS NOW TOTALED. NOT ONE SINGLE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MY CAR WAS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD AND WAS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10181097January 30, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 2002 HONDA ACCORD AT 30 MPH AND SLOWING DOWN TO 20 MPH TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE CONTACT TRIED TO STEP ON THE BRAKES, BUT THE PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS TURNED ON. THE CONTACT TURNED THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION THEN RESTATED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE VEHICLE DROVE LIKE IT HAD NOT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK THE ENGING SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. UPDATED 03/15/07. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10179091January 18, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
HONDA ACCORD 2002 VALUE PACKAGE THE TRANSMISSION STARTS TO FAIL AT 59000 MILES. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE CLUNKING WHEN SHIFTS FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE, FAILING TO CHANGE GEARS SOMETIMES, AND SUDDEN CLUNKS WHEN CHANGING GEARS. I AM AFRAID THAT THIS FAILURE MAY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT AND REQUEST A RECALL FROM THE MANUFACTURER. I TRIED TO CHANGE TRANSMISSION FLUID, BUT IT STILL LEAVES THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178959January 17, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2002 HONDA ACCORD WITH 50,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED INTO THE DIFFERENTIAL. I AM AFRAID THE GEARS MIGHT LOCK & CAUSE A CRASH. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A REPLACEMENT RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION FOR ALMOST A MONTH. THE HONDA DEALER SAID IT WAS OK TO DRIVE UNTIL THE PARTS COME IN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178828January 16, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. THE KEY CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WHILE THE CAR IS STILL IN GEAR (DRIVE). THE CAR ROLLED DOWN THE BLOCK AND HIT A NEIGHBOR'S MAILBOX. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178153January 8, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AIR BAGS
THE SRS LIGHT COMES ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON, I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE CASES OF THIS LIGHT COMING ON FOR NO REASON, SO THEY WENT AHEAD AND RESET IT FOR ME. HOWEVER, JUST RECENTLY IT CAME ON AGAIN FOR NO REASON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN, NOW THEY ARE SAYING THAT I NEED TO PAY 180 DOLLARS JUST FOR A DIAGNOSTIC, AND REPAIRS WOULD BE ADDITIONAL. TRANSMISSION KEEPS SLIPPING, GEARS DO NOT CHANGE PROPERLY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176716December 21, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I TOOK MY HONDA ACCORD V6 EX TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION OIL AND THEY TOLD ME IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. ALL HONDA WAS PREPARED TO DO IS GIVE ME $1000.00 TOWARD THE REPAIR ESTIMATED AT $4000.00. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. THE PROBLEM MANIFESTS ITSELF MORE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD. THIS IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE WHEN YOU TURN ON THE HIGHWAY OR CROSS AN INTERSECTION IF THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT, THIS PUTS THE VEHICLE AT RISK OF BEING REAR ENDED OR HIT FROM THE SIDE. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM SINCE OCCURS MOSTLY COLD BUT SOMETIMES DURING THE DAY. THE REST OF THE TIME THERE APPEARS TO BE NO PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW OF MANY MOTORISTS WHO WOULD RUSH OUT TO SPEND $4000 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM UNTIL IT BECOMES CONSTANT. UNTIL THEN THE MOTORIST IS AT RISK OF A SEVERE ACCIDENT. HONDA CANNOT FIX THIS PROBLEM OTHER THAN TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT GREAT COST. AT LEAST IF THEY PROVIDED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE OWNER PAID FOR THE LABOR THAT WOULD BE A REASONABLE COMPROMISE. IT IS NOT REASONABLE FOR A TRANSMISSION TO FAIL AT 72K MILES. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER HONDA OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. I AM REPORTING IT SO THAT IF THIS IS A TREND, PRESSURE MAY BE PUT ON HONDA TO RECALL THESE TRANSMISSIONS OR AT THE VERY LEAST REPLACE IT IMMEDIATELY WHEN IDENTIFIED. THEIR CURRENT LACK OF RESPONSE SHOWS CALLOUS DISRESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176755December 21, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NOTICED THE SLIPPING/JERKING WHEN IT CHANGES GEARS (SEVERE ON LOWER GEAR SHIFTS). I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE FOR CHECK-UP, AND MECHANIC DIAGNOSED AS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM, AND IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE, THAT EVEN A RECALL OF HONDA ACCORD TO 2001 MODELS. I CALLED THE HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL SINCE IT DOES NOT COVER 2002 MODELS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT HONDA IS NEGLIGENT IN NOT INCLUDING THE 2002 MODELS SINCE THIS PROBLEM IS EXACT/SIMILAR TO THE SYMPTOMS OF THE RECALLED MODELS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10174727November 29, 2006
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
SRS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON DURING A 500 MILE TRIP AFTER STOPPING AND TURNING THE ENGINE BACK ON. THIS MEANT THE SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS SUCH AS SEAT BELT TENSIONERS AND AIRBAGS WOULD NOT FUNCTION UNTIL SRS PROBLEM IS CORRECTED. REQUIRED A SERVICE CALL TO DEALER TO ORDER NEW SRS UNIT AND REPLACE. NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY. REPLACEMENT WILL BE DONE DEC 1 SO NOT SURE IF THIS WILL CORRECT THE PROBLEM. SO MUST CONTINUE TO DRIVE CAR WITHOUT SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM FUNCTIONING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10172602November 3, 2006
AIR BAGS
SRS RED LIGHT CONTINUES TO GO ON. I'VE GOTTEN VARYING ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT AND WILL HAVE TO SPEND $1,000 TO FIX IT AND TAKE THE RISK THAT I WENT WITH THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS. I'M TOLD THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT NOW. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH HONDA VEHICLES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10170973October 16, 2006
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
AIRBAG DASHLIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON STEADILY. CALLED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM PROBABLY WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY. DEALER CHECKED VEHICLE ON 10/2 AND STATED THAT PROBLEM REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF SRS CONTROL UNIT AT A TOTAL COST OF $442.74. MECHANIC STATED THAT HE FREQUENTLY SEES THIS PROBLEM ON ACCORD VEHICLES. THIS VEHICLE HAS ONLY 32,,046 MILES ON IT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10171017October 16, 2006
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEATS
INVOLVED IN SERIOUS HEAD ON MVA WHERE MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, INJURIES SUSTAINED. SPENT 24 HRS IN ICU DUE TO HEAD TRAUMA, MEMORY LOSS, CONTUSIONS, AND ABRASIONS. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, DRIVER SEAT FRACTURED WHILE SEAT BELT HELD, WHICH ALLOWED FORWARD THRUST INTO WINDSHIELD. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10170569October 11, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION DIED TWICE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS JUST OVER A YEAR OLD. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AFTER EACH INCIDENT AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO DIE TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS PERSISTED BY JERKING AND THE TRANSMISSION BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN GEARS. IT ALSO HAD DIFFICULTY WITH DRIVING UP HILLS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10169880October 3, 2006
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
MY SRS LIGHT CAME ON. I RECEIVED THE WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE OCCUPANT POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHECKED OUT MY CAR AND SAID THAT MY PROBLEM WAS THE SRS CONTROL UNIT. THE SRS CONTROL UNIT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY EXTENSION AND COULD COST ME OVER $400. FIRST OF ALL, I FOUND THIS TO BE VERY IRONIC THAT I HAD JUST RECEIVED THE WARRANTY EXTENSION AND MY SRS LIGHT CAME ON LIKE THE WARRANTY EXTENSION SAID, BUT YET MY PROBLEM IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY EXTENSION. I FEEL AS THOUGH I AM BEING DUPED BY THE DEALERSHIP SINCE THIS SRS CONTROL UNIT IS A MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE PART THAN THE PARTS DESCRIBED IN THE WARRANTY EXTENSION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10168918September 21, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 2002 HONDA ACCORD 4-DR SEDAN. I AM NOW AT 51,000 MILES AND HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. I CALLED HONDA TODAY AND THEY SAID THAT MY CAR IS NO LONGER WARRANTED BUT THAT 2000-2001 HONDA GOT A 7YR/100K MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR FREE. I AM DISMAYED BY HONDA'S DECISION TO NOT HELP ME PAY FOR THIS REPAIR AS I KNOW I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS COMPLAINT AND THERE ARE MANY MANY MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. I AM HOPING THAT NHSTA WILL BE ABLE TO HELP ME OUT. THANK YOU. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166827August 29, 2006
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
REPLACE SRS CONTROL UNIT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166530August 25, 2006
AIR BAGS
2002 HONDA ACCORD SE, USED TO JUMP START SON'S CAR (1991 HONDA CIVIC LX) RIGHT AFTER JUMPSTART, SRS STAYED ON AND HASN'T GONE OFF SINCE. THOUGHT IT JUST MIGHT BE A FUSE, BUT WHEN CAR TAKEN TO HONDA FOR MAINTENANCE TODAY, WAS TOLD THE CONTROL UNIT IS BAD AND IT WOULD COST $1,000+ TO REPLACE. I ASKED IF JUMP STARTING SON'S CAR COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS, AND WAS TOLD YES. CAR WAS USED TO PROPERLY JUMP START SON'S CAR, SO DON'T SEE HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN. WE SHOULD BE TOLD NEVER TO OFFER TO JUMP START ANYONE! MY SON COULD HAVE CALLED AAA (TRIPLE A), BUT WE HAD NO IDEA THIS WOULD HAPPEN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10166308August 23, 2006
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD V-6 4 DR SEDAN WAS IN A 40 MPH HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS CAUGHT SOLELY BY THE SEAT BELT. OUCH! THE AUTO WAS TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10163798July 28, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WERE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT AND REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BECAUSE THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CALLED WHO STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO STATED THAT REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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