Honda Accord Complaints (2000)

1,183 consumer complaints on file.

#872434October 6, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER NOTED THAT SENSOR WAS VERY SENSITIVE WHICH CAUSED THE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, SENSOR WAS REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871718September 28, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT PASSANGER SIDE DEPLOYED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#732624September 27, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1ST TIME DEALER STATED BAD GAS FOR CAR JERKING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS ON - FIXED PROBLEM. 2ND TIME (NEXT DAY) CAR REPEATED SAME PROBLEM - ANOTHER DEALER STATED BAD GAS AND LOOSE WIRE - FIXED PROBLEM 3RD TIME SAME DEALER STATED NEEDED NEW TOP DEAD CENTER SENSOR. SENSOR HAD MALFUNCTIONED. I KNOW TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND CONTINUE TO EVEN AFTER GETTING FIXED REPEATEDLY. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE MY NEW CAR - NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871459September 25, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
BECAUSE SRS WARNING LIGHT DID NOT GO OFF AFTER STARTING VEHICLE , IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP BELIEVES THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE SEAT BELTS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A MONTH WAITING FOR PART(S) TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *AK THE DEALER INSTALLED TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT BUT IT FAILED WITHIN A MONTH. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732068September 20, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AIR BAGS
TRANSMISSION MADE A LOUD SQEAKING NOISE AND THE AIR BAG SYSTEM FAILED TWICE. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED APPX. 7 DAY AFTER THE CAR WAS PURCHASED OF THE PROBLEM AND INSISTED IT WAS JUST NEW CAR NOISES THEY WILL WORK THEMSELVES OUT. AND AGAIN IN APRIL MAY I INFORMED THE DEALER AND THE SAME THINGS WAS SAID. NOW I HAVE A REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHY THE SRS SYSTEM KEEPS FAILING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731877September 19, 2000
AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN
THE SRS LIGHT STAYS ON. NOT SURE IF AIRBAGS WILL WORK IN A COLLISION. DEALER WILL TRY TO FIX WITH NEW SRS CONTROL MODULES. SPEEDOMETER HEAD UNIT IS UP TO 13% OFF (DEPENDING ON SPEED) AND IS SOMEWHAT UNRESPONSIVE TO MINOR SPEED CHANGES. DISCONCERTING WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC SINCE I CAN'T VERIFY MY ACTUAL SPEED DUE TO THE SLOW TO RESPOND AND INACCURATE SPEEDOMETER UNIT READOUT. THIS LEADS TO OVERACCELERATING OR OVERDECCELERATING WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC IN AN ATTEMPT TO HOLD LOCAL SPEED ZONE LAWS. VERIFIED BY A PGM TEST AT LOCAL DEALER. NO FIX FOR THE SPEEDOMETER HEAD UNIT FOR NOW...TOLD BY HONDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS TO WAIT FOR A POSSIBLE FIX IN NOVEMBER 2000. THE DRIVER'S POWER SEAT MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING, NOT SURE WHY. FINALLY, WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC MANY TIMES WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND VERY QUICKLY OR EVEN FALLS FLAT FOR A SECOND BEFORE IT GOES, PRETTY DISCONCERTING AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY AT INTERSECTIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870790September 18, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WENT ON TWICE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID FUEL FILLER: CAP WAS NOT ON PROPERLY. THEN, IT WAS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAUSING ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. A WEEK LATER, SRS LIGHT CAME ON, INDICATING SOMETHING WRONG WITH AIRBAG AND SEATBELTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554576September 13, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL 42 P205/65R15 TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554328September 5, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
THE COMPUTERIZED ELECTRONIC IGNITION SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HESITATE UNDER CERTAIN ENGINE LOAD CONDITION. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554297September 1, 2000
POWER TRAIN
SERVICE DEPARTMENT TESTED THE ACCURACY OF THE SPEEDOMETER UNIT AND FOUND IT TO BE OFF BY 8-10%
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869343September 1, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT INTO REVERSE IT ACCELERATES. DEALER HAS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729633August 31, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
UNLESS THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT IS IN THE FULL-BACK POSITION, AND HAS BEEN PUSHED HARD TO LOCK IT INTO POSITION, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IT TO LOCK IN POSITION IF THE POSITION IS CHANGED WHEN A PASSENGER ENTERS THE REAR SEAT. THE RESULT IS THAT AFTER THE FRONT PASSENGER IS SEATED AND THE CAR BEGINS TO MOVE, THE SEAT WILL USUALLY FREELY MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD, UNLESS THE PASSENGER HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO MOVE THE SEAT FORE-AFT LEVER DOWN INTO THE LOCKED POSITION WHILE GENTLY MOVING THE SEAT FORWARD OR BACK. NORMALLY I WARN PASSENGERS OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT NONE SEEM ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE LOCKING OF THE SEAT IN A MIDWAY FORE-AFT POSITION WITHOUT ENDANGERING THE KNEES OF THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE DEALER YET DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, AND NO ONE HAS BEEN INJURED BECAUSE I HAVE WARNED THEM ABOUT THE SEAT. STILL, THIS CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE LEFT THE FACTORY WITHOUT THE PASSENGER SEAT LOCK WORKING EASILY AND PREDICTABLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729591August 30, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE DAY AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WE NOTICED A LOUD "THUMP" WHEN PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE. THIS NOISE WAS HEARD ALMOST EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. UPON CALLING THE SERVICE DEPT. AT THE DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS A NORMAL SOUND WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE. THE NOISE CONTINUED TO HAPPEN & IT WAS OBVIOUS IT WAS NOT NORMAL SO WE AGAIN CALLED THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPT. WHICH THEN SAID IT WAS INDEED NOT NORMAL & TO BRING IT IN. IT APPARENTLY WAS A KNOWN DEFECT IN 2000 ACCORD V6 MODELS. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. IN AUG 2000 THE CAR WOULD NOT START. IT WAS NOT A BATTERY PROBLEM AS LIGHTS, ETC. WORKED. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO START THE CAR & UPON TURNING THE IGNITION HAD NO RESPONSE. NONE OF THE DASH LIGHTS INDICATING ENGINE TROUBLE REMAINED ON, ALTHOUGH THEY DID INTIALLY COME ON & THEN GO OUT. I LET THE CAR SIT FOR 15-20 MINS AT WHICH TIME I THEN WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR. THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT YET REPEATED ITSELF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#553931August 22, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
DRIVERS SEAT BROKE DURING VEHICLE COLLISION CAUSING A FRACTURED VERTEBREA IN THE NECK AND DAMAGE KNEES FROM HITTING THE DASHBOARD BENEATH THE STEERING WHEEL. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#728678August 22, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE HONDA ACCORD 3.0 V-6 ENGINE HAS A HESITIATION PROBLEM AT ALL SPEEDS ANYTIME THAT THE ENGINE IS PLACED UPON A SLIGHT LOAD CONDITION, SUCH AS GOING UP ANY GRADE. HONDA INDICATES THAT THEY CONSIDER THIS TO BE AN ACCEPTABLE 'DRIVEABILITY CONDITION' AND REFUSE TO EVEN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY ANOTHER HONDA SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT HONDA HAS ATTEMPTED MANY TIMES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DO SO. THAT BEING THE CASE, HONDA SHOULD BE FORCED TO STATE IN ALL THEIR SALES PROMOTIONAL LITERATURE TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS THAT THE 3.0 V-6 HAS A DRIVEABILITY CONDITION WHICH HONDA CAN NOT OR WILL NOT BE FIXING. IF I HAD BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE 'DRIVEABILITY PROBLEM' BEFORE THE PURCHASE, I WOULD NEVER HAVE PURCHASED THE AUTOMOBILE, BUT WOULD HAVE GONE TO ANOTHER MANUFACTURER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#553844August 17, 2000
AIR BAGS
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING FRONTAL AND REAR END COLLISION. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867599August 11, 2000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
DRIVER WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN WHEN DRIVER WAS HIT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WITH A HARD IMPACT THAT PUSHED VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, SIDE AIRBAGS FOR DRIVER AND PASSENGER DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO PASSENGER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#867317August 9, 2000
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER BOUGHT VEHICLE IN MAY 22 OF 2000. THEN, ON JUNE 12, 2 000, AIRBAG MODULAR LIGHT SENSOR CAME ON, AND WAS STILL ON AT THIS TIME. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIIC TOLD HER THAT VEHICLE IS UNDER CORRECTION PROCESS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726192July 29, 2000
STEERING
SINCE NEW THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN READING 8 TO 9% IN ERROR-VERIFIED BY THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT. HONDA CLAIMS A 10% VARIANCE IS NORMAL. THIS CAN BE A CONCERN WHILE DRIVING THE CAR-MAY BE DRIVING AT THE POSTED LIMITS OR I MAY NOT BE IF THE CALIBRATION IS OFF AND IS WAVERYING IN ITS READINGS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726056July 26, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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