Honda Prelude Complaints (1998)

69 consumer complaints on file.

• #782028March 18, 1999
  STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID

  TRUNK MAKES LOUD CLUNKING SOUND WHEN THE VEHICLE PASSES OVER PUMP. YH

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #704487March 16, 1999
  POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

  THE ATTS (TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM) CONTINUALLY FAILS, CAUSING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH IT MAY COME ON AT ANY TIME, CAUSING THE CAR TO TORQUE TO SWITCH IMMEDIATELY TOWARD THE INSIDE OF THE TURN. THE FAIL LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON AS HONDA CONTINUES TO RESET IT, HAVING HAD TO BRING IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP A TOTAL OF 6 TIMES.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #703874March 1, 1999
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

  HONDA REFUSES TO FIX PROBLEM. PARTLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #608719February 1, 1999
  VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. YH

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #606229February 1, 1999
  VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS

  RIGHT AND LEFT POWER WINDOW REGULATOR. MJS

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #832796December 29, 1998
  SUSPENSION:REAR

  WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP A CLUNCKING SOUND COMES FROM THE REAR, SOUNDS AS IF THERE IS SOMETHING LOOSE IN THE TRUNK. DEALER CONTACTED, AND WILL INSPECT VEHICLE IN A WEEK. ALSO STATES THEY ARE AWARE OF PROBLEM, AND VEHICLE MAY NEED SOME LUBRICATION. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #781367October 19, 1998
  SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

  DRIVER TRAVELING ON A TWO LANE ROAD, TWO VEHICLES WHERE IN FRONT, THERE WAS AN ABRUPT STOP, AND THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK, NOR DID THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY, THE FAILURE FORCED THE DRIVER INTO THE WINDSHIELD AND CRACKED IT. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES.

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  1

  Deaths:

  0

• #539582August 6, 1998
  STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS

  POWER STEERING SUPPLY HOSE LEAKED/FAILED.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #824395June 17, 1998
  LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

  INTERMITTENTLY THE DRIVER'S DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTION, CAUSING THE DRIVER'S DOOR TO LOCK UNEXPECTEDLY, AND CANNOT UNLOCK THE DOOR. CURRENTLY AT DEALER. *AK *SLC

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0