Honda Accord Complaints (2003)

1,987 consumer complaints on file.

#10147965January 17, 2006
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. RECENTLY THE BACK LIGHT ON THE RADIO WENT OUT. THE RADIO STILL WORKS, BUT THE DISPLAY DOES NOT. MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, SO IT IS NOT COVERED. WHEN I CALLED THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, THEY QUOTED ME $600 TO REPAIR IT BECAUSE THE ENTIRE UNIT MUST BE FIXED. AFTER DOING AN INTERNET SEARCH ON THE TOPIC, I FOUND THAT MY 2003 ACCORD IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147390January 10, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
DT: THE CONTACT STATED SINCE OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLE THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN CHANGED TWICE. WHEN DRIVING GRINDING NOISE CAME FROM THE BRAKES. ALSO, THE BRAKES PULSATED. INTERMITTENTLY THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL HAVE TO BE DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR THE STOP THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED THEY HAVE DETERMINED THERE WAS NO BRAKE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147238January 9, 2006
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNING MY HONDA ACCORD (BLACK PEARL) THE PAINT PITTED ALL OVER, NOT JUST ON THE HOOD. HONDA NORTH IN MA AS WELL AS THE CA OFFICE CLAIMED IT WAS ROAD RASH --- IT WAS ALL OVER THE CAR - AREAS THAT WOULD BE HARD-PRESSED TO GET ANY STONE/ROAD DEBRIS. THEY REFUSED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM ALSO, I JUST NOW LEARNED THAT THE POWER TRAIN HAS BEEN RECALLED. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTICE WHATSOEVER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147300January 9, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE ROTORS FAILED MULTIPLE TIMES. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE. SOMETIMES THE BRAKES WILL NOT WORK UNLESS FULL PRESSURE WAS APPLIED. THE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ROTORS DUE TO WARPING. THE PROBLEM RETURNED AFTER THE REPLACEMENT. THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED BEFORE BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147183January 8, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
LEASED NEW 2003 HONDA ACCORD WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN JULY, 2003. HAVE HAD MINOR, BUT IRRITATING PROBLEMS, WITH THE CAR SINCE IT'S LEASE. POWER WINDOWS ACTIVATE INTERMITTENTLY, BATTERY DIED AFTER 15,000 MILES, AND BRAKE LIGHT WENT OUT. DEALER TOOK CARE OF ALL ISSUES EXCEPT WINDOWS. THEY STILL OPERATE ON THEIR OPTION, NOT MINE. AT 29,000 MILES, HEARD GRINDING NOISE IN REAR BRAKES. TOOK CAR INTO DEALERSHIP AND THEY CLAIMED THAT IT WAS OUR FAULT FOR NOT "HAVING THE RUST REMOVED" AT 15,000 MILE CHECK-UP. NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS. WHEELS WERE NEVER REMOVED BY DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. TOOK VEHICLE TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR REPAIR AND FOUND THAT REAR BRAKES PADS HAD WORN DOWN UNEVENLY. PADS AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED ON REAR BRAKES. FRONT BRAKES ARE FINE. FROM MY READING OF THIS WEB SITE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING WITH THIS BRAKE SYSTEM, I AM FILING A COMPLAINT AND HOPE THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL SOON BE LOOKED INTO BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THIS IS OUR THIRD HONDA AND HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEMS AT SUCH EARLY MILEAGE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146710January 2, 2006
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON 2003 HONDA ACCORD LE V6 W/O NAVIGATION SYSTEM. RADIO/CD/HEATING/AC CONTROL PANEL IS DARK, CANNOT READ CONTROLS. NOT KNOWING THE STATUS OF DEFROSTER CAN LEAD TO FOGGED WINDSHIELD. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146616December 31, 2005
STRUCTURE
I HAVE A 203 HONDA ACCORD EX. THE CENTER CONSOLE LIGHT FAILED. NOW I CANNOT OPERATE THE DEFROSTER CONTROLS, RADIO OR ANY OTHER AIR CONDITIONING FUNCTION BECAUSE THE SCREEN IS NO LONGER VISIBLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145717December 20, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DEFECTIVE HVAC/RADIO BACKLIGHT BACKLIGHT MALFUNCTIONS AND HVAC AND RADIO CONTROLS AND DISPLAY GOES DARK. THERE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUS SERVICE BULLITENS RELEASED ON THIS ISSUE AND ITS A KNOW DEFECT; HOWEVER HONDA REFUSES TO REPLACE PART. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145598December 19, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO A FAIL SAFE MODE, AND THE SPEED SUDDENLY DROPPED DOWN TO 35 MPH AND SECOND GEAR. HE MANAGED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND DETERMINED BY THE CODES THAT THE INNER THIRD GEAR CLUTCH AND HUB FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS ALERTED THAT THERE WAS A HONDA UPGRADE KIT AVAILABLE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE REPAIR WAS MADE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145630December 19, 2005
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
THUMPING NOISE WHEN STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD IN FIRST GEAR. FIRST DEALER TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM SAID IT WAS AN APPLE UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT. THE SECOND DEALER FOUND THE PROBLEM. A DEFECTIVE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER. PART WAS BACK ORDERED, TOOK TWO WEEKS TO FIND SERVICE BULLETIN 02-002, JANUARY 11, 2005. TO DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM: HAVE AN ASSISTANT PRESS THE CLUTCH PEDAL WHILE YOU GRASP THE CLUTCH LINE AT THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER, AND THEN AT THE SLAVE CYLINDER. IF YOU FEEL A VIBRATION THROUGH THE CLUTCH LINE WHEN YOU HEAR THE NOISE OR THE NOISE STOPS, GO TO REPAIR PROCEDURE. SEE LIKE CASE NUMBER 10091042. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145650December 19, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I JUST BOUGHT A 2003 HONDA ACCORD COUPE EX ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO. I GOT A GREAT DEAL ON THE CAR. IT WAS A HONDA CERTIFIED CAR WHICH MEANS IT HAD BEEN 150 POINT INSPECTED BEFORE I BOUGHT IT. THE CAR HAS JUST OVER 60K MILES. THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT THIS PAST WEEKEND AFTER ONLY 3 WEEKS. WAS THIS PROBLEM MISSED IN THE 150 POINT INSPECTION....I THINK SO. I CHECKED BY 150 POINT INSPECTION PAPER AFTER THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. IT SEEMS THAT THE TRANSMISSION LEAK BOX WAS NOT EVER CHECKED. THEY MUST HAVE LEFT THAT PART OUT. WHICH MEANS THE HONDA WAS NOT CERTIFIED, AND WHICH ALSO MEANS THAT IT WAS FALSE ADVERTISEMENT TO THE CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A HONDA CERTIFIED CAR. WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS AS AN ANGRY INDIVIDUAL. I WAS BASICALLY LIED TO IN ORDER TO GET THE SELL. THANKFULLY, I BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THE FIX IS IN WORKS NOW. AFTER READING OTHER PEOPLE'S HORROR STORIES WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND HONDA AS A COMPANY. I AM VERY ANGRY THAT AFTER 3 WEEKS OF HAVING MY CAR, IT IS IN THE SHOP TO BE FIXED. I WAS LIED TO AND DECEIVED. IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO PREVENT THIS TO HAPPENING TO SOMEONE ELSE THEN I WILL BY ALL MEANS DO SO. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP AND CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145663December 19, 2005
AIR BAGS
SRS LIGHT IN HONDA ACCORD EX WON'T TURN OFF. AIRBAGS ARE USELESS. DEALER CAN'T FIX. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145254December 15, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, AND I STEPPED ON MY BRAKES GENTLY TO SLOW DOWN HILL. THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE. WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER'S ATTENTION DURING MY SERVICE, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS MY ROTORS WARPED AND BRAKE PADS RUBBING ON EACH OTHER. I RESEARCH THIS ONLINE THROUGH WWW.MYCARSTATS.COM, WWW.EDMUNDS.COM, WWW.HONDAACCORDFORUM.COM, AND THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT EVERYTIME I CHANGED MY BRAKES EVERY 20K MILES, I WOULD NEED THE ROTORS RESURFACED. THIS IS A COST OF $200 AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT IS EXPENSIVE AND UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT ALL ACCORD OWNERS TO DO THIS. I CALLED ANOTHER HONDA DEALERSHIP SERVICE IN THE AREA, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY SEE THIS COME IN EVERY 3 DAYS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145352December 6, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2003 HONDA ACCORD HESITATED FROM A STOP AND MADE AN UNUSUAL NOISE WHICH ALSO OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING. *TS THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY TO CONSUMER ONLY HAD TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE CONSUMER DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION (RECALL NUMBER 04V176000). SHE NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144454December 5, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN BACKING DOWN MY ANGLED DRIVEWAY, WHEN THE CAR IS COLD, THE BRAKES DO NOT ADEQUATELY STOP THE CAR. IN FACT THE CAR CONTINUES MOVEMENT EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED FIRMLY. THIS IS A SERIOUS CONCERN SHOULD I NEED TO STOP SUDDENLY AND YET THE CAR CONTINUES TO MOVE. THE CAR ALSO DOES THIS WHEN DRIVING IN A FORWARD MOVEMENT DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, BUT NOT TO THE SAME DEGREE AS DRIVING AND BRAKING BACKWARD. THE DEALER AND LOOKED AT THE CAR TWICE, AND TELL ME THIS IS NORMAL BECAUSE THE CAR REVS UP HIGH WHEN COLD TO REDUCE POLLUTION, AND THE DRUM BRAKES ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO STOP THE CAR WHEN BACKING DOWN A GRADE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143863November 29, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
I'M LEASING MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD LX. AT 20,000 MILES MY BRAKES WERE PULSATING AND STEERING WHEEL WAS VIBRATING WHEN BRAKING AT 55MPH. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE ROTORS RE-SURFACED. NOW AT 40,000 MILES I'M EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. HONDA SERVICE SAYS IT'S THE WAY I'M DRIVING AND THAT IF I RE-SURFACE ROTORS AGAIN I WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM DUE TO MY DRIVING. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I DON'T THINK IT'S MY DRIVING BUT A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THERE ARE MANY CUSTOMERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143399November 21, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
A RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED BY ME FROM HONDA. I TOOK MY CAR TO HONDA AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD INSPECT THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER INSPECTION THEY SAID THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AND THEY SAID THEY INSTALLED A SUPPLEMENTAL COOLING JET. 9 MONTHS LATER I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. HONDA REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT ONE BUT THEY WILL NOT COVER THE LABOR COST AND THEY ALSO WILL NOT VERIFY THAT THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION IS ANY BETTER DESIGN THAN THE ORIGINAL WHICH FAILED. THE RECALL ID # IS 04V176000. THE HONDA CASE # IS N012005-09-2200467. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10142827November 16, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
LATE APRIL 2005, BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR WHILE TRYING TO STOP. THOUGHT WAS GOING TO STRIKE VEHICLE AHEAD BUT AT THE LAST SECOND THE BRAKES SEEMD TO CATCH AND VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO STOP. AT THAT TIME TCM LIGHT CAME ON. NO ONE INJURED. DEALER COULD FIND NO PROBLEM WITH TCM SYSTEM AND REPLACED FRONT DISC BRAKES AND TURNED ROTORS. VEHICLE HAD 27,700 MILES AT THAT TIME. SECOND AND THIRD OCCURRENCES WERE IN MID NOVEMBER 2005. SAME THING WITH PEDAL GOING ALMOST TO FLOOR WITH BRAKES NOT ENGAGING AND AT LAST MINUTE THEY ENGAGED WITH VEHICLE ABLE TO STOP. TCM LIGHT DID NOT COME ON THIS TIME. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH BRAKE SYSTEM, NOR COULD HE REPEAT PROBLEM IN THE 8 HOURS HE HAD THE VEHICLE. NO REPAIRS MADE. DEALER SAID HE HAS NOT HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BUT HAS SEVERAL TSB'S ON BRAKE ROTORS AND BRAKES. VEHICLE HAD 34559 MILES AT THIS TIME. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10142288November 9, 2005
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
LEFT SIDE IMPACT COLLISION WHILE STOPPED. SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. NO SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS AVAILABLE. PHOTOS AVAILABLE. NOT YET REPAIRED. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10140289October 19, 2005
AIR BAGS
AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED IN MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD. SEVERE HEAD AND NECK INJURIES FROM SIDE AND FRONT IMPACT. HONDA DID NOTHING. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0

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