Honda Accord Complaints (2003)

1,987 consumer complaints on file.

#10155360April 14, 2006
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
SINCE OWNING THIS CAR JANUARY 2003, THE FOLLOWING HAS HAPPENED TO IT: ABS HARNESS CAUGHT ON FIRE (CAR WAS SAVED, BUT HONDA REFUSED TO GIVE ME ANOTHER CAR AFTER WRITING THEM), RADIO HAS GONE OUT, CLOCK GONE OUT, TROUBLE STARTING VEHICLE - THIS IS APPARENTLY A FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR - TECH NOTICE BUT NO RECALL. THE FRONT BRAKES WERE SILENTLY RECALLED ONLY IF YOU STATE YOUR HAVING PROBLEMS. THIS CAR HAS BEEN ONE BIG PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10154763April 6, 2006
INTERIOR LIGHTING
2003 HONDA ACCORD COUPE - RADIO DASH DISPLAY WENT OUT FAILURE OF RADIO/CLIMATE DISPLAYS MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO READ TIME/TEMP/WARNING DISPLAYS. HONDA HAS THUS FAR FAILED TO ADMIT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM DESPITE MULTIPLE HONDA ACCORD OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10154385April 3, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE PROBLEMS PERSISTED FOR OVER A YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED A VALVE IN THE ENGINE; HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10154470April 3, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THE LIGHTS ON THE STEREO AND THE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD WENT OUT AND WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. UNABLE TO SEE THE CONTROL SWITCHES FOR THE AC/HEATER WHICH WAS DANGEROUS DURING NIGHT DRIVING. THE STEREO WORKED - BUT IT IS COMPLETELY DARK - NO LIGHTS. I CALLED HONDA ON 2 OCCASIONS ABOUT IT ( CASE# : N032006-03-08-00025) AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION TO THEM AND EVEN REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 2003 HONDA ACCORDS ( BULLETIN : 04-027 ). HOWEVER, THE HONDA REPRESENTATIVES WERE NOT PARTICULARLY HELPFUL AND WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE VALIDITY OF THE SERVICE BULLETIN. ALSO, THEY DID NOT WANT TO ADMIT THAT THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 2003 ACCORDS AND BACK LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD. I TOOK THE CAR TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP IN WOODSTOCK AND THEY EVENTUALLY REPLACED THE COMPLETE STEREO WITH A RE-FURBISHED ONE WHICH SOLVED THE PROBLEM (AT NO CHARGE) - INITIALLY THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WHICH CAUSED THE BACK LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD TO GO OUT. LUCKILY, THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, I FOUND MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET WHERE IT ENDED UP COSTING THE OWNERS BETWEEN $400 - $800. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10154366April 2, 2006
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
2003 HONDA ACCORD EX BACKLIT DISPLAY ON 6-CD RADIO SYSTEM NO LONGER WORKS. HONDA INDICATES THE ENTIRE DEVICE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROX. $900. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10154307March 31, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR ALMOST TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE PLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL NORMAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10154248March 30, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
SINCE I BOUGHT MY NEW 2003 HONDA ACCORD AT THE END OF THE 2003 YEAR, I SMELLED SULFUR. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE BATTERY AND IT WOULD GO AWAY. IT NEVER DID. I KEPT TELLING THE DEALER AND SERVICE. THE SULFUR AND ROTTEN EGG SMELL CAME FROM THE AC, AND THE HEAT (BOTH OF WHICH DIDN'T WORK), SULFUR FROM THE REAR AND ALL OVER INTERIOR..I GOT SICK WITH SEVERE MIGRAINES AND NAUSEOUS FOR 5-7 DAYS WITH EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS FOLLOWING MEDIUM TO LONG DRIVES WITH THE AIR ON AND EVEN IF THE AIR WAS NOT ON...THE SULFUR SMELL WAS ALWAYS PRESENT AND SERVICE BLAMED ME AND TOLD ME THE GAS IN NY WAS BAD, AND THEN TOLD ME I SHOULD BE DRIVING 50,000 MILES PER YEAR AND THEN THERE WOULD BE NO SULFUR SMELL. I KEPT FALLING ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. MY DOCTOR MENTIONED CHECKING THE CARBON MONOXIDE WITH A DETECTOR..IT WAS POSITIVE...THE FIRE DEPARTMENT VERIFIED THAT I HAD CARBON MONOXIDE INSIDE MY CAR - DEADLY. I WAS BEING POISONED FOR TWO YEARS WITH CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING FRO TWO YEARS BY THE EXHAUST COMING INTO THE CAR. THE FIRE DEPT. TOLD ME TO NOT DRIVE THE CAR AT ALL OR TO DRIVE WITH ALL THE WINDOWS WIDE OPEN...EVEN IN THE FREEZING WINTER.....MY MOTHER IS ELDERLY AND I AM DISABLED ON CHEMOTHERAPY ALSO ALL THIS MADE OUR SITUATION QUITE HEINOUS. STILL HONDA DID NOT HELP ME AND THEY KEPT HANGING UP ON ME. I WOULD HAVE DIED IF I DROVE THE AMOUNT THAT HONDA TOLD ME TO. I WOULD HAVE BEEN POISONED. I DO NOT WANT THIS CAR....I JUST WANT MY LIFE BACK AND TO FEEL SAFE WITH THE CAR I DRIVE. I WILL NEVER FEEL SAFE WITH THIS CAR. CARBON MONOXIDE INSIDE THE CAR IS DEADLY AND WHY NO ONE HAS ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE ALONG WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS SHOCKING. NO ONE EVER NOTIFIED ME OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER EVEN WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN. EVEN WITH AT LEAST TWO TSB'S WHY DID HONDA NOT KNOW TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AND WHY DIDN'T THEY EVER CONTACT ME. I JUST WANT THIS CAR OUT OF MY LIFE FOREVER. I HAVE GOTTEN VERY ILL FROM THE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AND THE LONG TERM EFFECTS ARE SERIOUS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10153748March 26, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THE BACK LIGHTING ON MY RADIO CLOCK HAS STOPPED WORKING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153695March 25, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
IN 3-04 (1 YEAR OLD -APPROXIMATELY) NOTICED A NOISE IN FRONT(WOBBLING/METALLIC)AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. COULD NOT DETERMINE IF NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT/BACK BUT APPEARED TO BE LOUDER IN FRONT. RETURNED VEHICLE TO DEALER (4-9-04) BUT THEY FAILED TO FIND ANY PROBLEM. PROBLEM REMAINED CONSISTENT, DID NOT WORSEN SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE NEXT 8-10 MONTHS. SOMETIME IN EARLY 2005, NOISE BEGAN TO GET WORSE. BROUGHT TO A REPAIR SHOP. CAUSE COULD NOT BE LOCATED BUT DETERMINED THAT BACK LEFT REAR TIRE WAS WEARING UNEVENLY AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT POSSIBLY TIRES HAD BEEN ROTATED INCORRECTLY IN 2004. BACK-WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED AND NEW TIRES WERE PURCHASED IN MAY 05. NOISE APPEARED TO SUBSIDE. IN LATE 05, NOISE RETURNED & BEGAN TO WORSEN. ALTHOUGH BRAKES HAD APPROXIMATELY 30% WEAR STILL LEFT ON THEM, REPLACED THEM IN 12/05. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL SHOP ON 3/10/06. NEW TIRES HAD WORN ON THE LEFT REAR BUT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON 3/17 WHO DETERMINED THAT 3 OF 4 WHEELS HAD DEFECTIVE WHEEL BEARINGS. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE LEFT FRONT AND LEFT REAR BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY AND THAT THE RIGHT FRONT BE REPLACED IN NEAR FUTURE. WE HAD THE DEALER REPLACE THE TWO LEFT BEARINGS AND HAD A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACE THE RF ON 3/24/06. A 2ND BACK WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED/NEW SET OF TIRES NOW NEEDED. THE DEALER HAS INDICATED THIS IS A RARE FAILURE. HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING THIS "RARE" CAN OCCUR ON 3 WHEELS UNLESS PRODUCT IS DEFECTIVE. INTERNET CONTAINS MULTIPLE CASES OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ACCORD (VAR. YEARS). IN SOME INSTANCES, BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES! ALMOST ALL DRIVING IS AT HWY SPEEDS. VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 87000 MILES ON IT WE DID NOT RETURN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THEY FAILED TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM INITIALLY BECAUSE WE LIVE MORE THAN 120 MILES (ROUND TRIP) FROM OUR HOME AND IT REQUIRES THAT I TAKE A DAY OFF OF WORK TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO THEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153354March 21, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, VISIBILITY
NOTICED HONDA FACTORY SERVICE BULLETIN #05-034 EXPLAINS WHY HEADLAMPS DIM AT NIGHT, FAULTY CIRCUIT IN FUSE BOX OF 2003, 2004 AND SOME 2005 HONDAS, WHY IS THIS NOT A RECAL? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10152792March 15, 2006
SEATS
THE POWER DRIVER SEAT MOVES WHEN BRAKING OR MAKING TURNS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, I FEEL VERY UNSAFE AND AM AFRAID THE SEAT MIGHT COME-OFF LOOSE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10154068March 14, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
2003 ACCORD HAD CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES IN VEHICLE CAUSING CONSUMER TO BECOME SICK. *TS THE SMELL WAS A ROTTEN EGG SULFUR SMELL. THE CONSUMER WOULD GET MIGRAINE HEADACHES AND BECOME NAUSEOUS SEVERAL DAYS AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10152586March 13, 2006
INTERIOR LIGHTING
RAN OFF THE ROAD, TRYING TO USE WINDOW DEFROSTER CONTROLS BECAUSE THE BACKLIGHT ON THE RADIO CONTROLS CEASED FUNCTIONING. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10152122March 7, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
OVER THE COURSE OF 3 YEARS, WITH LESS THAN 27,000 MILES, WE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE BRAKES ON THIS CAR TOO MANY TIMES TO REMEMBER. WE FIRST NOTICED A SQUEAKING SOUND AT 4,000 MILES WHEN RELEASING THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH THE CAR AT A COMPLETE STOP. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE BRAKES CHECKED. THEY SAID THE BRAKES WERE COLD AND THE NOISE WAS NORMAL. THIS NOISE CONTINUED AND A SECOND NOISE, MUCH LOUDER AND RESEMBLING A "STICKING CALIPER" BEGAN TO OCCUR WHEN TURNING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE DEALER AGAIN DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THIS WAS AT 11,000 MILES. LATER, ANOTHER MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS A "HOT" SPOT ON THE ROTOR FROM BRAKING TOO HARD AND THIS WAS CAUSING THE NOISE, THOUGH NO REMEDY HAS BEEN FOUND. THE BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS FELT SOFT AND THE NOISES CONTINUE, THOUGH I DO NOT BELIEVE THE DEALER EVER CHECKED THE ROTORS OR DID A PROPER INSPECTION. NOW AT 26,400 MILES THE PEDAL FEELS LIKE A SPONGE AND I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PAY SOMEONE ELSE TO CHECK THE BRAKES AGAIN. SOMETIMES THE BRAKES GRAB VERY HARD, SOMETIMES THEY SEEM NOT TO GRAB AT ALL. HONDA NEEDS TO RECALL THE CARS OR PROVIDE FREE BRAKE INSPECTIONS TO INSURE THE CAR WILL STOP AS EXPECTED. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN AND OTHERS HAVE ALSO COMPLAINED OF THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE BRAKES HAVE NOT COMPLETELY FAILED, BUT WE HAVE HAD TO ASSUME THEY WILL NOT STOP THE CAR AS THEY WERE ADVERTISED, IN A REASONABLE DISTANCE RELATIVE TO SPEED. NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED OR CORRECTIVE MEASURE COMPLETED DESPITE SEVERAL REQUESTS TO THE DEALER (MOST WHILE THE CAR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UNDER WARRANTY). *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151243February 26, 2006
INTERIOR LIGHTING
I RECENTLY RAN OFF THE ROAD AND NEARLY WRECKED MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX TRYING TO READ MY CLOCK AND A/C LIGHTING WHILE DRIVING. NORMALLY, THIS WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE. HOWEVER, THE KNOWN BACKLIGHTING PROBLEM IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF CAR IS WIDESPREAD AND KNOWN BY THE MANUFACTURE. FURTHERMORE, THERE IS YET TO BE A RECALL. HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE FROM DRIVER DISTRACTION EVERY YEAR? THE LAST THING WE NEED IS TO ADD ONE MORE DISTRACTION TO THE ROAD. WOULD YOU OPERATE AN AIRLINER WITH COCKPIT LIGHTING ISSUES? *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151052February 23, 2006
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CAR WILL NOT ENGAGE INTO SECOND GEAR WHEN COLD, OTHER TIMES SHIFTING INTO SECOND IS NOTCHING. HONDA STATES THAT CAR IS PER THEIR SPECIFICATIONS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151904February 21, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER 2003 ACCORD BRAKES PULSATE AND GRIND WITH NO WARNING LIGHT OF BRAKE PROBLEMS. *TS THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE ROTORS. THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD SET OF ROTORS REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE. THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED. SIX MONTHS AFTER THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED THE CONSUMER HEARD GRINDING NOISES AND FELT THE BRAKES PULSATING WHEN PRESSED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150607February 18, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THE ILLUMINATION (BACK LIGHT) BEHIND THE CLIMATE CONTROL AND AUDIO SYSTEM HAS GONE OUT MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SELECT THE DEFROST CONTROLS WHICH MAKES COLD WEATHER DRIVING NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. ALSO, CLIMATE CONTROL INSIDE THE VECHICLE IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE DURING THE DAY AND IMPOSSIBLE DURING THE NIGHT. PULLING OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY TO ADJUST THE CONTROLS (WITH THE AID OF A FLASHLIGHT) POSES IT'S OWN SET OF DANGERS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10149685February 7, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE RESULTING IN LOCKUP AND IMMEDIATE, UNEXPECTED STOP. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10148493January 24, 2006
EQUIPMENT
AUDIO-HVAC DISPLAY MODULE IS DIM OR DARK (AS DESCRIBED BY HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 04-027). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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