Honda Accord Complaints (1996)

472 consumer complaints on file.

#703324February 15, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
RIGHT REAR LOCK MAKES GRINDING NOISE WHILE LOCKING. WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE I WAS TOLD THAT THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT AT A COST TO ME OF $ 198.00. HOW COMMON IS THIS AT RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#543727February 5, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT
VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT CAUSING FRONT TIRES TO WEAR AFTER ONLY 10,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#543636February 2, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR
ROTORS WARPED PREMATURELY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701128January 25, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE CAR HAS LEAKED OIL SINCE 20,000 MILES AND AT 45,000 DEALER FOUND A CRACKED ENGINE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702122January 11, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
ABS NEEDS TO BEE REPLACED AFT 3 YEARS AND 43,000 MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701955January 6, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLES WILL INTERMMITENLY FAIL TO ENGAGE. SEEMINGLY WHEN IT'S COLD, THE BUCKLE WILL "CLICK" AS IF IT IS LOCKED, BUT AFTER A SHORT PULL FOR VERIFICATION, IT COMES UNDONE. REQUIRES 5-10 ADDITIONAL ATTEMPTS BEFORE IT WILL LOCK. DRIVER'S BUCKLE STARTED FAILING IN OCT-98; FRONT PASSENGER'S STARTED DEC-98. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701493December 21, 1998
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
LOUD VIBRATION IN THE FRONT LEFT OF CAR WHEN TURNING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832183December 11, 1998
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS TOO MUCH ROOM, BUT DOES TOUCH THE FLOOR WHICH CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHEN SHIFTING GEARS VEHICLE WOULD LURCH FORWARD WHICH MAY RESULT AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. BEEN TO DEALER, AND DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831909December 7, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OIL LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED THREE DAYS PRIOR TO DRIVING. WHEN CHECKING OIL, THERE WAS NO OIL. DEALER STATED THE CAM SEAL WAS BLOWN AND REPLACED TIMING BELT/BALANCING BELT/OIL AND SEALS, WITH VARIOUS OTHERS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#605063November 23, 1998
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WINDOW SOLINOID FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830369November 9, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING THE CRANKSHAFT BROKE AT 64,000 MILES WHICH CAUSED OIL TO LEAK, MAY CAUSE A FIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830409November 9, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE OVERHEATED, CAUSING THE IGNITOR TO BURN OUT AND THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL COME ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829736October 29, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE AFTER SITTING FOR A WHILE HESITATES TO START OR TURN OVER. DEALER CONTACTED,AND STATES THE ENGINE IS FLOODED FOR THE FOURTH TIME OF INCIDENT HAPPENING, RAN A PSMIF TEST AND NO PROBLEM. CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829549October 27, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES ARE HITTING THE METAL, AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOMETIME. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP FOR REPAIR SERVICE TWICE AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829586October 27, 1998
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
WHEN DRIVING THE DOOR LOCKS KEEP POPPING UP AND DOWN, MAKING LOUD NOISE. IT ISN'T SAFE TO DRIVE AND HAVE DOOR LOCKS POP UP AND DOWN. THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829492October 26, 1998
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS THE CONSUMER CUT THE AIR CONDITIONER OFF, AND THERE WAS COLD AIR COMING OUT OF THE VENTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829497October 26, 1998
STRUCTURE:BODY
REAR STRUCTURE IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO WITH STAND AN IMPACT OF 25 MPH WHICH CAUSES TRUCK TO CAVE IN. CONSUMER NOTICED SOME TYPE OF FOAM FOUND BETWEEN TRUNK AND BUMPER AREA . DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829521October 26, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE REAR WHILE WAITING AT A STOP SIGN, NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542296October 23, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
ENGINE OVERHEATS AND HAS MADE NOISE SINCE OWNERSHIP, OVERHEATS EVEN WHEN GAUGE DOES NOT INDICATE. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829328October 22, 1998
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
WHENEVER USING AIR CONDITIONING AND IF THE WEATHER IS 100 DEGREE OUTSIDE, THE AIR CONDITIONER WILL BLOW OUT HOT AIR FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND THEN BLOW OUT COLD/WARM AND HOT AIRALSO, THERE IS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE COMPARTMENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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