Honda Accord Complaints (2003)

1,987 consumer complaints on file.

#10575326March 28, 2014
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED AND THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 195,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10573199March 18, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
I PURCHASED A HONDA ACCORD EX ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO, USED, OF COURSE. THE IGNITION SWITCH IS LOCKING. I CAN TURN THE CAR OFF BUT IT TAKES ME ABOUT 10 MIN TO WIGGLE THE KEY OUT. I HAVE TO TURN CAR ON OR HALFWAY ON AND OFF IN HOPES OF GETTING THE KEY OUT. THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR ON THE DASHBOARD READS AS THOUGH THE CAR IS IN PARK AND DRIVE AT THE SAME TIME. HONDA DOESN'T HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS BUT PER MY RESEARCH IT HAPPENS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND HAS TO BE MORE THAN A USER ERROR. I MAY HAVE TO PAY ALLTHIS MONEY TO GET SOMETHING FIXED THAT IS FAULTY IN THE CAR AND SHOULD BE REPLACED AS THE KEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME OUT WITH NO ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10572779March 17, 2014
POWER TRAIN
2003 HONDA ACCORD V6. GOING APPROXIMATELY 70MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND THE CAR VIOLENTLY DOWNSHIFTED AS IF I HAD SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. ALMOST HIT BY OTHER CARS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AS THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. ALSO HEARD A WHINING NOISE/RATTLING UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING IN 2ND GEAR. ONCE I SMELLED BURNING I KNEW IT WAS TIME TO GIVE UP. HAD TO GET CAR TOWED AN HOUR AWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10569274March 14, 2014
STEERING, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
AROUND DECEMBER 2012 I STARTED NOTICING A LOUD WHINING NOISE COMING FROM THE POWER STEERING PUMP ON A COLD START ALONG WITH A WHINING NOISE WHEN SLIGHTLY ROCKING THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES OF THE CAR WARMING UP THE NOISE GOES AWAY. NOW I HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V222000 JUST RECALLING THE POWER STEERING HOSE TO BE REPLACED. (LETTER RECEIVED ON 3/12/2014) I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON 3/13/2014 AND HAD THE HOSE REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL AND ALSO PAID FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THE O-RING IN THE OTHER HOSE TO SEE IF THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM ALSO. THEY STATED WITHOUT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THEY WOULDN'T KNOW FOR SURE IF IT IS THE STEERING PUMP OR NOT (UNDERSTANDABLE), BUT WHEN MY CAR WAS FINISHED, THE SERVICE TECH INFORMED ME THAT THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED MY RACK AND PINION ARE NOW LEAKING FLUID AND WANT TO CHARGE ME $1,220.00 PLUS TAX TO FIX AND NOT TO MENTION THAT I STILL DO NOT KNOW YET IF THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAS NOW GONE BAD BECAUSE OF THIS. I FIND THIS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND I BELIEVE THE WHOLE POWER STEERING SYSTEM IS FAULTY AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10568805March 12, 2014
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN
NHTSA RECALL #04V!76000 CAR WAS EVALUATED OIL JET KIT INSTALLED. NO PROOF THAT THE GEARS WERE ACTUALLY DISCOLORED; WHICH WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A REPLACEMENT TRANNY. QUITE A MONEY SAVER.FOR HONDA. TRANSMISSIONS ARE EXPENSIVE. HONDA REPLACED THE TRANNY COST TO ME 2,100. I STILL HAVE CAR; RUNNING FINE AT 88,000 OIL JET KIT WAS INSTALLED 4/2004. THE FAILURE AT 62,000 MILES, WITH THE FIX IS STILL PRE-MATURE TRANNY FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10565525February 23, 2014
POWER TRAIN
THIS IS A 2003 ACCORD EXL 6 CYLINDER WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS WE NOTICED IN THE LATER MONTHS OF 2013 THAT THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO SLIP WHEN IT SHIFTED FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. AS OF FEBRUARY 23RD IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE HONDA DEALER WHO TOLD US THAT IT WAS INDEED A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY A 3RD PARTY MECHANIC WHO ALSO TOLD US THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS TURNING BROWN AND SHOWING SIGNS OF TURNING BLACK. AS WE LIVE IN THE COUNTRY, THIS AUTOMOBILE HAS BEEN DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY FOR WELL OVER 50% OF THE TIME. WE HAVE ALWAYS COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION FROM OR TO ANOTHER GEAR. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM! THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON THE INTERNET (SAME YEAR AND SAME ENGINE). EVEN CONSUMER REPORTS LISTS THIS 2003 6 CYLINDER VEHICLE AS ONE TO AVOID DUE TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10565086February 20, 2014
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING ALONG AND TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT UP. STAYED IN A LOW GEAR, SLOWED DOWN TO SEE IF IT WOULD SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEAR AND WOULDN'T. PULLED OVER AND PUT SHIFTER INTO PARK. WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND PUT IT BACK INTO DRIVE. IT TOOK A MINUTE FOR IT TO ENGAGE. PULLED ONTO ROAD, AND AGAIN, IT STAYED IN LOW GEAR, REFUSING TO SHIFT HIGHER. PULLED OVER AGAIN, TRIED THE SAME THING AND EVEN TURNED THE CAR OFF. PULLED ONTO ROAD AND BEGAN TO DRIVE, STILL WOULD NOT SHIFT, THEN IT BEGAN TO STOP MOVING INTERMITTENTLY. IT WOULD MOVE SLIGHTLY, THEN STOP MOVING WHILE IN DRIVE. ALL I WOULD HEAR IS THE ENGINE REVVING, BUT CAR NOT MOVING. ACTED LIKE I WAS GOING FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL BUT CAR WAS STILL IN DRIVE. IT FINALLY QUITE ALTOGETHER ON A VERY NARROW,DANGEROUS STEEP UPHILL ROAD. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10565107February 20, 2014
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION WILL NOT OR STRUGGLES TO MOVE IN OR OUT OF SECOND GEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10563763February 10, 2014
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING CAR AT 35 MPH ON FEEDER ROAD, WENT TO ENTER FREEWAY SO ACCELERATE, CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE AND A BIG THUNK LIKE A BRICK FELL INTO ENGINE, CAR STALLED, RPMS ACCELERATED, CAR DID NOT. NOW DRIVES FINE UP TO 35 MPH BUT THAT'S IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10563526February 8, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
EVERY TIME I TRY TO START THE CAR THERE WILL BE A BUZZING SOUND COMING FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. I HAVE TO TURNOVER THE KEY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I CAN GET THE CAR TO START. I NOTICED A DETERIORATION WITH MY ABILITY TO START THE CAR AFTER THE DEALER PERFORMED THE 'REPAIR' DUE TO AN IGNITION RECALL . CURRENTLY , THE OCCURRENCES OF FAILURE TO START THE CAR AT EVERY ATTEMPT HAS INCREASED TO THE POINT OF THIS BEING A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10562284January 30, 2014
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR TRANSMISSION HAS ENGAGEMENT ISSUE AND HAD TO BE TOWED HOME IT BARELY MADE IT INTO GARAGE 2003 HONDA ACCORD I THOUGHT IT WILL LAST A BIT MORE THAN 108000 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10561241January 23, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
WE DRIVING ON 35W -SOUTH AT AROUND 60 MILES AN HOUR AND THE VEHICLE TURNED ITSELF TO 1ST GEAR. HAD TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER AND CALLED AAA. WAS TOLD THAT SOLENOID TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPLACEMENT, CAR WAS OK AND AGAIN, AFTER FEW MILES, HAS A SIMILAR INCIDENT ON 494, WHERE THE GEAR SHIFTED BACK TO A LOWER GEAR AT 60 MILES AN HOUR AND MISSED A FULLY LOADED WALMART TRUCK BY INCHES! I HAD TO SPEND 1800$ TO GET THE TRANSMISSION FIXED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10561135January 23, 2014
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX,V6, ON THE FREEWAY AT 70 MPH WHEN MY CAR WENT INTO A FRONT WHEEL LOCKED SKID. THE DURATION OF THE UNSUSPECTED SKID WAS LESS THAN ONE SECOND, BUT I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR. SEVERAL SECONDS LATER, AT 50 MPH, MY VEHICLE AGAIN WENT INTO A UNSUSPECTED FRONT WHEEL SKID, WITH A DURATION OF LESS THAN A SECOND. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT NOTIFICATION. THE CAUSE OF THE FRONT WHEEL LOCKED SKID WAS THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH WAS BURNED OUT ON GEARS #5 AND #3. MY VEHICLE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILTER WAS CHANGED EVERY 30,000. THIS NOTIFICATION IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. AMERICAN HONDA CORPORATION WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY FELT I SHOULD INVESTIGATE THIS INCIDENT AT MY OWN EXPENSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10560335January 17, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V222000 (STEERING), THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM UNDER THE HOOD WITHOUT WARNING. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR AN INSPECTION TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 186,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559974January 14, 2014
POWER TRAIN
TRAVELING AT 55 MPH CAR JERKED BACK AND FORTH, LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER CAR. CAR SLIPPED BETWEEN GEARS, AND CONTINUED TO JERK. THE CAR WILL NOW NOT MOVE CAN MOVE GEAR SHIFT THROUGH GEARS BUT WILL NOT MOVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559978January 14, 2014
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THEN SUDDENLY CAR FELT LIKE SOMEONE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING. THE TRANSMISSIONS ON THESE CARS WERE RECALLED IN 2004 WHEN AN OIL JET KIT WAS INSTALLED PER THE RECALL TO PROVIDE EXTRA LUBRICATION TO THE TRANSMISSION. TALKED TO HONDA AND THEY REFUSE TO PROVIDE ANY HELP WITH THESE MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION FAILURES. COST TO FIX THIS IS 4100.00 AT THE DEALERSHIP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559989January 14, 2014
AIR BAGS
DURING A RECENT SNOW STORM, MY WIFE AND I DECIDED TO CARPOOL TO WORK IN OUR SUBARU AS IT HAS 4 WHEEL DRIVE. DURING THAT STORM TIME WE LEFT OUR 2003 HONDA ACCORD IN THE GARAGE FOR ABOUT 5 DAYS. AROUND DAY THREE OR FOUR, WE HEARD A LOUD NOTICE IN THE GARAGE BUT COLD NOT FIND THE CAUSE. THE NEXT WEEK, AFTER THE SNOW HAD MELTED, MY WIFE DROVE THE CAR TO WORK AND CALLED ME STATING THAT SOMETHING WAS HANGING FROM THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THAT THE STITCHING WAS ALL RIPPED OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE PASSENGER SEAT. WHEN SHE GOT HOME I DISCOVERED THAT THE THING HANGING OUT OF THE SEAT WAS THE SRS SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND THERE IS NO SIGN OF ANY DAMAGE TO THE CAR. WE HAVE HAD AN INDEPENDENT INSURANCE ADJUSTER AND A HONDA DEALERSHIP INSPECT THE CAR. NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHY THE AIR BAG "SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED" OR HOW IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. TO DATE, THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS DENIED TO COVER THE DAMAGE UNDER OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HONDA OF AMERICA IS TRYING TO AVOID FINANCIAL FOR REPLACING THE DEFECTIVE SYSTEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559643January 13, 2014
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR AND INTO SECOND GEAR. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 200,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558904January 7, 2014
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 60MPH WHEN MY CAR VIOLENTLY SHIFTED DOWN TO SECOND GEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558461January 4, 2014
VISIBILITY/WIPER
OVER THE LAST 4 MONTHS I HAVE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPAGE BUT WAS ABLE TO RESTART. HOWEVER, WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE FROM WORK, IT WAS RAINING WITH 20 / 25 MPH CROSS WINDS, AFTER TRAVELING 30 MILES @ 70 MPH THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING AND DID NOT RESTART. I PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND CALLED FOR SOMEONE TO COME AND PICK ME UP. WE PICKED UP THE CAR THE NEXT DAY (WAS NOT RAINING). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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