Honda Accord Complaints (1998)

1,200 consumer complaints on file.

#10072401May 11, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS DRIVING TO LA FOR BUSINESS. ALONG THE FREEWAY, I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE AN INCREASE IN WIND NOISE THAT GOT LOUDER, AND I REALIZED IT WAS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM. BY THE TIME I REACHED LA, IT WAS A GEARING NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION OF MY 98 HONDA ACCORD. I STOPPED BY THE GAS STATION AND CHECKED THE AUTO TRANSMISSION FLUID, IT WAS FULL AND THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ON THE DASH. LATER, THE CAR WOULD ONLY GO TO 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. I BROUGHT IT TO THE LOCAL AAMCO, WHERE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THIS WAS UNBELIEVABLE TO ME SINCE THE CAR HAD ONLY 93K MILES - MY TOYOTA'S RAN WELL OVER150K EASY. I CONTACTED HONDA MOTORS, I DESCRIBE THE SITUATION TO DARCEL (4/19/04) WHO TOLD ME TO BRING IT TO THEIR LOCAL DEALE ($100). THEN, HONDA MOTORS TOOK ONE WEEK TO ASSIGN TO A PERSON WHO NEGLECTED TO CALL THE DEALER, I HAD TO CALL THE DEALER TO CALL DAVID. IN ADDITION, DAVID HUMBRAY, 800-999-1009, EXT 118128, NEGLECTED TO READ THE INTAKE INFORMATION THAT I GAVE TO DARCEL. TWO WEEKS LATER, STILL NO ACTION. DAVID FINALLY CALLED AND ASKED FOR ALL THE OIL CHANGE AND OTHER MAINTENANCE RECORDS. GIVEN THE FACT THAT I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND PERFORMED THE OIL CHANGES MYSELF, INFORMATION I GAVE TO DARCEL DURING THE INTAKE, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE RECORDS. MY ARGUMENT IS THAT THERE IS A TRACK RECORD OF 98 HONDA ACCORD AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILURES WHICH SEEMS TO INDICATE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT - THIS SITE, THERE ARE 133 COMPLAINTS COMPARED TO ABOUT 8 FOR A 98 TOYOTA CAMRY. HONDA ACTUALLY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY OF 2000-2001 HONDA ACCORDS WITH AUTO TRANSMISSIONS TO 100K. I WAS JUST ASKING FOR THE SAME. BUT THE RUN AROUND THAT HONDA MOTORS GAVE ME WAS RIDICULOUS AND ADDED INSULT. I ENDED UP PAYNG $100 JUST TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE FINAL RESULT IS THAT I TOOK THE CAR BACK AND HAD IT REPAIRED. IT IS NOW FOR SALE AND I AM NEVER GOING TO BUY ANOTHER HONDA PRODUCT - SO MUCH FOR HONDA RELAIBILITY AND QUALITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072365May 10, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1. AUTO TRANSMISSION SKIPPING AND LUNGING AT STOP SIGN 2. ACCORDING TO MECHANICS AND ACCORD WEBSITE ACCORD TRANSMISSION SHOULD HAVE RECALL 98-02 3. CHANGED FLUIDS AND STILL OCCURS. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068483May 8, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
I HAVE A 1998 HONDA ACCORD EX COUPE V6. I RECENTLY HAD THE CABLE REEL ASSEMBLY FAIL ON THIS VEHICLE (PN: 77900-S84-A22). THIS IS THE PART THAT ATTACHES THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FROM THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE REST OF THE CAR. THIS PART FAILED CAUSING ALL OF MY SWITCHES ON MY STEERING WHEEL TO FAIL AND THERE IS A HIGH LIKELYHOOD THAT THE AIRBAG WAS INOPERABLE ALSO. THE HONDA DEALER TOLD ME THAT THESE PARTS ALMOST ALLWAYS FAIL ON 1998 HONDA ACCORDS. THIS PART IS CRITICAL TO THE OPERATION OF THE AIRBAG, AND THIS CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE. HONDA DOES NOT LIST A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE ON THIS VEHICLE. SOMEONE SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE TO SEE IF A RECALL NEEDS TO BE MADE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068451May 7, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 1998 HONDA ACCORD HAS 80,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSIONS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072171May 5, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
VEHICLE FAILED CALIFORNIA STATE INSPECTION DUE TO CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE. HONDA STOPPED MANUFACTURING THE 1998 CATALYTIC CONVERTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072072April 30, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR PART AND LABOR FOR IGNITION SWITCH INTERLOCK RECALL WORK THAT WAS PERFORMED. *PH THIS IS BECAUSE THE CONSUMER HAD THE REPAIR MADE IN GERMANY. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067871April 26, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067734April 23, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AT ABOUT 80,000 MILES AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064838April 20, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION PRODUCED A CLICKING SOUND WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *NM THE TRANSMISSION MADE NOISE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WOULD RATTLE AS THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066328April 16, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED ON INTERSTATE 89. DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067158April 14, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE STALLED, AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER HAD STARTED THE VEHICLE ,AND DROVE IT FOR 15 MINUTES WHEN THIS OCCURRED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066028April 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
MY CARS STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. IT IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. WHEN I SEARCHED THE RECALLS FOR 98 ACCORDS, IT CAME BACK AS SAYING THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IGNITION SWITCH) ON OTHER 1998 HONDA ACCORDS. HOWEVER, HONDA SAYS MY VIN IS NOT PART OF THAT RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066084April 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
I HAVE A 1998 HONDA ACCORD LX V4. I HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMMING ON. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE O2 SENSORS AND HAD THE CODE CLEARED AT LEAST 4 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. MY MECHANIC HAS NOTED THAT HE CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. I HAVE RECENTLY FOUND THIS WEBSITE, HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/HONDA/33.HTML AND IT HAS BECOME APPARENT TO ME THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS. BECAUSE I CURRENTLY HAVE 87,000 MILES ON MY CAR HONDA HAS SAID THAT IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRENTY. MY CAR DOES NOT DRIVE ROUGHLY AND I HAVE DRIVEN FOR MILES WITH THE LIGHT ON. IT GENERALLY STAYS ON FOR ABOUT 1,000 MILES OR SO, THEN RESETS ITSELF FOR A FEW MORE THOUSAND MILES. AFTER WORRYING ABOUT THE LIGHT REPEATED COMMING ON AFTER IT HAD RESET ITSELF I BROUGHT IT INTO MY MECHANIC AGAIN, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT WHEN AN EMISSIONS CHECK IS RAN ON THE CAR THAT NOTHING IS WRONG. SINCE I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, HAVING THIS LIGHT ON MEANS THAT MY CAR WILL FAIL A SMOG CHECK, EVEN THOUGH THE EMISSIONS ARE WELL UNDER THE LIMIT. BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING OF AN ODBII CODE ISSUE AND OTHER EMISSIONS RELATED PROBLEMS, I FEEL COMPELLED TO FILE A COMPLAINT. HONDA WAS FORCED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON THEIR 95,96,AND 97 VEHICLES AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THESE PROBLEMS UNTIL THEY ARE FORCED TO. THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED ME TO GIVE LESS IMPORTANCE TO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, COST ME OVER $200 WITHOUT SOLVING THE PROBLEM, AND HINDERS MY ABILITY TO SELL OR EVEN SMOG THE VEHICLE. RECENTLY, I WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, EVEN THOUGH THE TWO O2 SENSORS ARE NOT GIVING THE SAME OUTPUT, THUS SHOWING THAT THE CAT. IS IN FACT DOING ITS JOB. THIS WOULD COST AT LEAST $400, $1100 AT HONDA. I FEEL THAT A RECALL IS NECCESSARY ON THE EMISSIONS COMPONENTS, AND THAT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE TRIED TIRELESSLY TO FIX THE PROBLEMS SHOULD BE RECOMPENSATED FOR TRYING TO FIX A SIGNIFICANT DESIGN FLAW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066099April 13, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
I WAS DRIVING BETWEEN 0 AND 5 MPH WHEN I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND. THE VEHICLE THAT HIT ME WAS A 1997 TOYOTA CAMERY. HIS APPX. SPEED WAS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. WHEN I EXITED MY VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS COMPLETLY LAYED BACK. I DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME BUT IT APPEARS THE METAL IN THE SEAT BROKE, CAUSING THE BACK OF THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE. THE SEAT WAS IN THE TOTAL RECLINED POSITION. WHEN IT WAS DELIVERED TO COMBS COLLISION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE METAL HOLDING THE TOP OF THE SEAT TO THE BOTTOM HAD BROKEN. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PUSH THE SEAT BACK UP ALL THE WAY. THE PASSENGER SEAT ALSO HAD DAMAGE TO IT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10065850April 9, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAVE A 1998 ACCORD EX WITH 113,000MILES AND HAVE HAD THE SAME CHECK ENGINE LIGHT PROBLEM 2 TIMES. EACH TIME THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I HAVE TO REPLCE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF ABOUT $1,000. I TOOK IT TO HAVE IT CHECK ED BY A MUFFELER SHOP AND THEY SAID NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THEY ALSO SAID CATALYTIC CONVERTER ON HONDA NEVER GOES BAD. NOT SURE WAHT TO DO?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066924April 9, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE, AND DROVE VEHICLE HOME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064305April 1, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 1998 HONDA ACCORD (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, V6, 4DR) WITH A MILEAGE OF 120K MILES. I BOUGHT IT WHEN 110K , PRIOR TO WHICH IT WAS A LEASE CAR WITH PROPER MAINTAINANCE HISTORY. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I NOTICED I WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH DELAYED AND HARD SHIFTING OF GEARS ESPECIALLY AT LOWER SPEEDS . HONDA DEALER CHECKED AND REPLACED TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS DID NOT HELP AND A WEEK LATER THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAD COME ON. A PRIVATE TRANSMISSION SERVICE ADVISOR RUN COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS ON IT AND CAME UP WITH A DIAGNOSIS CODE OF P740 AND PO230. THEY COULD NOT PINPOINT THE EXACT FAULT. AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE WAS LUNGING FORWARD WHENEVER IT CAME TO A STOP AND IT WOULD HAVE A TROUBLE CHANGING GEARS (ESPECIALLY THE SECOND GEAR). THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVABLE CONDITION IT SEEMS LIKE A BIG SAFETY HAZARD AND A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A HONDA DEALER WHO RECOMMENDED THAT I REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF ABOUT $5600+LABOR. GIVEN OTHERWISE EXTREMELY GOOD CONDITION OF MY VEHICLE I CAN ONLY ATTRIBUTE THIS PROBLEM TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. WHEN I DID SOME RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 98 ACCORD OWNERS WHO HAVE BEEN FACING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION. I AM EXPECTING HONDA TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY SINCE MANY HONDAS EXPERIENCE A SIMILAR FATE AND THE HONDA SERVICE WHO CHANGED THE OIL THE FIRST TIME COULD HAVE TRIED HARDER BEFORE MORE DAMAGE MAY BE DONE. I AM CURRENTLY NOT USING THIS VEHICLE MUCH GIVEN THE OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059866April 1, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE IT VIBRATED, THEN ENGINE SHUT OFF. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THIS PROBLEM ONLY OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSUMER FROM HAVING A RECALL PERFORMED, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS NOT THEIR FAULT AND THEREFORE THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064089March 29, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
MRS. KIMURA OWNS A 1998 HONDA ACCORD. SHE PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND PARKED. AS SHE WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE THE CAR BEGAN TO ROLL. THE CAR ROLLED OVER HER AND SHE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. *AK IT WAS LATER LEARNED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. SHE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY WITH THE TRANSMISION IN DRIVE . A RECALL NOTICE WAS FOUND ON THE NHTSA SITE AFTER THIS ACCIDENT DESCRIBING THE FAILURE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10063981March 26, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1998 HONDA ACCORD V6 LX SEDAN WITH 80,000 MILES NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $3500. VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AT PROPER INTERVALS USING HONDA ATF. OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM ON HONDA FORUMS, THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW. HONDA SHOULD PAY FOR THIS REPAIR, NOT ME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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