Honda Accord Complaints (1998)

1,200 consumer complaints on file.

#766038August 22, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTS INTO A LOWER GEAR AT HIGH SPEED, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. D4 LIGHT COMMENCES FLASHING, INDICATING TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. VEHICLE CHANGES GEARS AT RANDOM SPEEDS UP OR DOWN WITHOUT WARNING*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016868August 21, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. DEALER REPLACED OXYGEN SENSOR. A COUPLE OF THOUSAND MILES LATER, CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED. *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED ON A DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. THE RESULT WAS THAT IT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, BUT THAT IT WAS USUALLY THE OXYGEN SENSOR. THE OXYGEN SENSOR WAS CHANGED. ABOUT 200 MILES LATER THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TOOK TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTORS IN THESE VEHICLES. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016598August 19, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
DEALERSHIP RAN OUT OF PARTS TO DO RECALL O2V120000 REPAIRS ON IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN THEY RECEIVE MORE PARTS. BUT CONSUMER NEVER HEARD FROM DEALERSHIP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016618August 19, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
AFTER RECALL FOR IGNITION SWITCH WAS DONE, DESCRIBTION STATED IN RECALL HAPPENED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016516August 16, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN ON A HILL AND TAKE FOOT OFF THE BRAKES TO GIVE ACCELERATION VEHICLE WILL START TO ROLL BACK. DEALER WILL BE CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016418August 15, 2002
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
CLUTCH FAILED TO ENGAGE WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. VEHICLE AT THE DEALER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567120August 14, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS, 02V12, CONSUMER WAS CHARGED WITH THE EXPLANATION BEING THAT THE CAR ALARM HAD TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE IGNITION SWITCH, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT, LIONEL BARNET, ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016139August 13, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED HEADLIGHT LENSES WILL POP OFF OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765552August 12, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE CAR ENGINE STOPS SUDDENLY AT VARIOUS SPEEEDS. AFTER STOPPING COMPLETELY, IT WILL RESTART. IT HAS NO WARNING AND HAS STOPPED SUDDENLY AT 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DEALER WAS INFORMED AND DID NOT KNOW THE PROBLEM. HAD TO TAKE TO A NON-DEALER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015984August 12, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02 V 120 000. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. SINCE CONSUMER HAD AN ALARM SYSEM SHE WAS CHARGED FOR DEALER TO CUT ALARM TO INSTALL IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. *AK *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015500August 5, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE FOR REMOVING A MANUFACTURED ALARM SYSTEM, AND TO REPLACE RECALL 02V120000 IGNITION SWITCH . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015534August 5, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE WORN, IN WHICH THE DEALER REPLACED, THE ENGINE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED, THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON AND THE STALLING.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015333August 1, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
LABOR FOR REMOVING AFTERMARKET ALARM SYSTEM IN ORDER TO FIX RECALL 02V120000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE SHOULD BE AT COST TO MAUFACTURER WHETHER IT IS AN AFTERMARKET PRODUCT OR NOT. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015117July 30, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING BALL JOINT BROKE AND VEHICLE NARROWLY AVOIDED A COLLISION.*AK CONSUMER DISCOVERD THERE WAS A RECALL, 99V069, ON THE LOWER BALL JOINT AND REQUESTED REIMBURSMENT, HOWEVER THE REQUEST WAS DENIED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER DID NOT APPLY TO VEHICLE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014828July 26, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
RECALL 02V120000/IGNITION SWITCH:DEALER BOCH HONDA IN NORWOOD, MA. PHONE# 781//255-6000.IS UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL. NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014833July 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AS TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD AND RPM'S GO UP. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER. PLEASE ADD FURTHER INFORMATION.*AKI
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014843July 26, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL 02V120000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE BECAUSE CONSUMER DIDN'T PURCHASE VEHICLE FROM THEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014712July 25, 2002
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLITION, UPON IMPACT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566823July 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER BEGAN TO HEAR NOISE, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TECHNICIAN WHO TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION, THE CONSUMER HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014293July 18, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE JERKS CONSTANTLY AT SPEED OF 45MPH AND HIGHER. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER WHO STATED ENGINE WAS FINE. CONSUMER VERY CONCERNED THAT VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE AND CAUSE A COLLISION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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