Honda Accord Complaints (2001)

922 consumer complaints on file.

#8013428July 8, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
ONCE ENGINE IS WARM, EXHAUST FUMES AND RAW FUEL GET INTO CAB. WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC CONSUMER FEELS DIZZY. ENGINE HAS TO BE SHUT OFF. IT IS VERY UNHEALTHY TO BREATH. *AK THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AFTER PERFORMING SHORT AND LONG TERM TEST, FUEL PRESSURE CHECK, VALVE TIMING CHECK AND VALVE CLEARANCE CHECK. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012873June 28, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
OWNER LIFTED TRUNK HALF WAY WHEN IT DROPPED DOWN AND FELL UPON OWNERS AND HIS DAUGHTERS HEAD, WITHOUT WARNING. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#763467June 25, 2002
TIRES
I PURCHASED A MICHELIN TIRE FOR A HONDA ACCORD IN DECEMBER 2001. I DID NOT REALIZE AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THAT THE TIRE WAS 34 MONTHS OLD. TIRE FAILED 4 WEEKS AGO (5/24/02) WITH LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON IT. DEALER CLAIMS IT WAS DUE TO ROAD HAZARD. THE TIRE FAILED IN A PARKING LOT AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. THERE WERE NO ROAD HAZARDS IN SIGHT. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRE. I HAD TO BUY ANOTHER MICHELIN TIRE TO MATCH THE OTHER TIRES. THE REPLACEMENT TIRE THEY SOLD TO ME WAS MANUFACTURED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE ORIGINAL TIRE--MAKING IT 40 MONTHS OLD AT TIME OF PURCHASE. I THINK IT IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL THAT MICHELIN CAN SELL TIRES THAT ARE 3 1/2 YEARS OLD AS NEW TIRES. ARE THERE ANY REGULATIONS IN PLACE THAT PREVENT TIRE MANUFACTURERS FROM SELLING STOCK AS "NEW" WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY MANUFACTURED 2.5 - 3.5 YEARS EARLIER? THIS APPEARS TO BE A GROSS MISREPRESENTATION OF A "NEW" PRODUCT. WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. THANK-YOU. DON BINTZ 702-656-8074 H.P.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763209June 18, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
ROTORS AND DISC WEAR QUICKLY; DEALER CLAIMS THAT SOFT BRAKES CAUSE PROBLEMS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565829May 28, 2002
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A EXTREMELY PERVASIVE, OBNOXIOUS ODOR IN THE VEHICLE, THE ONLY TIME THE ODOR IS NOT PRESENT IS ON HOT DAYS WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON AT FULL SPEED, CONSUMER BELIEVES THE ODOR IS CAUSED BY A MOLD OR SOME TYPE OF FUNGUS GROWING IN THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565782May 15, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. DEALER FOUND A LOOSE GAS CAP. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009870May 14, 2002
AIR BAGS
SRS LIGHT APPEARS ON PANEL UNTIL VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009705May 13, 2002
AIR BAGS
WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE SRS LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD PERMANENTLY UNTIL VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565536May 1, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WAS STRUCK IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT QUARTER PANEL, THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, CREATING A THICK SMOKE WHICH OBSCURED THE WINDSHIELD, CAUSING A LOSS OF VISION TO THE CONSUMER, CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS SMOKE PREVENTED HER FROM MAINTAINING THE BEST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565561May 1, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DEALER STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT SENSOR WAS DAMAGED BY ITEMS PLACED UNDER THE SEAT, CONSUMER LEFT THE DEALER AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE, HOWEVER THE LIGHT WAS STILL ILLUMINATED, DEALER THEN STATED THE SEAT BELT NEEDED REPLACED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER, CONSUMER IS STILL AWAITING FOR THE PARTS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565064April 12, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
THE BRAKES SMELLED LIKE BURNT RUBBER. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE MISALIGNED AT THE FACTORY AND CAUSED THE FRONT PADS TO RUB. THE DEALER RESURFACED THE ROTORS AND ADJUSTED THE BRAKES, BUT THE PADS CONTINUED WEARING FAST AND THE ROTORS CONTINUOUSLY OVERHEATED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785933March 29, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER STATED ON 2 OCCASIONS, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION, ONCE WHEN GOING FOWARD AND ONCE WHILE IN REVERSE CAUSING CONSUMER TO CRASH IN A CONCRETE WALL, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#759980March 29, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY. BRAKES ARE ALWAYS DEPLOYED BECAUSE OF THE INCLINE TO DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TRAVEL DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND UP THE DRIVEWAY OF A NEIGHBORS HOUSE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, STRIKING A PARKED VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN PROCEEDED ALONG THE NEIGHBORS PROPERTY TAKING OUT TREES, SHRUBBERY, AND A TELEPHONE AND CABLE BOX. THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO DRIVE AND TOOK OFF INTO A WOODED AREA ACROSS THE STREET. THE VEHICLE THEN EXITED THE FIRST WOODED AREA AND TOOK OFF ACROSS THE STREET AND ENTERED A SECOND WOODED AREA. TRANSMISSION LINE WAS SEVERED BY ONE OF THE TREES IN THE WOODED AREA CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE TRAVELED OUT OF CONTROL IN EXCESS OF 600 FT. BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. DRIVER CONTINUOUSLY ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND CONTROL THE VEHICLE WITHOUT RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. INSURANCE COMPANY AND AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AND WANTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS DISPLEASED WITH THOSE FINDINGS, CITING THAT NO NORMAL PERSON COULD HAVE TRAVELED THAT DISTANCE WITHOUT IT BEING A VEHICLE MALFUNCTION. CONSUMER STRONGLY URGED THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO TOTAL THE VEHICLE, FEARING THAT THIS MALFUNCTION COULD REOCCUR. THE INSURANCE COMPANY COMPLIED WITH THE CONSUMER.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006484March 27, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THE WINDSHIELD HAS A VISUAL WAVE, WHEN LOOKING OUT OF THE GLASS IT LOOKS WARPED. DEALER REFERRED CONSUMER TO A HONDA TECHNICIAN, WHO INDICATED WINDSHIELD SHOULD BE REPLACED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. NLM *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759886March 27, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION, SINCE DAY ONE, HAS ALWAYS MADE A LOUD METAL-TO-METAL CLUNKING/POPPING NOISE AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALER ADVISED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, WAS NORMAL. THEN AT AROUND 28K MILES, IT STARTED SHUDDERING AND SLIPPING ON DOWNSHIFTS BETWEEN 35-45MPH. I THEN TOOK IT TO RIGHT HONDA IN SCOTTSDALE, AND THEY THEN FLUSHED THE LINEAR SOLENOID, AND WHEN I GOT IT BACK, IT WAS STILL WAS DOING IT. THEY THEN REPLACED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, AND IT CAME BACK WITH A THUMPING NOISE WHEN IN PARK OR N. THEY THEN REPLACED IT A SECOND TIME. IT IS SHIFTING BETTER, BUT THE CAR HAS NOT AS MUCH PICKUP AND IS STILL MAKING THE METAL TO METAL NOISE, AFTER OVER $6,000 IN WARRANTY REPAIRS! IT ALSO LURCHES THROUGH GEARS SOMETIMES, AND IS NOT AS SMOOTH AS IT WAS WHEN I BOUGHT IT. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE QUITE A FEW TRANSMISSIONS. I FIRST SPOKE WITH ANGIE WILLIAMS AT HONDA CORPORATE, AND SHE WOULD NOT HELP NOR LET ME SPEAK TO HER SUPERVISOR, RICK THOMAS. I FINALLY GOT THROUGH TO RICK THOMAS, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT BUY THE CAR BACK, NOR WAS I GOING TO GET ANY HELP FROM HIM. I THEN ASKED TO SPEAK TO HIS SUPERVISOR, AND HE WOULD NOT LET ME SPEAK WITH RON GARNER. THE RECEPTIONIST THEN LIED TO ME AND SAID THAT RICK GARNER DOESNT HAVE VOICEMAIL, I CAUGHT HER IN THE LIE. UNDER MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY ACT, THEY HAVE HAD SUFFICIENT TIMES TO TRY AND REPAIR THIS VEHICLE! I HAVE FOUND THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM, AS ALMOST EVERYONE WITH A V6 AUTOMATIC ACCORD SEEMS TO NOTICE THIS PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION! THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM SUGGESTED I FILE A REPORT WITH THE BBB, SINCE THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO. THAT IS RIDICULOUS! I DID NOT PAY TO LEASE A $28,000 CAR, AND BE GIVEN A CHEAP RENTAL TO DRIVE AROUND IN FOR A MONTH. HOW AM I GOING TO EVER SELL THIS CAR WITH A REPAIR RECORD LIKE THIS? I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HELP. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006149March 21, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, DEALER REPLACED SENSOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005834March 18, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, AIR BAG DEPLOYED AUTOMATICALLY, CAUSING DRIVER TO HIT A CURB AND BLOWOUT FRONT AND REAR TIRES. *AK *TT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#758969March 5, 2002
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DURING A TRIP, THE CAR BEGAN TO HAVE A RUMBLE IN THE DRIVETRAIN. EXPECIALLY AT A BOUT 40-45 MPH. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY TOLD US THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL WAS FAULTY AND THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THEY WOULD ONLY REPLACE WITH A FACTORY REBUILT, NOT NEW. NO EXTENSION ON WARRANTY. THIS WAS THE SECOND ONE THEY HAD IN A MONTH. TRANSMISSIONS HAD BEEN ON BACK ORDER WHICH SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAD MORE WITH PROBLEMS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564565March 4, 2002
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SENSORS ARE IN THE BUMPER, THERE WAS ONE INJURY IN THE ACCIDENT. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#564356February 19, 2002
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEFLATED INSTANTLY WHICH BLEW OUT, CONSUMERS SON PULLED OVER AND NOTICED SEVERAL SEVERE TEARS IN THE TIRE WALL, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED, AFTER CAREFUL EXAMINATION BY THE MECHANIC THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF A PUNCTURE, NAIL OR ROAD HAZARD, NEVERTHELESS THE REPAIR SHOP REJECTED CONSUMERS REQUEST FOR A FREE TIRE REPLACEMENT, AND THE TIRE WAS WELL WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TIRE.(MICHELIN ENERGY MXV4 PLUS 195/65 R15 RRBL91H).*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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