Honda Prelude Complaints

368 consumer complaints on file.

#10004849January 28, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 65MPH TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO LOWER GEAR LOSS SPEED, CAUSING TO PULL OUT OF THE ROAD. DEALER PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION, FIVE MONTHS LATER CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002619January 13, 2003
TIRES:SIDEWALL
MULTIPLE LARGE CRACKS IN BRIDGESTON POTENZA RE92 205/50-16 TIRES ON MY HONDA PRELUDE. CRACKS WERE NOTICED WHILE REFUELING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001447December 24, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD. TS THE TRANSMISSION STALLED, DIDN'T SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY, AND WOULD JERK, ALL WHILE IN MOTION AND/OR SPEEDING UP. SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770295December 1, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
POWER DOOR LOCKS WILL UNLOCK FOR NO APPARENT REASON FROM IDLE OR IN MOTION MPH VARIES. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023177November 22, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
PARTS FOR IGNITION SWITCH RECALL HAS NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR A MONTH AND DEALERSHIP DOES NOT KNOW WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022628November 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE BALANCE SHAFT BLEW CAUSING OIL TO LEAK. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769449November 8, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHEN I TURN THE KEY, MY CAR WON'T START. NOT EVERY TIME, BUT ENOUGH TIMES THAT IT MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS THAT EVENTUALLY IT WILL NEVER START. AFTER TURNING THE KEY 2 TO 4 TIMES, IT EVENTUALLY STARTS. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769339November 6, 2002
TIRES
I WAS TRAVELING EAST-BOUND ALONG I-70 ABOUT 4 P.M. CST WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE TIRE WAS FOUND TO STILL BE INFLATED WHEN I WENT TO CHANGE THE TIRE. UPON TAKING THE CAR TO GET THE TIRES REPLACED, THE DELAMINATED TIRE WAS LOOKED AT AND THE TIRE WAS FOUND TO HAVE HELD A PRESSURE OF 28 PSI. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TIRE UNTIL THE ROAD SUDDENLY BECAME BUMPY AND THE TIRE DELAMINATED. I BELIEVED THAT THE TIRE HAD EXPLODED, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. THE TREAD WAS COMPLETELY GONE AND THE BELT UNDERNEATH WAS COMPLETELY SMOOTH. WHEN THE TIRE DELAMINATION, THE CAR FISH-TAILED WILDLY, AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT REAR OF THE CAR WAS EXTENSIVE - $2200. THERE WERE TIRE MARKS ALL OVER THE RIGHT REAR OF THE CAR. THERE WERE EVEN TIRE MARKS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. IF I HAD NOT REGAINED CONTROL OF THE CAR, I COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED OR KILLED. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#568132November 4, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL(002-V12) ON DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH. THE DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE THE CONSUMER $75 FOR DISCONNECTING AND RECONNECTING THE ALARM SYSTEM WHILE DOING THE RECALL JOB. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768764October 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, I BEGAN EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH MY 1998 HONDA PRELUDE. THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING NOISES WHICH SEEMED BE COMING FROM WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 49,000 MILES ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021405October 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A BEARING INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION, AFTER THE WORK WAS COMPLETED, CONSUMER BEGAN EXPERIENCING MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING SMOOTHLY, AFTER BEING REFERRRED TO ANOTHER MECHANIC IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS DEEPER INTO THE TRANSMISSION HAD NOT BEEN ORIGINALLY FOUND BY THE FIRST MECHANIC AND THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER, BECAUSE HE LEARNED OF AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON TRANSMISSION THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS OFFERING, HOWEVER IT ONLY APPLIES TO 2000-2001 MODELS.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021124October 18, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN CHANGING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR VEHICLE WILL SKIP,AND MOTOR WILL REVV UP TO HIGH RPM. WHEN IT FINALLY SHIFT VEHICLE WILL JERK FORWARD, JERK IS SO SEVERE THAT IT MAY CAUSE LOST OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE.DEALER CONTACTED, CANNOT FIX PROBLEM. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020588October 10, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALERSHIP WILL REMOVE ALARM SYSTEM TO DO RECALL, BUT WILL CHARGE TO RECONNECT IT. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020630October 10, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER STATES THEY MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE VEHCILE SERVICED FOR RECALL. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#786467September 30, 2002
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
CONSUMER STATED A WEEK PRIOR TO FAILURE, THE AIR CONDITIONER BEGAN LEAKING ONTO THE FLOORBOARDS OF THE PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE, THEN THE FAN BLOWER AND AIR CONDITIONING UNIT CUT OFF ALL AT ONCE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019541September 26, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL HEAVILY JERK AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON. DEALER NOTIFIED. *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767614September 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD, THE TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCES A DELAYED ABRUPT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND, 2ND TO 3RD, 4TH TO 3RD, AND 3RD TO 2ND, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT ABRUPTLY (SOMETIMES DELAYED) UNTIL THE CAR WARMS UP. THIS MADE TURNING ONTO BUSY ROADS DIFFICULT AS I WAS NEVER SURE HOW LONG THE SHIFTS WOULD TAKE. HONDA NEVER IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM. THEIR ONLY SOLUTION WAS A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. HONDA AMERICA PROVIDED THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION (GOODWILL ASSISTANCE), BUT I WAS REQUIRED TO PAY LABOR (~$380). THE PROBLEM NOW APPEARS TO BE FIXED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019182September 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE BEING DRIVEN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL DROP TO A LOWER GEAR. OWNER HAS TO MANUALLY SHIFT LEVER IN ORDER TO GET TRANSMISSION BACK IN HIGHER GEAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018869September 17, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
CONSUMER IS BEING CHARGED TO HAVE ALARM REMOVED FROM VEHICLE TO INSTALL IGNITION SWITCH. ALARM WAS PUT IN BY DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767316September 17, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FOUR-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY DOWNSHIFTED ON ITS OWN CAUSING THE CAR TO RAPIDLY BRAKE THEN ACCELERATE WITH NO DRIVER CONTROL. AT THE TIME, I WAS TOLD BY HONDA THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING, THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THERE WERE NO REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSIONS AVAILABLE FOR SALE, AND I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SHOP TO HAVE IT REBUILT. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP SHOWED ME THE FRICTION SURFACE ON THE CLUTCHES DISINTEGRATED, CLOGGING THE PUMP AND FILTER WHICH CAUSED THE ERATIC SELF-SHIFTING. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS FAULTY MATERIAL USED IN THE TRANSMISSION. I NOW SEE IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH HONDA AND ACURA AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS THAT THE COMPANY HAS BEEN TRYING TO KEEP QUIET.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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