Honda Accord Complaints (1998)

1,200 consumer complaints on file.

#10118234April 21, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE
I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR TWO YEARS AND HAVE HAD TWO AXLES REPLACED, AS WELL AS ROTORS AND BREAKS REPLACED TWICE. THE BRAKES WEAR, THE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE HORN DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WHEN PUSHED. RECENTLY I WENT TO GET AN INSPECTION STICKER AND FAILED BECAUSE OF THE EMISSIONS PART. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT WORK BECAUSE A BULB IS MALFUNCTIONING WHICH MEANS THERE IS NO SENSOR, MY THREE WAY CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THERE IS SUPPOSEDLY A PROBLEM WITH MY FUEL TANK EVAPORATIVE EMISSION VALVE. RECENTLY MY CAR HAS SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS IN DRIVE AND CONTINUED TO ROLL. IT HAS ALSO TURNED OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING UP A HILL AND WOULD NOT START FOR TEN MINUTES. I HAVE INVESTED ALMOST 1500 DOLLARS IN REPAIRS FOR THIS CAR AND I WOULD LIKE HONDA TO REPAIR AND HOPEFULLY REIMBURSE ME FOR PAST REPAIRS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116678April 9, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 1998 HONDA ACCORD WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.. AFTER STARTIN THE CAR IN THE MORNING AS I DRIVE DOWN THE STREET THE TRANSMISSION REVS HIGHER THEN NORMAL WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND (DRIVING NORMALY) LIKE IT SUPPOSE TO SHIFT AT 3000 RPM BUT WHEN IT GETS TO 3K IT SHIFTS BUT THEN THE RPM'S JUST CLIMB FOR 1K MORE THEN THE CAR JUST LAGS A LIL AS IT GOES INTO SECOND AFTER THE CAR IS WARMED UP THAT PROBLEM DISAPEARS. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS WHEN SLOWIN DOWN TO MAKE A TURN AND IF NO CARS ARE COMIN I GENTLY STEP ON THE GAS TO GO (NOT COMPLETLY STOPED) THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPS AND THEN STUTTERS TILL 2K RPM THEN IT CATHES AND LAUNCHES THE CAR FORWARD. I HAVE TALKED TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY WONT DO ANYTHIN AND WANT TO CHARGE ME 4K FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. I READ OF SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM.. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117045March 29, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
WHEN USING THE HORN IT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND REMOVED THE HORN FUSE. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE HORN WAS STICKING TO AIR BAG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112952February 16, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND THE FUEL INJECTOR REPLACED ON 1998 HONDA ACCORD. *BF ALTHOUGH EACH COMPONENT WAS REPLACED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS PROBABLY WITH A SENSOR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110265February 10, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SUBJECT: 1. INFREQUENT STALLING WHEN COMING TO A SLOW STOP, AND STARTS UP AGAIN AND I CONTINUE DRIVING. 2. TWICE, IT HAS STALLED WHEN MAKING A SLOW LEFT TURN. HOWEVER, STARTS UP AGAIN WHEN I TURN THE KEY AND I CONTINUE DRIVING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110067February 8, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
IF I PUT MY VEHICLE IN PARK, I HAVE TO FIGHT WITH THE SHIFTER TO GET IT OUT OF PARK THE NEXT TIME I DRIVE MY CAR SO I CONSTANTLY KEEP IT IN NEUTRAL WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ON. THIS HAS NOT CAUSED ANY ACCIDENTS AND I HAVE NOT HAD THIS PROBLEM FIXED YET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110096February 8, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON A 1998 HONDA ACCORD EX-V6. TRANSMISSION IS DEAD AT 99,000 MILES. OTHER CASES HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED (HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVETALK.NET/SHOWMESSAGES.PHP?ID=720). IT IS AN APPARENT MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. HONDA WILL NOT PAY TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION RE-BUILT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109629February 2, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION SLIPS, IT WILL GO INTO THIRD GEAR BEFORE IT WILL SHIFT IN TO SECOND GEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107591January 20, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1998 HONDA ACCORD 4DR 4 CYLINDER AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AT 50000 MILES ,VERY DANGEROUS THE FIRST TIME IT SLIPPED FROM 4TH GEAR INTO 2ND DOING 75 MPH ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. HONDA REFUSED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. ESTIMATES FORM TRANSMISSION SHOPS $2000-$4000 FOR THE REPAIR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107578January 19, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
1) NOTHING NOTICEABLE. CAR WAS ABLE TO START ALL THE TIME COLD AND WARM. 2) CAR ALL OF SUDDEN STALLED WHILE DRIVING. WHEN STEP ON GAS PEDAL CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE. IT JUST SILENTLY STALLED. CENTER CONSOLE WHERE SHIFT-SELECTOR INDICATOR HAS NO POWER WHILE RADIO, HAZARDOUS SIGNALS WERE WORKING AFTER THE STALL. WEREN'T ABLE TO RESTART RIGHT AWAY. HOWEVER AFTER ABOUT 45 SEC TO 1 MIN, CAR STARTED NORMALLY. 3) DEALER WANTED TO REPLACE IAC VALVE AND MAIN RELAY ON MY EXPENSE BUT WILL NOT VERIFY THE IGNITION SWITCH IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY THAT WAS REPLACED 2 YEARS EARLIER EXCEPT THAT AN UPDATED IGNITION SWITCH WAS ALREADY INSTALLED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107489January 18, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
AT 88,740 MILES, THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE/SHAKE WHEN BRAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC HAD TO TURN THE FRONT ROTORS DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR AND BEING OUT OF ROUND. NOW, AT THE PRESENT TIME WITH 100.000 MILES OF WEAR THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED AND THE FRONT ROTORS NEEDS TO BE TURNED AGAIN. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101788January 14, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 98V018000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TOOK VEHICLE TO GILMAND'S HONDA FOR REPAIRS. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. CONSUMER WAS STILL WAITING TO GET VEHICLE REPAIRED. *AK RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE IT MOVES AND THEN JERKS AND STOPS. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107342January 13, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE BRAKE ROTORS WEAR PREMATURELY WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATES THE PART IS UNDER ENGINEERED. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101985January 13, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
REC'D RECALL 98V018000 FOR POWER TRAIN: TRANSMISSION,AUTOMATIC: IGNITION INTERLOCK SYSTEM, AFTER CAR HIT A NEIGHBORS HOUSE, THE VEHICLE POPPED OUT OF GEAR. *BF THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER AFTER THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105994January 8, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
AT 66,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP AND SHIFT GEARS ROUGHLY. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE IT WOULD "CLUNK". THEN AS I ACCELERATED I WOULD HAVE TO LET OFF THE GAS SO IT COULD SHIFT EACH GEAR. I TOOK IT TO A MIDAS SHOP FOR A TRANSMISSION SERVICE - NEW FILTER/FLUSH, ETC. THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING FLUID. ANOTHER MECHANIC TOLD ME I NEEDED TWO NEW AXLES AND AXLE SEALS TO FIX THE LEAK. BY THAT TIME THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATO WAS ON SO I WANTED HONDA TO LOOK AT IT SINCE I HAD RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND MANY INSTANCES OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT LOW MILES. HONDA CARS OF COLUMBIA, SC SAID I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC CODE WAS PO740 TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. A HONDA ACCORD WITH ONLY 66,000 MILES SHOULD NOT NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I AM AWARE THAT HONDA RECALLED 2000 AND 2001 TRANSMISSIONS BUT NOT 1998,1999 OR 2002 EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE THE SAME TRANSMISSIONS. HONDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS' GOOD WILL ASSISTANCE SAID THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE IT SINCE I DID NOT PURCHASE THE CAR FROM A CERTIFIED HONDA DEALER OR PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE "GOOD WILL ASSISTANCE" SHOWS THAT THEY KNOW THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CARS. THEY HAVE REPLACED OTHER OWNERS TRANSMISSIONS, WHY NOT MINE?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104857December 31, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
1998 HONDA ACCORD W/ 8 WAY POWER SEAT. HAVE HAD TWO WELD FAILURES OF FRONT TORQUE TUBE TO LIFT LEVERS. FIRST FAILURE WAS LEFT HAND CORNER TWO YEARS AGO. REPAIRED THIS BREAK MYSELF WITH TIG WELD, THE DEALER WOULD NOT WARRANT THIS REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS BEYOND HONDA'S 36MO/36K WARRANTY. SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED ON CENTER LIFT LEVER THIS PAST NOVEMBER, 2004. MY SEAT FREELY AND LOOSELY ROCKS BACK AND FORTH THE NORMAL FRONT SEAT TILT TRAVEL. I ASKED MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER ABOUT THE REPLACEMENT MENTIONED BY HONDA IN DEFECT SUMMARY NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE02072. I WAS TOLD MY ACCORD HAD TOO MANY MILES (140,000). MY REPLACEMENT COST FOR THIS OVER $300.00 OR DISASSEMBLE THE FRAME AND REDO ALL THE "COLD" WELDS. THE WELDS ON THIS SEAT FRAME ARE DEFECTIVE. NONE OF THEM APPEAR TO HAVE PROPER PENETRATION. THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT, SIMILAR TO A DEFECTIVE SAFETY BELT. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY COOPERATION FROM MY HONDA DEALER CONTRARY TO HONDA'S STATEMENT, THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING "...NO-COST REINFORCEMENT FOR THE SEAT...". *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104483December 25, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND ALSO FOUND THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID IS LEAKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104127December 20, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
I PARKED MY CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY FRIDAY NIGHT AND TOOK THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION THE CAR WAS STILL IN DRIVE. THE CAR ROLLED DOWN MY DRIVEWAY, INTO THE YARD, AND HIT A TREE WITH NO ONE IN THE VEHICLE. SINCE THERE WAS NO KEY IN THE IGNITION THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND REALIZED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON MY CAR FOR THIS VERY REASON, BUT I HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS RECALL. I CONTACTED HONDA AND THEY SAID THAT I HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED BECAUSE THE CAR STILL HAD THE PREVIOUS OWNERS INFO IN THEIR SYSTEM. I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM A HONDA DEALERSHIP, YET THEY SAID THAT IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT THEM TO CHANGE THE INFORMATION OVER TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTACT ME WITH RECALL INFORMATION. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS. WOULD HONDA NOT HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY IN THE ACCIDENT?*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108814December 10, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
RECALL CAMPAIGN: IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. RECONNECT ALARM SYSTEM. *BF RECALL CAMPAIGN: THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT SHE WAS CHARGED FOR SERVICE COMPLETED UNDER THE RECALL FOR HER VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR THE SERVICE OF RECONNECTING THE ALARM SYSTEM THROUGH THE NEW WORKING PART INSTALLED. A FULL REFUND IS REQUESTED BY THE CONSUMER. THE RECALL ISSUE DEALT WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH INTERLOCK ON THE VEHICLE. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103340December 8, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
THE HORN FAILED TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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