Honda Accord Complaints (2003)

1,987 consumer complaints on file.

#10093645October 5, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
HONDA 2003 ACCORD V6 SEDAN. BRAKES PULSATING, AFTER ONLY 12,000 MILES. BROUGHT INTO SHOP, PAID TO HAVE RESURFACED. 2,000 MILES LATER DOING IT AGAIN. IM DEALING WITH DEALERSHIP NOW. READING ALL SORTS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE THAT ITS A DEFECT. ITS THE DRIVERS IT'S THE CAR DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094861October 1, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RECALL 04V176000 REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE TOOLS/MACHINERY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095245September 28, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION MADE A CLICKING NOISE. *NM THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. RECALL# 04V176000. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093241September 28, 2004
TIRES, TIRES:SIDEWALL
DEAR SIR/MADAM, WHEN MY WIFE DROVE THE CAR ON LOCAL ROAD UNDER 50 MPH, ONE REAR TIRE EXPLODED SUDDENLY. (THE ROAD WAS CLEAN). THE CAR WE HAVE IS HONDA ACCORD 2003. THE TIRE HAS 60% USAGE UNDER WARRANTY. WE WENT TO A LOCAL AUTHORIZED MICHELIN TIRE DEALER TO GET IT CHECKED AND REPLACED. THE DEALER CHECKED THE TIRED AND FOUND THE SIDE WALL OF THE REAR TIRE BLEW UP. THE DEALER THINK IT IS A DEFECTIVE TIRE. WE ARE SCARED OF THE MICHELIN TIRE AND GOT REPLACED WITH FOUR NEW GOODYEAR TIRES. WE AND THE DEALER CALLED MICHELIN LATER AND THEY TOLD US EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A DEFECT TIRE, WE COULD NOT GET ANY CREDIT/DISCOUNT BACK ON THE REPLACEMENT SINCE IT WAS ANOTHER BRAND. BUT WHO WOULD PICK THE SAME BRAND AFTER IT JUST BLEW UP. WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE MICHELIN TIRE AS WELL AS THEIR RESPONSE. LUCKILY THE TIRE EXPLODED ON LOCAL ROAD. IF IT WERE ON FREEWAY, IT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. SO WE ARE WRITING TO FAIL A COMPLAINT TO YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094342September 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
RECALL 904V176000 FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS ISSUED FOR THE VEHICLE. DEALER STATED THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNTIL DECEMBER. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094345September 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V176000 CONCERNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. CONSUMER SUGGESTED THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE NOTIFIED OF A RECALL UNTIL THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRS AT THE DEALERSHIP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089470September 27, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM LEFT SIDE/ REAR, APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY FAILED. THEN, VEHICLE STRUCK A CAR.*AK THE VEHICLE CONTIUED DOWN THE STREET THE CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS FIRMLY PRESSED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN STEERED TO A GRASSY SPOT AND STOPPED ON ITS OWN. *TC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10094057September 22, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V176000 CONCERNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094130September 22, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE P30/P31 CONCERNING GEAR REPLACEMENT. DEALERSHIP STATED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092637September 17, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD, REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091142September 16, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AFTER MY FIRST OIL CHANGE, MY VEHICLE LEAKED OIL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD A SUBSEQUENT OIL CHANGE AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091042September 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
I HAVE A 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, WITH APPROXIMATELY 9,000 MILES. BY THE WAY, I HAD THE MASTER CLUTCH CYLINDER REPLACED ABOUT 4,000 MILES AGO.*AK IN ANY EVENT, ON THE INCIDENT DATE, I WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE CAR IN ANY GEAR, AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DIAGNOSIS IS A DEFECTIVE O-RING IN THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, WHICH CAUSED THE FLUID TO COMPLETELY LEAK OUT. I VIEW THIS AS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AS IF IT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD IT COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD, AND IF IT HAPPENED IN A REMOTE SPOT, IT COULD RESULT IN BEING STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. THE HONDA SERVICE ATTENDANT TOLD ME THAT THE O-RING WAS ON BACK ORDER, WHICH INDICATED TO HIM THAT MANY OTHER CARS HAD SUFFERED THIS SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090973September 14, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY
6-18-04 TOLD HONDA DEALER THAT OUR 2003 ACCORD LX WAS IDLING TOO FAST ON COLD STARTUPS - DEALER TOLD WIFE THIS WAS NORMAL AND MARKED BILL "OK" RE THIS ITEM. FAST IDLING CONTINUED THEREAFTER. ON 9-01-04 11:30 PM CAR PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WAS STARTED, PUT IN REVERSE, AND CAR SPED SO RAPIDLY THAT IT JUMPED DRIVEWAY CURB AND WAS STOPPED BY BRAKING AND HITTING A TREE. TO BE CORRECTLY PARKED I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND THE CAR SHOT AHEAD RAPIDLY, STOPPED ONLY BY BRAKING AND SWERVING INTO OTHER CURBING AND JUMPING IT. I
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092479September 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS GETTING THE RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION DONE AT A LOCAL DEALER. *NM THE DEALER INDICATED THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PURCHASED AT THAT LOCATION THAT THE REPAIRS COULD NOT BE MADE UNTIL DECEMBER. THE CONSUMER THEN CONTACTED ANOTHER DEALER WHO WAS MORE THAT WILLING TO DO THE REPAIRS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090914September 13, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
I PURCHASED MY 2003 ACCORD 4DR ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. I STARTED HEARING AN AWFUL FRONT BRAKE NOISE AT SPEEDS >40MPH AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE. IT ALMOST FELT LIKE THE CAR WOULDN'T STOP. I'M TAKING THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP THIS EVENING FOR THIS AND OTHER ISSUES, HOWEVER, THE SERVICE MANAGER SEEMED AS IF HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. IT'S ANNOYING TO THINK THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER WOULD NOT BE AWARE OF IT SINCE IT HAS BEEN SO COMMON.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091511September 7, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION, HOWEVER THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT CAUSE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088999September 2, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
I HAVE A 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX-V6: Y HUSBAND HAS EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING SAFETY PROBLEM ON THREE OCCASIONS. HE DRIVES THE VEHICLE MORE THAN I DO. SEVERAL MORNINGS WHILE BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY THE CAR'S BRAKE PRESSURE DID NOT EMPLOY THE BRAKES IN THE NORMAL SAFE FASHION. WHEN HE WAS ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE DRIVEWAY HE APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WAS HARD AND NONCOMPLIANT (THE CAR DID NOT STOP OR SLOW DOWN) UNTIL HE APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL VERY HARD. WHILE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DRIVEWAY RIGHT BEFORE EXITING ONTO THE SIDEWALK THE BRAKES BEGAN WORKING AS NORMAL. THIS SITUATION HAPPENED EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS WARMED UP FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES HE TAPPED THE BRAKES UPON ROLLING BACKWARD A COUPLE OF FEET OR SO TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE WORKING PROPERLY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. THIS SAFETY PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. I LEFT MY CAR OVERNIGHT WITH A LOCAL DEALER TO HAVE A MECHANIC GO THROUGH THE BRAKE SYSTEM BASED UPON THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC AND THE SERVICE CONSULTANT MY BRAKES ARE FINE NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS DETECTED, MY CAR IS PERFECT. BASED UPON THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS ISSUE AND THE LACK OF RESOLVE FROM THE DEALERSHIP I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT. I HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH MY CAR WHICH I HAVE REPORTED TO THE DEALER AND RECEIVED SERVICE FOR ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT SAFETY RELATED BUT MAY HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO THE BRAKES NOT ENGAGING ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS. WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A COLD START AND TRAVELING BETWEEN 7-10 MPH, THE CAR MAKES A THUMP NOISE WHICH ORIGINATES FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE. NOT ONLY CAN YOU HEAR THE NOISE BUT YOU CAN FEEL IT THROUGH THE ACCELERATION PEDAL. I WAS TOLD BY ONE DEALERSHIP THE PROBLEM IS BRAKE RELATED AND THERE IS NO FIX. THE OTHER DEALERSHIP SAID THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO A PIECE OF SCRAP METAL LODGED IN THE SUBFRAME. THEY REMOVED THE PIECE OF METAL AND ASSURED ME THE NOISE WOULD GO AWAY. THE THUMP DID NOT GO AWAY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090336September 2, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL DRIVERS SEAT MOVED FORWARD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SEAT TRACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088863August 31, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS
MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX NEEDED NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS AT 11,000 MILES. I DO NOT RIDE THE BRAKE AND AM RARELY (MAYBE ONCE EVERY 2-3 MONTHS) IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I WAS CHARGED $350 BY MY DEALER TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED. I STARTED TO WONDER WHY MY CAR HAD THIS PROBLEM. AFTER INTERNET RESEARCH, I AM FINDING OUT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. IN FACT, IT'S QUITE COMMON AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090002August 30, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE BRAKING THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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