HONDA Complaints

I OWN A HONDA CRV. WITHIN A WEEK OF PURCHASE, I REGISTERED MY VEHICLE WITH HONDA USA TO ENSURE THEY HAD MY NAME, ADDRESS, EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER. IN JULY 2016, MY AIR CONDITIONING ABRUPTLY STOPPED WORKING. SINCE I USE MY CALL ALL DAY FOR WORK, I NEEDED IT FIXED QUICKLY. I CALLED 3 LOCAL HONDA DEALERS AND NONE OF THEM COULD FIX MY CAR WITHIN 7 DAYS, NOR DID ANY OF THE PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH SAY MY PROBLEM MIGHT BE RELATED TO THE AIR COMPRESSOR RECALL HONDA WAS EXPERIENCING. I HAD TO TAKE MY CAR TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND PAY $1107.00. THE ONUS IS ON HONDA TO INFORM THE CONSUMERS OF ANY RECALL ISSUES, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY HAVE ALL OF MY INFORMATION. I RECEIVED NO SUCH NOTIFICATION. I HAVE WRITTEN NUMEROUS LETTERS AND EMAIL TO HONDA AND ALL I HAVE RECEIVED TO DATE IS $490. I WOULD LIKE FULL REIMBURSEMENT AS IT IS HONDA'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVISE ME OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE.

I ORDERED DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE VALUCRAFT BALL JOINT (PART NUMBER: VFA2084) FROM AUTOZONE.COM FOR MY CAR ,1997 HONDA CIVIC DX 2 DR COUPE ON 5/29/2016. THE BALL JOINTS WERE INSTALLED ON BOTH SIDES AND RAN FINE UNTIL ON 4/21/2017 BETWEEN 10-11PM PASSENGER SIDE VALUCRAFT BALL JOINT BROKE OFF BETWEEN STUD AND BALL WHILE I WAS MAKING LEFT TURN WITHOUT ANY WARNING SIGNS. PASSENGER SIDE CV AXLE WAS PULLED OUT OF TRANSMISSION AND BROKE APART AT INNER BOOT AREA. ABOUT 2/3 OF TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT. PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL FELL INWARD. THE CAR?S BODY AROUND PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL AREA WAS DAMAGED. MY CAR COULDN?T BE MOVED AND HAD TO BE TOWED. FORTUNATELY, IT HAPPENED ON LOCAL ROAD AND NO OTHER CARS AROUND, OTHERWISE I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. *JS

2009 HONDA ACCORD EXL 4-DOOR IN EXCELLENT SHAPE WITH ~100K MILES. ONE OF THE TORSION SPRING RODS ATTACHED TO THE TRUNK LID BROKE APART. MY DAUGHTER SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION IN THE TRUNK. THE SPRING WILL BE REPLACED. THESE SPRINGS ARE UNDER TREMENDOUS STRESS AND A FAILURE LIKE THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AS THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY IF IT HAPPENED WHILE OPENING THE TRUNK COULD BE GREAT. A VERY FRIGHTENING INCIDENT FOR MY DAUGHTER WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. I'VE ORDERED THE PARTS AND A SPECIAL TOOL AND I WILL REPLACE BOTH SPRINGS. NO EVIDENCE OF A DEFECT WAS SPOTTED.

MY DAD HAS DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED FROM A CAR ACCIDENT, HE TOLD ME HIS CAR 2006 HONDA CIVIC ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN! THE CAR ACCELERATED AT HIGH RPM WHEN HE JUST WENT TO ACCELERATE. TO ENTER THE ROAD MAKING A LEFT, INSTEAD THE CAR WENT SO FAST WITHIN SECONDS, HE LOST CONTROL AND HIS HONDA PLOWED THREW A STOP SIGN, THEN WAS FINALLY STOPPED BY A STEEL POLE HOLDING UP A QUICK CHECK SIGN! HE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE CHEST INJURIES! 3 BROKEN RIBS, 2 DROPPED LUNGS, FRACTURED STERNUM, FRACTURED C4 AND C7 SPINE INJURIES! HE DIED DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE ACCERLAERTION OF THE VEHICLE RACING ON ITS OWN! MY DAD HAS ALWAYS KEPT UP WITH RECALLS AND HAS CAR LOGS AND MAINTENANCE LOGS, ETC. I HOPE OTHER PEOPLE NEVER HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THIS TRAGIC SUDDEN DEATH, DUE TO A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURER ACCELERATION, OR WHATEVER EQUIPMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACCIDENT! IT'S A MFG DEFECT! PLEASE ADDRESS OR AT LEAST MAKE PUBLIC AWARE THIS COULD HAPPEN TO THEM! THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A STATUS UPDATE. *JS

I HAVE A 2013 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH A PROBLEM IN THE WIRELESS ACCELERATOR SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM SPORADICALLY DOES NOT RESPOND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED, CAUSING THE CAR TO "STALL" WHEN YOU EXPECT IT TO RESPOND. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AT INTERSECTIONS OR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 3 TIMES IN THE PAST 2 DAYS AFTER NOT SHOWING UP FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. I WAS TOLD BY THE HONDA SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS SYSTEM AND CANNOT BE FIXED.

SEPT 22,2016 IN ST. JOHNS, FLORIDA MY 2008 ACURA MDX (138,000 MILES) SHUT DOWN AND BECAME INOPERABLE AS I WAS ACCELERATING ON THE I-95 SB ON RAMP FROM CR 210. POWER STEERING, HAZARD LIGHTS, EVERYTHING WAS INOPERABLE. I MANUALLY UNLOCKED THE DRIVER DOOR, BUT THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. I THEN MANUALLY UNLOCKED THE PASSENGER DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT OPEN. I TRIED THE SAME THING ON A PASSENGER DOOR. I WAS ESSENTIALLY LOCKED IN MY CAR IN 88 DEGREE WEATHER. I CONTINUED TO TRY THE DOORS BUT AFTER 3-4 MINUTES, THE CAR WAS HEATING UP AND I WAS STILL LOCKED IN. CALLED 911 AND A K-9 PATROL PULLED BEHIND ME AFTER 4-5 MINUTES. THE OFFICER PULLED ON THE DRIVER HANDLE, BUT THE DOOR STILL REMAINED LOCKED. TOGETHER WE PULLED HANDLES AND I KEPT MANIPULATING THE MANUAL DOOR LOCK. AFTER A MINUTE OR SO, THE DOOR OPENED! I EXITED THE VEHICLE ONTO THE ON-RAMP AND ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR WITH A MAGAZINE PROPPED IN IT TO KEEP IT FROM RE-LOCKING. I FAILED AT THAT ATTEMPT AND THE DOOR SHUT AND RELOCKED. WE COULD PEER INTO THE CAR AND SEE THAT THE MANUAL LOCKS WERE INDEED IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION, BUT NONE OF THE DOORS WOULD OPEN. TOW TRUCK ON SCENE ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE HANDLE USING A DOOR OPENING DEVICE,SO THAT HE COULD POP THE HOOD AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. AFTER 30-40 MINUTES OF PULLING ON THE DOOR HANDLES, THE DRIVER DOOR OPENED. TOW TRUCK OPERATOR DISCOVERED THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED. HE RECONNECTED IT AND THE CAR, AND THE LOCKS, ALL WORKED. LOCAL ACURA DEALER TRIED TO REPLICATE THE UNRESPONSIVE MANUAL LOCKING MECHANISMS BUT COULD NOT. CORPORATE ACURA/HONDA CASE WORKER SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME. IN 2013, THE OWNER OF A 2007 MDX FROM AURORA ILLINOIS HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN AFTER A FAULTY BATTERY CONNECTION DISCONNECTED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. MANUAL DOOR LOCKS FAILED. CORPORATE ACURA SAID THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF THAT INCIDENT OR ANY OTHERS OF SIMILAR NATURE. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY CAR AND I FEAR IT WILL LOCK ME IN AGAIN.

PUT DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR DOWN AND IT BROKE. VISOR CONTINUED TO KEEPS FALL DOWN EVERY TIME I TRIED TO PUT IT BACK UP MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE OUT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. I HAD TO PAY APPROXIMATELY $150 TO HAVE THE PROBLEM CORRECTED. CAR IS A 2012 HONDA ACCORD LX.

THE IGNITION SWITCH AND KEY SOMETIMES GETS VERY HOT . THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A PATTERN TO THE HEATING BUT IT DOES HAPPEN ABOUT 20-30% OF THE TIME. I HAVE MEASURED THE TEMP INCREASE AND THE KEY HAS BEEN AS HOT AS 114 DEGREES.

SRS INTERNAL UNIT FAILURE AT 79K MILES. CAR IS 2005 HONDA CIVIC AND ACCORDING TO GOOGLE SEARCHES AND CIVIC FORUMS THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH HONDA VEHICLES (NOT JUST CIVICS) AND HONDA QUOTES A $800+ PRICE TO REPAIR RATHER THAN STANDING BY THEIR VEHICLES. WITH THE SRS LIGHT ON, THE AIRBAGS DO NOT WORK, CAR CANNOT BY SMOGGED, AND IS A SERIOUS HAZARD TO THE DRIVE AND OCCUPANTS UNTIL THE EXPENSIVE REPAIR IS MADE. CALLED HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT LESSEN THE COST, NOR HELP COVER THE REPAIR IN ANY WAY.

THE WELDED BOLT ON THE SHOCK ABSORBER OF KONI YELLOW SHOCKS FOR THE HONDA S2000 ARE OFF-CENTER, SO IT STRIPS THE THREAD OF THE BOLT. THEY HAVE FIXED LATER SHOCKS, BUT I HAVE AN OLDER DEFECTIVE SHOCK AND THEY WON'T REPLACE IT. THE BOLT COMES LOOSE AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD.