2001 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

UPON A STANDARD OIL CHANGE AT 160,000 MILES, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT SUB FRAME HAD RUSTED THROUGH ON THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE. I WAS TOLD TO TALK TO A BODY SHOP IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THE CAR WASN'T "ROAD SAFE". LOOKED INTO THIS A BIT AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ACCORDS FROM THIS TIME PERIOD DUE TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE AIR CONDITIONING DRAINPIPE (WHICH EMPTIES RIGHT ONTO THE SUBFRAME) . THE CAR FOR THE MOST PART IS RELIABLE, MINUS THE TRANSMISSION THAT FAILED AT 130,000 MILES. BUT A FRAME SHOULDN'T BE "RUSTED THROUGH" AFTER 15 YEARS! SOUNDS UNSAFE, CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF THESE CARS THAT ARE STILL ON THE ROAD. CALLED HONDA TODAY AND WAS INFORMED THE REPAIR WOULD COST OVER $1200 WITH NO GOODWILL ON THEIR END. FIGURED THIS WAS THE BEST ALTERNATIVE TO THE SITUATION.

TAKATA RECALL. I HAD THE TAKATA AIR BAG RECALL ON MY HONDA ACCORD. I CALLED THE NUMBER THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE LETTERS HONDA SENT TO MY HOUSE. WE HAD THE TAKATA AIR BAG ISSUE FIXED ON NOVEMBER 7TH AT THE HONDA LOCATION IN NEW ROCHELLE. AFTER I GOT MY CAR BACK FROM THEM, THE SRS LIGHT TURNED ON WHICH IS RELATED TO AIR BAG. I CALLED THE NUMBER BACK AND THEY SAID THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING. I HAVE TO TAKE IT ON MY OWN AND GET IT FIXED BUT HOW DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? I CALLED A FEW HONDA LOCATIONS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD CHARGE ME FOR A DIAGNOSTIC! HONDA PUTS IN DEFECTIVE AIR BAGS AND THEN THEY SUPPOSEDLY FIX IT AND AFTER THAT I GET A LIGHT FOR AIR BAGS AND I'M TOLD I HAVE TO FIX IT ON MY OWN? EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED WITH HONDA AND THEIR SERVICE. THIS IS BEYOND FRUSTRATING.

HELLO THE VEHICLE STOPS AND STALLS WHILE DRIVING AND THERE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY OF CRASHING THIS VEHICLE IF THIS IS NOT RESOLVED. THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE AND IT'S VERY SCARY WHILE DRIVING. I SAW A SIMILAR RECALL FOR 2010 HONDAS THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. PLEASE HELP! *TR

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED IN THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITH METAL FRAGMENTS DISCHARGING FROM THE INFLATOR. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED AN EYE INJURY THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND RESULTED IN THE CONTACT LOSING THE EYE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND TAKATA; HOWEVER, THE DIAGNOSIS WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V320000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,969.

TAKATA RECALL. THE TAKATA RECALL WAS FIXED IN DEC 2015. THE SRS LIGHT CAME ON CONSTANTLY IN JULY/AUG 2016. CALLED HONDA AND THEY STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTY SERVICE ON THIS ITEM - NOT RELATED TO THE TAKATA RECALL. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT - THERE APPEAR TO BE MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF THE SAME ISSUE (SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATES FOLLOWING TAKATA RECALL REPAIR) IN THE NTSB COMPLAINT DATABASE AND OTHER COMPLAINTS FOUND THROUGH INTERNET SEARCHES. HONDA SHOULD EXTEND THIS WARRANTY WHEN RELATED TO AIRBAG ISSUES SINCE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE - THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT WORK WHEN SRS SYSTEM FAILS. THEY SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO AIRBAGS.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD GOING INTO SECOND GEAR. KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH 2001 HONDA V6 TRANSMISSIONS. AMERICAN HONDA ("AH") HAS ADMITTED MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED, BUT THEY DID NOT SEND ME THE NOTICE AND NOW THE WARRANTY HAS PASSED. MANY OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AND NOW WE ARE STUCK WITH TRANSMISSIONS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED AT $4500. MY CAR IS UNDER 143,000 MILES. DRIVING MY CAR WITH THIS ISSUE IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND AH DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS ISSUE DESPITE MY VARIOUS CALLS TO THEM AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGING IT WAS A FAULTY TRANSMISSION.

ON MY VEHICLES, THE INTERLOCK OPERATION OF THE IGNITION SWITCH NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO TURN THE IGNITION KEY TO THE "OFF" POSITION AND REMOVE THE KEY WITHOUT SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION TO PARK. MY SEDANS REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES WERE IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED MAKIN IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO ATTACH A CARSEATAND LOCK IT SAFE

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SRS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V320000 (AIR BAGS), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE SRS WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL COST TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TAKATA RECALL? - SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT ON DASHBOARD HAS BEEN GOING ON/OFF WHILE DRIVING. I DON'T SEE A SPECIFIC RECALL FOR THIS AIRBAG; HAS ONE BEEN LISTED? VEHICLE HAS NOT BE IN AN ACCIDENT; LOW MILEAGE (36,000) AS IT WAS DRIVEN BY AN ELDERLY RELATIVE IN FLORIDA BEFORE I PURCHASED ONE YEAR AGO. USED MOSTLY FOR LOCAL TRIPS; MINIMAL HIGHWAY DRIVING.

TAKATA RECALL, NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 15V-320 AFTER REPLACING THE DRIVERS AIRBAG LOP 7521H8 BY JOYCE KOONS HONDA BUICK GMC; INVOICE # 1022132, WITH 110569 MILEAGE, THE SRS INDICATION IS ON WITH 122000 MILEAGE NOW.