2004 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

A LIGHT COMES ON SAYING PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF. IS THIS NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM. I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN.

WENT ONTO HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH SUDDENLY CAR WON'T DRIVE YOU CAN HERE WHEN I PUT GAS INTO IT BUT WOULDN'T DRIVE AT ALL.

ACCORDING TO THIS WEBSITE AS WELL AS ALL OTHER SOURCES, MY 2004 HONDA ACCORD COUPE SHOULD HAVE A TAKATA AIRBAG, BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, AND THIS SITE DOES NOT SHOW MY CAR ARE BEING RECALLED. WHY IS MY CAR NOT RECALLED? I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY FAMILY'S SAFETY WHEN DRIVE MY CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED LOCAL DEALERS, MIKE PIAZZA HONDA LOCATED ON 1908 E OLD LINCOLN HWY, LANGHORNE, PA, 019047 AND HAMILTON HONDA LOCATED AT 655 US-130, HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY, 08691, WHERE IT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND THAT HE COULD BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO BE DIAGNOSED BUT THERE WOULD BE A DIAGNOSTIC FEE. THE CONTACT WAS UN-PLEASED DUE TO THE LAST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED FREE PER THE SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THE SAME INFORMATION AS THE DEALERS WITH NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE OFFERED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 156,000.

I'M DRIVING 427 SOUTH (TORONTO) LATE EVENING, AND I APPROACH SOMEONE WHO IS DRIVING 80 KM/HR, SO I DECIDE TO OVERTAKE THE CAR. I CHANGE A LANE, ACCELERATE FOR COUPLE SECONDS, AND WHEN I RELEASE A GAS PEDAL, MY CAR DOESN'T SLOW DOWN, IT CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN, AND ENGINE IS RUNNING VIOLENTLY, IT REACHES MAX RPMS (I THINK IT'S 5000 RPMS), AND THAN A COMPUTER DROPS RPMS DOWN. SO, NOTHING IS PRESSING A GAS PEDAL, AND THE ENGINE PULLING LIKE CRAZY, CAR IS ACCELERATING, AND HIGHWAY IS OVER IN 5 SECONDS. I TOUCH A GAS PEDAL - IT IS SOFT, BUT IT'S SPRINGING BACK WHEN I RELEASE IT, AND THERE IS NO A BOTTLE OR A CARPET STUCK IN BETWEEN, I CHECK CRUSE CONTROL - IT IS NOT ON, SO I PRESS BRAKES AND TRY TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR WITH BRAKES WHICH IS NOT EASY BECAUSE THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING ON MAX RPMS AND PULLING A CAR, YOU CAN FEEL IT. SO, I STOP EVENTUALLY AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE NEXT DAY I CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD FOR THE PROBLEM, AND I DISCOVERED THE NEXT. THERE IS A PART OF A CAR CALLED A THROTTLE, THAT REGULATES AIR INTAKE IN THE ENGINE, AND THIS WAY SPEED OF ENGINE IS REGULATED TOO. THE THROTTLE IS REGULATED BY TWO CABLES. ONE CABLE (NOT A WIRE) GOES FROM A GAS PEDAL, AND IT'S ATTACHED TO A METAL BRACKET ON A THROTTLE. ANOTHER CABLE (NOT A WIRE) GOES FROM CRUISE CONTROL, AND IT'S ATTACHED TO A PLASTIC BRACKET ON A THROTTLE. SO, PLASTIC DETERIORATED OVER TIME, AND CRUISE CONTROL CABLE BROKE OFF AND JAMMED THE THROTTLE ON THE MAX OPENING WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I THINK HONDA HAS TO DO A RECALL TO FIX THIS SITUATION BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN SOMETHING BRAKES IN YOUR CAR AND YOU CANNOT START A CAR, OR WHEN SOMETHING STARTS SQUEAKING OR RATTLING, AND YOU HAVE TIME TO GO TO A MECHANIC TO FIX IT - IT'S ONE STORY, BUT WHEN YOU DRIVE AND YOU CAR ACCELERATES ON IT'S OWN - IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

I WAS DRIVING ON AN EXPRESS WAY, AND ALL OF SUDDENLY THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE AND SLIP TO NEUTRAL WHILE MY ENGINE REV UP TO HIGHER RPM. MY SPEED LIMIT WENT FROM 50 TO ALMOST ZERO, BUT LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND I WAS ABLE TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER SAFELY. SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY SON A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. I HAD MY TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED YESTERDAY HOPING THIS WILL PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

WHAT IS GOING ON??? HOW CAN HONDA TAKE ZERO RESPONSIBLY FOR THIS? MY CAR IS IN GREAT CONDITION MECHANICALLY BUT THE OUTSIDE IS SO ROUGH. THE PAINT IS PEELING EVERYWHERE, TERRIBLE ON MY HOOD, ROOF AND TRUNK. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THIS IS AN ISSUE! HELP PLEASE!

TAKATA RECALL. OUR SON WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH AN 18-WHEELER ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AS A FRONT-SEAT PASSENGER IN OUR 2004 ACCORD LAST WEEK AND HIS AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY BUT THE DRIVER-SIDE BAG DID DEPLOY AND CAUSED HARM TO THE DRIVER WHO WOUND UP HAVING HIS LIP SEWN BACK TOGETHER.

TAKATA RECALL. WHY WAS MY 2004 HONDA ACCORD NEVER INCLUDED IN ONE OF THE THREE RECALLS (15V320000, 14V700000, 15V370000) AFFECTING THE 2004 HONDA ACCORD? I PREVIOUSLY ASKED HONDA BUT THEY WOULD NOT RESPOND. WHAT IS THE TECHNICAL EXPLANATION WHY MY ACCORD WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THESE RECALLS.? I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW AND HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF ANY RECALLS. IS THE CAR SAFE TO DRIVE?

WE BOUGHT A CAR FROM A CAR DEALER AND AFTER PURCHASING WE GOT A CAR FACTS AND IT SAYS THE MILEAGE IS WRONG AND INACCURATE IN STATE OF CALIFORNIA IT HAS A BRANDED TITLE BUT IT DOESN'T IN OREGON OREGON BUT IT SHOULD THE MILEAGE IS CONFLICTING IT'S NOT CORRECT ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE CAR HISTORY SITES IT SAYS 147K BUT ENGINE SAYS 151K AND CAR FACTS HAS MILEAGE STATED AS HIGH AS 208K