1999 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BEING INSPECTED, IT WAS FOUND THAT SUB FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 181,000. ...UPDATED 06/04/2014 *BF THE CONSUMERS STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEING USED BECAUSE IT WAS DEEMED UNSAFE. REPLACEMENT SUBFRAMES ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND BECAUSE THE FAILURE IS WIDESPREAD. UPDATED 06/06/2014 *JS

CARS JUST SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING LOSING ALL POWER. WAS A RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH BUT IT WAS REPLACED. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS IN WARM WEATHER TEMPERATURES. IN 2003, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V120000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MOST RECENT THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WILL QUIT COMPLETELY WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR INDICATION OF MALFUNCTION; IT JUST STOPS. SOMETIMES IT WILL START UP AGAIN IMMEDIATELY, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WHERE IT CATCHES FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND AND STOPS AGAIN HAVE BEEN REQUIRED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MINUTES. OVER TIME, IT SEEMED TO BECOME CLEAR THAT TURNING THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION INSTEAD OF ATTEMPTING A START FROM ACC WOULD ALMOST ALWAYS RESULT IN IMMEDIATE RESTART. THE ISSUE DISAPPEARED OVER WHAT WAS A FAIRLY COLD WINTER, BUT HAS RETURNED WITH THE WARMING WEATHER. TOTAL NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES: SOMEWHERE AROUND FIFTY OR HIGHER. SOMETIMES IT WOULD HAPPEN NUMEROUS TIMES THE SAME DAY, INCREASINGLY WITH INCREASED TEMPERATURE, AND SEEMED MUCH MORE PRONE TO OCCUR WHEN THE AIR-CONDITIONING WAS IN USE. THE REPAIR SHOP WAS NEVER ABLE TO CAPTURE AN OBD CODE WITH ITS RECORDING DEVICE. AS A COMMUTER ON RURAL ROADS, THIS HAS BEEN INCONVENIENT BUT SO FAR NOT UNSAFE, BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR IT OCCURRING UNDER ADVERSE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS THAT MIGHT BE UNSAFE, E.G., AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITH CLOSE FOLLOWING TRAFFIC ON A ROAD WITH NO SHOULDER. THESE INCIDENTS MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED TO TWO REPAIRS THAT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY PRECEDED THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF THIS PROBLEM: 1. THE CAR WOULDN'T START ONE DAY, NO ELECTRICAL OUTPUT AT ALL WAS AVAILABLE, THOUGH THE BATTERY WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD. A LOCAL (I.E., NON-DEALER) REPAIR SHOP REPLACE THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE THAT GROUNDS THE BATTERY TO THE VEHICLE. 2. TIMING BELT REPLACEMENT WAS PERFORMED A COUPLE OF MONTHS PRIOR, AGAIN BY A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. *TR

THE IGNITION SHUTS OFF. THE GM RECALL ON IGNITION SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR. THE CAR JUST SHUTS OFF ON THE FREEWAY GOING ANY SPEED 20-70 MILES PER HOUR AND SOMETIMES AT A STOP SIGN. NO WARNING AT ALL. ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT ON FREEWAY WITH HAVING TO GET TO SHOULDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. REALIZE SOMETIMES I PUT PRESSURE ON KEY TOWARD CLOCKWISE SLIGHTLY AND ENGINE RIGHT BACK ON LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. BUT SOMETIMES NEED TO KEEP THE FORWARD PRESSURE ON IT OR IT GOES OFF AGAIN IMMEDIATELY. NEW KEY HELPED SOME BUT NOT COMPLETELY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION RECURRINGLY FAILED. INITIALLY, THE TORQUE CONVERTER SOLENOID CIRCUIT FAILED AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION POWER AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED A SECOND TIME AT 46,000 MILES BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 151,029.

WHILE HAVING ROUTINE SERVICE DONE AT A HONDA DEALER, MY DAUGHTER WAS TOLD THE CAR NEEDED SOME SERIOUS FRONT END WORK. SHE WAS NOT GIVEN AN ITEMIZED LIST OF THE PROBLEM BY THE DEALER. WHEN I HAD MY LOCAL MECHANIC LOOK AT THE FRONT END HE SAID PART OF THE FRAME ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS BADLY RUSTED. WHILE SEARCHING ON LINE FOR PARTS I WAS MADE AWARE THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS QUITE COMMON FOR HONDAS OF SIMILAR MAKE AND YEAR. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE LOWER RIGHT SUB FRAME IS DISINTEGRATED TO THE POINT THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. OTHER PARTS DO NOT APPEAR AFFECTED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

THE SUB-FRAME IS RUSTED ON PASSENGERS SIDE CORNER. MANUFACTURERS DEFECT DUE TO PLACEMENT OF DRAIN FOR A/C ALL OTHER SIDES ARE OK. *TR

MY 1999 HONDA WILL RANDOMLY JUST QUIT RUNNING. THE ENGINE DIES AND THE DOOR LOCKS UNLOCK. IT WILL START RIGHT AWAY. FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN READING, THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT SITUATION. DO YOU KNOW HOW I CAN CONTACT THE COMPANY TO FINAL A COMPLAINT? *TR