2002 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY. THE CONTACT SWERVED, LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE OVER A CURB. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER ACTIVATED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR CUTS, AND HEAD AND NECK INJURIES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG, BOTH SEAT BELTS AND BUCKLES, AND A SOS UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND SENT OUT A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,965.

MY ACCORD IS SUFFERING FROM SOME SEVERE RUST ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SUB FRAME. I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT IT IS WORSE THAN I HAD THOUGHT. THE RUST AFFECTS THE AREA IN WHICH THE SWAY BAR IS MOUNTED TO THE FRAME, WHERE THE LOWER CONTROL ARM IS MOUNTED, AND ALSO SUPPORTS THE ENGINE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR/MAKE/MODEL, CAUSED BY AN A/C DRAIN HOSE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY AND HOPE HONDA HEARS MY/OUR CONCERNS.

MAY HAVE TO DO WITH TAKATA RECALL. AS LONG AS I'VE HAD THE CAR (I BOUGHT IT NEW) THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS GONE ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. I'VE HAD ALL RECALL WORK DONE. THE LIGHT PERSISTS IN COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY. EVERY TIME MY CAR IS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE I ASK THEM TO CHECK THIS MATTER TO SEE WHY THAT'S HAPPENING, AND EVERY TIME THEY TELL ME IT'S NOT A PROBLEM AND THE AIRBAGS AND THE LIGHT ARE FUNCTIONING AS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE. SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. I NOTICE THAT THEY NEVER MAKE MENTION OF HAVING CHECKED THIS OUT ON THE SERVICE ORDER. THIS HAPPENS AT ANY TIME, MOVING, STATIONARY, ANY TYPE OF STREET OR HIGHWAY, TURNING, ETC. IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME AND UNDER ANY CONDITIONS. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. I'M REALLY BECOMING CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY FACTOR AND IF I WOULD HAVE A FAILURE OF THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY WHEN NEEDED. ABOUT A YEAR AGO I WAS REAR-ENDED--HARD--AND THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SHOULD IN A REAR-END COLLISION, BUT THEY DIDN'T. I COULDN'T GIVE A DATE AS PER YOUR FORMAT BECAUSE THIS HAS OCCURRED FROM 2002 UNTIL THE PRESENT, 2015, SO THE DATE I ENTERED BELOW IS TODAY'S DATE. I ALSO COULD NOT GIVE A MILEAGE BECAUSE THIS HAS OCCURRED FROM 0 MILES TO THE 47,000 MILES THE CAR NOW HAS ON IT.

THE SUB FRAME IS RUSTED AWAY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I NOTICED IT WHILE I WAS DRIVING. IF I WOULD'VE KEPT DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND THE RUSTED FRAME GAVE WAY, ME AND MY KIDS OR OTHER PASSENGERS IN VEHICLES ON THE ROAD COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED OR EVEN KILLED

I TOOK MY ACCORD TO TEMPE HONDA FOR A TRANSMISSION SERVICE. TWO DAYS LATER, AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND JERKING AS IT SHIFTED. THE CODE CAME BACK AS A TORQUE CONVERTER CONTROL FAILURE. I REPLACED THE TCC SOLENOID PACK AND THE LINEAR SOLENOID PACK. I WAS INFORMED LATER BY TEMPE HONDA THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT MY COST. I FOUND OUT THAT HONDA HAS ISSUES WITH THIS TRANSMISSION THROUGH SEVERAL MODEL YEARS AND THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED THEM. I CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR ANYMORE. HONDA WANTS $5000 TO REPLACE IT.

TAKATA RECALL, IN 2010 WE WERE IN AN ACCIDENT, I WAS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WE WERE HIT HEAD ON. THE DASH CAME OFF AND WHAT LOOKED LIKE A SMALL ROCKET CAME OUT AND HIT ME IN THE CHEST BREAKING MY STERNUM BONE IN HALF, THEN THE AIR BAG OPENED. RECENTLY I SAW ON TELEVISION THE CANISTER FOR THE AIRBAG AND IT WAS THE SAME SIZE. I BELIEVE WHAT HIT ME, WAS FIRST, THE CANISTER BEFORE THE AIRBAG OPENED. POLICE WERE CALLED AND I WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING ON A HIGHWAY. WE ARE FROM OHIO AND WERE VISITING MY SON, USING HIS CAR ON DEC. 24TH, 2010. I WAS TAKEN TO YAVAPAI MEDICAL CENTER IN PRESCOTT VALLEY ARIZONA. THERE ARE HOSPITAL RECORDS, POLICE AND INSURANCE RECORDS. CAR WAS TOTALED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE GAUGE AND RPM UNIT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BECAME INOPERABLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. THE FAILURE OCCURED ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

2002 HONDA ACCORD WITH 115,000 MILES MAKING CLUNKING NOISES WHEN DRIVEN, MADE WORSE WITH TURNS. TOOK TO A MASTER MECHANIC 2 DAYS AGO WHO INITIALLY SAID THAT THE SWAY BAR WAS LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY AND SAID THAT IT'S A LOT WORSE THAN JUST THE SWAY BAR, THAT THE SUB FRAME IS RUSTED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THERE'S A HOLE. IF THE SUB FRAME BREAKS WHILE DRIVING, IT COULD BE A VERY BAD SITUATION CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVABLE UNTIL REPAIRED AND THE COST COULD EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE CAR IF A NEW SUB FRAME IS USED. IN THE PAST 4 YEARS I HAVE PURCHASED 3 HONDA VEHICLES, THIS ACCORD, A 2010 CIVIC, AND A 2010 CRV, BUT IF HONDA DOESN'T TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS DESIGN FLAW (WHERE THE AC DRAIN IS CONSTANTLY DRIPPING ON THE SUB FRAME CAUSING IT TO RUST) AND DO THE RIGHT THING, I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER HONDA IN MY LIFE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR 2 YEARS AGO FROM A LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO I NO LONGER TRUST AND WILL NEVER DEAL WITH AGAIN. YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE RUST WHEN THEY SOLD ME THIS VEHICLE FOR MY THEN 16-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. I'M DISGUSTED WITH THE DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS HONDA. I AM ALSO VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE CLEAR COAT PEELING OFF THE BODY OF THE CAR. IT LOOKS AWFUL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE SRS AND MAINTENANCE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V320000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 219,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR AN AIRBAG RECALL RECENTLY AND AS I WAS DRIVING BACK HOME AND STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE RED LIGHT SRS APPEARED. IT STAYED ON FOR A FEW SECONDS AND WENT OUT AS I WAS DRIVING. IT DID THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND FINALLY IT JUST STAYED ON. SINCE I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE I'VE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHEN I GOT HOME AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN REPLACE THE AIRBAG AND THAT IT WAS THE SEATBELT RESTRAINT SYSTEM. LIGHT IS STILL ON NOW. THE ONLY SEATBELT THAT IS USED IS MINE AS I AM THE ONLY DRIVER OF MY VEHICLE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE LIGHT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE OUTCOME SO I WILL KNOW HOW TO PROCEED. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR