1997 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

PER CONSUMER, AFTER THE DEALERSHIP SUPERIOR HONDA; ORANGEBURG SC; 803-531-6161, HAD THE VEHICLE FOR OVER A WEEK THE RECALL FOR THE IGNTION SWITCH 02 V 070 000 WAS NOT DONE. TS

NO PARTS AVAILABLE. RECALL #02120000 IGNITION SWITCH. ATAMAN HONDA 978-851-4356 PLEASE PROVIDE THE ADDRESS. TS

CONSUMER STATED THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND DEALER STATED THE AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY. TS AIRBAG MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED. PROBLEM RESOLVED. *TT *JB

AFTER COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN, THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL. WAS FORCED TO DOWNSHIFT TO MAKE THE CAR MOVE; D3/D4 WERE NOT WORKING AND ENGINE MERELY REVVED AS THOUGH I WAS IN NEUTRAL. PROBLEM OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM AND DID NOT REPAIR. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE TRANSMISSION HAS BLOWN OUT COMPLETELY AND MOST GEARS DO NOT WORK OR PRODUCE LOUD GRIDING NOISES ALONG WITH SEVERE JOLTING. DT

IN A SHORT DISTANCE THE VEHICLE IS LIKELY TO HAVE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, JUMPED A CONCRETE CURB, AND STRUCK A TREE. THE DECEASED HAD A BROKEN ANKLE, WHICH WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE. OTHER INJURIES INCLUDED BROKEN JAW AND SEVER INTERNAL INJURIES. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY SINCE THE CAR HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN A SIDE IMPACT ACCIDENT. HOWEVER THE CAR WAS DRIVEN BY ME AND MY WIFE FOR OVER 25K MILES DURING WHICH TIME WE HAD NO PROBLEMS. RECENTLY THERE WAS A CLAIM STATING A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH A RUN-AWAY HONDA ACCORD ACCELERATING OUT OF CONTROL AND I BELIEVE MY WIFE'S ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN. THANK YOU, [XXX] DT INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER CONCERNING THE INSTALLATION OF AN IGNITION SWITCH. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE HE HAD AN ALARM SYSTEM, HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO RECIEVE THE RECALL. *SCC

NHTSA# 02 V 120 000/IGNITION SWITCH: ISLAND HONDA, MANAHAWKIN, NJ WAS UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL. NOT ENOUGH PARTS AVAILABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM ON HER VEHICLE WHICH IT HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND NOW SHE IS EXPIRIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND HAS STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS ALREADY REPLACED THEREFORE THEY WON'T WORK ON THE VEHICLE AGAIN. TS

SRS LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON. DEALER ADVISED THAT WARRANTY IS EXPIRED AND BRING IT IN TO HAVE THEM DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM COST $75.00. MORE THAN LIKELY $500.00 - 600.00 TO CORRECT. I ADVISED THAT I READ AN ARTICLE WHERE IN MOST CASED THE BUSHINGS COUNLD BE CLEANED AND REPLACED AT A CHARGE OF $50.00 - 75.00. SERVICE CLERK CLAIMS NOT TO HAVE EVER HEARD THAT. I HAVE READ, ON YOUR WEB SITE, MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS MALFUNCTION ON MANY HONDA'S. DT