2003 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

THE CAR IS SHIFTING WHILE IN MOTION. TRANSMISSION JUMPS WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR. CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. CERTIFIED TECHICIAN ADVISED US NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR.

I RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE IN AUGUST 2015 FOR THE AIRBAGS. AFTER TAKING MY VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED, WHEN I PICKED IT UP AND DROVE ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE DEALER THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. SO I CALLED THE DEALER ON MY WAY HOME AND TOLD THE SERVICE TECH THAT THE LIGHT WAS ON AND HE SAID TO BRING IT BACK IN THE MORNING. WHEN I GOT TO THE DEALER, THE LIGHT HAD WENT OFF. AND THEY STATED IT HAD TO BE ON BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN LOOK AT IT! SO FOR THE PAST 3 WEEKS I'VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND WITH THIS LIGHT STAYING ON, THEN GOING OFF FOR 10 MINUTES THEN COMING BACK ON. I DON'T THINK MY VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE LIGHT WASN'T ON WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR THE RECALL REPAIR AND NOW IT'S ON? SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT!

DRIVER'S SIDE AXLE SHAFT ASSEMBLY SNAPPED. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THIS OCCURRED WHEN I WAS TAKING A SLOW LEFT TURN.

JUNE 2015: TORQUE CONVERTER: CAR WHEN ACCELERATING SLAMMED OUT OF GEAR AND FELT LIKE WE HAD BEEN REAR-ENDED. CAR WOULDN'T SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. RADIO: RADIO SYSTEM BACK LIGHT BROKE AT 60,000 MILES CURRENT ISSUE: GEAR SHIFT KNOB FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING. DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING CAR AND BUMPED GEAR SHIFT AND WAS ABLE TO SHIFTED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING. CALLED HONDA COMPLAINT LINE TO COMPLAIN AND THERE WAS NO ACTION OR CONCERN REGARDING THE CURRENT ISSUE OF THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB.

THE PAINT OR CLEAR COATING IS PEELING FROM ROOF, HOOD AND TRUNK AREA OF THE CAR. LOOKS LIKE CRAP. IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V370000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V320000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE MAIN ROAD AND I HEARD A NOISE, MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED, I TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES, BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK, THE HAND BRAKES DID NOT WORK EITHER, WAS VERY SCARY. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN IT SUDDENLY STOPPED ON ME. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SERVICED AT HONDA DEALERSHIP AND I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF THIS VEHICLE. I AM SCARED FOR MY SAFETY DRIVING THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE I COULD HAVE ENDED UP IN A BIG ACCIDENT LIKE THE ONE THAT RECENTLY HAPPENED IN SEATTLE TO THE "DUCK TOURIST BUS" BECAUSE OF A BROKEN AXLE. I CONTACTED HONDA ABOUT THIS ISSUE, MENTIONED ABOUT MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE, BUT THEY DID NOT CARE.

TL* THE CONTACT'S CLIENT OWNED A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE THE CLIENT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED HEAD ON INTO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CLIENT SUSTAINED A BROKEN HIP, BROKEN KNEE, BROKEN LEG, CRACKED RIBS, AND INJURIES TO THE FACE THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE OCCUPANT IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS ALSO INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V370000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V37000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

DRIVING AT APPROX 50-55 MPH, MY CAR SUDDENLY AND ABRUPTLY JERKED SEVERAL TIMES, LIKE A SUDDEN HARD BRAKE, THEN LET LOOSE. DID THIS INTERMITTENTLY A FEW TIMES THEN NO MORE ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY. THE NEXT TIME I DROVE IT, IT DID ONE HARD SUDDEN JERK, SO I PULLED OVER. THE CAR DID NOT MOVE IN DRIVE AFTER THAT, HAD TO BE TOWED, SINCE THE FRONT AXLE BROKE FROM THE SUDDEN JERKING. THE JERKING OR BRAKING, AS IT SEEMED, WAS VERY FRIGHTENING AS IT FELT LIKE IT WOULD THROW ME OFF THE ROAD OR SOMEONE FROM BEHIND WOULD HIT ME. THE CAR'S TIRES SQUEALED BECAUSE IT JERKED SO HARD AND IT WOULD THROW MY HEAD AGAINST THE HEAD REST. VERY FRIGHTENING AT 55 MILES AN HOUR!! I TOOK IT IN AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CLUTCH WAS SENDING DEBRIS INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO PLUG UP AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS TRYING TO GO INTO 2 GEARS AT THE SAME TIME CAUSING IT TO STOP SUDDENLY, THEN LET LOOSE. IT DOES THIS AFTER ABOUT 20-30 MINUTES OF DRIVING WHEN IT HAS WARMED UP THE FLUIDS IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REBUILT. THIS SEEMS LIKE A RECALL ISSUE, AS THIS IS COMMON WITH THIS VEHICLE THEY SAID. COULD VERY EASILY CAUSE DEATH OR INJURY IF IT HAPPENS ON ICY ROADS OR IN TRAFFIC!! THANKFULLY I DID NOT HAVE TO DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY AND THAT IT IS NOT WINTER, BECAUSE IT COULD VERY EASILY HAVE THROWN ME INTO ANOTHER CAR OR ANOTHER CAR HIT ME FROM BEHIND OR LOST CONTROL ON AN ICY ROADWAY AND SPUN INTO THE DITCH OR WORSE, BEEN KILLED!! IT VERY MUCH SCARED THE MECHANIC WHEN HE DROVE IT ALSO.