1997 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR STALLED (NO POWER) WITHOUT WARNING. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN THREE VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP BEFORE BEING REPAIRED. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY IGNITION WAS BAD ON THE LAST VISIT (THE MECHANIC HAD TROUBLE STARTING THE CAR). NO PROBLEM EXCEPT THAT I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM STARTING THE CAR, EVEN AFTER HAVING TO START THE CAR AND MOVE IT AT THE DEALERSHIP ON THE DAY OF THE REPAIR. WHEN I INITIALLY DECLINED THE REPAIR SOLUTION (UNBELIEVABLE) I ASKED TO TALK TO THE MANAGER. THE MANAGER NEVER SPOKE TO ME BUT DID ADJUST THE PRICE DOWN BETTER THAN $50 AND MADE THE REPAIR WITHOUT MY CONSENT. I PAID RELUCTANTLY INFORMING THEM THAT IF THIS HAPPENED AGAIN THEY HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM ON THEIR HANDS. I THOUGHT ONLY TO USE THE INTERNET TO FIND IF THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITHOUT HAVING BEEN RECALLED. SOMEONE MAY HAVE LOST LOST THEIR LIFE OR WILL LOOSE THEIR LIFE. MY CAR HAS NOT STALLED SINCE BEING REPAIRED. MY LAST THREE CARS WERE HONDA ACCORDS. I DON'T THINK FUTURE PURCHASES WILL BE.*AK

WHILE PARKING INSIDE OF THE PARKING LOT AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WENT FORWARD WITH SPEED AND HIT A POLE.*AK

ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK FOR THE SECOND TIME, FIRST WHILE PULLING IN TO PARK ENGINE REVVED AND BRAKE WAS APPLIED, VEHICLE RAN INTO LARGE BOULDER, CAUSING $ 4000.00 DAMAGE. ALSO, ON 5 APRIL 2002 AT SLOW SPEED ENGINE REVVED, BRAKE WAS APPLIED, AND CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. VEHICLE HIT A CEMENT POST, CAUSING $ 6100.00 DAMAGE. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER DUE TO SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST DURING ACCELERATION, THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK A SECOND TIME IN WHICH THE DEALER REMOVED THE HEADS AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS EXCESSIVE SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE IN WHICH THE ENGINE WOULD NEED REPLACED, THE DEALER WOULD NOT MAKE REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AND ENDED UP IN BACK SEAT. FIRST SHE WENT FORWARD AND BOUNCED BACK, AND ENDED UP IN REAR OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER HIT STEERING WHEEL, AND SUSTAINED HEAD/ EYE, AND NECK INJURIES. *AK

ON APRIL 9, 2002 AS I WAS PARKING INTO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX DRIVE, GOING ABOUT 5 MPH PARKING IN A SPACE. MY 1997 HONDA ACCORD SE ACCELERATED FORWARD INSTEAD OF STOPPING. THE CAR JUMPED THE PARKING MEDIAN AND I ENDED UP IN SOME BRUSHES AND ON ONE OF THE APARTMENT PATIO BALCONIES. PRAISE GOD, THE BRUSHES WAS THERE WHICH SLOWED THE SPEED AND DID NOT CAUSE MORE DAMAGE THAN IT DID. THE CAR PICKED ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED, I WOULD SAY ABOUT 30-45 OR MORE MPH. IT SOUNDED LOUD LIKE AN ACCELERATOR JUST PICKED UP VERY HIGH SPEED.*AK

WHILE BRAKING TO PARK, ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND TOOK OFF OUT OF CONTROL, FORCING VEHICLE INTO SOME BUSHES AND A PRIVATE PATIO DECK BEFORE STOPPING. ONE INJURY WAS SUSTAINED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK ONE PERSON WAS INJURED. *TT

WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING STOLEN, THE ALARM DID NOT SOUND OFF. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. *AK *YH

1ST ACCIDENT OF 2 INVOLVING HONDA ACCORD. BOTH ACCIDENTS HAPPENED WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF EACH OTHER IN DIFFERENT TOWNS. BOTH DRIVERS OF THE 97 AND 98 ACCORDS SAID WHEN THEY WERE PASSING A VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. STEERING LINKAGES AND SUSPENSION PARTS WERE INSPECTED AND CHECKED OUT FINE. UNKNOWN IF STEERING COLUMN HAS A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM OF LOCKING UP. STEERING COLUMN WAS TURNING FINE AT INVESTIGATION. NLM

SRS LIGHT APPEAED ON DASHBOARD FOURTH TIME WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK