2006 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR EAGLE GT TIRES, SIZE: 225/45ZR/17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES EXHIBITED SMALL CRACKS ON THE SIDEWALL. THE TIRES WERE TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC BUT TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,500 AND THE THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

WHILE ACCELERATING TO HIGHWAY SPEED (65) MY CAR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FELL OUT OF GEAR AND THE ENGINE RACED TO 6K RPMS AND WAS UNABLE TO CATCH GEAR AGAIN WITH PATTING THE GAS PEDDLE. IT WAS ALMOST AS IF THE CARS BRAKE WAS ON BECAUSE THERE WAS ALMOST NO GLIDE. I WAS JUST BARELY ABLE TO GET OFF TO THE SHOULDER AND NOT BE REAR-ENDED AT HIGH SPEED. I TURNED OFF THE CAR FOR A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED IT BACK UP AND IT WAS ABLE TO PROGRESS THROUGH SHIFTING BUT IS NOW UNABLE TO ADVANCE ABOVE 50 MILES PER HOUR DUE TO IT NOT BEING ABLE TO SHIFT HIGHER. IT IS ALSO FALLING OUT OF GEAR WHEN IDLING. I KEPT REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON MY CAR AND CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID ABOUT 15K MILES BEFORE I EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE. I AM BEING TOLD BY A TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT THE PROBLEM IS LIKELY WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND I WILL LIKELY N NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AT THE TUNE OF ~$4000.00 NEEDLESS TO SAY I FEEL THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD AND PROBABLY CAUSED BY ORIGINAL PARTS BEING LOW QUALITY OR POORLY DESIGNED. *TR

I'VE EXPERIENCED MANY ISSUES WITH MY BRAKES SINCE MY CAR HIT 99,000 MILES. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE BRAKES EVERY 20,000 MILES AND NOW I HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE MY CAR WOULD NOT STOP. THE ENGINE SEEMED TO JUST GO DEAD AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE THE CAR. I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE FREEWAY. THE CAR DID NOT WANT TO STOP WHEN I WAS APPROACHING THE RED LIGHT AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT WOULD ONLY GO 5 MPH. I PULLED OFF THE STREET, STOPPED THE CAR AND TURNED IT OFF. I STARTED IT AGAIN AND IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL BUT I IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I HAVE 5 OR MORE SENSORS THAT ARE FAILING, INCLUDING THE THROTTLE. THEY SAID IT WAS UNSAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE AND THE CAR IS STILL THERE. SAID IT WILL COST AT LEAST $1300 TO FIX AND THAT MAY NOT FIX IT. I TRIED TO REPORT PREVIOUS BRAKING ISSUES TO AMERICAN HONDA IN DECEMBER 2011 AND THEY DISMISSED MY COMPLAINT. TOLD ME I NEEDED TO DEAL WITH THE DEALERSHIP. ORIGINALLY, I THOUGHT THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T FIX THE BRAKES AND JUST CHARGED ME FOR A SERVICE THEY DIDN'T PERFORM. NOW, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IT'S A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, WHICH IS WHAT I WAS TOLD TODAY. *TR

I NOTICED MY VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FLUID ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. LATER MY STEERING STARTED TO GET RIGID AND MAKE NOISES. WHILE I WAS DRIVING I STARTED TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE CLOSET SHOP AND I WAS TOLD THAT MY HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS LEAKING OIL ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND WAS DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING BECAUSE OF A FIRE. AFTER, I FIXED MY VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE ON THE 2003-07, V6 HONDA ACCORDS. ACCORDING TO THE HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN THE RECALL WAS THE SAME HOSE BY JUST A PART NUMBER APART. BECAUSE MY HONDA ACCORD IN A 4 CYLINDER IT WAS NOT SHOWN AS BEING ELIGIBLE TO BE FIXED BY HONDA. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HONDA!! *TR

MY 2006 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 WAS TAKEN ON A TRIP. THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRIP, DARK SMOKED POURED INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE INTERIOR VENTS AND ALSO CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF DARK SMOKE WAS INVOLVED AND ALSO HAD A DISTINCT SMELL OF BURNING. IT APPEARED AS THOUGH THE CAR WAS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE. WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF OF THE ROAD, JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR, AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A NEARBY HONDA DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED TO SAY THE HIGH PRESSURE HOSE HAD A HOLE IN IT WHICH CAUSED FLUID TO LEAK ONTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. HE SAID THE PUMP SEALS WERE LEAKING AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE WERE WITHOUT A CAR FOR TWO AND A HALF DAYS WHILE ON VACATION. LATER FOUND OUT APPLETREE HONDA IN FLETCHER NC CHARGED $314 FOR A USED PUMP, THOUGH NEVER TELLING US IT WAS USED. THE HOSE COST $136.43, ALONG WITH OTHER BELTS, ETC... WE LEFT WITH A $914.00 BILL. *TR

MY FIANCEE, HER BROTHER, OUR 22-MONTH OLD SON , AND MYSELF WERE ON THE HIGHWAY (270S) TO REAGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 6:30 PM WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN, WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, AND STARTED SHAKING. NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING ON I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR. I WALKED AROUND THE CAR AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I GOT BACK IN THE CAR, STARTED THE ENGINE AND STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL WITHOUT MUCH OF AN ACCELERATION. WE CALLED A FRIEND WHO IS A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS PROBABLY A SPARK PLUG ISSUE. WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR THE NEXT DAY TO HIS SHOP AND THE DIAGNOSTICS WAS CYLINDER MISFIRING. IT TURNED OUT THAT A SPARK PLUG BECAME LOOSE,MELTED, AND DESTROYED THE CYLINDER. HE FIXED THE TREADS WHERE THE SPARK PLUG SCREWS INTO THE ENGINE BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT PRESSURIZE. HE WENT INSIDE THE ENGINE AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE LOT OF LOOSE DEBRIS IN THE ENGINE AND THE SMOOTH SURFACE AGAINST WHICH THE CYLINDER GLIDES IN THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED AND WAS VERY ROUGH. HIS RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REPLACE THE ENGINE, WHICH HE IS CURRENTLY DOING FOR A MINIMUM OF $2500 OUT OF POCKET SINCE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. I HOPE THIS SOLVES THE PROBLEM. OUR CAR IS WELL-MAINTAINED AND ALL THE FACTORY-RECOMMENDED SERVICES HAVE BEEN DONE. WE WERE NEVER TOLD BY THE DEALERS THAT THE SPARK PLUGS CAN BECOME LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE CHECKED. I DID AN ONLINE SEARCH AND IT TURNED OUT THAT MANY HONDA OWNERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE 6-CYLINDER VEHICLES (ACCORDS/ODYSSEY) HAVE THE LOOSE SPARK PLUG PROBLEM AND ALMOST ALWAYS AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, HE NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ALSO, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE READING INCREASED AND IMMEDIATELLY AFTER THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE EMITTING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. AFTER PLACING THE VEHICLE IN PARK THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED POWER STEERING FLUID SPRAYING OUT OF THE POWER STEERING HOSE WHICH WAS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. IN ADDITION, THE ALTERNATOR BELT WAS SHREDDED AT THE EDGES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS HOME AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V222000 (STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS) THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,885.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V222000 (STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

SMELLED SMOKE IN INTERIOR COMPARTMENT AS OF I WAS ABOUT TO PARK THE CAR. GOT OUT OF THE CAR WITH ALL PASSENGERS.. THEN SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE WAS IN FLAMES. BY-STANDARDS GRABBED EXTINGUISHERS (4) IN TOTAL BUT DID NOT PUT THE FLAMES OUT. FIRE DEPT CAME, CUT OPEN THE HOOD AND PUT IT OUT WITH WATER. FRONT BUMPER AND HEADLIGHTS HAD MELTED COMPLETELY. BATTERY AND FUSE BOX NEARLY GONE AND NOTHING BUT BARE WIRES ALL OVER THE ENGINE. EVEN THE HEAD COVER ALL MELTED. *TR