2002 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXHIBITING ABNORMAL NOISES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE IN THE FRONT. UPON INSPECTION AT A LOCAL FIRESTONE AUTOCARE CENTER, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SUB FRAME WAS ROTTED AWAY AND READY TO COLLAPASE. I WAS TOLD AT THE HONDA DEALER IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. THIS CAR IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION YET THE FRAME IS ROTTED THROUGH . IM TOLD ITS DUE TO HONDAS DESIGN AND THAT THE A/C DRAIN HOSE IS LIKELY THE CULPRIT. DONT THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE CONSUMERS WHO TRUST THEM AND BUY THEIR PRODUCT TO INFORM THEM OF SOMETHING SO DANGEROUS

THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPORTED AS FAILING DUE TO CODES P0705 AND P0706. MY LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP STATED IT WOULD COST $4800 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS APPARENTLY A LONG STANDING ISSUE WITH THESE MODELS. *TR

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V260000 (AIR BAGS ). THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL BUT STATED IN THE RECALL BEGAN TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE A SECOND TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS. 66,000. AP

A LOUD, CLUNKING SOUND BEGAN WHEN I WOULD GO OVER UNEVEN ROAD OR BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THAT LOUD, CLUNKING NOISE APPEARING WHEN I WOULD TURN THE VEHICLE TO THE LEFT AND WHEN I WOULD GO OVER BUMPS. FINALLY, THE LOUD, CLUNKING NOISE WAS HEARD AT ALL TIMES DRIVING, ONLY COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. WHEN MY MECHANIC, WHO SPECIALIZES IN FOREIGN CARS, INSPECTED MY CAR HE SAID THE REAR SUBFRAME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS RUSTED ALMOST COMPLETELY THROUGH AND WAS KNOCKING ON THE REST OF THE FRAME/BEAM ON THAT SIDE. HE INDICATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING DRAIN TUBE IS DIRECTLY ABOVE THIS SPOT. WHEN I ASKED HOW THE SUBFRAME LOOKED ON THE DRIVER SIDE, MY MECHANIC REPLIED THAT IT LOOKED GOOD AS NEW. I CONCLUDE THAT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND WEATHER ELEMENTS COULD NOT BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH RUSTING ON ONE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE - THAT RUST DAMAGE WOULD BE ON BOTH SIDES. I BELIEVE THAT THE LOCATION OF THE A/C DRAIN TUBE IS MAJORLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DAMAGE AND SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY HONDA ($1500-$2000 ESTIMATE). I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE MY SAFETY WHILE IN MY VEHICLE NOW AND NEED TO REPAIR THIS SOON AS I AM AFRAID IT WILL COMPLETELY FALL APART SOON AND VERY LIKELY CAUSE A CRASH. I DO NOT SEE ANY RECALLS OF THE 2002 HONDA ACCORD, BUT MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THE VERY SAME PROBLEM - WHICH WAS FIXED ON LATER MODEL ACCORDS. *TR

CAR PAINT STARTED PEELING YEARS AGO ... PEELING AND FLAKING OFF. IF STARTED WITH A CRACKLY WHITE SURFACE AND JUST FESTERED AND GREW TO THE DISGUSTING EMBARRASSING MESS THAT IT IS TODAY. THE TOP OF THE CAR NEAR THE BACK WINDOW AND THE TOP OF THE BACK TRUNK ARE THE WORST SPOTS. I IGNORED THE PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS (CALL ME NAIVE, BUT I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE IT). THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT AND HONDA NEEDS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.

COMING TO A YIELD, WAS CLEAR, ACCELERATED VEHICLE IN D4, VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE, RPMS 2000, 30 SEC LATER GEAR ENGAGE, SPINNING FRONT TIRES, ROAD WAS NOT CLEAR AT THIS TIME, HAD TO APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE ALONG WITH PEDAL BRAKE TO KEEP FROM HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS WAS NOT A SAFE SITUATION. THIS VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD WHEN STOPPING, SHIFTING HARD. NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *JB

DURING A REGULAR OIL CHANGE AT A FIRESTONE AUTO CARE STORE ON 9/12/2009, THE STORE INSISTED THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE MY CAR BRAKE PADS REPLACED. THEN, ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE FIRESTONE STORE AFTER THE OIL-CHANGE AND BRAKE SERVICES, MY NEW BRAKES STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. FIRESTONE DID NOT TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED TO MY NEW BRAKES WHEN I RETURNED TO THE STORE NEXT DAY. I LATER ON LEARNED THAT 1) FIRESTONE HAD INSTALLED INCORRECT BRAKE PADS ON MY CAR ON 9/12/2009 AND 2) THEIR MECHANICS HAD KEPT THE INCORRECT BRAKE PADS ON MY CAR DURING MY RETURN VISIT ON 9/13/2009. THEN, IN MAY OF 2012, I STARTED HEARING NOISES FROM THE BRAKES AGAIN. FIRESTONE INSPECTED MY BRAKES AND INSISTED THAT THEY DID NOTHING WRONG DURING MY SEPTEMBER OF 2009 VISITS AND THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE 1) MY BRAKE CALIPER SYSTEM REPLACED, 2) THE ROTORS REPLACED, 3) THE 2009 FIRESTONE-INSTALLED INCORRECT BRAKE PADS REPLACED WITH THE SAME INCORRECT BUT NEW BRAKE PADS. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE HONDA DEALER AND LEARNED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKE CALIPER SYSTEM AND THAT THE INCORRECT BRAKE PADS HAD CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ROTOR. I REPORTED THESE ISSUES TO FIRESTONE'S CUSTOMER CARE DEPARTMENT AND THEY NEVER RESPONDED TO MY COMPLAINT. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND THE INCORRECT BRAKE PADS FIRESTONE INSTALLED IN 2009 ARE STILL ON MY CAR. SINCE 1600 FIRESTONE AUTO CARE STORES IN US SHARE THE SAME AUTO PARTS SYSTEM, THESE STORES MUST HAVE INSTALLED THE INCORRECT BRAKE PADS ON MANY CARS BETWEEN 9/12/2009 AND 6/2/2012 AND PUT MANY MOTORISTS AT DANGER. SINCE THEIR CUSTOMER-CARE DEPARTMENT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO INVESTIGATE AND RESPOND TO MY COMPLAINT AND NOT TO DO A GENERAL RECALL OF CARS WHOSE BRAKE PADS FIRESTONE HAS REPLACED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO PUT THEIR COMPANY'S PROFIT AHEAD OF MOTORISTS' SAFETY AND THEIR WELL BEINGS. CAN YOU HELP? *TT

THE SUBFRAME THAT SUPPORTS THE ENGINE/TRANSAXLE AND THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS RUSTING THROUGH ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS CAN RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE DURING OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE, AND APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON DEFECT IN THIS GENERATION OF ACCORDS. MOST MECHANICS ATTRIBUTE THE CAUSE OF THE DEFECT TO THE LOCATION OF THE AIRCONDITIONER DRAIN TUBE THAT DRIPS CONDENSATION ONTO THE SUBFRAME WHILE IT IS RUNNING. *TR

WHEN IAM TRAVELING WITH MY AND MY WIFE BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IN MY HONDA ACCORD 2002 GEARS ARE NOT CHANGING .AS HONDA COMPANY KNOW ABT THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE ( LIKE KNOW ISSUE) AND FOR FIXING THIS WE NEED TO SPEND ALMOST 5000$ .BUT WE CAN'T IF HONDA COMPANY KNOW THIS IS COMMON ISSUE WHY THEY ARE NOT RECALLING THOSE TYPES OF CARS. *TR