2003 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE THE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS WERE UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V351000 (AIR BAGS) AND 14V700000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,832.

SUBMISSION FROM CONSTITUENT RE 2003 HONDA ACCORD SAFETY RECALLS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE DEALER, IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE AIR BAG ISSUE. *JB

I HAVE A RECALL ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAG. I HAVE CALLED THE HONDA DEALERSHIP IN GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA 7 TIMES AND TRIED SCHEDULING ONLINE 2 TIMES TO HAVE THE RECALL FIXED IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 90 DAYS NOW, AND I HAVE YET TO HAVE THEM CALL BACK WITH A APPOINTMENT. I DRIVE THIS CAR 45 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY DAILY AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE. THE LETTER I WAS SENT IN JANUARY 2015 SAID TO GIVE THE DEALERSHIP 60 DAYS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF NOT ONLY MYSELF BUT OTHER DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS IN THESE VEHICLES. *TR

I WAS ON AN OLD SIX-LANE HIGHWAY WHERE THE SPEEDS WERE 45-50 MPH. MY CAR SUDDENLY FULLY ACCELERATED, JUST AS IF I HAD FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS UNABLE TO BRAKE IT TO A FULL STOP WITHOUT HITTING THE CAR AHEAD OF ME OR GOING THROUGH A RED LIGHT AND FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT PART WAY ONTO A MEDIAN STRIP AND THROW IT INTO PARK AND THEN SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE CAR. A PASSING TAXI DRIVER CHECKED THE ENGINE AND SAID THE THROTTLE WAS STUCK FULLY OPEN. HE WAS ABLE TO FIX THE THROTTLE AND DROVE THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY, WHERE I WAITED FOR A TOW TRUCK. MY MECHANIC RAN COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS ON THE CAR BUT COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. HE WAS ALSO UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM UNTIL ONE OF HIS STAFF EXPERIENCED IT WHILE BACKING UP THE CAR. THE ONLY THING HE COULD PROPOSE WAS TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY, WHICH DID NOT APPEAR TO NEED REPLACING. MY RESEARCHES LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A COMPUTER FAILURE. I NO LONGER OWN THE CAR. *TR

2003 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG RECALL. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HONDA FAILED TO NOTIFIED HIM OF THE RECALL. *JB

2003 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE AND THE RPM WOULD ONLY RUN AT 3,000. *JB

THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE SUDDENLY FAILED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT SLOW SPEED. THE AXLE CRACKED IN HALF AT MID SHAFT AT THE LOCATION OF THE AXLE DAMPER UNDER WHICH THE AXLE HAD CORRODED EVIDENTLY RESULTING IN ITS FAILURE. THIS SUGGESTS THAT WATER (AND SALT IN OUR CLIMATE) CAN COLLECT UNDER THE AXLE DAMPER LEADING TO CORROSION AND POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. *TR

I CAME TO A STOP AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I STARTED UP, TAKING A RIGHT TURN, AND THE ENGINE WENT INTO HIGH RPMS AND LOUD CLINKING NOISES STARTED. I STOPPED IMMEDIATELY AND WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED IN THE INTERSECTION. PUT THE CAR IN PARK, BUT NEW NOISES STARTED, TRIED L1, SAME THING. HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND LEAVE IT AT THE INTERSECTION WITH HAZARD LIGHTS ON, BUT CARS STILL WERE ALMOST REAR-ENDING ME. TOW TRUCK CAME 1.25 HOURS LATER. HARROWING EXPERIENCE BEING STUCK OUT THERE IN THAT INTERSECTION! AUTO REPAIR SHOP CALLED AND SAID THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AND I NEED A NEW ONE. NOW I CAN'T GET TO/FROM SCHOOL! I'VE READ THE 2003 ACCORD HAS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSIONS, SO I GUESS I'M UNFORTUNATELY IN THAT GROUP AS WELL. ANOTHER DEAD HONDA. *TR

CHROME PLATING OF INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE PEELED BACK AND CREATED A THIN SHARP EDGE. WHEN I REACHED FOR THE HANDLE, TO OPEN THE DOOR, I CUT MY MIDDLE FINGER ON THE RAISED CHROME PLATING. I SUFFERED A LACERATION THAT BECAME INFECTED AND ULTIMATELY PUT ME IN THE HOSPITAL. I RECEIVED I.V. ANTIBIOTICS FOR A WEEK AND WILL CONTINUE TAKING ORAL ANTIBIOTICS FOR ANOTHER WEEK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V700000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED TO REMEDY THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 04/13/15*LJ UPDATED 6/29/2015 *JS