2006 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

2006 HONDA ACCORD BOUGHT NEW IN 2007 46K MILES. A/C STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR, TOOK IT TO DEALER BECAUSE OF EXTENDED WARRANTY. WAS TOLD REPAIR WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY BECAUSE CONDENSER WAS PUNCTURE BY ROAD HAZARD. CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN WRECK NOR HAS ANYTHING BEEN RUN OVER, WAS TOLD A SMALL ROCK PUNCTURE THE CONDENSER. INTERNET SEARCH ON THIS ISSUE HAS RETURNED MULTIPLE SITES AND MESSAGE BOARDS CLAIMING THE SAME ISSUE AND THAT HONDA IS NOT COVERING REPAIRS. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THEIR VEHICLES. INTERNET SEARCH ALSO RETURNED A CLASS ACTION SUIT IN PROGRESS SEE SITE WWW.HONDALAWSUIT.COM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND FAILED TO SHUT OFF. THE LIGHT ALSO REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE DEALER RESET IT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER 100,000 MILES. THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE SENSOR WAS RESET ON THREE OCCASIONS; HOWEVER, WITHIN THREE DAYS THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 106,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE BRAKES LOCKED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS DISCOLORED AND CONTAMINATED. THE TECHNICIAN FLUSHED THE BRAKE LINES TWICE AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE BRAKE CALIPERS. THE CONTACT CALLED AN INDEPENDENT TECHNICIAN AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE COMPONENT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND IS WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

2006 HONDA ACCORD WE BOUGHT BRAND NEW 2.5 YEARS AGO. 55,000 MILES AND THE A/C CONDENSER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR $800 DUE TO A PUNCTURE FROM A ROCK. NOT COVERED UNDER HONDA WARRANTIES, NOT CONSIDERED "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR" EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET REGARDS THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL VISITS TO THE DEALER OVER THE PAST YEAR AND HALF WITH POPPING OR CLUNKING NOISES IN THE BRAKES. ALSO, SEVERAL TIMES THE CAR JUDDERED WHEN STOPPING. THE FRONT ROTORS WERE TURNED AT APPROX. IN FEB. '08, @27000 MILES, AND AGAIN AT APPROX. IN AUG. OR SEP '08@ 38,000 MILES PLUS THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. ON DEC. 26, 2008 JUDDERED EXITING THE INTERSTATE TO STOP FOR LUNCH. AFTER STOPPING FOR LUNCH, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL LOCKED UP ON ME 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE CLOSEST HONDA DEALERSHIP. THE ONLY THING THEY FOUND WAS CONTAMINATION IN THE BRAKE LINES. I DROVE THE CAR FROM THIS DEALERSHIP HOME AND TO THE DEALER WHERE ALL OF THE SERVICE HAS BEEN DONE. THEY FLUSHED THE BRAKE LINES ON MONDAY, DEC. 29. TOLD ME TO RETURN IN 500 MILES AND THEY WOULD FLUSH THE LINES AGAIN. LESS THAN 150 MILES LATER, THE RIGHT FRONT LOCKED UP ON ME AGAIN ON FRI. JAN. 2, 2009. ONCE AGAIN, I TOOK MY CAR TO HONDA ON SAT. 3, 09. THEY FLUSHED THE LINES AGAIN, CHECKED EVERYTHING, TURNED THE REAR ROTORS, DROVE THE CAR 323 MILES WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME TO BE CAREFUL AND TOLD ME TO RETURN IF THE BRAKES ACTED UP AGAIN. ALL THE TIME THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE IN WORKING ORDER AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE GOING AROUND A CORNER OFF A HIGHWAY MY REAR DRIVERSIDE TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING MY CAR TO GO OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD HITTING A SIGN AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE DRIVER SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. *TR

A/C STOPPED WORKING. WAS TOLD THAT ROAD DEBRIS DAMAGED THE CONDENSER UNIT, THOUGH THERE WAS NO INCIDENT OF ME HITTING ROAD DEBRIS THAT WAS VISIBLE. THUS A "ROAD HAZARD" NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY, ACCORDING TO DEALER. COST TO REPAIR: $550. UNIT IS LOW TO THE GROUND, VULNERABLE TO DAMAGE. NUMEROUS WEBSITES NOTE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR DAMAGE WITH OTHER ACCORD YEARS AND MODELS, NOT COVERED, COSTING APPROX. SAME AMOUNT. SOMETIMES DAMAGE RECURS. HONDA SHOULD PROVIDE A SHIELD TO PROTECT THIS VULNERABLE PART. THE SAME PART ALSO ACTIVATES INTERIOR DEFROSTER, WHICH WILL NOT WORK IF CONDENSER IS DAMAGED. THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AS VISIBILITY IS REDUCED. MY DEPENDENTS HAVE ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES, AND THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THEM DRIVING IN A VERY HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE OF THE HOUSTON AREA. THERE IS NO SHIELD OR OTHER DEVICE OFFERED BY HONDA TO KEEP THE SAME DAMAGE FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. I DRIVE CAREFULLY AND KEEP MY CAR WELL-MAINTAINED. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH ANY OBJECT ON THE ROAD SURFACE IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO THIS CONDENSER UNIT EVEN NON-VISIBLE SMALL ROCKS OR PEBBLES. *TR

I AM A POLICE OFFICER IN THE NORTHEAST OHIO AREA. IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS I'VE COME IN CONTACT WITH A DESIGN FLAW PERTAINING TO THE NEWER MODEL HONDA VEHICLES. ON AT LEAST 10 SEPARATE OCCASIONS I'VE HAD TO ADVISE DRIVERS OF HONDA VEHICLES TO TURN ON THEIR LIGHTS. DURING FOG, RAIN AND NIGHT TIME DRIVING THESE VEHICLES WERE DRIVING WITH ONLY THE DAYTIME DRIVING LIGHTS ON. IN MY OPINION THE FLAW IS THAT THE DAYTIME DRIVING LIGHTS COME ON AUTOMATICALLY AND ALSO ACTIVATE THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATION, SO THE DRIVER OF THE CAR THINKS THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. HOWEVER, THE ONLY LIGHTS THAT ARE ON, ARE THE DAYTIME DRIVING LIGHTS, THERE ARE NO TAILLIGHTS, NO SIDEMARKER LIGHTS OR THE HEADLIGHTS THAT ARE ON. PRACTICALLY THE VEHICLE IS DRIVING BLACKED OUT IN THE ABOVE LISTED WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THEREFORE CREATES A HAZARD TO THE OCCUPANTS AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. I BELIEVE THIS DESIGN FLAW CREATES A SUBSTANTIAL RISK TO THE PEOPLE ON THE ROAD AS WELL AS THE OWNERS OF THOSE HONDA VEHICLES. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT REPORTING THE PROBLEM BUT I WILL ALSO SEND A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO HONDA AND HOPE THAT THEY WILL ADDRESS THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2006 HONDA ACCORD, WITH A 4 CYLINDER ENGINE AND 5 SPEED MANUAL. THE CAR IS A LX SPECIAL EDITION, WITH A 2.4 LITER, 4 CYLINDER. THE CAR HAS BURNED EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL SINCE DAY ONE. IT BURNS MORE THAN 2 QUARTS OF OIL BETWEEN EACH OIL CHANGE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO THE THIN OIL THAT IS REQUIRED AND THAT IT WAS JUST THE BREAK IN, BUT IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE. I HAVE RUN THE FACTORY HONDA OIL AND FILTER AND THE PROBLEM KEEPS GETTING WORSE. THIS OIL CHANGE I TRIED MOBIL 1 SYNTHETIC OIL IN THE RECOMMENDED WEIGHT, BUT IT DID NOT HELP. THE OIL IS AT 50% AND THE CAR HAS ALREADY BURNED OVER 1 QUART OF OIL WITH JUST OVER 20,000 MILES ON THE CAR. I HAVE DONE ALL OF THE REQUIRED OIL CHANGES AT THE PROPER INTERVALS. THE CARS TRANSMISSION IS ALSO ABNORMALLY STIFF WHEN IT IS WARMING UP. A FRIEND OF MINE WAS ABLE TO INSIST THAT THEY REBUILD HIS MANUAL TRANSMISSION FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THE EXCESSIVE OIL BURNING IS THE PROBLEM I AM WRITING ABOUT THOUGH. *TR

LEFT A LIGHT AND MADE A LEFT-HAND TURN WHEN THE TRANSMISSION "DISENGAGED." (HAD REVS, NO MOVEMENT.) D3 WOULD NOT WORK, D2 GOT IT GOING AGAIN. NEVER COULD GET IT TO WORK IN D3 OR D ON THE WAY HOME (ABOUT 5 MILES). STOPPED ONCE AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE, BUT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. LEFT IT SIT FOR A WHILE AT HOME (2 H), AND TRIED AGAIN; SAME PROBLEM. HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER AND LEFT IT THERE FOR A WEEK. THEY USED IT FOR 39 MILES BUT DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. *TR