2003 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TRAVELING NORTH ON I-83 FROM BALTIMORE TO PENNSYLVANIA, THE CAR STARTED JERKING VIOLENTLY, AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, FRONT WHEELS QUIT ROTATING (LOCKED?). WE WERE THROWN FORWARD AGAINST OUR SEATBELTS, THE REAR OF THE CAR JUMPING SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT. GRATEFULLY, TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT. WE SHIFTED GEARS ON THE CONSOLE BACK AND FORTH AND GOT THE CAR MOVING AGAIN, TAKING THE MIDDLETOWN RD. EXIT, PULLED OFF THE ROAD, CHECKED TRANSMISSION FLUID, READ THE CAR MANUAL. HALF-HOUR LATER, WE CONTINUED SLOWLY, BUT AFTER A FEW MILES, THE CAR BEGAN JERKING AGAIN, SLOWING, SOMETIMES STOPPING. WE WERE ABLE TO GET HOME WITH HAZARD LIGHTS FLASHING, LETTING CARS PASS BY PULLING TO THE SIDE. THIS WAS EARLY AFTERNOON, VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC, AND WE WERE NOT FAR FROM HOME. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER WHO SAID TRANSMISSION FAILURE, NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW IN 2003, MAINTAINED IT PER MANUFACTURE SUGGESTIONS, AND HAD NO PRIOR PROBLEMS OR INDICATION THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING AS THE CAR WAS RUNNING AS SMOOTHLY AS IT HAS SINCE IT WAS NEW. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSING RAPID DECELERATION IN THE MIDDLE LANES OF AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, I-95. *TR

I PURCHASED MY HONDA IN AL IN 2006. IN 2012, I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE POWER STEERING FEED HOSE. ONLY 1 DEALERSHIP WHERE I LIVE. I TOOK MY CAR TO HAVE THEM INSPECT AND REPLACE THE EXISTING POWER STEERING FEED HOSE UNTIL THE NEW HOSES COULD BE MADE. A YOUNG MAN TO MY INFO AND I SAT NEXT TO MY CAR. THIS MAN SAID; "YOUR POWER STEERING PUMP IS SHOT AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO NEED TO BE REPLACED OVER $600.00. THIS MAN LOOKED AT ANOTHER MAN AND SAID;'THIS WOMAN IS DIFFICULT.. THE OTHER MAN TOOK THE PAPERS, OPENED MY HOOD AND DID SEE THE STEERING FLUID LEAKING AND SAID THE PART WAS NOT IN AND THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR THE TEMPORARY FIX BUT ASSURED ME I WOULD BE NEXT IN LINE. NEVER HAPPENED! I CALLED CORPORATE TO ISSUE A COMPLAINT. I TOLD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO NOTE IN MY RECORDS, "I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO THEM BECAUSE THEY LIE. BUT KNOW, WHEN THE PART DOES COME IN, THEY WILL CHARGE CORPORATE. A FEW MONTHS LATER, I CALLED CORPORATE BACK THEIR RECORDS SHOW THEY DID IN FACT CHARGE FOR A REPAIR TO MY AUTOMOBILE THAT NEVER TOOK PLACE. I WAS TOLD BY CORPORATE THAT THERE WAS NO ONE THAT COULD DO THE REPAIR BUT THE DEALERSHIP. I SAID; "I HAVE SOMEONE WHO I KNOW IS HONEST AND HAS WORKED ON HONDA AUTOMOBILES FOR OVER 20 YEARS. WOULD YOU JUST SEND ME THE NEW PART AND LET HIM REPLACE IT? SHE SAID; "NO! WE WILL HAVE AN ARBITRATOR WORK WITH YOU AND THE DEALERSHIP. NO WAY! I AM DEMANDING TO RECEIVE A FREE POWER-STEERING FEED HOSE REPAIR KIT. OF COURSE WITH THE YEAR OF DRIVING I WILL NOW HAVE TO HAVE THE POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED.. I JUST READ ANOTHER RECALL IS ISSUED ON THE PASSENGER AIR BAG.

THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE OCCURRED MORE BUT I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT AND ONLY DO SO WHEN NECESSARY NOW. I LIVE OFF A ONE LANE HIGHWAY ON THE MOUNTAINS AND SHOULD THIS HAPPEN WITH SOMEONE RIGHT BEHIND ME, I FEAR MY LIFE BEING IN JEOPARDY. *TR

2003 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO POWER STEERING FEED HOSE LEAK RECALL AND SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT. *SMD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM IF THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V353000 (AIR BAGS) AND 14V351000 (AIR BAGS). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED THE AIRBAG LIGHT IN THE DASH DOESN'T ALWAYS GO OUT. THIS IS INTERMITTENT, OCCURS MORE OFTEN ON RAINY DAYS, AND WHEN SERVICED MECHANIC SAID IT WAS PROBABLY THE SENSOR, BUT WHEN PUT ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE, SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. NOW THERE'S A RECALL BUT ONLY IN HUMID STATES(?). WHAT ON EARTH IS RAIN BUT HIGH HUMIDITY? ADDITIONALLY I BOUGHT ALL OF MY HONDAS (3) USED SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE ORIGINALLY SOLD IN A "KNOWN HUMID STATE". *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WARMER CAUSED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO THE DRIVER'S BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,844. .... UPDATED 08/05/14 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICL WAS INSPECTED BY BOB LINDSAY HONDA THE MALFUNCTION COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE HEATERS MUST BE FOUND DEFECTIVE BY HONDA DEALERSHIP IN ORDER FOR ACTION TO BE TAKEN. UPDATED 08/11/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS LEAKING FLUID AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL WINDING NOISE FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V222000 (STEERING) THE FOLLOWING DAY AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABNORMAL NOISE PERSISTED EVEN AFTER THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE CONTACT?S INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAD ALSO FAILED AS A RESULT OF LACK OF FLUID. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE INITIAL POWER STEERING HOSE FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILING. THE DEALER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE REPAIR WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL AND ANY FURTHER REPAIRS TO THE POWER STEERING COMPONENT WOULD BE AT HIS EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THEY WOULD TAKE NO LIABILITY FOR THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX REAR-ENDED A GMC 2005 GMC ENVOY GOING AT WHAT THE DRIVER ESTIMATES IS 35 MILES PER HOUR. THE ACCORD'S PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT. DRIVER WAS WEARING SEATBELT AT THE TIME. DRIVER DOES NOT RECALL ANYTHING OCCURRING DIRECTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT BUT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND DIAGNOSED WITH A CONCUSSION. *TR