2006 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TOOK A ROAD TRIP ON I40E TO WINSTON SALEM (3 HR. EACH WAY), WHILE DRIVING BACK THE AC STOPPED WORKING. TOOK IT TO APPLE TREE HONDA AND THEY STATED A ROCK HAD PUNCTURED THE CONDENSER AND IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS COST OVER $400.00 TO REPAIR, AND IS A MAJOR FRONT END DESIGN FLAW, THIS COMPANY NEEDS TO RECALL ALL OF THESE VEHICLES AND PUT COVERS OVER THE HOLES IN THE FRONT GRILL AREA. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, IT IS A $200.00 FIX OR LESS FOR THEM, AND I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER HONDA FOR $28K WHEN THEY CAN'T EVEN CORRECT THEIR OWN MISTAKES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW RATTLES. THE DEALER LUBRICATED THE WINDOW. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER DOES NOT BLOW COLD AIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE AIR WAS NOT COLD BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS BLACK AND THE FILTER WAS CLOGGED. THE VIN AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5.

AN UNKNOWN ROAD DEBRIS (SMALL PEBBLE) STRUCK THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE (REGULAR EVENT), CAUSING AC UNIT TO FAIL. THE DEALER FOUND THAT A PEBBLE PUNCTURED A HOLE IN AC CONDENSER. THIS IS BRAND NEW CAR. REPAIR COST $700 AND IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. IN FACT, AC CONDENSER IS EXPOSED TO INCOMING FLOW AND IS NOT PROTECTED. APPARENTLY THE CONDENSER IS ALSO VERY FRAGILE. HONDA SAID THAT IT IS NORMAL. I THINK IT IS NOT. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, AT LEAST BY PROVIDING FREE REPAIR OF THIS UNDUE DAMAGE. *JB

I WAS IN A HIGH SPEED MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH ALONG WITH A COWORKER THAT I CAR POOL WITH IN THE 2006 ACCORD WHEN A DOG RAN OUT IN FRONT OF THE CAR AT 4:30 AM ON THE HIGHWAY ON MY WAY TO WORK. I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70-75 MPH, BRAKED AND SWERVED, BUT STILL HIT THE DOG AT HIGH SPEED. THE DOG WAS OF MEDIUM TO LARGE SIZE APPROXIMATELY 60-70 LBS AND CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER. I THEN LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR, WENT OF THE ROAD , AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED AT LEAST 3 TIMES. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED A GREAT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER AS WELL AS TO THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR, YET NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I WAS TOLD BY MY HONDA DEALERSHIP THAT "THE SENSORS FOR THE AIRBAGS WERE VERY SMALL AND MUST BE HIT DIRECTLY IN ORDER FOR THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY, SO THE SENSORS MUST NOT HAVE BEEN HIT JUST RIGHT , AND THERE WAS PROBABLY NO REASON TO BE CONCERNED. HOWEVER, ANYONE WHO SAW THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR, INCLUDING STATE TROOPERS, EMS, TOW TRUCK DRIVERS, AS WELL AS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, ALL STATED THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED IN THIS INSTANCE. I DID NOT FIND THAT THESE AIRBAGS TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL IF WHAT THE PERSON AT THE HONDA DEALERSHIP SAID WAS TRUE. BOTH MY PASSENGER AND I SUFFERED WHIPLASH, BACK AND NECK STRAIN, AND MILD CONCUSSIONS, THANKFULLY THAT WAS ALL. HOWEVER I COULD NOT HELP BUT WONDER IF THE AIRBAGS WOULD HAVE SAVED US FROM THE INJURIES WE DID SUSTAIN. THE CAR WAS TOTALED BY INSURANCE COMPANY . THEREFORE, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE. I AM DEBATING WHETHER TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH HONDA REGARDING A POSSIBLE DEFECT IN AIRBAG SENSORS.*AK

SAME ANNOYING GLASS WITHIN THE INSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR OCCASIONALLY STARTS MOVING RAPIDLY UP AND DOWN WITHIN THE PLASTIC HOUSING WHILE DRIVING AND EVEN OVER THE SMALLEST PARKING LOT SURFACE CRACKS. THIS IS CONSTANT FOR A FEW MINUTES OF HALF OF THE ENTIRE TRIP. MAKES THE REARVIEW ALMOST USELESS AND ALSO THE DRIVER POSSIBLY DIZZY. SURPRISED THAT MAKING THE REARVIEW UNEXPECTEDLY USELESS ISN'T ENOUGH OF A SAFETY ISSUE TO DRAFT SOME ATTENTION. MY DEALER LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY AND DENIED ANY POSSIBILITY OF HOW THIS COULD BE TRUE, INTERMITTENTLY. ZONE REP USELESS. I FOUND THIS SIMILAR COMPLAINT, THANK GOD I AM NOT ALONE - AND LOOK SAME MODEL AND YEAR ! - CUT AND PASTED IT HERE : COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10159064 SUMMARY: DURING HOT WEATHER THE MIRROR SECTION OF THE INSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR BECAME LOOSE AND BEGAN TO VIBRATE, I PUSHED ON THE MIRROR SECTION AND IT MOVED BACK AND FORTH IN THE PLASTIC HOUSING. IT BECAME VERY DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING, AND ALSO THE VEHICLES I COULD SEE IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WERE DISTORTED AND NOT CLEARLY SEEN. I TOLD THE DEALER, THEY IN TURN CALLED THE ENGINEERS, WHO TOLD MY SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, TO FIX THE PROBLEM THE DEALER SAID THEY HAVE TO INSTALL SOME SPACING MATERIAL TO STOP THE MIRROR FROM VIBRATING. THE ENGINEERS SAID HEAT CAUSE THE SPACER HOLDING THE MIRROR EXPANDS DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT. *JB

THE IGNITION KEY IS STUCK AT POSITION 1 OF 3 AND CANNOT BE RETURNED TO 0. I AM UNABLE TO GET THE KEY OUT IN ANY GEAR POSITION AND OTHERS HAVE TRIED AS WELL AND ARE UNABLE TO RETRIEVE THE KEY.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THREE TIMES. FIRST TIME DEALERSHIP SAID COMPUTER NEEDED UPDATING, CLEARED THE CODE. THE NEXT DAY IT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT START. DEALERSHIP CLAIMED IT WAS THE ALARM. LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AGO IT CAME ON AGAIN WHEN I WAS OUT OF STATE. DEALERSHIP TESTED IT, AND DETERMINED IT WAS A BENT CYLINDER HEAD, THEY GUESSED IT WAS CAUSED BY BAD SHIFTING, BUT FREEZE DATA SHOWED I WAS ONLY GOING 45 MPH AT 1300 RMPS. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. HONDA HAS BEEN STALLING FOR 26 DAYS. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD LX. AFTER DRIVING A MILE, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED TO BLOW COLD AIR. THE FAN WAS ACTIVATED, BUT NO COLD AIR WAS PRODUCED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS A PUNCTURE IN THE CONDENSER. SHE ALSO HAD A PRIVATE MECHANIC INSPECT THE VEHICLE, BUT NO HOLE WAS FOUND IN THE CONDENSER AT THAT TIME. THE CONTACT CALLED HONDA HEADQUARTERS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FAILURE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 14,700 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD EX. WHILE DRIVING, THE ALARM AND THE HORN AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. AS A RESULT, OTHER DRIVERS SEND RUDE SIGNALS TO HER AND SHE FEELS THAT THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE HONDA DEALER IN HER AREA AND A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. SHE ALSO NOTIFIED HONDA'S REGIONAL OFFICE WHO STATED THAT HER VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE. HONDA ADVISED HER TO GO TO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND USE THE KEY IN ORDER TO STOP THE FAILURE. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 25,564 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

2006 HONDA ACCORD EX L 4DR SEDAN. AIR CONDITIONER (A/C) BLOWS WARM AIR. DEALER SAID A/C CONDENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. VEHICLEWAS 8 MONTHS OLD AND HAS 11000 MILES. HONDA CUSTEMER SERVICE NOT HELPFUL.*AK