1999 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE ON 1999 HONDA ACCORD. NOT ONE OF THE VIN NUMBERS I WAS TOLD THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. HAD TO REPAIR ON MY OWN. THE CAR STOPS RUNNING INTERMITTENTLY WITH NO POWER AT ALL AND THEN RESTARTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS ROLLING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS 03V423000, 02V120000, AND 03V423000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH); THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIR. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120,000.

SINCE 2006 THE CAR HAS BEEN STALLING (RPM'S DROP TO ZERO AND CAR TURNS OFF) STARTED BY STALLING WHILE ON THE FREEWAY BUT WOULD START RIGHT BACK UP WITHIN SECONDS WOULD HAPPEN ONCE EVERY 3 MONTHS. RECENTLY, THE PROBLEM HAS ACCURED EVERYDAY SOME TIME 3 TIMES A DAY. I COULD BE AT A COMPLETE STOP OR ON THE FREEWAY AND THE CARS' RPM'S JUST DROP AND ALL THE LIGHTS BATTERY LIGHT, OIL LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, DOOR AND TRUCK LIGHT TURNS ON BUT THE RADIO AND A/C STAY ON. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN REAR ENDED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND HAVE ALMOST BEEN RUN OVER BY OTHER MOTORIST TRYING TO PUSH THE CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC. I CONTACTED HONDA HEADQUARTERS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON MY CAR AND TOLD ME IT SOUNDED LIKE THE IGNITION SWITCH. SO I IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE NEXT DAY THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. I CALLED HONDA THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TUMBLER FOR THE KEY HAD BEEN RECALLED AND WAS REPLACED BACK IN 2003. I BOUGHT A NEW KEY AS THE OLD KEY WAS WORN AND THE CAR DID NOT STALL FOR OVER 2 MONTHS BUT YESTEDAY CAR STALLED OVER 3 TIMES. I HAVE HAD A DIAGNOSITIC DONE WHICH SAID IT IS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHICH MY MECHANIC SAYS IS TOTALLY UNREALATED TO THE STALLING PROBLEM. BUT I PLAN TO HAVE A NEW ONE INSTALLED SOON. I REALLY NEED TO GET THIS STALLING PROBLEM FIXED IMMEDIATELY AS THIS IS PROBLEM COULD CAUSE ME OR MY SON TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT AND BE INJURIED OR EVEN KILLED. AND BASED ON THE INTERNET FORUMS I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH MY HONDA AND HONDA HEADQUARTERS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY PLAN ON DOING ANY THING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE ENGINE RESTARTED AFTER TEN MINUTES AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURES OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V120000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH); HOWEVER, THE REMEDY WAS INSUFFICIENT AND DID NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 146,000.

FOR THE LAST 4 TO 5 YEARS MY 1999 HONDA ACCORD HAS STALLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON OR WOULD NOT START UP RIGHT AWAY. I HAD TAKEN MY HONDA TO SEVERAL PLACES FOR CHECKUPS, I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND A SENSOR SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK INDICATED THAT I LIKELY HAD AN IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM, THAT REPAIR COMPANY REFERRED ME TO MY HONDA DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASE THE VEHICLE NEW AND THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. YESTERDAY MY WIFE HAD THE CAR ON THE CITY OF MEMPHIS BUSIEST STREET WHEN IT STALLED WITH HER IN THE CENTER LANE WITHOUT ANY WARNING BY THE INDICATOR LIGHTS. SHE CALLED ME FRANTIC TELLING ME THAT ALMOST EVERY CAR PASSING HER NEARLY HIT HER. I CALLED THE POLICE TO HELP GET TRAFFIC CONTROL TO HELP HER. SHE AS A FEW OTHERS HAVE INDICATED COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO SHIFT GEARS TO NEUTRAL WHILE STALLED. FINALLY AFTER SITTING 10 MINUTES SHE WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AND MY WIFE WAS REAR ENDED WITH MY 19 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR, I WOULD HAVE LIKELY GONE NUTS ON HONDA. INSTEAD THIS MORNING I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER WHO KEPT THE CAR RUNNING FOR A WHILE WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO STALL (OR SO THEY SAY). THE DEALER SWITCHED OUT THE IGNITION SWITCH AT A COST OF $300 ON TOP OF THE $75 DIAGNOSTIC AT THE DEALER ONE MONTH AGO AND A $49 DIAGNOSTIC AT A SMALL SERVICE STATION NOT TO MENTION THE SENSORS THAT WERE SWITCHED OUT THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ALREADY FILED A COMPLAINT WITH HONDA INDICATING THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE WHICH THEY SHOULD REPLACE FREE OF CHARGE. IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN I WILL LIKELY SEE A LAWYER I JUST PRAY THAT MY FAMILY IS NOT INJURED OR WORSE. THIS MORNING THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD ALSO BE THE MAIN RELAY BUT SINCE THEY WERE ABLE TO SUPPOSEDLY ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THEY REPLACED ONLY THE IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE IS INVOLVED IN LITIGATION TO GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED AND RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT, SUDDEN AND COMPLETE ENGINE STALLING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. MY LOCAL INDEPENDENT SHOP COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THE CAR FINALLY STALLED COMPLETELY AND THE STEERING COLUMN STARTED SMOKING. DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH AND SAID IT WAS UNDER RECALL. I NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE FROM HONDA OF A RECALL. DURING TWO RECENT VISITS TO THE DEALER THE PAPERWORK INDICATED THAT THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS ON THE CAR. I HAVE LIVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR NEW IN 1999. I RECEIVED AND RESPONDED TO AN EARLIER RECALL. HOWEVER I BELIEVE THAT HONDA AND THEIR DEALERS ARE NOW NEGLECTING TO INFORM OWNERS OF REQUIRED RECALLS. I WAS UNNECESSARILY PUT IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS AND SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND MONEY ADDRESSING A PROBLEM I WAS NOT PROPERLY NOTIFIED ABOUT. *TR

WHY ARE ALL AUTO MANUFACTURERS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE VEHICLES IN COLORS OF SILVER, GREY AND BLACK WHICH ALL BLEND IN WITH FOG, ASPHALT, CONCRETE AND THE DARK OF NIGHT? WHAT A BRILLIANT SAFETY FEATURE. IS THIS SO THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE REPLACED OFTEN AS NO ONE CAN SEE THEM VERY WELL? NO BRAINER! *TR

BOUGHT THIS 99 HONDA ACCORD DX 4 DOOR 5 SPEED BACK IN 2006 FROM A HONDA DEALERSHIP. IN THE END OF 2007 THE CAR SHUT OFF ON THE HIGH WAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING!!! THANK GOD I DIDN'T GET INTO AN ACCIDENT! IT THEN HAPPENED AGAIN A MONTH LATER! IT THEN HAPPENED QUITE FREQUENTLY TILL I COULD NO LONGER LET THE KEY GO WITHOUT IT SHUTTING OFF! WHEN THE CAR SHUTS OFF EVERYTHING STOPS, INCLUDING POWER STEERING!!! VERY DANGEROUS!!! WE LOOKED OVER THE CAR AND LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND MY CAR HAD A RECALL ON IT. WE CALLED HONDA'S 1800 NUMBER AND THEY TOLD US THE CAR HAD ALREADY BEEN RECALLED AND FIXED IN 2002 SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING FOR US!!! SO WHY THEN A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER WOULD THE SAME PROBLEM BE HAPPENING!? I AM SCARED THAT IF I GO AND HAVE IT FIXED IT WILL JUST SHUT OFF ON ME AGAIN IN FOUR YEARS, OR LESS!? DID THEY JUST REPLACE THE FAULTY PART WITH ANOTHER FAULTY PART?! I HAVE READ SOME OF THE FORUMS ON LINE AND THEY SEEM TO INDICATE THAT IT COULD BE THE WIRING TO THE IGNITION SWITCH AND NOT THE WHOLE PART. WE HAVE RIGGED THE CAR BY HANGING OBJECTS OFF OF THE KEYS TO GET IT TO STAY ON... I KNOW IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT STOPS ALTOGETHER! HONDA REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEY'RE PRODUCTS. THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALOUD TO CONTINUE THIS! HOW CAN WE ALLOW THEM TO PUT UNSAFE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD PUTTING PEOPLES LIFE'S IN DANGER!? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD LX. IN NOVEMBER OF 2008, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 14,000 MILES. RECENTLY, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE MILEAGE EXCEEDED THE WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NOT ASSIST. THE COST FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD BE $2,630. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 141,000.

ON 01/10/2009, I BROUGHT MY 1999 ACCORD TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE ENGINE HAD BEEN STALLING. THIS PROBLEM STARTED A YEAR AGO AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. THE TECH REPLACED THE IGNITION BACK SWITCH AND ALSO PERFORMED THE SAFETY RECALL OF THE IGNITION SWITCH KEY INTERLOCK. A WEEK LATER, THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. THE CAR NOW STALLS MORE FREQUENTLY THAN BEFORE. *TR