1998 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

I HAVE A 98 HONDA ACCORD AND AROUND 87,000 MILES MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. I TOOK IT TO AAMCO TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED THEY SAID HAD TO REBUILD. $2900.00. AL MONTH LATER I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK FOR MORE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE IN THE GEAR BOX AND THEY FIXED IT. I TOOK IT BACK TWICE SINCE HAVING TRANNY REBUILT NOW ITS A YEAR LATER AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SLIP AND JERK AND NOW THERE IS A METAL SCRAPING NOISE COMING FROM THE GEAR BOX WHEN IN GEAR. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME I WILL HAVE TO TAKE IT IN FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *NM

MY HONDA ACCORD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN ACTING UP, NOT SHIFTING SMOOTHLY, JERKING, ETC. THE DEALER HAS DIAGNOSED IT AS NEEDING REPLACEMENT. THIS WILL COST $4,500.00 THIS IS A LOW MILEAGE CAR I BOUGHT NEW AND THAT HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED WITH ALL SERVICE INTERVALS DONE BY A QUALIFIED HONDA DEALER (HUGGINS HONDA, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX) AFTER RESEARCHING THIS, I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS EXACT SAME PROBLEMS AND IT IS OBVIOUS THAT HONDA HAS A SERIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH THEIR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED YET BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD IT. I HAVE A 20 MILE COMMUTE TO AND FROM WORK EVERY DAY AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL COMPLETELY WHILE I AM COMMUTING. *JB

DT: 1998 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATES THE HORN DOES NOT BLOW WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPS THE HORN WILL BLOW. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER A YEAR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED IT WILL COST $800 TO FIX IT. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE KEPT STALLING AND THERE WAS A HEAT AT HER FEET . TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS BLOCKED . NEITHER OF THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN FIXED. *AK

DT: THE CALLER SAID THE FRONT CRADLE ASSEMBLY WAS RUSTED. SHE SAID WHEN SHE TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT IT MADE A POPPING NOISE. PART WAS REPLACED. DEALER STILL HAS THE PART. DEALER SAID NOTHING ELSE WAS RUSTED, AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PART EASY BECAUSE THAT PART DID NOT GO BAD THAT OFTEN. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. THE CALLER WANTED TO CALL NHTSA TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE RUSTED PART.*AK *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER WAS EASING INTO A PARKING SPACE WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A CEMENT WALL. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON JUNE 7, 2005. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE SURGING FORWARD AT A STOP LIGHT. THE CONSUMER HAD NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP BEFORE FOR THIS PROBLEM. AFTER THE ACCIDENT CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BE REPAIRED. THEY DID NOT TELL HER WHAT HAD CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURE THEY TOLD HER THAT SHE SHOULD GET A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AT HER OWN EXPENSE. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH 2005 .THAT SAME WEEK THE CAR STOPPED. SHE CALLED THE DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS HOSTILE, AND TOLD HER SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO DEALER. HOWEVER, SHE CALLED BEFORE SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. SHE WENT TO DEALER ON 9-7-05, AND THE PERSON IN CHARGE WAS NOT THERE. ON 9-14-05 SHE WENT TO THE DEALER AGAIN, AND HE WAS HOSTILE. DEALER TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE DEALER FINALLY LOOKED IT UP IN THE COMPUTER AND SAID THEY WOULD SERVICE IT UNDER THE RECALL. HE TOLD HER SHE COULD BRING THE CAR ANYTIME. THE CONTACT ADVISED THE DEALER THAT SHE WOULD BRING THE VEHICLE TOMORROW, AND HE TOLD HER HE WOULD NOT BE THERE. HE WAS EVASIVE ABOUT WHEN SHE SHOULD BRING THE CAR IN.*AK

(1) DRIVING FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO OCEAN CITY,MARYLAND FOR VACATION AND THE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON WHEN WE WERE ALMOST THERE. WE PULLED OVER ON SIDE OF ROAD AND CHECKED FLUIDS AND CAR AND EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE OKAY UNTIL WE COULD MAKE IT TO GARAGE. STARTED DRIVING AGAIN IN 4TH GEAR AND TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP AND CAR STARTED TO DOWNSHIFT AND RPM'S WENT UP. (2) LET CAR SIT AND THEN TRIED TO DRIVE AGAIN IN 3RD AND 4TH GEARS BUT SAME PROBLEM KEPT OCCURING. THEN WE PUT IT IN 2ND GEAR AND THAT WORKED FINE. WE DROVE IN 2ND GEAR GOING SLOW IN THE MIDDLE OF A PLACE WE DID NOT KNOW AND BARELY MADE IT TO THE BEACH WHERE MY CAR SAT THE WHOLE TIME AND WE COULD NOT DRIVE ANYWHERE. WE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED FROM OCEAN CITY TO HARRISBURG, PA (ABOUT A 4 HOUR DRIVE) (3) AFTER TALKING WITH A HONDA CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN AND OTHERS WE DETERMINED IT WAS THE TRANMISSION GOING OUT. MY CAR IS STILL SITTING AND I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I AM GOING TO DO CONSIDERING A NEW TRANSMISSION COSTS 3 TO 4 THOUSAND DOLLARS AS I WAS TOLD BY HONDA. THIS IS GREAT CONSIDERING I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CAR FOR 2 YEARS AND STILL HAVE 3 YEARS TO PAY ON IT AND IT ONLY HAS 86,000 MILES ON IT.

DT: HAD TO DIFFERENT PARTS ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE IGITION SWITCH AND THE INNER LOCK SWITCH. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE EGR FOR THE EXHAUST EMISSION.. HAD RECALL REPAIRS DONE, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. CONTACTED THE THREE DEALERS, AND MANUFACTURER AND STILL HAD NO HELP FROM EITHER. THESE PROBLEMS STARTING HAPPENING ABOUT A YEAR AGO AROUND JUNE 29, 2004. AFTER THEY FIXED THE IGITION SWITCH IT WAS GOOD FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. THEN, VEHICLE COMPETELY STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 1998 HONDA ACCORD V6 STARTED FAILING AT 116K MILES. THE CAR BEGAN MISSING OUT AND THEN LURCHING FORWARD WHEN DRIVING, CREATING A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT AT A COST OF $2,200. I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH '98 HONDAS, AS WELL AS THE 200 AND 2001 MODELS.

DT: CALLER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 03088 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH KEY INTERLOCK. THE KEY WOULD COME OUT IN ANY GEAR, AND THE DEALER TRIED TO FIX IT. CURRENTLY, THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT WHEN IT IS IN PARK. DEALER WILL NOT FIX IT UNLESS CALLER PAYS FOR IT. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. CALLER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ON JULY 18, 2005 TO GET IT FIXED.*AK