1998 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

1998 HONDA ACCORD WHEELS COVERS MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO ACCESS THE TIRE VALVE STEMS.*MR THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPLAINED THAT IT IS DIFFICLT TO FIT THE AIR HOSE OVER THE VALVE STEM. *NM

I HAVE A 1998 HONDA ACCORD V6 WITH 103000 MILES ON IT AND SUSPECTED PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SINCE 93000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AT 20, 30, AND 40 MPH. I CALLED THE HONDA CORP IN CA AND TOLD THEM MY HONDA ACCORD EX V6 TRANSMISSION WAS HAVING PROBLEM AND THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO A HONDA DEALER TO CHECK IT BEFORE I CAN MAKE A CLAIM ON IT. THE HONDA DEALER LOOKED AT IT SAID I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND THERE WILL BE A $90 FEE. THE DEALER AND I CALLED THE HONDA CORP TO PUT IN A CLAIM AND HE EXPLAINED THAT I HAVE COMPLETED ALL RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE AND A DAY LATER THE HONDA CORP CALLED THE DEALER AND DENIED TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY WITH MY CLAIM. I DID NOT EVEN RECEIVE A PHONE CALL BACK FROM THE HONDA CORP. THE DEALER CALLED ME TO TELL ME THE NEWS AND THEY GAVE ME A TRANSMISSION FOR OVER $4200. I CALL THE HONDA CORP AND SPOKE WITH KEVIN BROWN AND HE SAID CAN NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP AND SORRY YOUR CASE IT CLOSED. HOW IS MY CASE CLOSED ONLY AFTER ONE DAY OF EVALUATION. KEVIN BROWN ALSO SAID THAT THE HONDA CORP HAS ASSISTED OTHER PEOPLE WITH 98 V6 ACCORDS WITH MORE MILES THAN I HAVE, BUT HE SAID THOSE CASES WERE DIFFERENT. HOW ARE OTHER CASES SO DIFFERENT WHEN I HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF MY CAR. AFTER READING OTHER WEBSITES AND FORUMS, I CAN SEE THIS IS A MORE COMMON PROBLEM THEN I THOUGHT AND NOW I HAVE READ OVER 100 COMPLAINTS WITH HONDA ACCORD V6 98 AND 99 TRANSMISSIONS ON THE SITE. SOME ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN NOW!!!!!!!!!*AK THE CONSUMER DISPUTES NHTSA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE 1998 HONDA ACCORDS TRANSMISSION FAILURES. THE CONSUMER FOUND SEVERAL ISSUES WHICH WERE VERY SIMILAR TO HIS VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. *SC *JB

DURING PERIODS OF WET WEATHER, HIGH HUMIDITY, POWER DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK, AND RIGHT SIDE POWER WINDOWS DO NOT FUNCTION FROM DRIVER'S SEAT LOCATIONL. NO PARTS REPLACED. PROBLEM SEEMS TO RESOLVE ITSELF WHEN HUMIDITY DROPS AND THINGS DRY OUT.

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA ACCORD. SHE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH . SOME OF THE 1998-1999 HONDA ACCORDS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM ,BUT THE DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. SHE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH THE CAR WILL SHUT OFF, AND THE STEERING WILL LOCK UP. DEALER SAID IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH FAULTY WIRING TO THE IGNITION SWITCH. THERE WAS ANOTHER RECALL ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH . SHE DID QUALIFY FOR THE FIRST RECALL BUT NOT FOR THIS ONE.*AK

FOLLOW-UP TO PREVIOUS COMPLAINT. HAD CATYLITIC CONVERTER REPLACED AFTER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT PROBLEMS, LIGHT CAME BACK ON AFTER ONLY 30 MILES WITH DIFFERENT ERROR CODE. I WONDER HOW LONG HONDA WILL LET THIS PROBLEM GO WITH OUT RECOGNIZING THERE IS A OBD COMPUTER PROBLEM! IF THIS IS NOT FIXED SOON I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER HONDA.

1998 HONDA ACCORD HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH ONLY 67,000 MILES. STARTED SLIPPING FROM FIRST TO SECOND. HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE PROBLEM JUST GOT WORST OVER TIME. WE FINALLY HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. OUT OF ALL THE CARS I'VE HAD, NEW OR OLD, NEVER HAD A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON & OFF INTERMITANTLY SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR IN 2002. THE LIGHT HAS NOW BEEN ON FOR OVER 3 MONTHS. I HAVE HAD THE DEALER CHECK THIS NUMEROUS TIMES, AND GOT ERROR CODES RANGING FROM O2 SENSOR FAILURE, WHICH WAS REPLACED, TO CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE. TWICE THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM AND RESET THE COMPUTER. THE MOST RECENT TESTS REVEALED A CATALYTICCONVERTER PROBLEM, WHICH WAS DIAGNOSED BY ANOTHER HONDA DEALER LAST SPRING. THE COST OF REPLACING THIS ITEM WAS ESTIMATED TO BE OVER $1000. AS A GESTURE OF GOOD FAITH, HONDA OFFERED TO GOODWILL THE PARTS. I SET UP AN APPOINTMENT 2 DAYS AFTER THE TEST, BUT THE LIGHT WENT OFF & STAYED OFF FOR SEVERAL MONTHS,. IN JANUARY THE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR MORE THAN A WEEK. I HAD THE TEST RAN BY AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY HAD THE SAME CONCLUSION. THE LIGHT IS STILL ON TO THIS DATE (APRIL 28, 2005). I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS CONDITION AND MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS MAKE & MODEL HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SITUATION, REPAIRED THEIR VEHICLES AT GREAT EXPENSE, ONLY TO HAVE THE EMMISIONS LIGHT COME BACK ON AND THE CAR BEING DIAGNOSED WITH THE INITIAL PROBLEM AFTER ONLY A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I WOULD LIKE HONDA TO REPAIR THE CONDITION AND GUARANTEE THE VEHICLE WILL PASS EMMISIONS TESTS, WHICH ARE MANDATORY BY THE END OF MAY. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT IN THE FUTURE, WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TRUST IT TO TELL ME THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM OR NOT.

I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR TWO YEARS AND HAVE HAD TWO AXLES REPLACED, AS WELL AS ROTORS AND BREAKS REPLACED TWICE. THE BRAKES WEAR, THE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE HORN DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WHEN PUSHED. RECENTLY I WENT TO GET AN INSPECTION STICKER AND FAILED BECAUSE OF THE EMISSIONS PART. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT WORK BECAUSE A BULB IS MALFUNCTIONING WHICH MEANS THERE IS NO SENSOR, MY THREE WAY CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THERE IS SUPPOSEDLY A PROBLEM WITH MY FUEL TANK EVAPORATIVE EMISSION VALVE. RECENTLY MY CAR HAS SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS IN DRIVE AND CONTINUED TO ROLL. IT HAS ALSO TURNED OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING UP A HILL AND WOULD NOT START FOR TEN MINUTES. I HAVE INVESTED ALMOST 1500 DOLLARS IN REPAIRS FOR THIS CAR AND I WOULD LIKE HONDA TO REPAIR AND HOPEFULLY REIMBURSE ME FOR PAST REPAIRS. *NM

I HAVE A 1998 HONDA ACCORD WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.. AFTER STARTIN THE CAR IN THE MORNING AS I DRIVE DOWN THE STREET THE TRANSMISSION REVS HIGHER THEN NORMAL WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND (DRIVING NORMALY) LIKE IT SUPPOSE TO SHIFT AT 3000 RPM BUT WHEN IT GETS TO 3K IT SHIFTS BUT THEN THE RPM'S JUST CLIMB FOR 1K MORE THEN THE CAR JUST LAGS A LIL AS IT GOES INTO SECOND AFTER THE CAR IS WARMED UP THAT PROBLEM DISAPEARS. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS WHEN SLOWIN DOWN TO MAKE A TURN AND IF NO CARS ARE COMIN I GENTLY STEP ON THE GAS TO GO (NOT COMPLETLY STOPED) THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPS AND THEN STUTTERS TILL 2K RPM THEN IT CATHES AND LAUNCHES THE CAR FORWARD. I HAVE TALKED TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY WONT DO ANYTHIN AND WANT TO CHARGE ME 4K FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. I READ OF SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM.. *AK

WHEN USING THE HORN IT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND REMOVED THE HORN FUSE. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE HORN WAS STICKING TO AIR BAG. *AK