2004 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LEAKING, SO I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE HOSE WAS CRACKED AND DETERIORATING AND CAUSE OF THE LEAK LEADS BACK TO THE RACK AND PINION WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM HONDA, BUT PARTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR UNTIL EARLY 2013. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THE HIGHWAY AND MERGING ON AN UPHILL RAMP, THE TRANSMISSION RACED AND THE CAR LOST SPEED. ABOUT 20 MILES LATER, I COULD FEEL SOMETHING WRONG WITH MAINTAINING MY SPEED AND THERE WAS HESITATION. ANOTHER 20 MILES LATER, I LOST ALL FORWARD MOVEMENT IN DRIVE AND LEFT THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ABLE TO GO ANOTHER FEW MILES ON A SIDE STREET IN 2ND GEAR AND THEN THE CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY LOST. *TR

AT 57 TO 60 MPH, WHEN ACCELERATING THE WHOLE CAR SHUDDERS. WAS TOLD THE FRONT AXLES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH HONDA ACCORD FROM 1997 TO 2005. ONE PIECE OF ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE FROM A HONDA REPAIR TECHNICIAN WAS THAT HE SAW THIS PROBLEM AT LEAST ONCE A DAY. THIS HAS TO BE A PRODUCE DEFECT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN SO FREQUENTLY. I AM NOT SURE OF THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS PROBLEM ON VEHICLE SAFETY IF LEFT UNREPAIRED BUT I HAVE TO IMAGINE ANY PROBLEM WITH AN AXLE COULD BE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS AND/OR LIFE THREATENING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEED 20 TO 40 MPH CAR STARTED JERKING BUCKING PULLED OVER TO STORE PARKING LOT WAITED 10 MINUTES SCARED TO DRIVE 10 MIN TO HOME BUT MADE IT. ATTEMPT TO DRIVE VEHICLE NEXT DAY AFTER DRIVING START JERKING TRANSMISSION SLIPPING PULLED OVER AGAIN . TRY TO MOVE VEHICLE AGAIN CARS WOULD NOT MOVE. CONTACT AMERICAN HONDA INFORMED TRANSMISSION FAILED WAS INFORMED MY VEHICLE ID WAS NOT ON THE 2004 ACCORD TRANSMISSION RECALL LIST. ASK FOR GOOD FAITH REPAIR REFUSED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH. AS I ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES, THE CAR VEERED RIGHT TO LEFT UNCONTROLLABLY. THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED BACK AND FORTH, AND I COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL OF IT. I CROSSED 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC, WENT OVER A MEDIAN AND HIT A BRICK RETAINING WALL, AND MY CAR WAS TURNED AROUND TO FACE ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN IT FINALLY STOPPED. *TR UPDATED 11/19/12 *BF UPDATED 12/4/2012 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD EX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIGHTS ON THE RADIO AND CD AUDIO HAD BECOME INOPERABLE. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

SMELL SOMETHING BURNING WHILE RUNNING THE CAR ON FREEWAY. AXLE SEAL LEAKING AND COOLANT BYPASS HOSE LEAKING WAS CONFIRMED LATER. *TR

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN ACCELERATING VERY FAST OVERHEATING, SLIPPING, IT APPEARS THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAVE BEEN LEAKING HOWEVER I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. MY DEALERSHIP FROM FEBRUARY 13, 2012 SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 COMMONWEALTH HONDA HAS BEEN CLAIMING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS TRANSMISSION THE SUSPENSION OR THE TIMING BELT. THEY PERFORMED SERVICE AND ALL OF THEM THEY CLAIM EVERYTHING IS FINE. NOW LESS THAN 30 DAYS LATER MY TRANSMISSION IS BROKEN. A VEHICLE WITH JUST GOT PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO BE RESOLD. *TR

LIGHT DISPLAY WENT OUT THAT CONTROLS RADIO AND HVAC COMPONENTS 2 YEARS AGO. DARK AT NIGHT WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN THE WINDOWS GET FOGGED UP YOU CAN NOT SEE THE SWITCH TO TURN ON DEFROST BECAUSE THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD HAS STOPPED WORKING, SO IT REQUIRES YOU TO TURN ON INTERIOR LIGHT TO FIND THE DEFROST BUTTON, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. AFTER RESEARCHING LAST NIGHT I FOUND HONDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THIS UNTIL 2011 OR 100,000. SO I CALLED HONDA AND I WAS TOLD I'M PAST THE WARRANTY IT'S WHICHEVER COMES FIRST (I NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HONDA OR IT WOULD HAVE WENT IN TO GET FIXED) THIS IN MY OPINION SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE DEALER AS IT COULD CAUSE A FATALITY WITH SOMEONE FUMBLING WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS JUST TO GET THE DEFROST BUTTONS ON. *TR

DRIVER SEAT IS MOVING FORWARD AND BACKWARD WHENEVER YOU BRAKE OR ACCELERATE. *TR