2006 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATES ANYTIME THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY THE DEALER, BUT WAS INSPECTED BY THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT, A CERTIFIED MECHANIC, DETERMINED THE ROTORS WERE BEGINNING TO SHOW EXCESSIVE WEAR AT ONLY 6,812 MILES. UPDATED 3/9/2006 - *NM

DROVE TO WORK. PARKED IN GARAGE AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 PM ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2006. STARTED ENGINE AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 PM ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2006. IDLED ENGINE FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 5 MINUTES. INCREASED RPM TO 1500 TWO TIMES FOR ONE SECOND EACH. REVERSED. BRAKED. DROVE FORWARD UP AN INCLINE. BRAKED. TURNED RIGHT. DROVE FORWARD ON A FLAT SURFACE AT NO MORE THAN 20 MPH. APPROACHED A STOP SIGN. BRAKED IN ADVANCE OF THE STOP SIGN. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY HARD. I WAS UNABLE TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CAR ROLLED INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. THE CAR EVENTUALLY STOPPED. FORTUNATELY, NO PEDESTRIANS OR CARS WERE PRESENT AT THE INTERSECTION. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AFTER THE INCIDENT, I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND SCHEDULED A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2006, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ROAD TESTED THE VEHICLE. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE MY COMPLAINT. ALL 4 WHEELS WERE REMOVED AND ALL 4 BRAKE PADS WERE INSPECTED. THE FRONT PADS WERE AT 8.4 MM AND THE REAR PADS WERE AT 5.3 MM. ALL FRONT AND REAR PADS WERE LUBED. THE PROBLEM REMAINED UNRESOLVED. *JB

WE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM IN STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT ON OUR TRIP BACK FROM AN OUT OF TOWN TRIP LAST WEEKEND. AS A RESULT OF THIS EXPERIENCE MY WIFE IS NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR. AFTER A FEW HOURS OF HIGHWAY DRIVING, AND DECELERATING THROUGH AN EXIT RAMP, THEN RE-ACCELERATING AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP AT A STOP LIGHT WE EXPERIENCED AND AN EXTREMELY RESISTANT BRAKE PEDAL REQUIRING EXTREMELY HARD PEDAL PRESSURE AND THE ENGINE SEEMED TO CONTINUE TO REV DURING BRAKING. WHILE STOPPED AT THE LIGHT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV ABNORMALLY. OUR 30-YEAR-OLD SON WAS DRIVING. HE DID NOT MOVE HIS FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL FOR FEAR OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. HE SWITCHED INTO PARK AND THE ENGINE STOPPED REVVING. WHILE KEEPING HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL HE PUT THE CAR BACK IN DRIVE. THEN THE ENGINE SEEMED NORMAL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE RETURNED TO NORMAL. THIS WAS A DISCONCERTING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT WAS ABNORMALLY DIFFICULT TO STOP, AND WE ALMOST RAN INTO A CAR IN FRONT OF US. THERE WERE THREE ADULT WITNESSES TO THIS FRIGHTENING EPISODE, MY WIFE, OUR ADULT SON, AND ME. WE DID NOT USE THE CRUISE CONTROL AT ANY TIME DURING THIS TRIP. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO OUR HONDA DEALER. THEY EXAMINED THE CAR THOROUGHLY AND COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS. THEY HYPOTHESIZED THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A COMPUTER ERROR, BUT THE SYSTEMS TEST OUT FINE NOW. NOW OUR FAMILY IS LEFT WITH A CAR THAT WE KNOW HAS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT, AND WE DRIVE IT IN FEAR THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN, HURTING OTHERS OR US. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS STEALTH DEFECT MAY BE LURKING TO HURT OTHERS IN OTHER 2006 HONDA ACCORD V6 CARS. *JB