2001 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

SRS LIGHT STAYS ON 2001 HONDA EX 75K. ALL ELECTRICAL HAS SHORTED OUT ON ME WHILE DRIVING. CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

AIR BAG SRS INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON. I LEARNED THROUGH OWNERS ON THE INTERNET CONCERNING PAST PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAGS AND DIFFICULTY AT HONDA DEALERSHIPS ON THIS PROBLEM. UPON CONTACTING HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS DEFECT, DO TO THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY ON IMPACT WHILE THE SRS LIGHT IS ON. MY 2001 HONDA HAS 84,000 MILES AND PURCHASED IT JUNE OF 2003. *TR

OWN A 2001 HONDA ACCORD. NOT MADE AWARE OF THE CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON TRANSMISSION. IF I HAD KNOWN THAT THE SLIPPAGE WAS TRANSMISSION RELATED I WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT IN AT THE FIRST SIGN OF TROUBLE WHILE I WAS STILL WITHIN THE MILEAGE REQUIREMENTS. OVER TIME (TWO YEARS) THE SITUATION BECAME WORSE AND I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AFTER LEARNING ON LINE ABOUT THE CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED FROM THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER AS A CERTIFIED USED CAR. I GET ALL OF THEIR SALE AND SERVICE ADS BUT AMERICAN HONDA CLAIMS THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE THAT I WAS THE CURRENT OWNER AND THE LETTER WENT TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER. TOOK THE CAR TO GET THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM FORMALLY IDENTIFIED AND THE SERVICE MANAGER ASKED LOCAL HONDA REP FOR ASSISTANCE AND THIS WAS DECLINED. CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND WAS ISSUED A CASE NUMBER AND WAS TOLD I WOULD BE CONTACTED IN 2 BUSINESS DAYS. AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS OF CALLING AND LEAVING MESSAGES I FINALLY HAD SOMEONE NAMED CAROLINE CALL ME BACK. SHE WAS DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH AND WOULD NOT LISTEN WITHOUT CUTTING ME OFF AND ACCUSING ME OF INTERRUPTING HER. VERY FRUSTRATING WHICH MAY BE PART OF THEIR PLAN TO GET ME TO GO AWAY. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT SHE SAID SHE COULD NOT HELP ME SINCE THE LOCAL REP FOR THE AREA HAD ALREADY DECLINED. SHE CAN'T OVER RULE THIS. ALL THIS WORK FOR NOTHING. SHE INDICATED THAT SHE WOULD REFER THE CASE TO THE ESCALATION UNIT AFTER I PUSHED FOR A SUPERVISOR. BECAUSE SHE WAS DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH I HUNG UP WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER TWO WEEKS OF NO CALL FROM THE ESCALATION UNIT CAROLYN INFORMED ME THAT BECAUSE I HAD HUNG UP SHE HAD NOT REFERRED MY CASE. APPARENTLY WANTING TO PUNISH ME. *TR

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. I GOT THE CAR BRAKE PADS REPLACED REGULARLY BUT I HAD TO GET THE ROTORS REPLACED TOO IN 2006. THEN, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT HAD TO BE REPLACED ROUND ABOUT THE SAME TIME. RECENTLY (A MONTH AGO), I GOT THE PRIMARY OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED. NOW, THE LATEST MAJOR PROBLEM IS INTERNAL TRANS FAILURE AND FLUID LEAK DIAGNOSED BY HONDA, A DIAGNOSIS THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR. THIS IS UNHEARD OF IN A CAR WITH 55K MILEAGE. HONDA SOLD THE CARS WITH DEFECTIVE TRAN SYSTEMS IN THE FIRST PLACE. THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BECAUSE OF WHICH THEY EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY. NOW, I AM OUT OF THE WARRANTY BY JUST 3 MONTHS. THEY HAVE ASKED ME TO PAY AROUND $700 TO REPAIR IT. HONDA SHOULD COVER 100% OF THE REPAIR COST. I AM PRETTY SURE THAT I WILL HAVE TO AGAIN REPLACE THE NEW TRAN SYSTEM AS SOON AS ITS WARRANTY PERIOD EXPIRES. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE CAR IS DRIVING FUNNY AND USING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GAS. WHEN I CALLED CUSTOMER CARE AND TOLD THEM THAT THE FUEL ECONOMY PROBLEM (DUE TO TRAN FAILURE) HAD STARTED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO (WHEN I WAS WELL WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD), THEY SAID THAT I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN IT TO A DEALERSHIP BEFORE. SINCE THERE WERE NO VISIBLE SIGN ON THE DASHBOARD OR ANY OTHER PLACE, HOW WILL A DRIVER KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING DEFINITELY WRONG WITH THE CAR? THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ENGINE SOUNDS BUT IT IS HARD TO DISCERN IT OVER THE INHERENT LOUD DIN OF THE HONDA ENGINE. EVEN THE HONDA TECHNICIAN COULD NOT SAY FOR SURE WHETHER THE NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WAS DUE TO THE TRAN. FAILURE. A PROPER REPAIR SHOP WOULD HAVE TOLD ME EXACTLY WHAT THE PROB. WAS AND TRY TO REPAIR IT, BUT HONDA REPLACES THE FULL TRAN SYSTEM. HONDA'S CUSTOMER SERVICE IS EXTREMELY UNPLEASANT - THEY ARE RUDE AND ABRUPT IN THEIR CONVERSATIONS. THEY HAVE GIVEN ME LIMITED CHOICES - 1. I HAD TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSIS AT A HONDA REPAIR SHOP. 2. I DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE OF GETTING IT FIXED FROM A DIFFERENT HONDA DEALERSHIP. 3. THEY HAVE GIVEN ME 3 DAYS TO REPAIR IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ACCORD LX. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A POLE. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED, BUT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO HER RESIDENCE. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE AIR BAG FAILED AND STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST $1,900. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE; THEREFORE, NO COMPENSATION WOULD BE PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

TWO TIRES HAVE GONE FLAT, ONE IN NOVEMBER 2008, THE SECOND JANUARY 30, 2009 DUE TO FAILURE OF THE RUBBER VALVE STEMS. IN BOTH CASES THE VALVE STEM WAS SPLIT APART NEAR THE BASE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE METAL WHEEL RIM. THE SPLIT APPEARED TO BE SEPARATION OF RUBBER PARTS, POSSIBLY AT A SEAM, RATHER THAN A GROSS TEAR DUE TO SOME KIND OF PHYSICAL FORCE. THE SPLIT IN THE RUBBER WAS NOT VISIBLE UNTIL THE PLASTIC WHEEL COVER WAS REMOVED. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN A LOCKED GARAGE WHEN TIRES LOST PRESSURE AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY VANDALISM OR TAMPERING. THE VALVE STEMS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW TIRES PURCHASED AT NATIONAL TIRE AND BATTERY STORE # 603, 2435 MARYLAND ROAD, WILLOW GROVE, PA ON MARCH 3, 2007. *TR

DRIVING @ APPROX 5 MI PER HOUR AND APPROACHING A STOP SIGN IN FRONT OF A LOCAL DEPT. STORE; MY HUSBAND DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AND THE CAR DID NOT STOP; RATHER, IT REVVED UP AND BEGAN TO LUNGE FORWARD AT RAPID SPEED; MY HUSBAND QUICKLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE CAR STOPPED. HAD IT NOT WE WOULD HAVE HIT 4 PEOPLE. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE 2001; 2 PREVIOUS TIMES: I HIT A NEIGHBOR'S PARKED TRUCK; WHEN WE ATTEMPTED TO STOP AS WE NEARED A STOP SIGN WE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF US. EACH TIME THE ACCELERATION SEEMS OUT OF CONTROL DESPITE THE BRAKE BEING DEPRESSED. EXPENSIVE REPAIRS NECESSARY BOTH PREVIOUS TIMES. I WILL HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO HONDA NEXT WEEK; I WILL NOT DRIVE IT. MILEAGE: UNDER 33,000. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AFTER TEN MINUTES. THE CONTACT PROCEEDED TO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE IGNITION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V025000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 127,000. UPDATED 3/16/09 *CN UPDATED 03/19/09. *JB

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, I'VE NOTICED THE SRS LIGHT COME ON & REMAIN ON (USUALLY AFTER I HAVE STARTED MY 2001 HONDA ACCORD 4-DR SEDAN) IT GOES OUT @ INDETERMINATE TIMES & THEN DOES IT AGAIN SEEMINGLY WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT CORRESPONDS TO THE AIRBAGS WHICH ARE INTERESTINGLY PART OF THE VEHICLES' "SAFETY" EQUIPMENT, HOWEVER, ISN'T COVERED TO REMAIN IN WORKING CONDITION - AT NO COST TO VEHICLE OWNER (I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW & I AM THE OWNER). I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS (OVER 400) OF COMPLAINTS RE. THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OF THIS "SAFETY" ISSUE & HAVE YET TO SEE ANYONE IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. PLEASE ADD ME TO THE LIST OF COMPLAINANTS. THANK YOU *TR

NEVER NOTIFIED AS OWNER OF HONDA THAT TRANSMISSION WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED DUE TO SETTLEMENT,A INDICATOR LIGHT DISPLAY NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE,CAR WAS BROUGHT TO HONDA DEALERSHIP AND STATED WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED BY TWO WEEKS. HONDA FAILED TO MAKE PROPER NOTIFICATION. *TR