2003 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT APX. 45MPH CAR VIOLENTLY DOWNSHIFTED INTO A LOWER GEAR, AND THEN WENT INTO NEUTRAL, I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF ROAD AND SHUT IT OFF. A MINUTE OR TWO LATER I RESTARTED AND IT WENT BACK INTO GEAR. THIS HAPPENED 4 OR 5 TIMES OVER THE NEXT 3 MILES TO GET CAR HOME. SPOKE WITH HONDA SERVICE ADVISOR SAME DAY (6/8/13) AND SHE BASICALLY TOLD ME IT IS A COMMON ISSUE AND I WAS LOOKING REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION FOR APX.4 - 4.5K! OVER THE PHONE AND NOT HAVING SEEN THE CAR! CALLED HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE (6/10/13) AND AFTER 20 MINUTES ON PHONE WITH REP HE TOLD ME TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO DEALER, HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AND DEAL WITH THEM! FAT CHANCE I'LL DO THAT, HAVING IT TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SHOP. WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW FROM DEALER IN MAY, 2003, HAS APX. 115,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HONDA, MORE SO AFTER "GOOGLING" THE ABOVE ISSUE AND SEEING IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL! NEVER TO BE A HONDA OWNER AGAIN! *TR

OUR AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. WE ARE TOLD THAT THE AIRBAGS ARE INOPERABLE WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON. WE HAVE HAD IT IN FOR REPAIRS 6 TIMES OVER THE LAST 5 MONTHS. WE HAVE SPENT OVER $1,100 AND STILL THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES BACK ON. SRS CODE 32-80 - HONDA DEALER IS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. WE WERE TOLD THAT AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY HAS RECORD OF MULTIPLE INCIDENCES OF THIS CODE WITH NO KNOW RESOLUTION. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THIS IS OUR PRIMARY CAR AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO KEEP POURING MONEY IN WITH NO RESULTS! WE NEED OUR AIRBAGS TO WORK! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000. *TR

I RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL FOR A RECALL. I CALLED TO GET IN AND GET FIXED. I DROVE MY CAR IN THERE PERFECTLY FINE. WHEN I RECEIVED MY CAR BACK THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. I COULDN'T EVEN PUT MY CAR INTO A PARKING SPOT. THE FIRST THING THE EMPLOYEE SAID TO ME THAT GAVE ME MY CAR WAS, "SOMETHING IS WRONG, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FIX THIS." [XXX]THE OWNER/MANAGER LAUGHED IN MY FACE AND TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. HE LEFT ME THERE STRANDED. I AM A YOUNG WOMAN WITH A YOUNG CHILD (UNDER A YEAR OLD). THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME AROUND $800 FOR SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO AND COULDN'T EVEN "GUARANTEE TO FIX IT." THEY DIDN'T TURN THE WHEEL TO GET THE OXYGEN OUT WHEN REPLACING THE POWER STEERING HOSE. THEY JUST WANTED TO SCAM ME AND GET MY MONEY.. NOW I AM LEFT WITH A HUGE KNICK IN MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR THAT WAS NOT THERE THE MORNING I DROPPED MY VEHICLE OFF. THEY ARE UNWILLING TO HELP RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE MANAGER HAS NO HEART AND HAS NO PROBLEM LEAVING A YOUNG WOMAN STRANDED AT THEIR LOCATION UNLESS THEY SIGN A PAPER SAYING THEY WILL PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS, THEN PUTS A KNICK IN YOUR CAR AND SAYS THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO AND THERE'S NO WAY TO PROVE IT. I ASKED FOR A COPY OF THE WALK AROUND INSPECTION AND THAT SCRATCH WAS NOT ON THERE. I ADVISED IMMEDIATELY WHEN I SAW IT THAT NIGHT AND [XXX] KEEPS SAYING THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO FOR ME. MY HUSBAND JUST GOT A NEW VW SPORTWAGEN, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE PILOT AND NEW ACCORD FOR A WHILE NOW AND I WILL TELL YOU I WILL NEVER AGAIN BY A HONDA AFTER THE WAY I WAS TREATED AND NOW NO ONE WILL FIX THE SITUATION. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE LETTING THIS MAN REPRESENT YOUR BRAND. IF I WOULD HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT IN THE BUSY INTERSECTION WITH THE WAY THEY GAVE MY CAR BACK TO ME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE LIABILITY ISSUE. I WOULD HAVE BEEN SO BADLY HURT AND/OR INJURED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

2003 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT BUCKLE RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WHICH PROMPTED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL FAILURE WITHIN THE SRS UNIT.

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG ON OUR 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX EXPLODED AS I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR ON THE FREEWAY. DUE TO LIGHT TRAFFIC WE DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT BUT BOTH OF US WERE VERY FRIGHTENED AND VERY DISTRACTED. MY WIFE WAS UNABLE TO HEAR FOR AT LEAST A MINUTE. HER SEAT BELT BECAME VERY TIGHT EVEN RESTRICTING HER BREATHING WE WERE UNABLE TO LOOSEN THE BELT AND HAD TO STOP AS SOON AS IT WAS SAFE AND HAVE HER SIT IN THE BACK SEAT. THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT AND COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. I WILL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW HONDA HANDLES THIS AS IT IS INEXCUSABLE THAT A SAFETY DEVICE USED TO PREVENT INJURY COULD IN EFFECT CAUSE ONE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A LOCAL CITY STREET THAT HAS A 30MPH SPEED LIMIT. I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND ALL SEEMED TOTALLY FINE WITH MY CAR. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN MY CAR DID NOT MOVE & THE ENGINE JUST REVVED UP. I WENT NO WHERE. I WAS HOLDING TRAFFIC UP & WAS TOTALLY CLUELESS THAT MY TRANSMISSION JUST WENT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF & ON A FEW TIMES TO SEE IF THE CAR WOULD MOVE BUT NO LUCK UNTIL AFTER SOME TIME THE CAR MOVED AFTER ABOUT 25 MINUTES. FROM THAT POINT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO PAST ABOUT 25 MPH WHEN IT COULD DRIVE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A SHOP & PAID 2,150 TO GET THE TRANSMISSION FIXED. IN 2013 THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN WHEN MY CAR WAS AROUND 119,000 MILES. ON THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED I PAID 3,500 TO GET THE CAR FIXED. I HAVE RECEIPTS. *TR

THIS HAPPENED 3X TODAY, THE THIRD TIME WAS TERRIFYING & DANGEROUS. I BARELY GOT ON THE SHOULDER OFF THE HIGHWAY IN TIME. THE TCS LIGHT CAME ON & THE CAR VIOLENTLY JERKED FROM LOW TO HIGH GEARS WHILE IN DRIVE, GOING ABOUT 25-30 MPH. I SHUT OFF THE CAR & RESTARTED IT, THE TCS LIGHT SHUT OFF. THE CAR JERKED WHEN I TRIED TO GET OFF THE LINE AND FELT LIKE IT SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. I PARKED IN A PARKING LOT AND WHILE PULLING IN, THE CAR JERKED VIOLENTLY AGAIN BETWEEN ACCELERATING & DECELERATING FOR NO REASON. THE FINAL TIME--I STARTED TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR VIOLENTLY WENT OUT OF CONTROL AS IT JERKED WILDLY ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING WHILE TRAFFIC WAS IN ALL LANES OF TRAVEL AROUND ME. I BARELY MADE IT AT ABOUT 20-25 MPH (BY THE TIME THE CAR DECIDED TO COAST INTO A NEUTRAL FEELING GEAR) TO THE SHOULDER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE I WAITED FOR A TOW TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS. *TR

WHEN SPEED GETS OVER 35 MPH, THE CAR VIOLENTLY LUNGES FORWARD. THE CAR DOES NOT GO IN REVERSE AS WELL. A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN TRAVELING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO RECOMMENDED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000.