1999 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

WHEN RETRACTING, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT CAN CATCH ON THE POWER SEAT LEVER WHICH RECLINES THE DRIVER SEAT. AS A RESULT, THE SEAT BACK RECLINES UNLESS SOMEONE DETERMINES THE REASON FOR THE SEAT GOING BACK. THE SEAT RECLINES WITH SUCH FORCE THAT ANYONE SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT CAN BE SEVERELY INJURED AND POTENTIALLY CRUSHED BY THE FORCE. *NM

I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM SF TO OUR HOME IN SANTA ROSA, AND I NOTICED SMOKE STREAMING FROM THE TOP OF THE STEERING COLUMN. THEN THE ODOMETER DROPPED FROM 65 TO 0, WENT BACK TO 65, THEN FLUCTUATED. AS I TOOK THE EXIT OFF THE FREEWAY, THE CAR WAS LOSING POWER, AND JERKED WHEN I GAVE IT GAS. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED THE TOW TRUCK. THE ENGINE DID NOT START WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TRIED IT, ALTHOUGH IT CRANKED. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO MARIN HONDA. THEY TESTED AND FOUND THE ELECTRICAL PORTION OF THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD FAILED. THEY REPLACED IT BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE D4(TRANS GEAR SELECTION)LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THAT IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROBLEM, AND THAT WE SHOULD TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE TRANS FLUID 7 WEEKS AGO.(MY WIFE TOLD THE CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISOR THAT WE HAD THE TRANS WORK DONE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN IT FACT IT WAS JUST CHANGING FLUID AS PART OF REGULAR MAINTENANCE). MARIN HONDA CHARGED US $205 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF IGNITION SWITCH. THE D4 STARTS FLASHING WHEN THE ENGINE IS STARTED AND SHIFT TO ANY ONE OF GEARS. AND IT MAKES A BIG CLUNK AND THE WHOLE CAR SHAKES WHEN THE GEAR IS SHIFTED TO REVERSE OR DRIVE. I CALLED MARIN HONDA CUST ADVISOR AND TOLD HIM IT MUST BE RELATED TO IGNITION SWITCH REPLACEMENT, BUT HE'S ADAMANT THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. WHEN WE CHECKED YOUR WEBSITE AND LOOKED UNDER "RECALL" FOR 1999 ACCORD, WE FOUND IT HAD IGNITION SW RECALLS IN THREE DIFFERENT YEARS, 2002, 2003, AND 2005. IGNITION SWITCH(2002), CYLINDER WEAR, COLLAR, PLATE LATCH(2003), INTERLOCK FUNCTION(2005). COULD TRANS RANGE SENSOR CKT MALFUNCTION BE CAUSED BY HEAT FROM THE IGNITION WIRING BURNING OUT? *NM

MY 99' HONDA ACCORD WOULD SLIP GEARS AND JERK A LOT WHEN I WOULD PUT IT IN GEAR OR STOP AT A STOP LIGHT AND THEN PROCEED TO GO AGAIN. AFTER A DAY OF DRIVING I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE SAID MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD GONE OUT COMPLETELY AND THAT THEY SEE IT HAPPEN TO MY MAKE AND YEAR OF CAR ALL OF THE TIME. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND TAKE A HIT OF THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GET MY CAR FUNCTIONAL AGAIN. IT AMAZES ME THAT THERE IS STILL NOT A RECALL FOR THIS BUT ALMOST EVERYONE WHO OWNS THESE CARS HAS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED WHEN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE OR 1ST GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEARS AND TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS SEEN ON THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE DEALER, THEN BY THE SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS IN SNOWY CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO SUSTAIN TRACTION CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED ALL FOUR TIRES WERE PREMATURELY WORN, BUT DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED AT THAT TIME DUE TO THE REMAINING TREAD. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, AND THE CONTACT REFERRED TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE TREAD WEAR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. THE TIRES WERE CONTINENTAL CONTITOURING 195/65R15, DOT RADIAL 91HCH95.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OR WHILE STOPPED, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED EACH TIME, AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE STARTER WAS REPLACED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH. UPDATED 12/05/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED RECALL # 02V120000 FOR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: IGNITION: SWITCH WAS PERFORMED IN 2003. THE IGNITION FAILED AGAIN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL, WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH. THE STALLING HAD OCCURRED 30 TIMES. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.

MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT A 1999 HONDA ACCORD EX IN 2002. NOT LONG AFTER BUYING THE CAR WE NOTICED THAT THE CAR ACTED SLUGGISH WHEN GOING FROM A STOP. IT WASN'T THAT MUCH OF A PROBLEM SO WE DIDN'T DO MUCH ABOUT IT OTHER THAN ADDING HEET TO THE GASOLINE THINKING WE HAD BAD GASOLINE. THEN WE STARTED NOTICING A SORT OF GRINDING NOISE WHEN WE WOULD START THE CAR WHICH CAME FROM THE KEY IGNITION. THE CAR WOULDN'T START SO WE WOULD TRY AGAIN AND THEN IT WOULD START. THIS YEAR 2006 WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR STALLING WHEN WE WOULD STOP AT STOP SIGNS. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AND WE PAID FOR NEW SPARK WIRE AND PLUG. SOON AFTER THE CAR STARTED STALLING AS WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY! WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK CAR TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP WHERE WE WERE TOLD OUR CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED! MY HUSBAND DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS THE PROBLEM SO WE DIDN'T HAVE IT REPLACED. THE CAR KEPT ON GETTING WORSE ALMOST CAUSING A COUPLE OF ACCIDENTS WHEN IT WOULD QUIT GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. WE THEN HEARD OF A RECALL ON 1999 HONDA ACCORDS THROUGH CONSUMER REPORTS. WE MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AGAIN BUT WERE TOLD WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR SINCE OUR CAR WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL! WE CALLED HONDA CORP TO FIND OUT WHY IT WASN'T INCLUDED AND WERE TOLD THEY RECALLED ONLY CERTAIN MAKES AND MODELS AND OURS WASN'T ONE OF THEM. WE OF COURSE WENT AHEAD AND HAD THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED. WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HONDA DIDN'T HAVE OUR MODEL AND MAKE RECALLED WHEN WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AT THE VERY LEAST WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD OF A PROBLEM SO WE COULD HAVE REPAIRED IT RIGHT AWAY. WE DID KEEP THE IGNITION SWITCH. WE JUST HAD THE CAR REPAIRED BUT HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT STALLING. *NM

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

STARTED SEEING TRANSMISSION FLUID ON LT SIDE UNDER VEHICLE. HAD SEAL REPLACED BY LOCAL TRANS SHIP. TWO WEEKS LATER FLUID LEAKING AGAIN. RESEARCHED AND FOUND RECALL ON 2000 AND UP FOR BAD BEARING CAUSING THIS EXACT PROBLEM AND HONDA'S EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THOSE VEHICLES. TOOK VEHICLE TO RT.23 HONDA AND THEY ADVISED THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS THE SAME PROBLEM THE ONLY ITEM THAT THE HONDA FIELD SERVICE MANAGER WOULD ONLY ALLOW THE PART ONLY. I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE $1000 LABOR. I REQUESTED THE FIELD MANAGER'S NAME BUT BRAD MORDER (SERVICE WRITER AT RT.23 HONDA) REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO ME. I LODGED A COMPLAINT WITH HONDA (CASE #12006-04-250-0809)THAT WAS HANDLED BY CHRIS MARTINEZ OF HONDA (X-118183) WHO STATED THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO DISCUSS THE PARTICULARS AND THAT HE HAD NO AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE DECISION OF THE FIELD MANAGER. AGAIN, WHEN I ASKED FOR THE NAME OF THE FIELD MANAGER MR. MARTINEZ WOULD NOT GIVE IT TO ME. WHEN I ASKED HIM FOR HIS SUPERIOR'S NAME SO THAT I COULD ESCALATE THIS MATTER, HE ADVISED THAT HIS DECISION WAS FINAL AND THERE WAS NO OTHER RECOURSE I COULD TAKE. ANY HELP YOU COULD FURNISH WOULD BE APPRECIATED. C. O. HEINE. *NM