1999 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

I HAVE A 99 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 AND FOUND OUT RECENTLY THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS HAVING SERIOUS SHIFTING PROBLEMS AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE HADN'T EVEN HIT 90,000 MILES YET. WHEN I WENT IN TO HONDA TO SEE WHAT THE LIGHT WAS ON FOR IT TURNS OUT IT WAS A "TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH SYSTEM FAILURE" AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. HONDA TOLD ME IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY (3YR, 36K MI WARRANTY) SO THEY CLAIM THEY COULDN'T REPLACE IT. IT SHOULDN'T MATTER IF IT ISN'T UNDER WARRANTY. NO ONE PURCHASES A CAR, NEW OR USED, TO HAVE TO GET A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION BEFORE THE CAR EVEN MAKES IT TO 100,000 MILES. BESIDES THE MAJOR MECHANICAL PURCHASE, HONDA'S FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS ARE A SAFETY HAZARD. I CAN'T RECALL HOW MANY TIMES I'VE PRACTICALLY BEEN RAN OFF THE ROAD BY TRACTOR TRAILERS BECAUSE MY CAR COULDN'T SHIFT AND ACCELERATE FAST ENOUGH TO GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY. HONDA SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. DOES IT REALLY TAKE SOMEONE TO DIE BEFORE THEY TRY TO REMEDY THE SITUATION? *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT STALLED AND LOST POWER. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. THE ONLY DASHBOARD LIGHT THAT ILLUMINATED WAS THE GREEN KEY LIGHT. AFTER THE VEHICLE STALLED IT IMMEDIATELY STARTED UP. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER ON MANY DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SHE BELIEVED IT MAY BE A PROBLEM IN THE ELECTRICAL IGNITION SYSTEM. *AK

I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS DISSATISFACTION WITH MY 1999 HONDA ACCORD EX V6,[XXX]. ABOUT A WEEK AGO MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I CHECKED THE CODE AND IT INDICATED TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH MALFUNCTION. THE CAR WAS SHIFTING AND DRIVING FINE, SO I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE HONDA DEALER TO GET THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED. I CLEARED THE ERROR, BUT IT CAME RIGHT BACK ON. THE CAR WAS SHIFTING AND DRIVING FINE. TODAY ON MY WAY TO WORK AT 75 MPH AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IT SHIFTED IN TO SECOND AND STAYED THERE. YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT DID TO RPMS! NOW IT WON'T GO IN TO REVERSE OR ANY OTHER FORWARD GEAR BUT SECOND. I CALLED MY HONDA DEALER AND THEY SAID I'M LOOKING AT A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. $2950 JUST FOR THE PARTS (DOESN'T INCLUDE LABOR). THAT COMES WITH A 36,000 MILE WARRANTY THAT I WILL EASILY USE UP IN ONE YEAR DUE TO MY LONG COMMUTE. BEING THAT THE CAR HAS 136,000 MILES ON IT, I FIGURED IT WAS HIGHLY REGRETTABLE, BUT UNDERSTANDABLE. UNTIL I STARTED LOOKING ONLINE! I SUGGEST YOU CHECK OUT THIS THREAD! HTTP://WWW.AUTOFAN.COM/FORUM_THREAD.ASP?MESSAGE=3625 THIS APPEARS TO BE VERY WIDESPREAD. THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THAT POST WITH 72,000 MILES AND THREE DEALER REPLACEMENTS, SOME WITH SIX DEALER REPLACEMENTS. MY BIG WORRY NOW, AFTER READING SO MANY OTHER EXPERIENCES, IS THAT I'LL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND BE BUYING ANOTHER $3000 TRANSMISSION A YEAR LATER. *NM UPDATED 07/17/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

1999 HONDA ACCORD FAILED TRANSMISSION. NO TRANSPORTATION FOR A MONTH DEALER ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR $4000.00. I FEEL THIS IS NOT FAIR HONDA RECALLED EVERY YEAR OF THIS SAME MODEL AFTER MY CAR. THERE NEED TO BE SO JUST OR A CLASS ACTION SUIT. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC,. THEY PUT THE VEHICLE ON A MACHINE THAT INDICATED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER BROKE . THE REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY. THE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME BACK ON AFTER THE FIRST REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. NO FURTHER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.*AK

THE OXYGEN SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ON THE 1999 HONDA ACCORD. *TS THE OXYGEN SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED EVERY TWO YEARS SINCE 2001. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 1999. THE TIRES HAVE DRY ROT AND CRACKED ON THE SIDEWALL. THE TIRE HAVE BEEN ROTATED FREQUENTLY AND THE TREAD IS VERY GOOD BUT THE TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE THEY REACH THEIR MILEAGE WARRANTY (MICHELIN TIRES). *NM

1999 HONDA ACCORD EX. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE ENGINE QUITS AND MANY GAUGES GO TO ZERO. I PULL OVER AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND IT USUALLY STARTS. MY MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. HAPPENED MANY TIMES BEFORE I JIGGLED THE KEY AND THE CAR STARTED GOING AGAIN. I REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND ALL IS WELL. HONDA ISSUED A RECALL FOR 1998 MODELS BUT NOT FOR MINE. I THINK THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM HONDA DESCRIBES IN THE BULLETIN THAT RECALLS CERTAIN 1998 MODELS FOR IGNITION SWITCH REPLACEMENT. *JB

I HAVE A 1999 HONDA ACCORD DX SEDAN. THE CLUTCH WENT OUT RECENTLY. ACCORDING TO HONDA, THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT FOR THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, HONDA SAYS THIS PROBLEM IS DUE TO FAULTY MANUFACTURING FROM A VENDOR AT ORIGINAL ASSEMBLY. INSTEAD OF REPAIR OR REPLACE THE PART THAT IS FAULTY THE WHOLE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MUST BE REPLACED DUE TO NEW MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN SPECS. SO INSTEAD OF A COST OF @ $150.00 IT WILL COST ME @ $500.00. PLUS THERE ARE NO ASSEMBLIES AVAILABLE - IT'S BACK ORDERED DUE TO THE DEMAND OF THIS ASSEMBLY BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THE ORIGINAL. AS OF THIS TIME - EVEN THOUGH HONDA FREELY ADMITS THE TO BAD MANUFACTURING -THEY ARE OFFERING NO REIMBURSEMENT OR OFFER NO ASSISTANCE FOR A RENTAL CAR. I'VE BEEN WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR 3 WEEKS WITH NO REPAIR DATE IN SIGHT. *NM

PURCHASED A PR-OWNED VEHICLE FROM POWER TOYOTA CERRITOS AND THE VEHICLE HAS MAJOR PROBLEMS AFTER 6 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. *JB

ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY 3 LANE HIGHWAY MY HONDA WOULD NOT GO FORWARD ANY MORE. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED THE GAS IT WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I COULD PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL OR REVERSE, BUT IN DRIVE I COULD NOT GET IT TO GO ABOVE 10 MPH. I IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE WHO TOLD ME HONDA HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 98-2000 ACCORDS UNDER 100,000 MILES, AND THEY WILL REPLACE YOUR TRANSMISSION. SINCE MY CAR ONLY HAD 80,000 MILES, I CALLED THE SERVICE STATION, MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY TOLD ME OKAY, BUT THERE WOULD BE A $95 FEE IF IT WASN'T THE TRANSMISSION. THEY CALLED ME LATER THAT DAY, AND SAID MY VIN# DIDN'T MATCH THE RECALL, SO SORRY. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA, AND THEY SAID I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GIVEN THAT INFORMATION, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I STATED SO WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME IS THAT IN 98,99 & 00, YOU PUT BAD TRANSMISSIONS IN YOUR ACCORDS, I HAVE A BAD TRANSMISSION IN MY ACCORD, BUT I'M NOT COVERED??? TO WHICH THEY REPLIED YES. *JB