2001 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

THE 2001 HONDA ACCORD SRS LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX FOR AN AIRBAG. *AK

PCM WAS GIVING OFF FALSE ERROR CODES, DEALER WAS THE FIRST TO BRING UP PROBLEM AFTER RECALLED TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED. DEALER DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS A DEALER'S PROBLEM. PCM WILL CREATE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO GO OFF, AND WILL APPEAR AT VARIOUS TIMES OF OPERATION. HAS CAUSED ME TO CONSTANTLY GO TO DEALER AND VARIOUS MECHANIC SHOPS TO GET ERROR CODES ERASED. CAR WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT PASS SMOG TEST. ALSO WILL CONSUME MORE FUEL THAN IT SHOULD. COST TO REPLACE PCM IS APPROXIMATELY $800. *AK

2001 HONDA ACCORD PURCHASED NEW AT DEALERSHIP. A FEW MONTHS LATER (LESS THAN 1 YEAR) SRS LIGHT INDICATING PROBLEM WITH AIRBAG CAME ON AND STAYED ON. AUTO WAS BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER FOR REPAIR; TEMPORARILY LIGHT OFF, BUT CAME BACK SHORTLY THEREAFTER. IN ALL TOTAL, CAR BROUGHT IN FOR THIS PROBLEM PROBABLY 6 OR MORE TIMES, VARIABLY CALLED SENSOR, LIGHT BULB AND SEAT BELT PROBLEM. DAUGHTER NOW HAS CAR, AND HAS MOVED OUT OF TOWN. LIGHT IS ON, INDICATING PROBLEM, AND SHE HAS A WRECK, WITH NO INJURIES BUT CAUSING MODERATE DAMAGE TO FRONT OF CAR. FRONT END REPAIRED, LIGHT TEMPORARILY WENT OFF, BUT CAME BACK ON WITHIN A , MONTH OR TWO, ANOTHER WRECK WITH DAMAGE TO FRONT AND BACK CAR, THIS TIME TO POINT OF HAVING TO BE TOWED AND UNDRIVABLE. IN NEITHER CASE DID AIRBAGS DEPLOY, AND DAUGHTER SUSTAINED MILD NECK AND HEAD INJURY FROM HITTING HEAD REPEATEDLY ON STEERING WHEEL. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS FLAW IN AIRBAG SENSOR AND DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM THAT LEAD US ASTRAY IN ASSUMING IT WAS MINOR, AND COULD HAVE ALLOWED MAJOR INJURY TO DAUGHTER. WE ARE VERY ANXIOUS ABOUT LETTING HER DRIVE CAR AGAIN. *JB

I STARTED GETTING AN INDICATION OF SRS LIGHT. STARTED DOING RESEARCH ONLINE AND NOTICED THE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH 2001 HONDA ACCORD. WHAT IS THE DEAL IS THIS CAR SAFE? *AK

I PURCHASED A NEW HONDA ACCORD EX IN 2001 AT A HONDA DEALER IN TEXAS , NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I CHECKED THE OWNER'S MANUAL AND FOUND OUT IT COULD BE THAT THE GAS CAP MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED. SO I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 3 DRIVING TRIPS TO SEE IF IT WENTOFF. THATS WASWHAT MANUAL SUGGESTED FIRST. THEN ITWENT OFF TO HONDA DEALER TO SEE IF COMPUTER NEEDED A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER ,WHICH I HEARD COULD LIKELY BE INACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, AND MORE LIKELY OXYGEN SENSOR. ALSO ANOTHER PROBLEM OCCURRED, THE SRS LIGHT STAYED ON AND DID NOT GO OUT. *AK SRS LIGHT COMING ON, I HAVE ALSO HAD MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TCS INDICATOR COME ON. IT IS A BIT CONCERNING THAT I HAVE HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH THIS PARTICULAR ACCORD WITH SO FEW MILES ON IT. SEEMS LIKE A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT AN AIR BAG DOES NOT DEPLOY WITH THE SRS LIGHT ON. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS CAR? DID I BUY A LEMON? I WILL DEFINITELY NOT BUY ANOTHER HONDA. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN HONDA'S LACK OF CONCERN FOR SAFETY, WHICH THEY TOUT SO MUCH ABOUT, AND DISRESPECT FOR CONSUMER'S CONCERNS.

PURCHASED USED VEHICLE IN MARCH 2006. IN MAY 2006 I EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE CUTOUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS SYMPTOM STILL EXISTS INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE IMMOBILIZATION LIGHT ALSO COMES ON. I ALSO EXPERIENCE A STARTING PROBLEM WITH THE CAR INTERMITTENTLY. THE DASH LIGHTS NORMALLY COME ON WHEN THE CAR STARTS. WHEN THE CAR DOES NOT START, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE IMMOBILIZATION INDICATOR LIGHT ARE BOTH OFF. I'VE ALSO SEEN INSTANCES WHERE THE OTHER LIGHTS ARE OFF AND ONLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. IF I LET THE CAR SIT FOR 10 MINUTES OR MORE, IT WILL START. I'VE HAD THE CAR TO THE HONDA DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THEY CHECKED MY KEYS WHICH WERE OK. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE MAIN RELAY AND THE MAIN COMPUTER AND I AM STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM. THEY ARE OF NO FURTHER HELP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ACCORD. THE SRS LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THE OPD SENSOR IS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE OPD SENSOR WAS REPLACED TWICE AND DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 130000.

THE SRS LIGHT TURNED ON LAST WEEK AT 75000 MILES, AND I KNOW THAT IT IS RELATED TO THE AIRBAG RESTRAINT SYSTEM. MY HUSBAND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM COUPLE OF YEARS AGO , AND THE DEALER TOLD HIM THAT THE USE OF CELLOPHANE MAY HAVE CAUSED THE SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION. THE DEALER FIXED IT FOR FREE BECAUSE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER THE 36000 MILE WARRANTY. AFTER DOING SOME INVESTIGATION I FOUND OUT THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS VERY COMMON FOR THE 2001 MODELS. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS VERY COSTLY AND WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT IN MARCH 2007, THE FRONT END OF MY CAR SLID INTO A SNOW BANK, AND I AM THANKFUL THAT THE DAMAGE WAS NOT MAJOR. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED . THE SRS LIGHT TURNED ON A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE ACCIDENT, AND I WAS NOT SURE IF I EVER HAD ANY PROTECTION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, SINCE THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. NOW EVERY TIME I GET INTO MY CAR I AM VERY NERVOUS BECAUSE MY LIFE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THIS HONDA WAS AT STAKE. I DO NOT HAVE ANY MONEY TO BUY ANOTHER CAR OR FIX GET THE CURRENT ISSUE. HONDA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS!! PEOPLES LIVES WERE IN DANGER WHEN THEY WERE ON THE ROAD, AND THIS SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY BY ANYONE. I AM A MOTHER, A WIFE, A SISTER, AND A DAUGHTER. MY LIFE HAS VALUE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. THANK YOU . *AK

2001 HONDA ACCORD SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. NO SOUND, NO WARNING, JUST CUT OUT AT 40 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. CAR RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER PULLING OVER. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER, AND UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE DISCOVERED THE SUN ROOF CRACKED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE NEXT DAY WHILE DRIVING SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND A PIECE OF THE GLASS BLEW OFF. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THIS TYPE OF FAILURE BEFORE. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE SUN ROOF. *AK UPDATED 09/24/07. *JB