1998 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO, MY IGNITION STARTER FAILED DUE TO WORN CONTACTS. THE CAR WOULD NOT START. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO MY HONDA DEALER. IT COST ME OVER $500 TO REPLACE. I DO NOT RECAL RECEIVING A RECAL NOTICE ABOUT THE PROBLEM ON NTSA ID 021V120000. AND THE DEALER MADE NO MENTION OF THIS.*AK

MY ACCELERATOR STICKS WHEN YOU FIRST TRY TO MASH IT DOWN, THEN THE CAR JUMPS.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED AT 60,000 MILES. CURRENTLY, AT 103,000 MILES TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *AK

CAR LUNGES FORWARD AT STOPS WHILE BRAKE IS DEPRESSED. TRANSMISSION IS DELAYED WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO R OR D, SLIPPING WHEN ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED AND FINALLY SHIFTING WITH A JERK. SLIPS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, ENGAGING WITH A HARD JERK AND SLIPS AGAIN WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. ON HARD ACCELERATION, TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS HARD AND ENGINE REVS, CAR FEELS OUT OF CONTROL. NOTIFIED DEALER OF PROBLEMS AT 65,000 MILES AND WAS ADVISED TRANSMISSION IS BAD AND NEEDS REPLACING AT A COST OF $5,000. HONDA DOES NOT ALLOW DEALER TO REBUILD. DEALER IS REQUIRED TO RETURN ENTIRE ASSEMBLY TO HONDA. HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS CONTACTED. I AM STILL WAITING FOR A REPLY. HONDA'S REPUTATION WAS BUILT ON RELIABILITY. THEY SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. *LA

TRANSMISSION FAILED. STARTED BY MAKING CLICKING NOISES WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. TRANSMISSION EVENTUALLY WOULD NOT ENGAGED. GEARS SLIPPED SEVERELY ALL THE WHILE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING. I HAD TO KEEP PUTTING FLUID IN UNTIL I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION. I REPLACED IT WITH A SALVAGE 98 TRANSMISSION ONLY TO START HAVING PROBLEMS AGAIN. HONDA WOULD NOT HELP ME SAYING THAT IT WAS MY FAULT BECAUSE I HAD NOT GOT THE SUGGESTED SERVICE ON IT AT 30, 60K MILES. *LA

SIZE OF SEAT BELTS MAKE IT COMPLICATED TO WEAR.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE REAR SEAT BELTS WERE TOO SMALL AND THE FRONT SEAT BELTS CUT AROUND HER NECK. *TS *JB

MY 1998 HONDA ACCORD LX MODEL HAD ATF LEAK AT AROUND 70,000 MILES. I GOT THE AXIAL SEAL REPLACED AND POWER FLUSH THE ATF. NOW MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND THE CAR IS VIBRATED WHEN I SHIFT FROM P TO N OR R OR D4,3,2,1. I WAS TOLD BY HONDA THAT I NEED TO REPLACE A NEW TRANSMISSION. I PERSONALLY THINK HONDA SHOULD TAKE THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY. I DO TRUST HONDA FOR THE REPUTATION AND I AM TRYING TO BE PATIENT BEFORE I AM LOOSING MY TRUST. I FOUND OUT ON THE WEB MORE THAN 1000 COMPLAINTS ABOUT HONDA'S TRANSMISSION. I BOUGHT MY 98 HONDA BECAUSE MY 92 HONDA WHICH HAS 150K AND IT IS STILL RUNNING FIND. *LA

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON 1998 HONDA ACCORD LX.*MR AT VERY LOW MILEAGE. THE COST OF REPAIRS WERE OVER $5000.00. *CB

I OWN 1998 HONDA ACCORD UEX, AND I'M TOLD THE RAIL THAT HOLDS THE DRIVERS SEAT IS BROKEN. THIS MAKES SEAT BELTS AND OTHER SAFETY DEVICES USELESS AS THE SEAT IS ESSENTIALLY A ROCKING CHAIR AND UNSECURED. THE DEALER REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERS ATTENTION WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *LA

THE HARNESS RESTRAINER OF THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT HAS SEPARATED FROM THE BUCKLE MECHANISM. WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE THEY NOTICED THAT THE CHILD WAS HOLDING PART OF THE HARNESS RESTRAINER IN IT'S HANDS.*AK