1999 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILS TO DOWNSHIFT PROPERLY. HONDA FAILS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR MISTAKE, AND ITS UNFORTUNATE THAT CONSUMERS LIKE MYSELF SHOULD PAY FOR THEIR MISTAKE. *NM

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 30 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL, GOING INTO ANOTHER LANES AND SPIN AROUND. NO ACCIDENT.*AK

VEHICLE HESITATED AND JERKED. CONSUMER MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

P0420 CODE - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON - CATALYST EFFICIENCY BELOW THRESHOLD - BANK 1 NLY 6 YEARS OLD AND 95,000 MILES. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON MANY SITES, THIS IS A SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL CAR AND PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD $1100 TO GET THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED AND THERFORE CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, WHILE POLLUTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND POSSIBLY OVERLOOKING OTHER FAILURES THAT MAY BE MORE SAFETY CRITICAL BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT ALWAYS BEING ON.*AK

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE AND MOVING THE GEAR FROM THE PARK POSITION TO THE REVERSE POSITION, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. *JB THERE WAS PERSISTENT INTERMITTENT SUDDEN ACCELERATION, UPON SHIFTING AFTER IGNITION FROM PARK. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING DRIVING 15 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE MOVING ABOUT 60 MPH CRASHED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ALTENATOR FAILED. NO LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A WARNING LIGHT WHEN ALTENATOR STOPS CHARGING. VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED OFF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE DROVE UNTIL THE BATTERY FAILED RESULTING IN A SUDDEN STOP. *TC

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE DID NOT CHANGE GEARS OR GAIN SPEED. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *SC

WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE KEY INSIDE OF THE IGNITION SWITCH THE VEHICLE FAILED TO TURN ON. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE STARTED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED ONCE. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THE GEARS WERE DEFECTIVE AND THE FLUID WAS DISCOLORED. *JB