1998 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

1998 HONDA ACCORD EX 4-CYLINDER, MANUAL TRANSMISSION: CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AT 71,000 MILES; ALTHOUGH RESOLVED THROUGH REPLACEMENT OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER "UNDER WARRANTY", SUCH EARLY FAILURE SHOULD BE DOCUMENTED BY NHTSA AS SUBSEQUENT FAILURES ARE LIKELY. SUSPECT IS FAULTY/SUB-STANDARD CATALYTIC CONVERTER USED BY HONDA.UGGESTION: QUERY MANUFACTURER ON IN/OUT OF WARRENTY FAILURES ON CATALYTIC CONVERTERS FOR HONDA ACCORD, MODEL YEARS 1998 - 2002. AK

CONSUMER SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE AND PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATE PEDAL AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED IN REVERSE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT RESOLVE THE DEFECT. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THERE WERE A LOUD NOISE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER.THE LEFT FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM WHEEL. DUNLOP, SIZE 14, DOT # DBR48188E. *AK

CLUTCH FAILURE ON 1998 HONDA ACCORD-REPLACEMENT PART (CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER) ON EMERGENCY NATIONAL BACKORDER. TOLD THAT HONDA HAD EXPERIENCED "PROBLEMS" WITH THIS PART. ARE THERE NOT ENOUGH TO HANDLE NATIONWIDE DEMAND?*AK

ALL 4 RIMS ON VEHICLE ARE LEAKING AIR PRESSURE. MUST FILL TIRES ON A DAILY BASIS. CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND HONDA WILL NOT REPLACE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION THAT COULD CAUSE CRASH AND FATALITY IF TIRE WERE TO BLOW OUT BECAUSE OF UNDER INFLATION.*AK

I HAVE A 1998 ACCORD EX, ONLY 75000 MILES. AT FIRST I HEARD NOICES UNDER THE VEHICLE AT LOW SPEED. LATER I NOTICE MY TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKS AND THEN THE NOICE GOT LOUDER. THE GEAR SEEMS TO SLIP AND NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY WHEN ACCELLERATING AND DECELERATING, THIS OCCURRED MORE ESPECIALLY AT COLD START. I THEN BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY FAMILY MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE MY TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE REBUILT, THAT I HAVE A BROKEN BEARING WHICH CAUSED THE FLUID TO LEAK AND MAKING ALL THE NOICES. LATER HE TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE SOLENOID SHIFT VALVE WAS BAD IN WHICH CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT OUT OF THE ORDINARY AND WOULD NOT SHIFT UP AND DOWN AT LOW GEAR PER ENGINE ROTATIONAL SPEED (RPM). HE TOLD ME THAT IF I HAD DRIVEN THIS VEHICLE LONGER IT WOULD COST ME A FORTUNE TO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. IF THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH HONDA, WHY IT'S NOT RESOLVING THIS ISSUE WITH A RECALL. I AM SO SKEPTICAL OF BUYING ANOTHER HONDA VEHICLE. MY LAST 1993 TOYOTA 4RUNNER DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM AT 189,000 MILES. IF YALL OUT THERE KNOW ANY INFO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANKS. *AK

98 HONDA ACCORD, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKAGE AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE SEALS ARE DAMAGED BECAUSE THE INTERNAL CV JOINT BEARING IS DAMAGED, CAUSING METAL TO RUIN TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY. ESTIMATE TO REPAIR$5,000. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND I WAS TOLD TO" ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY CAR". THE CAR STARTED ACTING UP AT 103,000 MILES. I CURRENTLY HAVE 110,000 AND HOPE IT WILL LAST LONG ENOUGH TO SCRAPE UP THE MONEY TO BUY SOMETHING ELSE. NOTE PLEASED WITH THE ATITUDE OF ANY REPRESENTATIVE OF HONDA. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH AND WITH NO WARNING FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD.*AK

CONSISTANT PROBLEM WITH THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" IN MY 1998 HONDA ACCORD. HAVE BEEN TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS, AND ALL THREE HAVE A DIFFERENT DIAGNOSIS (ALL OVER $500). I WENT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT, AND THAT I SHOULD JUST IGNORE THE LIGHT. BUT NOW MY CAR WON'T PASS NEW JERSEY INSPECTION WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF ACCORD OWNERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS ON THE INTERNET (HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/HONDA/33.HTML) AND I NOW REALIZE THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM THAT HONDA WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE.*AK

I HAVE A 1998 HONDA ACCORD 4DR EX THAT IS HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SEEM TO DRIVE FORWARD. WHEN IT DOES GO FORWARD, SEEMS LIKE THE VEHICLE IS HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING GEAR. THE RPMS GOES UP ABOUT 5000 AND THE CAR DOES NOT SEEM TO MOVE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, IT WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER. IS THERE ANY RECALL REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER?*AK