1999 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 40,000 MILES, HOWEVER IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY SO THEY FIXED IT AT A COST OF ROUGHLY $6000. NOW AT 82,000 MILES, THE FLUID IS LEAKING AND THEY ARE ADVISING ME TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR ABOUT $4000. HONDA IS USING THERE GOOD NAME TO SELL A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AND THE 98-99 V6 ACCORDS NEED TO BE RECALLED ALONG WITH THE 2000-2001. *AK

THE HORN FAILED TO WORK WHEN NEEDED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT HORN AND THE AIR BAG WERE DESIGNED ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THEY NEED TO REMOVE THE AIR BAG TO FIX THE HORN, AND THIS WILL COST $2500 AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THE MANUFACTURER PAY FOR THE REPAIR SINCE IT APPEARED TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *NM

MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND. I TOOK IT IN ASSUMING THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE TUNED UP, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I DROVE THE CAR FOR ANOTHER WEEK AND HAD IT FAIL MISERABLY. I COULD NOT GET OUT OF 1ST GEAR AND DROVE HOME AT 5 MPH. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. THE DEALER SAYS THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *LA

1999 HONDA ACCORD V6 - THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND WILL NOT ENGAGE IN GEAR. WHEN IT FIRST STARTED TO HAPPEN, THE CAR WOULD REV UP TO HIGH RPM'S AND THEN ENGAGE. NOW THE ONLY WAY TO DRIVE IS PUT IN 2ND GEAR. IT WILL NOT SHIFT INTO 3RD OR 4TH AT ALL. ACCORDS FROM 2000 - 2004 HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE 1999 SHOULD ALSO BE RECALLED. THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY! *JB

02 V 120 000/IGNITION SWITCH: AFTER HAVING THE RECALL REPAIRS DONE BY THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AGO, THE VEHICLE BEEN HAVING AN ON GOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE STALLING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR RESOLVE THE ISSUE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK THE VEHICLE WITH CAR KEY ON DRIVER'S SIDE, WHICH ONLY UNLOCKED THAT DOOR AND REAR DOORS. PASSENGER SIDE DID NOT UNLOCK. PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK WILL LOCK ALL DOORS, BUT DRIVER SIDE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK WILL NOT UNLOCK THE DOORS. CONSUMER HAS TO MANUALLY PULL UP LOCK LATCH AT WINDOW TO OPEN AND EXIT VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. DOOR KEY USED ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE WILL UNLOCK DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND 1 REAR DOOR, INSIDE AUTOMATIC LOCK ON PASSENGER SIDE LOCKS DRIVER'S DOOR. DRIVER'S DOOR AUTOMATIC LOCK DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK AT ALL NOW. *LA

1999 HONDA ACCORD LX, CAR HAS 100,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION IS GONE. I WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT IT WILL COST $5500 TO REPLACE. THIS IS UNHEARD OF WITH A HONDA. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT HONDA'S TRANSMISSION AND IT ISN'T JUST THE ACCORD, IT IS SEVERAL OTHER MODELS. WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS? *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THEN , VEHICLE WOULD START JERKING. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK

THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT - 10020962 FROM LAST YEAR. LOW AND BEHOLD, 4 MONTHS AFTER MY BRAKE ROTORS WERE TURNED AND REPAIRED, THE BRAKES STARTED TO WARP AGAIN. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT RE-REPAIR THEM - THEY INDICATED THAT THE AFTERMARKET BRAKE PADS ON THE FRONT WERE CAUSING THE PROBLEM (THE BRAKE PADS WERE FINE). I TOOK MY CAR TO ANOTHER FACILITY - ONE THAT FIXES AND MAINTAINS RACE CARS - THEY INDICATED THAT AUTO MAKERS ARE USING LIGHTER (AND LESS DURABLE) PARTS TO ENHANCE MPG RATINGS - WHICH IS MORE LIKELY THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH MY HONDA ACCORD, AS WELL AS WITH OTHER TYPES OF VEHICLES. THE GOOD NEWS WAS THAT WHILE MY CAR WAS IN, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH FIXED, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THEY INDICATED THAT MY CAR NEEDS A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER - I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE MANY HONDA OWNERS ARE FACING - "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT COMES ON ABOUT 3-4 MONTHS INTO EACH NEW GAS CAP. I'VE HAD 4 FOR THIS VEHICLE (AND HAVE NOT LOST ANY). I'VE NEVER REPLACED A GAS CAP IN MY LIFE BEFORE, JUST AS I HAVE NEVER HAD BRAKE ROTOR PROBLEMS BEFORE. THE ONLY GOOD THING I COULD SAY WAS THAT THEY DID NOT CHARGE ME THE DIAGNOSTIC FEE - GIVEN THE PROBLEMS I'VE HAD, I WOULD HOPE NOT. I ENDED UP HAVING THE O2 FILTER / SENSOR (WHATEVER IT IS) REPLACED AT ANOTHER FACILITY - WHICH TOOK CARE OF A DROP IN MILEAGE ISSUE I WAS EXPERIENCING. THE BAD NEWS FOR HONDA IS THAT I AM PROBABLY GOING BACK TO TOYOTA - I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANOTHER HONDA IF THE DEALERSHIP WOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES OR MAKE ME AN OFFER I CAN'T REFUSE (WITH A DECENT TRADE IN ON THIS VEHICLE)...I'M IN THE MARKET FOR A 2004-2005 SMALL TO MED SUV...I LOVED SOME ASPECTS OF MY ACCORD, BUT NEED A NEW, LARGER VEHICLE TO HAUL MY DAUGHTER BACK AND FORTH TO COLLEGE. PS: SINCE I KNOW THE ROTORS WON'T LAST, I'M NOT REPAIRING THEM ANYMORE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A FAULTY DESIGN FOR THIS MODEL. *JB

(1) DRIVER'S POWER SEAT WAS MOVED TO ITS MOST EXTREME REARWARD POSITION WHILE CLEANING UNDER THE SEAT. BACKREST WAS NOT MOVED OR UNLATCHED FROM IT'S NORMAL UPRIGHT POSITION. SEAT WAS THEN REPOSITIONED TO ITS NORMAL DRIVING LOCATION. (2) UPON SITTING IN THE SEAT AND LEANING BACK AGAINST THE BACKREST, IT GAVE WAY AND DRIVER FELL BACKWARDS. HOLDING ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL PREVENTED DRIVER FROM FALLING INTO A NEARLY HORIZONTAL POSITION. UPON RELEASING PRESSURE AGAINST THE BACKREST, IT SPRANG BACK TO ITS NORMAL UPRIGHT POSITION. SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO THE UPRIGHT POSITION. IF THE LATCH HAD FAILED WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER WOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN BACKWARDS AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE WITH A POSSIBILITY OF A CRASH. (3) DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE THE POWER SEAT'S VARIOUS CONTROLS CONTROLS TO RE-ENGAGE LATCHING MECHANISM WITHOUT SUCCESS. WHEN VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO DEALER, IT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR OF DISASSEMBLING THE MODULE CONTAINING THE LATCHING MECHANISM MODULE BEFORE IT COULD BE MADE TO LOCK. TECHNICIAN COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY IT FAILED AND WHY IT REPAIRED ITSELF OR THAT IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN WITH THE ORIGINAL MODULE. NEW PART WAS ORDERED AND IS TO BE REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE WEEK OF JULY 5- APPROXIMATE COST $400. PRESENTLY DON'T KNOW IF I CAN RETAIN CUSTODY OF OLD PART. *NM