1999 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT EXTERIOR LIGHTING FAILED TO WORK. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IN A PRIOR SERVICE BULLETIN BY HONDA THESE COMPONENTS ARE ALL LINKED TO A FAULTY MULTIPEXOR SWITCH ( SERVICE BULLETIN #00-07C). IN TALKING TO HONDA THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE SERVICE BULLETIN WAS PERTAINING TO EXPORTS. THE CONSUMER AGREED TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE TO BE DONE NOW THE LIGHTS STAY ON ALL THE TIME NOW. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *TC

WHILE PULLING OUT INTO A ROADWAY AT A HURRIED PACE TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC, MY '99 ACCORD WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THE RPM'S JUST INCREASED. AN ONCOMING VEHICLE NOTICED THAT I WAS NOT GETTING OUT OF THE WAY AND SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES. FORTUNATELY, BEFORE AN IMPACT OCCURED, MY HONDA VIOLENTLY SLAMMED INTO GEAR AND I GOT OUT OF THE WAY OF THE OTHER VEHICLE, BUT THE ACCELERATION WAS SO SUDDEN I WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN. THE ACCORD IMPACTED THE CURB, CAUSING TIRE AND RIM DAMAGE. THE TRANSMISSION IS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE AND I AM DISMAYED TO FIND THAT HONDA KNOWS THE TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE, YET WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP '99 OWNERS. HONDA NEEDS TO RECALL ALL THESE TRANSMISSIONS, NOT JUST THE 2000/01 BECAUSE THEY ARE A THREAT TO DRIVER SAFETY (AS I HAVE EXPERIENCED). I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED HONDA'S CARS BUT MAY CONSIDER ANOTHER VEHICLE IF HONDA ALLOWS THEIR BOTTOM LINE TO ENDANGER CUSTOMER SAFETY. *LA

TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE. DEALER REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY WITH REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. *MR

MY HONDA ACCORD 1999 TRANSMISSION WAS FAILED AT 74000 MILES, REGARDLESS OF SHOWROON SERVICE ALL THE TIME AND ONE HAND MAINTENANCE. *AK

MY TRANSMISSION LOCKED AT 65 MPH ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I TOOK MY 99 ACCORD TO THE DEALERSHIP , THEY SAID IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION THAT WOULD COST $2500, WHICH NOW HAS TO PAY OUT MY POCKET . THE HONDA HAS ONLY 93K. MY MOTHER IN LAWS TAURUS HAS 140000, AND IS STILL RUNNING FINE. IT'S A 1997. HOW DOES A 1997 TAURUS OUTLAST A 1999 ACCORD? IF THIS IS THE CASE THAT I HAVE TO NOW WORRY ABOUT WHEN I BUY A HONDA, THEN I MIND AS WELL INVEST IN A TOYOTA CAMRY IN THE FUTURE.*AK

STICKING ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN A 1999 HONDA ACCORD EX SEDAN 4 CYL AUTOMATIC. THE ACCELERATOR STARTED STICKING AND WOULD RESULT IN A SUDDEN UNSAFE SURGE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE DEALER IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A CARBON BUILD-UP IN THE THROTTEL BODY WHICH RESULTED IN THE THROTTLE PLATE STICKING.

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS REGARDING IGNITION SWITCH . HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

WHILE AT A STOP CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME TO SNAP, JERKING THE DRIVER'S SEAT FORWARD. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

I HAVE NOTICED A FEW WET SPOTS ON MY FLOOR OF MY GARAGE SO I CRAWLED UNDER CAR TO LOOK. I NOTICED FLUID COMING OUT FROM THE TRANSMISSION ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHERE THE AXLE GOES THROUGHT THE AXLE SEAL INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK THE CAR TO EXCLUSIVE HONDA /ACURA IN OMAHA NE. THEY CHECKED THE CAR OVER AND FOUND EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE OUTPUT SHAFT (AXEL). THEY ADVISED ME I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CAR IS A 1999 ACCORD THAT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO MANUAL AND ONLY HAS 58000 MILES. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED AND ERRATIC SHIFT THAT IS VERY UNSAFE WHILE DRIVING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE AND PULL OVER. THEN, DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS IMPORTED FROM CANADA. *AK