1999 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STALLS FOR 2 OR 3 SECONDS AND THERE IS A LOST OF POWER BEFORE THE CAR BEGINS TO MOVE FORWARD. NEAR ACCIDENT WHEN TRYING TO MERGE ON THE INTERSTATE. DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON HONDA ACCORD V6 COUPES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THERE IS A RECALL FOR LATER MODELS BUT NOT FOR 1999 YEAR MODELS. DEALERSHIP OFFERED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT FOR $ 3,000. THE CAR RANDOMLY ACCELERATES AND DECELERATES IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. NO PROBLEMS WHEN THE CAR CROSSES 35 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. *JB

DEALERSHIP HAS THE PART TO PERFORM THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL 03V423000, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS TO INSTALL IT. *AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS WHEN DEPRESSED-EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! NEEDED TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND PHYSICALLY REACH DOWN AND PULL PEDAL UP WHILE TRAVELLING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THANKFULLY NO OTHER DRIVERS WERE NEARBY!*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 53K!. TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY JERKED CAR FORWARD AT STOP LIGHT FORCING IT INTO INTERSECTION. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED AS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NO EXTENDED WARRANT FROM HONDA FOR '99 MODELS. UNLESS HONDA TAKES CARE OF ITS DEFECTIVE PARTS IT WILL BE MY LAST HONDA. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION! *JB

IGNITION INTERLOCK PROBLEM. KEY CAN BE REMOVED WITH CAR PARKED IN NEUTRAL. CAR WILL ROLL IF ON A HILL. VERY DANGEROUS. THIS HAS BEEN SUBJECT OF A RECALL, BUT HONDA WON'T FIX MY CAR BECAUSE IT IS NOT IN THEIR VIN RANGE. THIS SHOULD BE REPAIRED UNDER THE EXISTING RECALL , BUT THEY REFUSE . *JB SEE ODI 10054990. *DSY

IGNITION INTERLOCK PROBLEM. KEY CAN BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION WHEN CAR IS IN NEUTRAL OR DRIVE. RECOGNIZED RECALL ISSUE. MY CAR IS IN AFFECTED 1999 MODEL YEAR, BUT NOT COVERED BECAUSE IT IS NOT WITHIN VIN RANGE!! THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE RECOGNIZED VEHICLE RECALL. HONDA REFUSES TO HONOR THIS RECALL BECAUSE NOT IN VIN RANGE BUT LOTS OF OTHER CARS IN 99 MODEL YEAR HAVE FAILED BECAUSE OF THIS. BECAUSE OF THIS CAR WILL ROLL IF PARKED AND KEY REMOVED AND CAR IS NOT IN PARK. INTERLOCK IS SUPPOSED TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. DANGEROUS! IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO ME. *JB SEE ODI 10054995. *DSY

HONDA CURRENTLY HAS A RECALL SCHEDULED ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR 1999 ACCORDS INVOLVING THE IGNITION SWITCH. THIS FAILURE CAUSES THE CAR TO QUIT WHILE DRIVING AND/OR NOT START PROPERLY. THESE HAVE BOTH HAPPENED TO ME, BUT HONDA WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AS MY VIN IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BAD SWITCH. MY VEHICLE IS ACTING EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED ON THE WEBSITE. IT HAS QUIT WHILE DRIVING TWO TIMES AND NOT STARTED ONCE. BOTH TIMES IT QUIT I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. IT STARTED RIGHT UP AGAIN. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO GET MY VEHICLE FIXED UNDER THE RECALL. IT IS UNRELIABLE THE WAY IT IS. *JB

1999 HONDA ACCORD, TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER ONLY 59,000 MILES! ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ONLY 5 MILES BEFORE I TOOK IT TO AUTHORIZED HONDA DEALER WHO DEEMED IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE! I DO NOT HAVE ALL THE SERVICE RECORDS BUT I KNOW I DID TAKE IT FOR EVERY SINGLE SERVICE SUGGESTED IN THE MANUAL. NOT ONLY DOES HONDA KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM (IT EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON 2000 AND 2001 MODELS, WHICH ARE IDENTICAL TO THE 1999) BUT JUST IN MY SMALL TOWN ALONE I PERSONALLY KNOW OF 2 OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM!AFTER MUCH PRESSING, HONDA AGREED TO PAY FOR LESS THAN A THIRD OF THE $5000.00 COST OF NEW TRANSMISSION BIG DEAL! ALSO THEY REFUSED TO PAY FOR MY RENTAL (NOW GOING ON 2 WEEKS)....IT TOOK THEM OVER W EEK TO RESPOND TO MY COMPLAINT LEAVING ME EITHER DRIVING AN UNSAFE (IN THEIR WORDS) CAR OR RENTING 1! *LA

THE POWER WINDOW WAS INOPERATIVE. IT WAS POSSIBLE IT MAYBE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THE DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. *JB

TRANSMISSIONS SLIPS AND SHIFTS ROUGHLY AND INCONSISTENTLY. WARRANTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED BUT ONLY FOR '00 & '01 MODELS. SAME FAULTY TRANSMISSION STANDARD WITH 1999 ACCORDS. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE PEOPLE START GETTING HIT AND DO THE HITTING AS SHIFTING BECOMES UNPREDICTABLE.