2001 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER WAS INJURED, HOWEVER PRIOR TO INCIDENT, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BUT THE DEALER STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG.*JB ALSO, DEALER MADE REPAIRS ON CRUISE CONTROL AND RADIO. *LA

IN MARCH OF 2003, WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE, MY HUSBAND SWERVED AND THEN STOPPED (WITHOUT ANY COLLISION) AND THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG OF OUR 2001 HONDA ACCORD EX DEPLOYED WHILE I WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT. WE WERE INSTRUCTED BY HONDA SERVICE AT WHITE PLAINS, NY TO GO THROUGH OUR INSURANCE, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE REASON THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WAS DUE TO FAULTY AIR BAG SENSORS IN OUR CAR'S COMPUTER. FIVE WEEKS LATER, WE GOT OUR CAR BACK FROM THE SHOP. NOW, A YEAR LATER, OUR INSURANCE COMPANY AT THE TIME (PROGRESSIVE) HAS ADVISED US TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE NHTSA TO FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST HONDA. TO THIS DATE, THE SRS LIGHT ON MY DASHBOARD STILL COMES ON WITH NO EXPLANATION, AND THE GREENWICH AND WHITE PLAINS HONDA DEALERSHIPS WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. MEANWHILE, I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING THE CAR AND HAVE BEEN SINCE THE INCIDENT WHEN I WAS 3 MONTHS PREGNANT, AND NOW HAVE A 6 MONTH OLD CHILD THAT I DRIVE AROUND IN THE VEHICLE. *AK

FROM THE TIME THAT I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE I HAVE HAD TO TAKEN IT TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS( SAM SWOPE HONDA WORLD AND BOB MONTGOMERY HONDA) CONCERNING THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN THE SHOP 8 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM THEY ALWAYS DO A QUICK FIX AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS THE PROBLEM RECURS. THE AIRBAG LIGHTS LIGHT COMES ON LIKE THE SYSTEM IS STILL DEACTIVATED. THE LAST TIME I HAD IT IN THE SHOP ON 3/1/04 AT BOB MONTGOMERY WITHIN HOURS OF GETTING THE CAR BACK THE LIGHT WAS BACK ON. *JB

ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS VEHICLE SUDDENLY REVVED HIGH. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A BAD IDLE VALVE. *AK

CUSTOMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A CRASH WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL WITH FOOT BRAKE W ON WET SURFACE. REAR TIRES COMPLETELY LOCKED WHEN CUSTOMER TAPPED THE FOOT BRAKE TO DISENGAGE SPEED CONTROL,CAUSING VEHICLE TO SKID. CUSTOMER ATTEMPTED TO "STOMP-AND-STEER" VEHICLE, (AS IS IMPLIED WITH ABS), BRAKES BECAME UNRESPONSIVE AND PEDAL TRAVELLED TO THE FLOOR. CUSTOMER THEN APPLIED FULL THROTTLE TO TRY TO PULL THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE SKID, WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO THE TRACTION CONTROL OVERPOWERING CUSTOMER'S ATTEMPT TO STEER AND ACCELERATE OUT OF THE SKID (THE TCS AUTOMATICALLY APPLIES FRONT BRAKES TO LIMIT WHEEL SPIN AT SPEEDS BELOW 20 MPH. EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE WAS TRAVELLING AT 70, COMPUTER MUST HAVE REGISTERED UNDER 20 AT THAT POINT). VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SPINNED OUT OF CONTROL OFF THE HIGHWAY DOWN A 40 FOOT EMBANKMENT. *AK

THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. *JB THE COMPONENT TO REPAIR THE AIR BAG WAS ORDER DECEMBER 2003 BUT IT STILL HAS NOT ARRIVED AT THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP FOLLOWED BY A TIRE BLOWOUT ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER, AS A RESULT THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. *AK THE CD PLAYER DID NOT ALWAYS WORK AND EXPERIENCED STATIC. *SC *JB

FOR TALL/LARGE PASSENGERS, REAR SEATBELTS LOCK UP AND RACHET TIGHTER AND TIGHTER WITH ACCELLERATION , CAUSING PAIN AND RESTRICKTION OF MOVEMENT. DEALER STATES PROBLEM KNOWN BUT NO FIX AVAILABLE. PROBLEM WITH AUTO CHILD SEAT ADJUSTMENT. I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM OVER YEAR AGO, CAN NOT FIND COMPLAINT IN SYSTEM.*AK

RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINE HAS A GROOVE CUT INTO IT AND CV BOOT IS SPLIT. FIRST NOTED ON 12/04/03 WHEN CAR CHECKED FOR BRAKES. TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED BY HONDA ON 03/03 AFTER COMPLAINTS OF HARD DOWN SHIFTING. CAR STILL DOWNSHIFTS HARD BUT NOT ALL THE TIME. GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN CAR IS COLD ON ACCELERATION. HONDA CORPORATE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ALONG WITH DEALER. THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE REPAIRS. PARTS HAVE BEEN ON ORDER FOR TWO WEEKS. THERE WAS NEVER A PROBLEM WITH BRAKES UNTIL HONDA REPLACED TRANSMISSION ON 03/03. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL FELL OFF. CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK