1998 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

DEALERSHIP IS CHARING CONSUMER TO REMOVE A FACTORY INSTALLED ALARM SYSTEM TO FIX IGNITION SWITCH RECALL.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION (02V120000) REGARDING THE IGNITION SWITCH, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALL COULD BE PERFORMED BUT THE COSNUMER WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THE ALARM REINSTALLED, CONSUMER STATES HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THE ALARM REINSTALLED BECAUSE THE IGNITION SWITCH IS DEFECTIVE.*YH

RECALL 02 V 120 000/IGNITION SWITCH: INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WOULD NOT CRANK PROPERLY. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE STANDING ON A HILL CAR DRIFTS BACK A CAR LENGTH. HAS AAUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.*AK

ED BOYLES HONDA, MARIETTA GA 30060; PARTS FOR IGNITION SWITCH RECALL 02V120000 WERE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER UNTIL UNKNOWN TIME. VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS OF IRREGULAR STARTING. (NO PARTS). PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

DEALERS WILL NOT RECONNECT THE ALARM SYSTEM AFTER REMOVING IT TO DO IGNITION RECALL REPAIRS. *AK *SCC

MY WIFE PARKED THE VEHICLE IN THE K-MART PARKING LOT. SHE TOOK KEY OUT OF IGNITION, LOCKED THE VEHICLE AND WE WENT INSIDE TO SHOP. AFTER SHOPPING FOR 5 - 10 MINUTES, K-MART INTERCOM ASKED HONDA OWNER TO COME FORWARD. THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED BACKWARD ACROSS PARKING LOT, STRIKING CONCRETE BASE OF LIGHT POLE, COMPLETELY DESTROYING REAR BUMPER. VEHICLE WAS FOUND LOCKED, KEY OUT OF IGNITION, IN DRIVE INSTEAD OF PARK.*AK

A PICK UP TRUCK TRAVELING AT 45 MPH SLAMMED IN THE BACK OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WHILE WAS SITTING. DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK COLLAPSED AND CONSUMER SUFFERED A RUPTURED DISC IN NECK. *AK VEHICLE WAS STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. *JG

WHEN CONSUMER BROUGHT VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL RELATING TO IGNITION SWITCH, DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS STATING THAT CONSUMER IS REPONSIBLE FOR DISCONNECTING THE ALARM SYSTEM THAT WAS INSTALLED ON HIS VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS WILLING TO DISCONNECT THE ALARM SYSTEM BUT WAS NOT WILLING TO RECONNECT AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. *TT

AFTER A RAIN STORM INSIDE FRONT OF VEHICLE WAS FLOODED AS A RESULT OF WATER COMING THROUGH WINDSHIELD.CONTACTED DEALER.*AK