1999 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TRANSMISSION SERVICE ON 1999 HONDA ACCORD COUPE WITH 38,000 MILES. TRANS. DOWNSHIFTS ROUGHLY FROM SECOND TO FIRST. FIRST ATTEMPT TO FIX BY DEALER JULY 5, 2003. PROBLEM SEEMED TO IMPROVE. RETURNED TO DEALER OCTOBER 2, 2003 WHEN GOT WORSE. DEALER REPLACED MOTOR MOUNTS IT SAID WERE COLLAPSED; CHARGED ME MORE THAN $400. TRANSMISSION STILL DOWNSHIFTS ROUGHLY ON OCCASION. REQUEST TO DEALER TO REFUND PORTION OF MOTOR MOUNT COST HAS RECEIVED NO RESPONSE AS OF OCT. 22 DESPITE NUMEROUS CALLS AND VOICE MAILS TO CUSTOMER SERVICE REP. DAVE KITCHEN, 310.783.3025. *LA

VEHICLE WILL STALL AT ANY SPEED WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. OWNER HAS MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED TWICE SINCE OWNING VEHICLE CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. *LA

SIDEWALL BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH. NO CONTACT WITH CURB, POTHOLE, OR ANY OTHER ROAD HAZARD. TIRE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT BLOWOUT ORIGINATED FROM INSIDE THE TIRE. TIRES HAVE LESS THAN 20K MILES. 2ND BLOWOUT IN 16 MONTHS. MICHELIN MX4 195/65R15. *LA

DEFECTIVE ALTERNATOR CAUSED VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER WHEN DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO DEALER, BUT PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION WAS SKIPPING SECOND GEAR AND WOULD NOT REVERSE UP A HILL. LESS THAN ONE YEAR AGO TRANSMISSION WAS DOING THE SAME THING, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK A YEAR LATER, THE TRANSMISSION WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT. CONSUMER LEARNED THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 2000 AND 2001 ACCORDS BUT NOT 1999. CONSUMER REPORTED BOTH INCIDENTS TO NHTSA IN CASE THERE'S A RECALL ISSUED FOR HIS MODEL YEAR VEHICLE. *PH *NLM

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V120000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH. VEHICLE CONTAINED AN AFTER MARKET ALARM SYSTEM WHICH WAS CONNECTED TO THE IGNITION. DEALER CHARGED A FEE TO DISCONNECT THE ALARM SYSTEM IN ORDER PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS.*AK

PROBLEMS GETTING STARTER RECALL REPAIRS COMPLETE.*MR THE STARTER WAS RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT. WHEN THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE WORK WAS NOT DONE BECAUSE SOMETHING CAME UP. AFTER THE CONSUMER LEFT THE DEALER THEY CALLED AND SAID THEY COULD NOT DO THE RECALL BECAUSE THE CONSUMER INSTALLED A NON-HONDA ALARM ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER AGREED TO BE RESPONSIBLE IF ANYTHING WENT WRONG AND GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO DO THE WORK BUT THEY SAID NO. *NLM

I HAVE 1999 HONDA ACCORD COUPE EX V6. MY TRANNY WENT AT 66'000 MILES. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I HAVE CALLED HONDA AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL ON 99 ACCORD TRANSMISSIONS BUT THERE IS AN EXTENSION ON 2000/2001 TRANSMISSIONS FOR 7 YEARS 100'00 MILES. I AM VERY UPSET AND HOPE THERE IS A RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS....OR AT LEAST COMPENSATE FOR THE $3000 I SPENT TO PAY FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. THANK YOU

THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON WITHIN DAYS AFTER MY 1999 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 HAD 90K SERVICE AT A HONDA DEALERSHIP, INCLUDING A FUEL INDUCTION SERVICE. THE FIRST TRIP BACK TO THE DEALER RESULTED IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT RECORDING THE CODE IN THEIR COMPUTER THEN TURNING THE INDICATOR LAMP OFF IN MY ACCORD. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LAMP RETURNED SOON AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP. ON THE 2ND VISIT, THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT THE CODE INDICATED THE EGR VALVE WAS CLOGGED. THE SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED THAT HONDA HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT ONLY FOR 8 YEARS/80,000 MILES. MY CAR HAS 92K MILES YET I WAS NEVER ADVISED OF THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP'S OWN TESTING DURING THE 90K SERVICE DID NOT DETECT THE EMISSION PROBLEM AND I SEE THAT MANY OTHERS WITH LESS MILEAGE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM.