2001 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED ABRUPTLY THE CONSUMER'S FOOT ALSO STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *PH THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND EXPLAINED BUT THEY INDICATED THERE WAS NOTHING AMISS. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THE HE HAS OWNED SIX HONDA'S IN THE LAST 20 YEARS YET NONE OF THEM EXHIBITED THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. *NM

DECEMBER 7, 2002-TOOK CAR TO HONDA CARS OF HICKORY. PROBLEM: SUDDEN DOWNSHIFTING/REPLACED WITH REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION(WAS TOLD COULD NOT HAVE NEW ONE) DECEMBER 26, 2002-TOOK CAR BACK FOR SAME PROBLEM: REPLACED TRANSMISSION AGAIN JANUARY 4, 2003-TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING-TRIED TO SEALOFF LEAK FEBRUARY 27, 2003-TRANSMISSION STILL LEAKING MARCH 6,2003-SAME PROBLEM-TOLD ME IDLER PULLEY WAS PROBLEM, NOT TRANSMISSION ANOTHER VISIT(NOT SURE OF DATE)TRANSMISSION REPLACED DUE TO FLUID LEAK. CURRENTLY HAVING MORE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION COMING OUT OF GEAR AND WITH TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM (ACCORDING TO OWNERS' MANUAL-DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEM) SERVICE MANAGER, KEVIN STEIN, NOT RETURNING PHONE CALLS!

AFTER 1 WEEK OF USING MY ACCORD,THE SIDE AIRBAG LIGHTS COMES ON AND OFF.I TOOK IT FOR REPAIR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR[ROSENTHAL HONDA OF TYSONS CORNER .VA.]THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON AND ON AND TODAY IS MY 5TH TIME TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MY SIDE AIRBAG INDICATOR,AND AGAIN I WAS TOLD THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.THEY SAY THE INDICATOR WILL COME AND STAY IF MY PASSENGER IS NOT PROPERLY SITTED,I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE LIGHT INDICATOR STAYS AND WON'T GO OFF.I AM SO TIRED OF PLEASING THE SERVICE CENTER TELLING THE SAME THING AGAIN AND AGAIN,I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM ANYMORE.YESTERDAY I CALLED THE AMAERICAN HONDA MOTORS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE INDICATOR SHOULD NOT STAY ON.SERVICE CENTER HAS NO GOOD EXPLANATION ON THIS.PLEASE HELP THANKS

EXCESSIVE VIBRATION FROM STEERING WHEEL AT STOPS,,,BROUGHT THIS TO THE HONDA DEALER @ 1700 E SAHARA AVE, LAS VEGAS NV.. ON MARCH 25...APRIL 9TH/03 DEALERSHIP REPLACED ENGINE REAR MOUNT 16029 C- CHECK FOR IDLE VIBRATION C-IDLE ADJUSTMENT BULLETIN 03-016 & REAR ENGINE MOUNT MALFUINCTION R-BULLETIN PERFORM IDLE SPEED ADJUSTMENT PRODECURE REPLACEMENT REAR ENGINE MOUNT..WAS NOT PLEASED...COMPLAINED TO CORP...ON MAY 22 MET WITH REGIONAL MANAGER, SERVICE MANAGER AND TOOK THE CAR FOR A RIDE...THE REGIONAL MANAGER ASSURED ME THATS THE WAY HONDA'S RIDE AND ALL IS NORMAL...I HAD ASKED WHY WAS THE SERVICE DONE RE: BULLENTINS...HIS COMMENT WAS...THEY WERE WRONG....I NOW FIND OUT THRU YOUR SITE THAT IT MAY BE SUSPENSION/STEERING...THEY SENT ME ON MY WAY, SAYING I WAS NUTS

AT 65 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR ON STRAIGHT INTERSTATE CAR BEGAN TO STEER IRRADICALLY TO RIGHT. NO RESPONSE TO WHEEL CORRECTION, FISH TAILING, STRUCK ONE SIDE CONCRETE WALL AND CROSSED ROAD TO LEFT GUARD RAIL. BRAKES TRIED AT LEAST TWICE WITHOUT RESPONSE AND CORRECTION OF WHEEL AFTER FIRST HIT DID NOT CORRECT DIRECTION. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FRONT AND RIGHT SIDE AFTER FIRST HIT AND PERHAPS ONLY ON SECOND. NO SIGNIFICANT INJURIES. TOTAL FRONT DAMAGE. SERPENTINE BELT SEEN HANGING UPON REMOVAL OF CAR. TIE RODS AND CV JOINT BOOTS INTACT, BUT TRANSMISSION JUST REPLACED UNDER WARRANTEE AND CV JOINTS ON ORDER FOR WEAR PERHAPS RELATED TO TRANSMISSION BEING "VERY SLOPPY" CREATING FRONT END VIBRATION IN FLOOR AT 50 MILES AN HOUR TO 60 RELIEVED BY PUTTING GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. FEEL STEERING FAILURE PERHAPS RELATED TO SERPENTINE BELT FAILURE.

THE SRS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON UNTIL CAR WAS TURNED OFF. FIRST DATE OF FAILURE NOTED ABOVE. THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED 2 MORE TIMES SINCE THE FIRST REPAIR ATTEMPT. AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE CAR IS IN NEED OF A THIRD REPAIR ATTEMPT. THE CURRENT ODOMETER READING IS 7,700.

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR TWICE. THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED AND DEALERSHIP REPLACED TRANSMISSION. I EXPECT MORE RELIABILITY OUT OF AN $18,000 DOLLAR PURCHASE. BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER REFUSED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION. ONE YEAR LATER I RECEIVED EXTENDED WARRANTY INFORMATION FOR TRANSMISSION ON ALL 2001 HONDA ACCORDS. IT TURNS OUT WE WERE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO PURCHASED A LEMON. THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME SORT ON THE NHTSA SITE.

ALL OF THE ABOVE DATES AND MILEAGE ARE APPROXIMATE. I HAVE THE INFORMATION ON PAPER AT HOME. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE HARDEST TIME WITH HONDA FINANCIAL SERVICES WITH THEM CALLING ME AND SAYING THAT I NEVER PAID MY MONTHLY BILL (LAST FALL), WHICH I DID, AND THEN FINALLY THEY FOUND THE CHECK AND SAID "OH, OUR MISTAKE, IT HAS BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME." AND THEN NOW, I HAVE THEM SAYING THAT I WAS IN DEFAULT OF MY LEASE BECAUSE THEY NEVER HAD INFORMATION FOR MY INSURANCE, WHICH MY INSURANCE WAS SUPPOSED TO SEND THEM THAT INFORMATION. I CHECKED BACK WITH THEM A WEEK LATER (TODAY) AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO IMPOUND MY CAR BECAUSE MY INSURANCE COMPANY NEVER GOT BACK WITH THEM. CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY, AND IT TOOK 5 MINS. TO HAVE SOMEONE FAX OVER PROOF OF INSURANCE. THAT WAS ALL - WAS IT THAT DIFFICULT??? THIS CAR HAD TO HAVE THE BACK BRAKES REPLACED AFTER 25000 MILES (ABOUT A MONTH AGO - IT WAS MAKING THIS AWFUL NOISE, LIKE RATTLING CHAINS UNDERNEATH) - THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THE BACK WINDOW TINTING LIFTED UP AFTER 1 YEAR, THE TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE FREEWAY 1 MONTH AFTER GETTING IT (LEASED THE CAR AUG 2001). THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON TWICE, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. AND THE SRS LIGHT WAS ON 2 DIFFERENT TIMES. HAD IT TURNED OFF THE 1ST TIME. THEN 1 WEEK LATER IT WAS BACK ON, BROUGHT BACK TO MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, BUT THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME A GOOD ENOUGH EXPLANATION. WHEN I FIRST WAS LOOKING FOR A CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP, THIS CAR WAS NOT ON THE LOT WHERE ALL THE OTHER CARS FOR SALE WERE, IT WAS IN THE BACK, BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. ASKED THE SALES REP IF THE CAR WAS IN OKAY CONDITION AND HE SAID IT WAS, AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT BECAUSE IT ONLY HAD 10 MILES ON IT - I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THEN. THIS CAR IS A PAIN IN THE BEHIND AND IT IS JUST A HASSLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT KEEPS HAPPENING WITH IT.

MY 2001 HONDA ACCORD IS COMPLETELY OUT OF SERVICE. DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I HAVE MADE COMPLAINTS TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASE AND SERVICE MY VEHICLE. I AM OUT OF A CAR, AND NO TRANSPORTATION, BECAUSE THE DEALER REFUSE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM ON MY (2) YEAR OLD VEHICLE. I AM A CUSTOMER AND FEEL VERY MUCH VAILDATED BY THIS ACTION. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED, I AM AWARE OF THE SECRET WARRANTY THAT SAME DEALERSHIPS HAVE TO COVER THIS MATTER.

WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THERE WAS NO PASSENGER IN THE SEAT AT THE TIME OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. DEALER INSPECTED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AND REPLACED THE AIR BAG AND COVER. *AK