1999 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

RE: 1999 HONDA ACCORD EX (VIN: JHMCG667XXXXXXXXX). OPTED NOT TO DRIVE ON FREEWAY THAT EVENING DUE TO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, TOOK BACK STREETS (PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED ON FREEWAY). SUDDENLY ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE LOUD NOISES & ENGINE DIED; LOST POWER STEERING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS & ALL PANEL LIGHTS CAME ON. TOW TRUCK ARRIVED, DRIVER DISCOVERED BELTS CAME OFF & THE PULLEY WAS BROKEN. BOLT ATTACHING IT WAS SHEARED OFF & BROKEN IN HALF, TOO. SUBMITTED ANOMALY TO HONDA CORPORATE (CASE # N012003-09-1001253)(PH # (800) 999-1009) TO REVIEW CASE ONCE OUR LOCAL HONDA DEALER COMPLETES REPAIRS. CORPORATE HONDA OFFERED "GOODWILL ASSISTANCE" IF CASE DEEMED VALID ENOUGH FOR THEM TO PAY FOR SOME IF NOT ALL OF THE COSTS. HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM YET. HONDA DEALERSHIP NOTICED PULLEY WAS ALSO WARPED. THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. REPORTED CAR HAD 56K MILES, BUT MISTAKEN; SHOULD BE APPROX. 65K. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOT JUST "WEAR & TEAR"; MORE LIKE A DESIGN FLAW OR SOMETHING! WE HAVE AN 1987 HONDA WITH NO PROBLEMS & ITS PULLEY DOES NOT EVEN WOBBLE LIKE IT IS DOING NOW IN THE 1999 SINCE IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED. IT'S STILL ON A TRIAL BASIS FOR 1 WEEK STARTING 9/15/2003. TO CONTINUE FURTHER MAY COST US AN ADD'L $3K OUT OF POCKET WITH NO GUARANTEES FROM THE DEALERSHIP. *JB

I WAS DRIVING MY 1999 HONDA ACCORD WHEN MY CD STARTED SKIPPING AND THEN MY ABS DASH LIGHT CAME ON. I CONTINUED ON THE HIGHWAY (A MAJOR INTERSTATE WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC) UNTIL MY EXIT. WHEN I SLOWED DOWN AT AN APPROACHING INTERSECTION, MY CAR JUST DIED. ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING QUIT...RADIO, AC,ETC...CAR FLASHERS WOULD NOT WORK, I WAS STRANDED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WITHOUT ANY WAY TO LET APPROACHING TRAFFIC KNOW I HAD CAR TROUBLE. PUT MY HOOD AND TRUNK UP AND ESCAPED MY CAR. IT WAS TERRIBLE...BUT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE IF I HAD STILL BEEN ON I-285 WHICH IS A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED ARTERY AROUND ATLANTA WITH MULTIPLE LANES AND FAST TRAFFIC. I GOT ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN...NO DASH LIGHTS (I.E. BATTERY INDICATOR LIGHT) CAME ON TO LET ME KNOW THAT MY ALTERNATOR HAD DIED. THAT IS WHY THE CAR QUIT AS I SLOWED AT THE INTERSECTION...THE BATTERY HAD BEEN DRAINED COMPLETELY. I HAVE HAD NIGHTMARES ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ME HAD I STILL BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE OR HAD THIS OCCURRED AT NIGHT, AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE KNOWING THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN SINCE I TRAVEL THAT BUSY HIGHWAY EVERY DAY! I THINK THIS IS A MAJOR ELECTRICAL DEFECT. MY CAR WAS REPAIRED AT CAREY PAUL HONDA IN SNELLVILLE GA AND THEY ASSURED ME THAT I DID NOT HAVE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM...BUT, NO INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AT ALL! PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. I WILL ALSO CONTACT HONDA OF AMERICA ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *JB

SERVICE BULLETIN #' 030013 & 03034 SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST RECALL REPLACED BRACKET FOR LOOSENESS IN SEAT-BACK & CUSHION - DID NOT RESOLVE PROBLEM - RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP & WAS ADVISED SEAT TRACK - NEEDED REPLACEMENT - ($758.53 TRACK - LABOR $218.38) THE SEAT STARTED SHIFTING WHEN VEHICLE WAS APPROX 2.5 YEARS OLD - CONTACTED HONDA DIRECT (800-999-1009 CASE#N012003-08-220-1363) WAS ADVISED THEY WOULD PAY 50% OF SEAT TRACK. THE DEALERSHIP AND HONDA DIRECT HAVE BEEN COURTEOUS & KIND. I DO NOT FEEL UNDER NORMAL USAGE THAT THE SEAT TRACK SHOULD FAIL. I BELIEVE THAT THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOR THE TRACK NOT THE BRACKET. *PH

THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED AND ACCELERATED OVER 45 MILES PER HOUR. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THEN I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.*AK

MY 1999 HONDA ACCORD HAS HAD THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAIL AT 40,000 MILES, 80,000 MILES, AND 126,000 MILES. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN DEFECT, BUT HONDA AND MY LOCAL DEALERS REFUSE TO COVER THE REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

WHEN HIT IN THE FRONT CENTER AT 25 MPH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

1999 HONDA ACCORD-VEHICLE ACCELERATING WITHOUT TOUCHING GAS PEDAL WHILE DRIVING. ENGINE REVVING ON OWN WHILE IN PARK. TOWED TO DEALER. SERVICE DEPT SAYS THROTTLE BODY IS MALFUNCTIONING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT THIS POINT AND WAS LEFT AT DEALERSHIP AWAITING PART.*AK

TIRES PLUS ON ROUTE 192 IN MELBOURNE FLORIDA SOLD MY 21 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER A BRAND NEW SET OF BRIDGESTONE TIRES HIGH PERFORMANCE. THEY TOLD HER HER CAR (A 1999 HONDA ACCORD TWO DOOR) COULD ONLY USE HIGH PERFORMANCE TIRES AND NOT THE LESS EXPENSIVE BRAND. THIS WAS IN APRIL OR 4 MONTHS AGO. THE TIRES ARE NOW BALD AND STRINGS ARE FLYING OFF THEM. WHEN SHE TOOK THE CAR BACK TO TIRES PLUS THEY SAOID THAT THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE ON THOSE TIRES. THEY SAID THEY HAD NO MILEAGE WARRANTY. THE SALESMAN TOLD HER THAT THEY GAVE HER A BREAK ON HER ALIGNEMENT. SHE SAID SHE NEVER ASKED FOR A BREAK AND HAD NO IDEA THEY GAVE HER ONE AND WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE DEFECTED ( ALL FOUR) TIRES. THEY TOLD HER THE AIR PRESSURE WAS 31 POUNDS AND SHOULD BE 35 LBS. SHE TOLD THEM SHE PUMPS THEM DAILY AND THEY DON'T HOLD THE AIR. THEY TOLD HER THATS' TOUGH AND THEY WOULD SELL HER 4 NEW TIRES FOR JUST OVER THEIR COST. NOW MY 21 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IS DRIVING ON BALD FRAYING TIRES. SHE WORKS TWO JOBS AND IS AT THE NIGHT JOB NOW. I AM AFRAID THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO . NEITHER I ( HER MOTHER) NOR SHE CAN PAY FOR NEW TIRES AT THE MOMENT. IF I COULD I WOULD AND MAYBE NEXT MONTH I WILL BUT I DON'T WANT HER TO DRIVE WITH THOSE TIRES ENDANGER HER OR OTHERS. SHE MUST WORK BUT FOR VERY EXPENSIVE TIRES TO BE TOTALLY SHOT AFTER 4 MONTHS IS UNACCEPTABLE. WHAT SHOULD WE DO. SHE HAD HAD THE TIRES ROTATED AND THE CAR SERVICED BY THE HONDA DEALERSHIP. *AK

WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS PRESSED VEHICLE HESITATES AND JUMPS. TOOK VEHICLETO DEALER, DEALER SAID, " THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO THE VEHICLE UNTIL ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED". *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY STALL WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUT IN THE PARK GEAR TO RESTART BECAUSE IT WOULD CRANK IN THE NEUTRAL GEAR. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK UPDATED 5/18/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT. UPDATED 05/20/09.*JB