1999 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE HAS ONLY 67000 MILES AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

EXPERIENCED EXTREMELY HARD SHIFTING AT 40 MPH. THE ENGINE WOULD REV, DIE DOWN, AND THEN SUDDENLY JERK INTO GEAR. FROM DAY-ONE HAVE EXPEIENCED ACKWARD SHIFT FROM 2-3. AT TIME OF EACH RECOMMENDED SERVICE REQUESTED STAFF ADDRESS ISSUE. TYPICAL RESPONSE THAT HOW CAR WS DESIGN. NOW AT 52,000 MILES NEED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. HONDA OF AMERICAN IS DOING A 50/50 SPILT OF THE COST TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. DEALERS PRICE TO REPAIR WAS $5300. HONDA OF AMERICA PRICE APPROXIMATELY $2400 , HALF PAID BY CONSUMER. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, DUE TO A DEFECT WITH THE GEAR BEARING. *JB *SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 50 TO 60 MPH THE VEHICLES ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *NLM *CB *JB

1999 HONDA ACCORD V6 TRANSMISSION NEEDING TO BE REBUILT AT ONLY 87K MILES. THIS WAS DUE TO THE TRANS SLIPPING AND SHIFTING ERRATICALLY. THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS LISTED WITH THE 2000-2001 MODELS. *NLM

OWNER OF 1999 HONDA ACCORD LX AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 4-CYLINDER ENGINE.APPROXIMATELY 53,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. DRIVING WHEN HEARD NOISE. PULLED OVER AND LOST POWER STEERING. CAR STOPPED RUNNING. PARKED IN PARKING LOT. LOOKED UNDER HOOD SAW BELT LOOSE. HAD CAR TOWED TO INDEPENDENT HONDA SHOP. MECHANIC STATES THAT BOLT ON CRANKSHAFT PULLEY WAS NEVER TIGHTENED PROPERLY AT FACTORY, ALLOWING CRANKSHAFT PULLEY MECHANISM TO LET BELTS SLIP OFF. DAMAGE DONE TO END OF CRANKSHAFT NEEDS REPLACEMENT. MECHANIC STATES CALLED HONDA DEALERSHIP IN CALSBAD, CA AND THEY HAVE SEEN THREE CARS COME IN LIKE THIS. SAFETY CONCERN SINCE I WAS ON A SMALL SIDE ROAD ONLY GOING 25 MPH , COULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT IF ON FREEWAY. HAD SMALL CHILDREN IN CAR AT TIME AND ALSO MY REALTOR, COULD BE A WITNESS. CAR INSPECTED AT HONDA DEALERSHIP ON 6-17-03.*JB. MECHANIC STATES HE CALLED CALSBAD, CA DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAV ESEEN AT LEAST ONE CAR PER MONTH WITH SAME PROBLEM. *AK

THE DIFFERENTIAL BEARINGS ON MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 49K MILES AND DAMAGED MY TRANSMISSION. I HAD MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT BY A PRIVATE COMPANY WHEN HONDA TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD BY HONDA THAT THEY MAY HAVE DONE HELPED IF A DEALER HAD DONE THE WORK. *NLM

I OWN A 1999 HONDA ACCORD WITH 2.3L ENGINE WITH 21K MILES. THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY CAME LOOSE AND CREATED INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE. HONDA WILL NOT CLAIM A DEFECT. CHECK COMPLAINT #'S 8013427,750032,10000253,10000370,10001199,10006874. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFO YOU COULD SEND ME. *NLM

DEFECTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN '1999 HONDA ACCORD EX V-6 TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AT ONLY 65,000 MILES. *AK

MY 1999 HONDA ACCORD EX SEDAN WITH APPROXIMATELY 84,000 MILES ON ODOMETER HAS WARPED FRONT ROTORS. I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLES, HOWEVER, I ALMOST ALWAYS BOUGHT TOYOTA'S IN THE PAST (AND KEPT MOST TO THE 100,000-MILE MARK). THIS IS MY FIRST HONDA. I'VE REVIEWED ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS FILED WITH REGARD TO THIS VEHICLE, AND CONCUR WITH OTHERS THAT THERE IS NO LOGICAL REASON FOR WARPED ROTORS AT THIS POINT. FRONT AND BACK BRAKES WERE REPLACED LAST YEAR (ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS), BRAKES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED ROUTINELY, AND I HAVE NOT BEEN DRIVING ROUTINELY IN CONGESTED TRAFFIC, NOR DO I TAKE MY CAR TO CAR WASHES WHEN IT IS BITTER COLD OUTSIDE (AS THE HONDA REP INDICATED COULD BE THE CAUSE). IN ADDITION TO PAYING FOR PM SERVICE AT HONDA, I NOW HAVE TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $138+ FOR ROTOR REPAIRS. MY DRIVE TO WORK IS PRETTY EASY, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO YEARS WHEN I DROVE TO DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS DAILY. IF I WAS EVER GOING TO HAVE "ROTOR WARP" ISSUES, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE VEHICLES THAT DROVE THE CITY MILES. THEREFORE, IT WAS A SURPRISE TO BE HIT WITH "WARPED ROTORS." I WAS ALREADY A HONDA OWNER A WHEN I HEARD ABOUT HOW "SECRETIVE" THEY ARE WITH THEIR QUALITY ISSUES. WHY DO THEY FEEL THE NEED TO HIDE THEIR PARTS, SERVICE, AND DESIGN FLAWS, AND TRY TO EVADE CUSTOMER CARE OPPORTUNITIES? HONDA SHOULD BE UPFRONT AND ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OF THE VEHICLES THEY MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTE, AND PROFIT FROM IN THIS COUNTRY. AFTER ALL, THESE WERE GENUINE HONDA PARTS THAT WARPED. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER THIS COMPLAINT AND HOPE THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS PART OR DESIGN FAILURE YIELDS SOME GOOD NEWS IN RECOUPING SOME OF THE COST. HAVING MADE MY LAST CAR PAYMENT YESTERDAY, I WAS HOPING TO HAVE A BREAK FROM PAYMENTS AND REPAIRS FOR A WHILE. HOWEVER, THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE A REPEAT PROBLEM, AND IF SO, I MAY NEED TO LOOK AT NEW VEHICLES. A LOT DEPENDS ON WHAT HONDA DOES, OR DOES NOT DO, TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. *NLM