2001 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY; OWNERS MANUAL STATES THIS CAN BE DUE TO PASSENGER IN PASSENGER SEAT. THEN SRS LIGHT CAME ON LAST WEEK AND STAYED ON. OWNERS MANUAL INSTRUCTS TO CONTACT DEALER IMMEDIATELY. I DID AND TOOK IT IN ON THE DAY CONTACTED. DEALER PAPERWORK STATES "SRS CLEARED SRS CODE 15-3, FOUND CELL PHONE ACCESSORIES IN PROXIMITY OF SEAT, CODE DID NOT RESET". VERBALLY INSTRUCTED NOT TO PUT CELL PHONE OR ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE ON PASSENGER SEAT OR NEAR IT; AS THIS CAN INTERFERE WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. AS OF RIGHT NOW BOTH LIGHTS ARE OFF - WHETHER OR NOT MY AIRBAGS WILL DEPLOY CORRECTLY IS A QUESTION MARK. *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED.

VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL EITHER JERK INTO OR OUT OF SECOND GEAR. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

I HAVE JUST TRADED MY 2001 HONDA ACCORD LX MANUAL TRANSMISSION VIN#[XXX] BECAUSE OF A SEVERE IDLING PROBLEM. THE CAR HAD ONLY 12,000 MILES AND HAD ALL THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AS RECOMMENDED BY HONDA. IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE OWNED A HONDA FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND HAVE DRIVEN A STICK SHIFT FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. I AM VERY WELL AWARE OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE PEDALS. ALSO, THE FLOOR MAT WAS ATTACHED TO ITS PIN NEAR THE FRONT OF THE SEAT SO IT DID NOT IMPEDE MY USE OF THE PEDALS. I HAD THE IDLE GO ABSOLUTELY NUTS, ALMOST RED LINE, AFTER HAVING PARKED THE CAR FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN RESTARTING THE CAR. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES OVER ABOUT 6 MONTHS. THE FIRST TWO TIMES, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD. LUCKILY, NO ONE OR ANY PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED. I HAD BOTH CROWN HONDA OF CHAPEL HILL, NC AND FLOW HONDA OF WINSTON-SALEM, NC CHECK THE CAR OUT. IN FACT, FLOW HAD THE CAR 3 WEEKS AFTER THE 3RD INCIDENT. NEITHER DEALER SAID THEY FOUND A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR ALTHOUGH I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY DRIVING THE CAR. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS CAR WILL BE SOLD TO SOMEONE WHO WILL NOT BE TOLD OF THE PROBLEM I HAVE EXPERIENCED. I FEEL THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS AND SOMEONE MAY HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED HONDA CORPORATE. I HOPE YOU WILL LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE INTERNET TO FIND IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. HONDA SAYS THEY HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS AN EASY OR HARD FIX. I DO BELIEVE THIS CAR HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *NLM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE AIRBAG INDICATOR ON THE DASHBOARD COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON. AFTER A WHILE IT GOES OFF ON ITS OWN. SOMETIMES IT WILL COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. I HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW. I TOOK IT TO CRYSTAL LAKE HONDA, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL EVEN BEFORE THE ONE YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRED AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. TODAY I WAS GOING THROUGH THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE 20 COMPLAINTS RELATED TO EITHER THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM OR THE FACT THAT THE AIRBAGS EITHER DID NOT DEPLOY DURING ACCIDENT OR DEPLOYED UN-NECESSARILY. I HOPE HONDA DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I BOUGHT A HONDA ACCORD OVER A COMPETING MODEL BECAUSE THIS ONE HAD SIDE AIRBAGS. NOW AFTER READING HOW THE AIRBAGS DO NOT DEPLOY I AM UPSET. LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS A FIX TO THIS PROBLEM AND WHAT I CAN TELL THE DEALER. *JB

OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE ABOUT 48 DEGREES. MY WIFE DROVE ABOUT A MILE FROM THE TRAIN STATION PARKED THE CAR TO PICK OUR CHILD FROM THE DAY CARE. THE IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN EVEN THOUGH SHE TRIED WITH ALL HER STRENGTH. SHE REQUESTED ANOTHER PARENT (MALE) TO HELP. HE TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL WITH FORCE AND THE IGNITION TURNED. HE SAID HE WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE HER WHEELS WERE NOT TURNED. HE SAID THIS NORMALLY HAPPENS IF THE WHEELS ARE IN THE TURNED POSITION WHEN PARKING, BUT THEY WERE NOT. GOOD THING THE TEMPERATURE WAS NOT 40 BELOW ZERO AS THEY CAN BE HERE. IS THIS A KNOWN PROBLEM ? IS THERE A FIX ? *NLM

ON 4/4/03 A LOUD THUD CAME FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE D4 ON THE SHIFT INDICATOR STARTED TO BLINK. I SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED. THE SHIFT INDICATOR STOPPED BLINKING BUT THE CAR WOULD SHIFT VERY HARD. I TOOK IT TO HONDA AND THEY WARRANTED THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE CAR ONLY HAD 65000 MILES THEY ALSO GAVE ME A RENTAL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED OR WILL I HAVE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN AT 120000 MILES? *JB

REPEATED FAILURE OF SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAIN SYSTEM IN MY WARRANTIED 2001 HONDA ACCORD. FAILURE CONSISTS OF FAULTY SENSORS, THEREBY DEACTIVATING THE SYSTEM. THIS HAS OCCURRED FOUR TIME. EVERY TIME THIS WAS TAKEN TO A FACTORY AUTHORIZED DEALER, WITH NO SUCCESS (PROBLEM RECURS). *NLM

IN NOVEMBER 2002, I DISCOVERED A PROBLEM WITH MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY 2001 HONDA ACCORD. SUBSEQUENT TO THIS DATE I HAD THREE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS, ALL UNSUCCESSFUL. TWO OF MY TRANSMISSIONS DID NOT LAST LONGER THAN A WEEK BEFORE THEY WERE DIAGNOSED WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HONDA IS UNWILLING TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM AND HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO REACH. THE SERVICE STAFF CONTINUALLY TRIES TO TELL ME THAT THE PROBLEM IS "IN MY HEAD", YET THEY CONTINUE TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION UNIT ON EACH VISIT. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR 2001/2002 MODEL PLEASE FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE BBB AUTO LINE, THE BUREAU OF AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, OR THE NEW MOTOR VEHICLE BOARD, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT HONDA WILL BECOME RESPONSIVE TO THIS PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON ALL TRANSMISSION TO 100,000 MILES, THIS ONLY COVERS 100,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER NOT ON THE LIFE OF THE NEW TRANSMISSION. HOW CAN I MAKE HONDA ACCOUNTABLE FOR MY UNSAFE VEHICLE? THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIVE IN ANY WAY! *JB

THE 2001 ACCORD V6 HAS 18500 MILES. ONE MORNING I HAD A GREAT DIFFICULTY IN STARTING THE CAR, I CHECKED THE CAR BATTERY BUT IT WAS OKAY. FROM THAT TIME ON THE CAR WILL EVENTUALLY START, BUT THE DIFFICULTY IN STARTING IS THERE. *NLM