2001 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

SRS LIGHT APPEARS ON PANEL UNTIL VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE SRS LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD PERMANENTLY UNTIL VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK *SCC

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DEALER STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT SENSOR WAS DAMAGED BY ITEMS PLACED UNDER THE SEAT, CONSUMER LEFT THE DEALER AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE, HOWEVER THE LIGHT WAS STILL ILLUMINATED, DEALER THEN STATED THE SEAT BELT NEEDED REPLACED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER, CONSUMER IS STILL AWAITING FOR THE PARTS. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WAS STRUCK IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT QUARTER PANEL, THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, CREATING A THICK SMOKE WHICH OBSCURED THE WINDSHIELD, CAUSING A LOSS OF VISION TO THE CONSUMER, CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS SMOKE PREVENTED HER FROM MAINTAINING THE BEST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. *SLC

THE BRAKES SMELLED LIKE BURNT RUBBER. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE MISALIGNED AT THE FACTORY AND CAUSED THE FRONT PADS TO RUB. THE DEALER RESURFACED THE ROTORS AND ADJUSTED THE BRAKES, BUT THE PADS CONTINUED WEARING FAST AND THE ROTORS CONTINUOUSLY OVERHEATED. *YH

CONSUMER STATED ON 2 OCCASIONS, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION, ONCE WHEN GOING FOWARD AND ONCE WHILE IN REVERSE CAUSING CONSUMER TO CRASH IN A CONCRETE WALL, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT.*JB

VEHICLE WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY. BRAKES ARE ALWAYS DEPLOYED BECAUSE OF THE INCLINE TO DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TRAVEL DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND UP THE DRIVEWAY OF A NEIGHBORS HOUSE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, STRIKING A PARKED VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN PROCEEDED ALONG THE NEIGHBORS PROPERTY TAKING OUT TREES, SHRUBBERY, AND A TELEPHONE AND CABLE BOX. THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO DRIVE AND TOOK OFF INTO A WOODED AREA ACROSS THE STREET. THE VEHICLE THEN EXITED THE FIRST WOODED AREA AND TOOK OFF ACROSS THE STREET AND ENTERED A SECOND WOODED AREA. TRANSMISSION LINE WAS SEVERED BY ONE OF THE TREES IN THE WOODED AREA CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE TRAVELED OUT OF CONTROL IN EXCESS OF 600 FT. BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. DRIVER CONTINUOUSLY ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND CONTROL THE VEHICLE WITHOUT RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. INSURANCE COMPANY AND AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AND WANTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS DISPLEASED WITH THOSE FINDINGS, CITING THAT NO NORMAL PERSON COULD HAVE TRAVELED THAT DISTANCE WITHOUT IT BEING A VEHICLE MALFUNCTION. CONSUMER STRONGLY URGED THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO TOTAL THE VEHICLE, FEARING THAT THIS MALFUNCTION COULD REOCCUR. THE INSURANCE COMPANY COMPLIED WITH THE CONSUMER.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD HAS A VISUAL WAVE, WHEN LOOKING OUT OF THE GLASS IT LOOKS WARPED. DEALER REFERRED CONSUMER TO A HONDA TECHNICIAN, WHO INDICATED WINDSHIELD SHOULD BE REPLACED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. NLM *JG

TRANSMISSION, SINCE DAY ONE, HAS ALWAYS MADE A LOUD METAL-TO-METAL CLUNKING/POPPING NOISE AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALER ADVISED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, WAS NORMAL. THEN AT AROUND 28K MILES, IT STARTED SHUDDERING AND SLIPPING ON DOWNSHIFTS BETWEEN 35-45MPH. I THEN TOOK IT TO RIGHT HONDA IN SCOTTSDALE, AND THEY THEN FLUSHED THE LINEAR SOLENOID, AND WHEN I GOT IT BACK, IT WAS STILL WAS DOING IT. THEY THEN REPLACED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, AND IT CAME BACK WITH A THUMPING NOISE WHEN IN PARK OR N. THEY THEN REPLACED IT A SECOND TIME. IT IS SHIFTING BETTER, BUT THE CAR HAS NOT AS MUCH PICKUP AND IS STILL MAKING THE METAL TO METAL NOISE, AFTER OVER $6,000 IN WARRANTY REPAIRS! IT ALSO LURCHES THROUGH GEARS SOMETIMES, AND IS NOT AS SMOOTH AS IT WAS WHEN I BOUGHT IT. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE QUITE A FEW TRANSMISSIONS. I FIRST SPOKE WITH ANGIE WILLIAMS AT HONDA CORPORATE, AND SHE WOULD NOT HELP NOR LET ME SPEAK TO HER SUPERVISOR, RICK THOMAS. I FINALLY GOT THROUGH TO RICK THOMAS, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT BUY THE CAR BACK, NOR WAS I GOING TO GET ANY HELP FROM HIM. I THEN ASKED TO SPEAK TO HIS SUPERVISOR, AND HE WOULD NOT LET ME SPEAK WITH RON GARNER. THE RECEPTIONIST THEN LIED TO ME AND SAID THAT RICK GARNER DOESNT HAVE VOICEMAIL, I CAUGHT HER IN THE LIE. UNDER MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY ACT, THEY HAVE HAD SUFFICIENT TIMES TO TRY AND REPAIR THIS VEHICLE! I HAVE FOUND THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM, AS ALMOST EVERYONE WITH A V6 AUTOMATIC ACCORD SEEMS TO NOTICE THIS PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION! THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM SUGGESTED I FILE A REPORT WITH THE BBB, SINCE THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO. THAT IS RIDICULOUS! I DID NOT PAY TO LEASE A $28,000 CAR, AND BE GIVEN A CHEAP RENTAL TO DRIVE AROUND IN FOR A MONTH. HOW AM I GOING TO EVER SELL THIS CAR WITH A REPAIR RECORD LIKE THIS? I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HELP. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, AIR BAG DEPLOYED AUTOMATICALLY, CAUSING DRIVER TO HIT A CURB AND BLOWOUT FRONT AND REAR TIRES. *AK *TT