2001 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

AFTER HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED FOR ITS 7500 MILE CHECK, FROM THAT POINT ON, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE NEEDED AIR EACH DAY, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A PLUG IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.(MICHELIN MXV4 PLUS)*JB

FRONT SEATBACK FAILURE CAUSED SEVERE FACIAL INJURIES TO REAR SEAT PASSENGER IN REAR END COLLISION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES DEALER DIAGNOSED A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND WAS INFORMED THAT NO TRANSMISSIONS WERE AVAILABLE FOR ONE MONTH, WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT HE WAS FOURTH IN LINE FOR A TRANSMISSION. *SLC

AFTER STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT, CONSUMER MADE A LEFT HAND TURN SLIGHTLY BUMPING THE CURB, AS CONSUMER TURNED THE CURB THE RATE OF SPEED WAS ABOUT 2-3 MPH, THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, AFTER COMPLETING THE TURN APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS LATER THE SIDE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CONSUMER STATES SHE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET PASSED THE CURB.*JB

CONSUMER WAS HIT BROADSIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO PASSENGER'S SIDE ON VEHICLE WAS CRUSHED IN. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS BEING PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY. DRIVER COVERED THE BRAKES WHILE PASSENGER REMOVED SEAT BELT. THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT FULL SPEED INTO THE PATIO. THE BRAKES REFUSED TO RESPOND(THERE WAS NO PRESSURE WHAT SO EVER). THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, THE PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURIES.*AK

WHILE @ INCLINE IN DRIVE THE CAR QUICKLY ROLLS BACK AS IF IN NEUTRAL AND DOES NOT STOP UNLESS YOU BRAKE. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE HONDA DEALER AND THEY COMPARED IT TO ANOTHER ON THE LOT. THEY SAID THE ONE ON THE LOT DID THE SAME THING SO THEY DETERMINED IT MUST BE A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. THE TECH SAID BECAUSE IT IS A 4 CYLINDER IT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH TORCHE TO HOLD THE WEIGHT. I ALSO CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AT AN 800 NUMBER PROVIDED ON THEIR WEBSITE AND PER ROXANNA THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CAR.*AK

AT ABOUT 683 MILES, SRS LIGHT WENT ON AFTER PASSENGER SAT DOWN (CAR WAS STANDING WITH ENGINE IDLING). DEALER RESET COMPUTER AFTER FINDING CODE 15-3. 3 DAYS LATER, THE SRS LIGHT CAME BACK ON ALSO IMMEDIATELY AFTER PASSENGER WAS SEATED WITH CAR ENGINE ON. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND I WAITED ABOUT ONE WEEK WHILE DEALER ORDERED POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT PARTS. NONE OF THE NEW PARTS INCLUDING SENSOR FIXED THE PROBLEM, SO ORIGINAL PARTS WERE LEFT IN THE VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THE ORIGINAL PARTS WERE ALREADY UPDATED BY HONDA (BECAUSE HONDA WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAD ALREADY MADE CHANGES TO PARTS IN SOME VEHICLES). DEALER RESET COMPUTER AGAIN, BUT SRS LIGHT REAPPEARED THE NEXT DAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH NO PASSENGER IN THE CAR. DEALER SAYS THEY CAN DO NOTHING ELSE, THAT THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT CANNOT FIX IT. SERVICE MANAGER SAID HONDA'S WORKING ON THE PROBLEM AND THEREFORE I MUST NOW DEAL EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE MANUFACTURER. DEALER SAYS ONLY PASSENGER AIR BAGS ARE AFFECTED BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW THEY KNOW THIS. IN THE MEANTIME, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS FOR ALL AIRBAGS IN THE CAR, AND ALSO ABOUT POSSIBLE INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THE LACK OF CONCERN BOTH BY DEALER AND MANUFACTURER ABOUT POTENTIAL INJURIES THAT MAY RESULT FROM THIS DEFECT AND THE FACT THAT A SOLUTION IS NOT IMMINENT. *AK *NM

CAR SURGES FORWARD WHEN A/C AND ENGINE IS RUNNING WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC FOR LIGHTS ETC. PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF SERVICE MANAGER AT PROCTOR HONDA IN TALLAHASSEE ON AUGUST 15, 2001 WHO CLAIMED THIS IS NORMAL FOR THE 2001 HONDA ACCORD.

CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP, AND WAS HIT ON THE DRIVERS FRONT SIDE AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*JB