2004 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

THE CAR MAKES A SQUEALING / SCREECHING NOISE WHILE DRIVING THAT APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ON MY 2001 ACCORD 4CYL NOW IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN ON MY 2004. I'M AFRAID THAT I WILL HAVE TO GO WHAT I WENT THROUGH BEFORE WHERE EVERY OTHER OIL CHANGE I NEEDED REAR BRAKE PADS AND RESURFACING OF MY ROTORS, BUT IF I WASN'T SO DILIGENT ABOUT GETTING MY VEHICLE SERVICED WHO KNOWS, I PROBABLY WOULD LOSE ALL BRAKING ABILITY.

AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT AT THE LOCAL KMART, IN MY 2004 HONDA ACCORD EX, I NOTICED ANOTHER CAR BACKING OUT ALSO. I APPLIED MY BRAKE AND PUT MY CAR FROM REVERSE INTO DRIVE TO PULL A LITTLE WAYS BACK INTO MY PARKING SPACE SO I WOULD NOT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT, WHEN SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING (THE BLINK OF AN EYE) MY CAR CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. IN SHOCK, I PRESSED HARDER ON THE BRAKE, BUT MY CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND I COULD NOT STOP IT. I HIT TWO OTHER PARKED CARS BEFORE THE BRAKES FINALLY STOPPED THE CAR. THANK GOD IT STOPPED AS MY CAR WAS HEADING TOWARD THE KMART STORE. ONE 85-YEAR OLD LADY WAS INJURED WHILE IN HER CAR. THE OTHER TWO CARS WERE EMPTY. A LOT OF DAMAGE TO 3 VEHICLES PLUS ALMOST $7,000 DAMAGE TO MY ACCORD. AFTER MY CAR WAS REPAIRED, I ASKED THE HONDA DEALERSHIP TO LOOK AT MY CAR AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. I ASKED TO HAVE THE CRUISE CONTROL DISCONNECTED AS I HAVE READ THAT MAY BE WHAT CAUSES "SUDDEN ACCELERATION ACCIDENTS" AND HONDA REFUSED SAYING IF SOMETHING WENT WRONG THEY WOULD BE LIABLE. THIS IS A NIGHTMARE, JUST HORRIBLE, AS I AM BEING FORCED TO DRIVE MY CAR AND I AM FRIGHTENED ANOTHER INCIDENT WILL OCCUR. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE! *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON 10-11-05. THE CONSUMER WAS SITTING STILL AND AN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IN THE REAR WHILE GOING 45 MPH AND PUSHED IT INTO THE CAR IN FRONT. IT WAS A FOUR CAR ACCIDENT. THERE WAS MORE DAMAGE DONE TO THE REAR THAN TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY INJURED. HER KNEE DID HIT THE STEERING COLUMN, BUT SHE WAS NOT INITIALLY INJURED BY THIS. THE CONTACT WAS ALONE IN THE CAR. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT HAS NOT YET SPOKEN TO THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER, BUT PLANNED TO. DO SO. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY.*AK UPDATED 11/16/05. *JB

DT: 2004 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THERE HAD BEEN NO ACCIDENTS PRIOR TO THIS. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER GAS PEDALS SINCE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES, AND THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE BREAK DOWN LANE. SHE THEN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO STATED THERE WERE SCRAPINGS UNDER THE VEHICLE AND A BOLT WAS MISSING. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP, SHE RAN OVER SOMETHING TO CAUSE THIS. IT OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 6, 2005. *AK UPDATED 12/19/05. 8JB

I HAVE A SERIOUS COMPLIANT REGARDING MY HONDA ACCORD. ON JUNE 13, 2005 MY WIFE NOTICED A SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT REAR PORTION OF THE CAR. SHE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR JUNE 14 AT DESERT HONDA IN LAS VEGAS. *JB THE SERVICE REP REPORTED TO ME THAT THE REAR BAKES WERE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT, THIS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE CAR HAD ONLY 16,271 MILES. I FIND THIS ISSUE TO BE UNACCEPTABLE. WE PURCHASED A HONDA LARGELY DUE TO A REPUTATION OF EXCELLENT RELIABILITY. CLEARLY WE WERE MISTAKEN. EITHER THE DEALERSHIP COMMITTED FRAUD BY PERFORMING AN UNNEEDED REPAIR, OR HONDA BUILT A CAR WITH VERY POOR QUALITY. I DO HAVE THE USED BRAKE PADS, OR AT LEAST WHAT THE DEALER CLAIMS IS THE PADS FROM OUR ACCORD. THE REPAIRS WERE NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. I FIND THE SAFETY ISSUE OF BRAKES TO BE UNACCEPTABLE CONSIDERING THE RELATIVE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. I KNOW OF ANOTHER HONDA ACCORD WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A ROUTINE SERVICE CHECK IN AUGUST 2005. THE SERVICE DEALER DID NOT TIGHTEN THE LUG S:NUTS TIGHT ENOUGH. ON 10-09-05 SHE WAS DRIVING HOME AT 25 MPH AND THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL POPPED OFF. CONTACTS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED A MINOR ACCIDENT, AND IT TORE UP THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HER SHE SHOULD GET THE INSURANCE COMPANY INVOLVED. THE CONTACT HAS NOT YET SPOKEN TO INSURANCE COMPANY. SHE PLANNED TO TALK TO HER ATTORNEY. THE CONTACT WANTED TO LET SOMEONE KNOW BECAUSE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A WORSE SITUATION THEN IT TURNED OUT TO BE. THE TOWING COMPANY TOLD HER THE LUG S:NUTS WERE NOT PROPERLY TIGHTENED. *AK

2004 HONDA ACCORD EX W/24,000 MILES AND IN SERVICE ONE YEAR. EXCESSIVE NOISE (SQUEALING) COMING FROM FRONT AND REAR BRAKES. FRONT PADS HAD MINIMAL WEAR BUT THERE WAS A CRACK DOWN THE CENTER OF EACH FRONT PAD (FOUR IN ALL) SERVICE MANAGER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND THE CRACKS WERE PROBABLY CAUSED BY HEAT (A CRACK IN THE PAD IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR BUT A PROBLEM). AS FOR THE REAR BRAKES, THE REAR PADS WERE WORN COMPLETELY DOWN NOT EQUAL TO THE FRONT PADS AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS SHOULD HAVE HAD LESS WEAR THAN THE FRONT PADS BECAUSE IT IS THE FRONT BRAKES THAT WORK THE HARDEST. *JB

I OWNED A 2004 HONDA ACCORD 2 DOOR COUPE. I FILED FOR LEMON LAW BECAUSE AMERICAN HONDA REFUSED TO FIX A MAJOR TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK IN THE CAR. I HAVE WON THE LEMON LAW CASE, BUT WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT AMERICAN HONDA WAS NOT GOING TO RECALL ALL THE CARS WITH THAT TRANSMISSION, I FELT LIKE I HAD TO DO SOMETHING. THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO A LOW VENT VALVE ON THE SIX SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION ONLY HOLDS 2 QUARTS OF OIL. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 9/2004. FROM 9/2004 TO 9/2005, I WITNESSED WELL OVER A QUART OF OIL SPILL OUT AND ONTO THE BOTTOM OF THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE. I HAVE A DETAILED OUTLINE THAT I CAN E-MAIL YOU ON REQUEST OUTLINING ALL OF THE VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE OUTCOME OF EACH VISIT. THE LOCATION WHERE THIS OIL COMES OUT, IS ALSO WHERE THE CLUTCH IS LOCATED. I HAD NOTICED CLUTCH SLIPPAGE SOON AFTER BUYING THE CAR. I AM ASSUMING THE CLUTCH WAS SLIPPING DUE TO THE OIL SOAKING THE CLUTCH PLATE AND DISK. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FULL RECALL DONE ON ALL OF THESE TRANSMISSIONS. AMERICAN HONDA ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE MODIFIED THE 2005 TRANSMISSION TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, BUT WILL NOT RECALL THE OLD TRANSMISSION. *JB

CONSUMER WAS BROADSIDED BY A PICKUP CAUSING A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE BOTH SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TS AFTER THE CONSUMER WAS BROADSIDED THE VEHICLE CONTINUED FORWARD STRIKING A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD ON. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND DID COMPLY WITH THE RECALL. THE AIR BAG THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE RECALL WAS THE VERY AIR BAG WHICH HAD SUPPOSEDLY BEEN SERVICED. RECALL# 04V551000. *JB

A FIRE STARTED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE LOCATION OF THE FIRE WAS A LITTLE BEHIND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AREA. OTHER PASSING BY MOTORISTS WERE FLAGGING DOWN THE CONSUMER TO MAKE HER AWARE OF A FIRE. VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER, AND THE CONSUMER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK PRIOR TO THE FIRE THE BRAKES FUNCTION WAS REDUCED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO STOP IN AN INTERSECTION. THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATING ON THE DASH. *NM