2001 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

HI! I AM HOPING TO OWN THIS CAR FOR TEN MORE YEARS. SINCE PURCHASE COMPLAINED HEADLIGHTS NOT WORKING (HAVE SERVICE COMPLAINT DOCUMENTED) AS I CANNOT SEE IN SNOW, RAIN, ICE, WHEN YOU NEED THEM THE MOST. ALSO BELIEVE CAR FILLS WITH EXHAUST FUMES FOR MANY YEARS. HAS ANYONE CHECKED THIS OUT?

WHILE CHANGING THE FRONT BRAKES ON MY CAR I NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR CORNER OF MY SUBFRAME WAS HEAVILY RUSTED. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION THE SUBFRAME HAS RUSTED THROUGH IN SEVERAL SPOTS. DIRECTLY BELOW THE AIR CONDITIONING DRAIN TUBE I WAS ABLE TO PUT A FINGER THROUGH THE METAL WITH LITTLE TO NO PRESSURE. THE LOCATION OF THIS DRAIN TUBE ALLOWS WATER TO DRIP DIRECTLY ONTO THE SUBFRAME. THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SUBFRAME HAS BARELY ANY RUST ON IT AT ALL. SEARCHING THROUGH THE INTERNET I FOUND MANY REPORTS AND STORIES FROM OWNERS OF THE 1998 TO 2002 HONDA ACCORDS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. A WALK THROUGH A LOCAL JUNKYARD YESTERDAY PROVIDES FURTHER PROOF THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND HONDA NEEDS TO RECTIFY THIS ISSUE PROMPTLY.

VEHICLES BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING ACCIDENT WHERE INJURIES TOOK PLACE. DRIVER APPLIED BRAKE BUT PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO STOP. INSTEAD OF STOPPING THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FROM 20MPH TO 65MPH ON ITS OWN AND THERE WAS NO WAY OF STOPPING IT. EMERGENCY BREAK WAS THEN TRIED, WHEN THIS DID NOT WORK, CAR WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL IN HOPES THAT THIS WILL SLOW DOWN CARS UNWARRANTED ACCELERATION. IT WAS WHEN VEHICLE HIT A POLE CAUSING TIRE TO MANGLE WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO STOP, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THIS COLLISION WITH THE POLE THE CAR WOULD NOT HAVE STOPPED EVEN WITH ALL THE OTHER ATTEMPTS. ALL STAR HONDA 414-269-1399 IN MILWAUKEE, WI WAS CALLED TO INQUIRE ABOUT WHAT MIGHT CAUSE BREAK MALFUNCTION AND ACCELERATION, MECHANIC BY THE NAME OF BELAL INDICATED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE BREAK LINES OF THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. HE MENTIONED THAT IF BREAK LINE HAS PRESSURE IN IT IT MIGHT CAUSE THE LINE TO BURST THEREFORE CAUSING THE BREAKS NOT TO WORK. HE COULD NOT GIVE AN EXPLANATION FOR THE ACCELERATION, ALTHOUGH OTHER MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME IT CAN BE A NUMBER OF FACTORS FROM THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR TO SOMETHING ELECTRICAL OR MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR ETC. POLICE ACCIDENT REPORT J9L0XBLHKF

I HAVE 117000 MILE ON HONDA ACCORD 2001 (V4) AND CAR IS SLOW TO ACCELERATE AT SIGNAL OR STOP SIGN. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION FOR $4600 BECAUSE IT'S FAULTY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE SRS INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ROSENTHAL FAIRFAX HONDA (11020 FAIRFAX BLVD, FAIRFAX, VA 22030) AND THE INDICATOR WAS RESET; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BILL PAGE HONDA (6715 ARLINGTON BLVD, FALLS CHURCH, VA 22042) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE OPDS SENSOR AND OPDS UNIT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER SENT A RECALL NOTICE, THE DEALER SCHEDULED A REPAIR AND STATED THEY COMPLETED THE RECALL BUT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN IF THE DEALER PROVIDED THE REPAIR AND IF THE REMEDY FROM THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED A SOLUTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS WAITING TO DETERMINE THEIR SOLUTION TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE SUB FRAME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS EXTREMELY RUSTED OUT ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE FRAME MAKING IT HARDER TO NOTICE. THE DRIVERS SIDE IS FINE, BUT UNDER THE AC DRAIN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, ALMOST RUSTED THROUGH MAKING THE CAR UNDRIVEABLE. FORTUNATELY, I NOTICED IT WHILE REPLACING THE STABILIZER LINK BUT THIS HAS TO BE A SAFETY CONCERN FOR HONDA.

MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE FRAME IS ROTTED OUT UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE DRIVERS SIDE IS FINE. THE AIR CONDITIONING HOSE DRIPS AT THE SPOT THAT IS RUSTED OUT. THIS IS A MAJOR DESIGN FLAW AND SHOULD BE CORRECTED.

TAKATA/HONDA RECALL BOTH OF MY AIRBAGS EXPLODED DEPLOYING POISON GAS THAT MADE ME DIZZY AND CONFUSED AND HARD TIME BREATHING ALSO I RECEIVED A LACERATION/BURN FROM FRAGMENTS IN AIRBAG ON MY ARM IN A MINOR COLLISSION AT LOW RATES OF SPEED WIICH CAUSED VERY LITTLE DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS IN A RAINY INTERSECTION AMBULANCE AND POLICE WERE ON SCENE

TAKATA RECALL? MY RED SRS LIGHT IS ON. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER IN MARTINSVILLE, VA AND I THINK A DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG HAS BEEN REPLACED. WHY IS MY SRS RED LIGHT ON JUST AFTER THIS?