2004 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

I HAD PURCHASED MY 2004 HONDA ACCORD EX ON 7-16-04 WITH 145 MILES ON IT. TWO DAYS LATER I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR WENT DEAD, NO POWER,STEERING OR BRAKES. I HIT THE GUARD RAIL WITH MY NEW CAR. IT HAS ABOUT 202 MILES ON IT. SO FAR THE DEALER SAID THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED FROM OTHER ARTICLES POSTED HERE, I SEE ITS NOT. ALSO ON OTHER SITES, THE END RESULT IS ALWAYS HONDA FINDS NO PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE A CAR WITH 202 MILES ON IT. IF THEY CHOOSE TO REPAIR IT. I HOPE NOT... *JB

I HAD PURCHASED MY 2004 HONDA ACCORD EX ON 7-16-04 WITH 145 MILES ON IT. TWO DAYS LATER I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR WENT DEAD. NO POWER,STEERING OR BRAKES. I HIT THE GUIDE RAILS WITH MY NEW CAR. IT HAS ABOUT 202 MILES ON IT. SO FAR THE DEALER SAID THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED FROM OTHER ARTICLES POSTED HERE, I SEE ITS NOT. ALSO ON OTHER SITES. THE END RESULT IS ALWAYS HONDA FINDS NO PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE A CAR WITH 202 MILES ON IT. IF THEY CHOOSE TO REPAIR IT. I HOPE NOT. *JB

I WAS DRIVING ON 1995 EXPRESSWAY AT 65 MPH, WHEN THE CAR COMPLETELY DIED, I MANAGED TO COAST IT INTO A BREAKDOWN LANE. I CALLED THE POLICE THINKING I HAD A COMPUTER CHIP PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED TO A PREVIOUS HONDA. FINALLY NOTICED THAT THE RADIO WAS WORKING AND THERE HAD BEEN A KEY SYMBOL ON THE DASHBOARD BEFORE IT WENT OUT. I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR UP AND THEN REALIZED THAT THE IGNITION KEY HAD SLIPPED FORWARD INTO THE OFF POSITION WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I HAD NOT TOUCHED IT, NOTHING JARRED IT AND I CANNOT REPEAT IT BY HITTING OR LEANING ON THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE KEY CHAIN. I NOTICED THAT THE KEY HAS A LOT OF ROOM TO JIGGLE IN THE IGNIITION SWITCH. CHECKED YOUR NHTSA TO SEE SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH HONDA. VERY CONCERNED. HONDA WILL NOT SEE THE CAR UNTIL NEXT WEEK, THEY CLAIMED OF HEARING ABOUT IT IN OLDER CARS BUT NOT NEWER. *AK

(THE VEHICLE IS AT D-DRIVE GEAR) WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN MY 2004 HONDA ACCORD EX-L FOR A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT, WHEN THE SPEED METER WAS LOWER THAN 20 MPH SOMETHING FUNNY WITH ENGINE HAPPENED. THE VEHICLE ENGINE RPM JUMPED HIGH TO AROUND 2000 THEN STAYED AT AROUND 1300 EVEN THOUGH IT IS TOTALLY STOPPED. ENGINE WAS STILL DELIVERING EXTRA POWER AND MAKING NOISE LOUDER THAN IT SHOULD BE. I HAD TO STEP HARDER ON THE BRAKE IMMEDIATELY TO STOP THE CAR TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN THE FRONT. IT WONT HAPPEN OFTEN BUT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED 3 TIMES (MAY 28TH, JUNE 16TH AND JUNE 18TH). *AK

I TOOK DELIVERY OF A 2004 HONDA ACCORD EX WITH LEATHER ON JUNE 25, 2004. ITS BEEN EXACTLY A WEEK. I HAVE DRIVEN ABOUT 580 MILES IN A WEEK. I HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS AND I DID'NT SEE ANY RECALLS ON THE MANUFACTURER'S WEBSITE. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AFTER SPENDING $24000 ON A BRAND NEW CAR. *AK 1) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE 'D' LIGHT ON DRIVER SIDE DASHBAORD IS CONTINUALLY FLASHING. 2) I CAN HEAR SOME SLIDING NOISE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND VICE VERSA WHEN MAKING SHARP TURNS (HAPPENS ALL THE TIME). THE SOUNDS SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM UNDER THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT 3) AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 60 MILES IN ONE GO IN WARM WEATHER(TEMPERATURES IN 80S), I HEAR A RUBBING/SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN MAKING TURNS. BECOMES MORE AUDIBLE WHEN WINDOWS ARE ROLLED DOWN. SOUNDS MORE LIKE TIRES RUBBING AGAINST THE BODY. 4) PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR IS SOAKING WET AND I ASSUME IT IS WATER. I CAN HEAR WATER SLOSHING SOUND UNDER THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT WHEN MAKING TURNS.

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE SUSPENSION FELT FUNNY. THE FRONT WHEELS WANDERED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SEVEN TIMES, AND EACH TIME DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM,AND STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG. FINALLY A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE HONDA WAS CALLED AND DROVE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. THE HONDA REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH FRONT SUSPENSION. THERE WAS AT LEAST A 10% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND ANOTHER OF THE SAME YEAR/MAKE, AND MODEL. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE HONDA REPRESENTATIVE PROMISED TO CALL HIM, BUT AS OF YET HAD NOT DONE SO. THEN, WHEN CONSUMER DID GET IN TOUCH WITH THE HONDA REPRESENTATIVE HE WAS OFFERED MUCH LESS FOR THE VEHICLE THAN WHAT HE PAID FOR IT. CONSUMER WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE WHEELS. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE CONSUMER HIT A CURB AND THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE SIDEWALL WAS RUPTURED EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT A VERY LOW SPEED. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE TIRE AND OFFERED TO PAY FOR FIFTY PERCENT OF THE DAMAGE. *AK *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN DEPRESSED. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE REAR ENDING THE MOTORIST IN FRONT OF THEM. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT A BODY SHOP, BUT WILL BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE BRAKES INSPECTED. *AK

ON 2/17/04, I WAS TURNING LEFT TO GET OUT OF A PARKING LOT. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP, I HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND THEN IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING FELL OFF OF THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP SAID NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND, THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. 263 MILES ON IT. ON 5/21/04 I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAIN ROAD AND I NOTICED A LOT OF RED BRAKE LIGHTS IN FRONT OF ME, I HUNG BACK ABOUT FOUR CAR LENGTHS, AND AS I GOT TO ABOUT THREE CAR LENGTHS I KNEW I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO STOP SO I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP, I LITERALLY HAD TO STAND ON THE BRAKE PETAL WITH TWO FEET, AND PULLED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AT THE SAME TIME, THE CAR KEPT ON MOVING FORWARD, THE CAR MADE A VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISE; AND FINALLY THE CAR STOPPED INCHES AWAY FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I INCHED THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID TO GET THE CAR RIGHT DOWN TO THE DEALERSHIP. I DROVE THERE ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR WITH MY 4 WAY FLASHERS ON ALL THE WAY. THEY SUPPOSEDLY ROAD TESTED THE CAR FOR BRAKE NOISE AND CHECKED LINING, THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE, THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. I WAS VERY NERVOUS BUT HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTORS, SO I CAREFULLY DROVE THE CAR DOWN THE SAME ROAD AND HAD TO STOP AGAIN, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE NOISE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP HAPPENED AGAIN, I SWERVED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MILEAGE 1721 MILES. I STOPPED THE CAR AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN, THEY TOLD ME TO BRING THE CAR BACK, MILEAGE 1741 MILES, ANOTHER TRIP WITH THE FLASHERS ON AT 10 MILES AN HOUR, THEY PROVIDED ME WITH A RENTAL CAR, MY CAR IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP, SOME AREA REPRESENTATIVE IS SUPPOSED TO CONTACT ME, I CALLED TODAY 5/26/04 AND THEY STILL DO NOT HAVE ANY ANSWERS. I AM DEATHLY AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR THAT I LOVE AGAIN, I WANT A NEW HONDA ACCORD, I BELIEVE THIS ONE IS A LEMON AND WILL NEVER FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING MYSELF AND ESPECIALLY MY GRANDCHILDREN IN IT AGAIN. *NM

WHEN PARKING THE CAR IN A PARKING LOT, AS I WAS TURNING INTO THE PARKING SPACE THE CAR JUMPED (WENT VERY FAST FORWARD AND HIT THE WALL IN FRONT OF ME) EVEN THOUGH I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES I FELT I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE CAR AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF ON IT'S OWN. I ALSO NOTICED IT JUMPED GEARS, IT WAS NO LONGER ON D BUT D3. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE BUMPER OF THE CAR.*AK