SEAT BELT RECALL REPAIR DELAYED BECAUSE DEALER DOES NOT HAVE PARTS.
1991 Honda Accord complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1991 record →
DRIVER'S SIDE LOCKS ARE INOPERATIVE, CAUSING THE DOOR NOT TO OPEN AT ALL. IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT THE OCCUPANT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET OUT. *AK
THREE NUTS HOLDING THE DRIVE SHAFT CAME LOOSE.
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH COLLISION IN WHICH THE MOTORIZED SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK UPON IMPACT, RESULTING IN AN INJURY. *AK
THE CABLE CORD FOR THE HEAT TEMPERATURE STICKS, CAUSING THE TEMPERATURE DIAL NOT TO MOVE.
THE DOOR LOCK ON PASSENGER'S SIDE IS JAMMED. THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE, CANNOT OPEN DOOR WITH KEY. DEALER STATED THAT THE MECHANISM IN THE LOCK NEEDS REPLACING. *AK
IN COLD WEATHER THE STEERING IS HARD TO TURN, ONCE ENGINE HEATS UP PROBLEM SUBSIDES. *AK
HALOGEN HEADLIGHT BULB BECAME DETACHED FROM THE REFLECTOR ASSEMBLY, CAUSING FIRE.
GOT A FLAT TIRE, WENT TO CHANGE TIRE AND TIRE DIDN'T FIT . *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST BRAKING POWER WHILE BRAKING, HAD SLID INTO A PARKED VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WOULD SHUT DOWN AT THE SAME TIME. VEHICLE TAKEN TO REPAIR, COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM OR DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
WHILE AT STOP LIGHT VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO GO THROUGH INTERSECTION WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. THE BRAKE MASTER CLYLINDER FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT. ALSO THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK WILL NOT RELEASE, HAVE TO GO IN THE PASSENGER'S SIDE TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. *AK *JB
WHILE RIDING ALONG THE HIGHWAY PASSENGER'S DOOR BECOMES SHAKY, OWNER FEELS THAT PASSENGER'S DOOR MAY COME OPEN WHILE DOOR IS BEING CLOSED TIGHTLY AND LOCKED. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
WHEN TO APPLYING ABS BRAKES THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON THERE WAS A NOISE AND NO BRAKING . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT, THE STEERING WAS VERY HARD. THE BOLTS ATTACHED TO THE RACK & PINION, AND THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER HAD DISCONNECTED. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND THE VEHICLE CAME OUT OF THE PARK POSITION, HIT A HOUSE, WENT DOWN A DITCH AND BACKED UP, ALSO HIT A FENCE. *AK
GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT GO INTO PARK POSITION/ COULD NOT REMOVE IGNITION KEY.
MUFFLER REPLACED.
RIGHT SIDE AXLE FAILED.
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.
HOT HALOGEN HEADLIGHT BULB DETACHED FROM REFLECTOR ASSEMBLY, CAUSING ENGINE FIRE. *AK
MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED.
THE HYDRUALIC STRUTS THAT HOLD UP THE REAR HATCH SLAMS SHUT IN COLD WEATHER. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WEATHER IS NO LONGER AN ISSUE, HATCH HAS RECENTLY HIT CONSUMER IN THE HEAD WHEN IT WAS WARM OUTSIDE, CONSUMER AND HER CHILDREN HAVE HAD PAIN DUE TO THE HATCH FAILING. *SLC
THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR THE OUTSIDE.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
PROBLEM WITH CRUISE CONTROL RESULTED IN FIRE. *SD
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. DLRS OBSERVATION DISTRIBUTOR. *AK
THE DRIVER SIDE POWER DOOR LOCK HANDLE WOULDN'T UNLOC. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
HATCHBACK STRUTS FAILED, CAUSING DOOR TO FALL DOWN. *DSH
TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO DIRT FROM TRANSMISSION FILTER. *DH
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STICKS. *SD
FRONT PASSENGER INSIDE DOOR HANDLE COMES OFF WHILE OPENING; IN EVENT OF ACCIDENT, OCCUPANT WOULD BE TRAPPED INSIDE VEHICLE; REPAIRED THREE (3) TIMES. TT
HYDRAULIC LIFTS ON HATCHBACK SUPPORT COLLAPSED. TT
PLASTIC DOOR COVERS CRACKED. *SD
TRUNK WILL SHUT WITHOUT ANYONE TOUCHING, NO SUPPORT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND STEERING LOCKED UP . TT
STEERING WHEEL COLUMN DISCONNECTED AT SOME POINT, RESULTING IN NO CONTROL. TT
TAILGATE IN OPEN POSITION, MAY SUDDENLY FALL. *SD
SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SPEEDOMETER DROPS TO ZERO. DRIVER CAN NOT TELL SPEED WHEN DRIVING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
INSIDE DOOR HANDLES REPEATEDLY BREAK DUE TO BEING MADE OF PLASTIC. (FIRST VEHICLE ON 601369) *DSH
FRONT PASSENGER LAP BELT WILL NOT SECURE CHILD SAFETY SEAT. *DSH
THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILS AT 40,000 MILE. IT LETS IN BRAKE FLUID INTO RUBBER DIAPHRAM AND YOU HAVE NO BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
THE WHOLE BRAKE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED . TT
DRIVER'S SHOULDER/LAP BELT BECAME UNDONE; THREW DRIVER FROM DRIVER TO PASSENGER SIDE; FACE ENDED UP HITTING WINDSHIELD; BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 55 MPH.
PLASTIC SURROUNDING THE METAL DOOR KNOB ON DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE CRACKED, PREVENTING DOOR LOCK FROM UNLOCKING, TRAPPING PASSENGER IN VEHICLE. *DSH
THE SEAT RETRACTOR LIGHT COMES ON AND IT KEEPS BEEPING SEAT BELT IS BUCKLED UP WHEN UNBUCKLED IT SHOULD BEEP ONLY 6 SECONDS THE BEEP WILL NOT STOP . TT
PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR OPENS WHEN WINDOW IS ROLLED DOWN, ELECTRIC WINDOWS. TT
DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FAILURE AT 16K MILES. TT
THE AIR CONDITIONER KNOB BROKE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE INSIDE HANDLE PLASTIC PIECE BROKE THE DRIVER SIDE RETRACTOR MOVE SLOW . TT
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