TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP FROM DRIVE TO SPORTS MODE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SURGE. TT
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 →
CONSUMER WAS IN ACCIDENT AND COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE SEAT BELT, LOST USE OF HER ARM AND DAUGHTER COULD NOT GET OUT WAS IN THE BACK SEAT, CAR WAS TOTALED. TT
VEHICLE WAS AT COMPLETE STOP IMPACT 6:00 POSITION LAP/SHOULDER BELT OVER RETRACT TRAPPING THE DRIVER IN THE SEAT. TT
VEHICLE TURNED OFF AT 60MPH ON HWY DUE TO DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH. TT
UPON IMPACT, DURING REAR END COLLISION, AT APPROX. 10MPH, DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC SHOULDER HARNESS FAIL TO RETRACT, RESULT DRIVER HIT WINDSHIELD. TT
TIMING CHAIN REPLACED. *SKD
WHILE DRIVING HEARD LOUD CRACK. WHEN TURNING STEERING VEHICLE DIDN'T RESPOND. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
BRAKE SYSTEM ASSEMBLED WITH TWO DIFFERENT CALIPERS, CAUSING PREMATURE CALIPER FAILURE. *AW
SEAT BELT BUCKLE INOPERABLE DUE TO BROKEN PIECES OF THE RELEASE BUTTON INSIDE THE BUCKLE. *SD
DRIVERS SIDE AND RIGHT REAR SEAT BELTS ARE DIFFICULT TO LATCH. TT
SUSPENSION IS TOO LIGHT FOR VEHICLE, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON TIRES/MISALIGNMENT. *SKD
PREMATURE WEAR OF FAULKNER TIRES. *SKD
Reading these
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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