1993 Honda Accord complaints

WHILE DRIVING 25MPH WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, ANOTHER VEHICLE SUDDENLY MADE A QUICK STOP IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REARENDED OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK *TT

STEERING WHEEL JERKS AND IS HARD TO CONTROL DUE TO FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK DEALER REPLACED FRONT ROTORS ON 3 OCCASIONS, AND REAR PADS REPLACED. *TT

WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A LEFT TURN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON FRONT SIDE, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK.

BALANCE SHAFT SEAL FAILED. SEAL RETAINER NOT APPLIED AT TIME OF TIMING BELT REPLACEMENT BY GENTILE IN 1999. THIS IS GROSS INCOMPETENCE.*AK

HAD PURCHASED TIRES 2 YEARS AGO. WHILE DRIVING 40MPH OR ABOVE WOULD HEAR A THUMPING NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC NO PROBLEM. FEW DAYS LATER, WAS DRIVING AND ONCE AGAIN THERE WAS A THUMPING NOISE. AT TIRE RETAILER, NOTHING WAS FOUND. LATER, WAS HAVING TIRES ROTATED, AND MECHANIC NOTICED TIRES WERE WAVY AND OUT OF ROUND. UNIROYAL/ GOODRICH LEGACY TOUR PLUS, BIG O, P195/60R15. *AK *YH

DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON FREEWAY, CAR ENGINE TURNS OFF. REPAIR IS AT A COST OF $460.*AK

IGNITOR UNIT FAILED COSTING ME $350 TO REPAIR. *AK

LEFT TAIL LIGHT CAUSED THE FIRE DURING THE DRIVING. *AK

THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN DUE TO DISTRIBUTOR FAILURE, ROTOR IN THE DISTRIBUTOR MELTED DUE TO EXTREMELY HIGH TEMPERATURES. *YH

DISTRIBUTOR PROBLEM, SCREECHING, EMISSION SYSTEM INDICATOR LIGHT, ENGINE STALL. NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL BECAUSE IT HAS MORE THAT 75000 MILES AND SIX YEARS. UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR ON THE PART OF THE COMPANY. RECALL MUST BE EXTENDED.*AK

RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM FOR 1994 AND NEWER ACCORDS WITH THIS SAME ENGINE. MY VEHICLE IS A 1993 MODEL. THE RECALL DOES NOT APPLY. I AM OUT 600 BUCKS. IS HONDA GOING TO REIMBURSE ME?NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

PARKING INTO A SPACE VEHICLE JERKED/ FORWARD GOING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE, LIFTING IT ONTO HIS. WHEELS WERE STILL SPINING WHEN THEY HIT. INSURANCE TOTALED VEHICLE OUT. DEALER NEVER INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED TO ENGAGE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN INTO A FENCE, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. CONSUMER NURSED VEHICLE TO HOUSE USING EMERGENCY BRAKE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PRESSURE BEHIND BRAKE PEDAL. A DEALER STATED THAT MASTER CYLINDER COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS FAILURE OR LIP SEALS ON MASTER CYLINDER COULD HAVE FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDIITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY WITH NO PRESSURE BEHIND BRAKE PEDAL, HOWEVER, WHEN CONSUMER PUMPED THE BRAKES THEY OPERATED PROPERLY. *AK

IT SEEMS THAT THE IGNITION FAILIURE IS COMMON ON ALL 1990 TO 1993 HONDA MODELS. SUCH FAILIURE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUSE AND CAN CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT HAD IT HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY, BECAUSE ONCE THE IGNITION FAILS THE CAR JUST DIES. NHTSA SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND MAYBE FORCE HONDA TO ISSUE A RECALL. NHTSA SHOULD NOT WAIT FOR A HIGH NUMBER OF FATALITIES IN ORDER TO OPEN AN INVESTIGATION, PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE.*AK

BELIEVE FAILURE OF DISTRIBUTOR WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION CAUSED THE OIL PUMP TO STOP FUNCTIONING AND RESULTED IN LACK OF OIL PRESSURE AND RESULTING IN ENGINE CAMSHAFT (LACK OF OILING) BREAKING AND DESTROYING CYLINDER HEAD AND ENGINE, RESULTING IN TOTAL ENGINE REPLACMENT.*AK

I HAD CALLED PREMIER HONDA IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO AND ASKED ONE OF THEIR PARTS AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE GENTLEMAN TO WHOM I SPOKE TO STATED THAT A RECALL HAD NOT BEEN MADE AS OF YET. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD WORKED ON SEVERAL HONDA ACCORDS "1993" WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. HE ADVISED ME TO SAVE ANY RECEIPTS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 35 MPH BALANCING SHAFT SEAL FELL OUT FROM ENGINE BLOCK WHICH CAUSED EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL TO LEAK. ALSO, A RECALL DUE TO SAME PROBLEM, THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED.*AK THE OIL LEAK DAMAGED THE ENGINE BELTS. *YH

NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY, AND NO COMPONENT GIVEN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BALANCE SHAFT SEAL IS FAILING, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL ENGINE OIL, AFTER REPAIR FOUND OUT ABOUT RECALL REPAIR ONLY FOR THE 1994-1997 MODELS. *SLC

DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT WILL NOT LOCK PROPERLY, WHEN IT'S FASTENED WHILE DRIVING IT WILL POP LOOSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE ENGINE OF MY 1993 ACCORD COMPLETELY STALLED (NO POWER). AFTER QUICK TROUBLESHOOTING, THE CAR REPAIR FACILITY, S&R SERVICE CENTER IN VISTA, CA , DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITER HAD FAILED AND REPLACED IT. AFTER REPLACEMENT THE CAR STARTED AND NOW APPEARS TO BE RUNNING NORMALLY.*AK

DEALER DID NOT REVEAL ALL DEFECTS WITH THE VEHICLE UPON PURCHASE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON SATURDAY 1/13/2001 THERE WAS MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF MY HONDA ACCORD THAT THE RADIATOR WAS MOVED THE HOOD WAS SMASHED TOWARD WINDOW, BUT DRIVER'S AIR BAG DIDNT COME OUT SHOULD IT HAVE POPPED OUT? AND WHEN I PLUG SOMETHING INTO MY CIGARETTE LIGHTER IT MAKES A FLICKER LIKE WIRES ARE NOT CONNECTED RIGHT SHOULD I BE CONCERNED?????*AK

WINDOW DOESNT ROLL DOWN ITS BROKEN MORE THAN 5 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 YEARS AND ALSO HANDLE TO OPEN FRONT DOORS ALWAYS BREAKS, I'VE REPLACED THOSE ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES NOW. *AK

TREAR SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT AND IS NOT USABLE AS A SAFETY DEVICE. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND NOTIFIED THEM OF THE RECALL ON THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM . THEY TOLD ME THAT THE RECALL DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE AND THAT THEY WERE NOT OBLIGATED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS. PLEASE HELP ME.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH DISTRIBUTOR FAILURE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE DISTRIBUTOR AT 73,000 MILES EXPIRED, AND NOTHING WOULD BE DONE UNLESS COST WENT TO CONSUMER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER ISSUE ON THIS MATTER. *AK

ON TWO OCCASIONS, MY HONDA ACCORD DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK WITHOUT ANY WARNING FROM A DEFECTIVE OIL SEAL. MY CAR BECAME INOPERABLE AND WAS TOWED FOR REPAIRS. I CALLED SACCUCCI HONDA TO SEE IF THE WORK WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAN'T. I ALSO OWN A 1994 HONDA ACCORD AND THAT CAR IS BEING RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

ABS SYSTEM PREMATURELY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. ABS SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ABS SYSTEM PREMATURELY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. ABS SYSTEMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.PLEASEPROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I LEFT MY HOME AND DROVE PAST ABOUT 8 OTHE HOUSES WHEN MY OIL LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED HOME AND PARKED IN THE GARAGE. A TRAIL OF OIL WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY AND A PUDDLE OF OIL FORMED IN THE GARAGE. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO BAIERL HONDA WHO TOLD ME I NEEDED NEW ENGINE SEALS. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT HONDA HAS A "PRODUCT CAMPAIGN" TELLING SOME OWNERS OF HONDA ACCORDS ABOUT THIS VERY PROBLEM (BALANCER SHAFT OIL SEAL) AND TELLING THEM TO GET IT REPAIRED AT A DEALER OR IF THEY ALREADY HAD THE PROBLEM, TO GET REIMBURSEMENT FROM HONDA. MY FRIEND GOT THIS LETTER. HIS IS A 94 HONDA, MINE A 93. BAIERL TELLS ME MY YEAR IS NOT COVERED, HOWEVER, I NOTICED IN YOUR TECHNICAL BULLETIN DATA BASE THAT NHTSA ITEM NUMBER SBO49981 WAS ISSUED ON THIS PROBLEM FOR BOTH 1993 AND 1994 HONDAS. I ALSO NOTICED IN YOUR COMPLAINT DATA BASE ON 1993 HONDAS, THAT THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THIS EXACT PROBLEM. I WAS FORTUNATE IN THAT I GOT HOME BEFORE THE OIL COMPLETELY RAN OUT. OTHERS WHO HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS WITH YOU WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE, INCURRING SERIOUS ENGINE DAMAGE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A LONG KNOWN PROBLEM WIT HONDAS AND I FEEL HONDA SHOULD REIMBURSE ME JUST AS THEY ARE THOSE WITH 94S AND HIGHER. I HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. IT IS A SERIOUS ENGINEERING DEFECT THAT CLEARLY STARTED BEFORE 1994. IT COST ME $521.68 TO REPAIR THIS. NOW I HAVE A QUARTER SIZE LEAK OF OIL EVERY MORNING THAT NEVER EXISITED PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT AND THE DEALER CLAIMS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. THE DEALER ALSO

THE ENGINE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I PULLED OVER TO A GARAGE, AND FOUND OUT THAT THE THE ENGINE OIL HAD COMPLETELY LEAKED BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE MAIN OIL SEAL. CONTACTED THE AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR WHO STATED THAT THEY HAVE RECALLED THE 1994 AND ONWARD MODELS BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE OIL SEAL PROBLEM BUT HAVE NOT YET RECALLED THE 1993 MODEL. THE ENGINE CAN SUDDENLY SEIZE BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE BALANCE SHAFT OIL SEAL AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.*AK

GAS PEDAL STUCK ON THE HONDA ACCORD. THE CAR EXCELLERATED OUT OF CONTROL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO A FAULTY DISTRIBUTOR. PRIOR TO STALLING CONSUMER HEARD LOUD SQUEALING NOISE, AND THEN MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP CAME ON. *AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN OIL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. STOPPED & CHECKED VEHICLE & NOTICED NOTHING AMISS. DROVE VEHICLE HOME & CHECKED AGAIN AFTER PUTTING OIL IN ENGINE. NOTICED OIL LEAKING OUT BECAUSE SEAL HAD POPPED OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP & MECHANIC KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. HAD THE SEAL REPLACED & A RETAINING CLIP PLACED ON IT. *AK

NO SUMMARY

I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD. I HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRACTURED MY STERNUM.*AK

FRONT DRIVER'S AND FRONT PASENGER'S DOORS DO NOT OPEN WITH KEY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

BRAKE POWER BOOSTER FAILED, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT IS NOT RETRACTING PROPERLY , CONSUMER MUST TUG AT THE SHOULDER BELT IN ORDER TO TIGHTEN AND FIT CORRECTLY. CONSUMER MUST HAVE HONDA PART#04818-SN2-A02ZD REPLACED. *AK

THESE TIRES WERE PURCHASED AND INSTALLED AT AN AIRFORCE BX IN HAWAII A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND HAS HAD LIMITED MILEAGE PUT ON. THE ENTIRE MIDDLE STRIP OF THE FRONT LEFT TIRE CAME OFF WHILE ON A HIGHWAY, JAMMED THE WHEEL AND FORCED THE CAR INTO A SKID WHILE IT THREW A ROD - TOTALLING THE ENGINE. WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO HAVE A USED ENGINE INSTALLED AND A NEW SET OF TIRES = AROUND $3000.( DOT NUMBER: )

GEAR SHIFT CABLE HAS GONE BAD AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THIS HAS PREVENTED THE VEHICLE FROM BEING PLACED IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAS REPLACED SHIFT CABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE IGNITION WARNING KIT UNIT AND SWITCH. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CAR ACCELERATED TO 40MPH FROM A DEAD STOP BY ITSELF IN A PARKING GARAGE SIDE SWIPING 1 VEHICLE AND HITTING A CONCRETE COLUMN HEAD-ON, INJURING THE DRIVER. *AK

BALANCE SHAFT SEAL LEAKING CAUSED DAMAGE ON TIMING AND ALL OTHER BELTS. YH

I AM THE OWNER OF A BODYSHOP THAT REPAIRED A 1993 HONDA ACCORD WITH SOME LIGHT FRONT END DAMAGE. DURING THE COURSE OF THE REPAIR , WE NOTICED THAT THE STRIKER OF THE EXISTING HOOD WAS LOOSE. THE STRIKER IS WHAT THE LATCH HOOKS ON TO TO KEEP THE HOOD CLOSED. THE HOOD WITH THE LOOSE STRIKER WAS NOT DAMAGED IN THE CURRENT CRASH, BUT WAS REPLACED SOME TIME BEFORE. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE HOOD WAS AN AFTERMARKET HOOD NOT MADE BY HONDA. I REPLACED THE HOOD FOR THE CUSTOMER WITH A FACTORY HONDA HOOD AT NO CHARGE TO THE CUSTOMER. WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN INSPECTING THE AFTERMARKET HOOD? I REALIZE THIS IS A HOT TOPIC AFTER THE STATE FARM VERTICT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. I CAN SEE NO SIGNS OF STRESS IN THE METAL WHERE THE STRIKER PULLED OUT. IT WAS NEVER CRIMPED DOWN AT THE FACTORY. THIS HOOD PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BLOWN UP ON THE HIGHWAY SOMEDAY CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BECOME BLINDED BECAUSE THE HOOD IS OVER THE WINDSHEILD. THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT CONCERNS THE BODYSHOP INDUSTRY CONCERNING AFTERMARKET PARTS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME! JIM CHAMPION. *AK

CAME TO A STOP & VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP & PROBLEM COULD NOT BE SOLVED. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC NOTICED REAR MOTOR MOUNT WAS BROKEN. MECHANIC REPLACED THE REAR MOTOR MOUNT & NOT THE FRONT ONES. REPLACEMENT PART SAME AS ORIGINAL, SAME PROBLEM COULD REOCCUR. *AK *ML

DEFECTIVE DISTRIBUTOR FAILED WHILE DRIVING. YH

OIL IS LEAKING OUT OF THE SEAL VERY BADLY.CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE.WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC, THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL ON THAT.

CONSUMER HAVING PROBLEM ROLLING DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS UP AND DOWN, THE DRIVES SIDE WINDOW HAS BEEN FIXED TWICE. NLM

DEALER SAID CV BOOTS SHOULD BE CHECKED/REPLACED AT NEXT SERVICE. *AK