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1995 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 1995 record →

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Feb 6, 1997ME

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS PRIOR TO RECALL (96V-217). *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jan 31, 1997IL

ABS BRAKES VIBRATE WHILE AT A STOP. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Control Unit/Module
Filed Jan 27, 1997NH

ABS BRAKE LOCKUP, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE AUTOMATIC BRAKE SYSTEM KICKS AND AND THEN ABS KICKS IN, CAUSING A LOCK UP, ABS LIGHT COME ON AND STAYS ON. *AK

Electrical SystemFire
Filed Jan 21, 1997OH

OWNER STATES THAT VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED,OWNER WAS TOLD THAT IT STARTED FROM A WIRE LEADING FROM THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOST

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Jan 21, 1997OH

WHILE DRIVING, DOWN HWY APPROX. 65MPH NO POTHOLE, NO IMPACT, SUDDENLY DUAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY, SHATTERING WINDSHIELD. POSSIBLE RECALL 96V217000, SRS ELECTRONIC CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. *AK *ML

Visibility › Windshield
Filed Jan 14, 1997MO

OWNER STATES THAT SIDE WINDOWS FOG UP,SHE ALSO NOTES THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER .DEALERS REFUSES TO ADDRESS ISSUE. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Jan 14, 1997TX

VEHICLE FIRE.

Air Bags
Filed Jan 13, 1997TX

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGERS AIRBAG.

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Jan 6, 1997NY

DRIVER HIT A POTHOLE WHICH INADVERTENTLY MADE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WINDSHIELD. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Jan 2, 1997NC

SLAMMED ON BRAKES, VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT, STEERING DID NOT WORK, RESULTING IN TOTALLED LOST, A BRAKING START THERE WAS ONLY ONE SKID MARK MAD ON THE HIGHWAY, BUT WHEN THE SLID BEGAN THERE ARE TWO SKID MARKS.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Dec 11, 1996TX

BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Dec 10, 1996AL

OVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, CONSUMER WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE A CRASH. *AK

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Dec 6, 1996CT

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND HIT A BUMP BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD TO CRACK; CONSUMER ALSO HIT CURB, RESULTING IN THE FRONT DRIVIER'S SIDE TIRE BLOWING UP, RECEIVED RECALL AFTER THIS HAPPENED # 96V217000 . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

Air Bags
Filed Dec 6, 1996TX

AIR BAGS DID NOT INFLATE DURING COLLISION.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Dec 3, 1996NJ

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, RAN OVER A POTHOLE AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE AFTER THE FACT. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Nov 29, 1996IL

OWNER HAS PROBLEMS WITH FASTENING SEAT BELTS; SHE STATES WHEN DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS FASTENED IT GETS VERY TIGHT, CAUSING THE OWNER TO THINK TWICE ABOUT WEARING IT. *AK CONSUMER STATES SEAT BELT IS NOT LONG ENOUGH FOR DRIVER TO USE THEREFORE CAN NO, SHORT HEAVY PERSON CAN NOT REACH PEDAL AND SEAT BELT WILL NOT GO COMPLETLT AROUND CONSUMER, THEREFORE HAVE TO DRIVE WITHOUT SEAT BELT.*JB

Air Bags
Filed Nov 27, 1996CA

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Nov 26, 1996CA

VEHICLE WAS IMPACTED AT 6:00 POSITION, SPEED 55MPH, IMPACTED AGAIN AT 12:00 POSITION, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

Air Bags
Filed Nov 26, 1996NY

WHEN DRIVING AND HITTING A BLOCK OF WOOD THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, RECEIVED RECALL # 96V217000 . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Nov 25, 1996VA

WHILE DRIVING OWNER HIT A SMALL HOLE IN STREET, AFTER THAT CONTACT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED PRIOR TO RECALL (96V-217). *AK

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Nov 6, 1996CA

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Nov 6, 1996AZ

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT GOING (45) MPH THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS. WENT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Nov 5, 1996GA

DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONT END ACCIDENT, VEHICLE HIT HEAD-ON BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, VEHICLE #1 SPEED 10 MPH, VEHICLE #2 SPEEDED UP TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Oct 30, 1996MA

PE96-014 ACTIVE, DRIVING AT SPEED OF 25MPH, IMPACT 11:OO POSITION, HIT LEFT FENDER , IMPACTED WITH A DEER AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

Latches/Locks/Linkages
Filed Oct 29, 1996NY

SUN ROOF PART BROKE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CLOSE.

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Oct 28, 1996CA

OVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, CONSUMER HIT A CURB AND THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

Tires
Filed Oct 25, 1996NY

MICHELIN TIRES BUBBLE AFTER HITTING POTHOLES.

Air BagsCrash
Filed Oct 15, 1996FL

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS WHEN VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OVER A PIECE OF WOOD (2X4).

SeatsCrash2 injured
Filed Oct 2, 1996CA

FAILURE ON THE ARM REST, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AND THE ARM REST BROKE, CASUING INJURIES TO THE BACK SEAT OCCUPANT.*AK *JB

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Sep 24, 1996CA

STEERING WHEEL SOFT COVER BECAME LOOSE.

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Sep 23, 1996FL

OTHER: FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG, CAUSING BURNS TO ARMS/ABDOMINAL AREA/TEMPORARY LOSS OF HEARING IN ONE EAR.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Sep 18, 1996CA

UPON IMPACT DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 35MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, EXPERIENCED DUAL AIRBAG MALFUNCTION, WHEN AIRBAGS DELAYED DEPLOYMENT BY APPROX. 9 MINUTES AFTER IMPACT.*AK

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Sep 17, 1996MO

PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH.*AK *JB

Air Bags
Filed Sep 12, 1996NY

WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED A MALFUNCTION IN AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT, IT STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY.*AK

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Sep 10, 1996OK

UPON IMPACT, DURING PANIC STOP, FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 30MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DUAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Sep 9, 1996OH

THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE.*AK

Structure › Body
Filed Aug 29, 1996CA

REFLECTION FROM THE AIR VENTS ON PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG COMPARTMENT DISTORTS THE WINDSHIELD VIEW. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Aug 27, 1996DE

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH ROUGH INTERSECTION, VEHICLE WENT OVER SMALL DIP IN ROAD, IMPACT CAUSED DUAL AIRBAGS TO ACTIVATE, SPEED 40 MPH.*AK

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Aug 22, 1996NY

DRIVING AT SPEED OF 35MPH, HIT A POT HOLE , NO IMPACT INVOLVED, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT IMPACT, ALSO PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG BROKE THE WINDSHEILD. *AK

Unknown or Other
Filed Jul 26, 1996NY

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYED ON. *DH

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Jul 23, 1996NY

OVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG COMPLAINT ALLEGES NON COLLISION AND THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, PE96-014A. *AK

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Jul 22, 1996GA

PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING. *AK

Air BagsCrash
Filed Jul 19, 1996NJ

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. *SD

Air Bags
Filed Jul 18, 1996TX

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Jul 15, 1996NY

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG. *AK

Air Bags › Frontal1 injured
Filed Jul 11, 1996NY

VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG RESULTED IN CHEST BURNS. *AK

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Jul 11, 1996CA

RIGHT FRONT POWER WINDOW SWITCH FAILED. *DH

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Jul 11, 1996CA

SEAT BELT FAILED. *DH

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Jul 8, 1996PA

REAR AND FRONT SEATBELTS WILL NOT RETRACT AND THEY DO NOT LOCK IN A EMERGENCY STOP. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Jul 6, 1996TN

DRIVING VEHICLE, CAME TO STOP SIGN, STARTED TO MAKE LEFT TURN, SUDDENLY PASSENGER'S/DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THREW DRIVER AGAINST SEAT FILLED WITH SMOKE. *AK

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