2000 Honda Accord complaints

STOP LIGHTS DO NOT WORK. NO INDICATOR LIGHT TO WARN DRIVER THAT LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING.(BULBS ARE NOT BURNED OUT,STOP LIGHT SWITCH IS WORKING)

WE PURCHASED A 2000 HONDA ACCORD EX AND THE SRS LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR THE LAST YEAR. WE HAVE HAD IT RESET 3 TIMES BUT AFTER A WEEK IT COMES BACK ON. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE BUT HAVE NO ANSWERS. SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLAM FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING.

DT: THE VEHICLE IS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD V6 EX, THE CYLINDER HAS A CRACKED HEAD. ON 6-18-05 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE DUAL EXHAUST. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD HER THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD. THE COOLANT MIXED WITH THE OIL AND CAUSED HOT STEAM TO COME FROM THE VEHICLE. PREVIOUSLY THE SRS LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT IT MEANT THE AIR BAGS WERE DISABLED. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THE VEHICLE. IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. *AK (SRS LIGHT) WAS DEFECTIVE. *SC *JB

THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE CONSUMERS 2000 HONDA ACCORD. *JB THE SEAT BELT/AIR BAG MECHANISM. HONDA ONLY RESET THE SRS BUTTON, BUT WOULD NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY SPECIFIED BY THE VEHICLE'S HANDBOOK. NO FAULTS WERE FOUND. *SC IT TURNED OUT THAT THE SEAT BELT WAS SENDING FALSE INFORMATION T THE AIR BAG MECHANISM *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION IN 2001. WHEN THE VEHICLE SHIFTED TO REVERSE IT JERKED ABRUPTLY. PROBLEM BECAME WORSE. VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN IN DRIVE. THIS OCCURRED EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WA S DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER. THIS BECAME WORSE AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR A WHILE. HESITATION OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING, EVEN WHEN THE GEARS WERE NOT BEING CHANGED. DEALER WAS NEVER ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEREFORE, NO REPAIR WERE DONE. VEHICLE'S OWNER NOTICED WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID IN 2003. DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES ,AND EVERY TIME THE DEALER RELIED ON THE COMPUTER TO FIND A PROBLEM. NONE WAS EVER FOUND.*AK

PURCHASED NEW 2000 ACCORD EX V-6, 4 DR-REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT 10,000 MILES, THEN AGAIN AROUND 55,000 MILES. NOW ON THIRD TRANSMISSION AND WONDERING HOW LONG THIS ONE WILL LAST. ALSO, NOW THE SRS LIGHT IS ON AND THEY SAY THE SEAT BELT HAS TO REPLACED, AS WELL AS NOW THE ALTERNATOR AND TENSIONER ARE BEING REPALCED ($600 JOB!). BASED ON SOME OTHER COMPLAINTS, IT SEEMS THE TWO ARE RELATED, AS WELL AS THE ALTERNATOR PROBLEMS BEING A RESULT OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.

SRS LIGHT REMAINS ON. SIDE SRS COMES ON IN TURNS. DEALER HAS STATED THAT SOMETHING IN THE SEAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND WE HAVE NO DRIVER SRS AT THIS TIME. VEHICLE IS UNDER USED CERTIFIED WARRANTY BUT DEALER STATES THIS IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. WE PUCHASED A HONDA (HAVE OWNED MANY!) BECAUSE OF RELIABILITY, DURABILITY AND SAFETY. DOES NOT FEDERAL LAW REQUIRE SRS ON CURRENT MODEL VEHICLES? HOW CAN SUCH A COMPANY REFUSE TO FIX SUCH A MAJOR PROBLEM>>>

SUBJECT: HONDA 2000 ACCORD SRS LIGHT SAFETY DEFECT DEAR ADMINISTRATOR: HONDA DEALER AT SALINAS IN CALIFORNIA PERFORMED RECALL ?IGNITION LOCK? WORK ON MY CAR ON 3/16/05 (PLEASE SEE ATTACHED INVOICE). AFTER THAT, THE SRS (AIRBAGS) LIGHT REMAINS ON MY CAR. MY CAR CURRENTLY ONLY HAS 32,600 MILES. BEFORE THE DEALER PERFORMED THE RECALL WORK, MY CAR WAS PERFECTLY FINE. I CALLED DEALER ABOUT THIS SRS LIGHT ISSUE. DEALER SAID I HAVE TO PAY $101 FOR A COMPUTER DIAGNOSES PLUS EXTRA FEE TO FIX THE PROBLEM FOUND. I, HOWEVER, DISAGREE BECAUSE THE SRS LIGHT WAS ON RIGHT AFTER THE DEALER PERFORMED THE RECALL WORK. BEFORE THAT, MY CAR WAS IN THE PERFECTLY SHAPE AND NEVER GOT INVOLVE IN ANY ACCIDENT. AS THE DEALER SAID, THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY WHILE THE SRS LIGHT IS ON. I THINK MY CAR?S SRS LIGHT ISSUE IS CAUSED BY EITHER THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO REMEDY THE DEFECT IN MY VEHICLE OR IT IS ANOTHER SAFETY DEFECT IN HONDA 2000 ACCORD. THEREFORE, YOUR KIND HELP ON MY CASE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED! SINCERELY, [XXX] P.S. CAR INFO: HONDA 2000 ACCORD LX 4DR, [XXX] *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

THE VEHICLE IS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE DRIVERS POWER SEAT BRACKET HAS BROKE. THIS IS THE FRONT LEFT CORNER. THIS IS A POWER SEAT. I THINK THE WELD FAILED. I WILL TAKE IT TO A SHOP FOR REPAIR AND REINFORCEMENT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS CONDITION AND WOULD CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH IN A COLLISION. I THINK THIS IS A PART THAT SHOULD NEVER FAIL. INCIDENTALLY, I AM NOT OBESE. I WEIGH 215 POUNDS AND AM A 6 FT TALL MALE.

SRS LIGHT ON, RESET. ON AGAIN 5/2/2005 OPDS REPLACED, ON AGAIN 5/3/2005. OLD PARTS NOT AVAILABLE HONDA DOSENT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG, OR WHAT COMPONNET IS CAUSING THE AIR BAGS TO BE INOPERATIVE AND HAS KNOW WAY TO PIN POINT WHICH COMPONNET IS THE CAUSE, JUST REPLACE PARTS UNTIL THE LIGHT GOES OUT.

TOOK 2000 HONDA ACCORD EXL TO DEALER FOR MAINTENANCE. UPON LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP THE SRS AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW MODULE/"AIRBAG BRAIN" AND THAT WITHOUT IT MY AIRBAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY. I TOLD THEM THAT LIGHT HAD NEVER COME ON BEFORE UNTIL AFTER THEY WORKED ON MY CAR, THEY TOLD ME THAT WAS A COINCIDENCE AND THAT THEY WERE NO WHERE NEAR THAT PART OF THE VEHICLE. THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC FREE OF CHARGE AND TOLD ME THE ERROR CODE. THEY QUOTED ME $600 TO REPLACE THE MODULE. I WENT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER FOR A 2ND OPINION NOT TRUSTING THE 1ST PLACE AND THEY TURNED OFF THE SRS LIGHT MODEL # 77960-584-A93057. I TRIED TO PURCHASE THE PART USED, BUT NO ONE SOLD IT. I CALLED AROUND AND THE MOST AFFORDABLE PLACE I COULD FIND QUOTED ME $390. I TOOK IT IN AND HAD IT REPLACED AND THE LIGHT HAS NOT COME ON SINCE. THE INCIDENT OCCURED IN 9/10/03. I WAS LOOKING UP RECALLS AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD. I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BACKSEAT SEATBELT NOT WORKING AND THE RECALLS ON THE SEATBELT ARE FOR THE CIVIC AND NOT THE ACCORD. NOW I AM MAKING AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH. I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM EVERYTIME I START THE CAR THE GAS PEDAL STICKS AND YOU HAVE TO "GUN IT" TO MAKE IT GO FORWARD.

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT (SRV) CAME ON, AND LOCAL GARAGE CHECKED IT OUT ON THEIR COMPUTER. THEY CAME UP WITH A "CODE 9-2 AIR BAG INTERNAL FAULT", AND SAID I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE HONDA DEALER FOR REPAIR. I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO RUN THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT COMPUTER CHECK, AND, IF A FAULT WAS FOUND, I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF REPAIR. MY COMPLAINT: FIRST, AIR BAGS BEING SUCH AN IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEM, AND THEIR INSTALLATION MANDATED BY THE GOVERNMENT, I FEEL THAT WHEN A DEFECT APPEARS, A RECALL AT THE MANUFACTURER'S EXPENSE IS IN ORDER. SECOND, IF THE SAFETY BOARD DOES NOT HAVE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF SIMILIAR COMPLAINTS TO ORDER A RECALL, THEN AT THE VERY LEAST THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THE COMPUTER TEST.

DT: CONTACT HAS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD AND HE SAYS THAT HE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS SBS-AIR BAG LIGHT. HE SAYS THE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON SO HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT THE WIRING BUNDLE HAD BEEN CUT THROUGH BECAUSE SOMEONE THAT MANUFACTURER THE VEHICLE HAD PUT THE BUNDLE UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT AND THEY WIRED THE BUNDLE WRONG THEY PUT THE WIRE TO THE AIR BAG OVER THE WIRE TO THE SEAT. AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE SEAT GOING FORWARD AND BACK AND THE VIBRATION OF THE VEHICLE HAD CUT THE WIRE TO HIS AIR BAG AND DISABLED IT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE AMERICAN HONDA COPORATION ON APRIL 29TH AND THEY GAVE HIM A CASE NUMBER N012005-042900577 HE TALKED TO BRIAN HO AND HE TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAIL A LETTER TO HIS HONDA DEALER STATING THE PROBLEM THE CONTACT WAS HAVING. SO IN A COUPLE OF DAYS HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO HIS HONDA DEALER HE SAID HE NEVER RECIEVED A LETTER SO THEY TOLD HIM THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AND SO WHEN THE CONTACT CALLED BACK MAY 9TH AND THEY TOLD HIM THEY WERE GOING TO DISMISS. THE CONTACT SAYS THAT HIS WARRENTY IS OUT ON HIS VEHICLE AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY HE THINKS THEY DISMISSED THE PROBLEM.*AK

2000 HONDA ACCORD LX V6 AUTOMATIC, WITH WHAT ELSE " TRANSMISSION TROUBLE" WE PURCHASED CAR AND WITHIN 2 MONTHS WOULD MAKE HORRIBLE BANG NOIDE WHILE BACKING UP. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WITH COMPLAINT 5 SEPERATE TIMES AND THEY LIED STATING THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT PROBLEM WAS AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. WHEN I DEMANDED THE SERVICE MANAGER AND THEIR TRANSMISSION TECH MEET ME ONE MORNING I DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM AND THE TECH KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS AND THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE INSTALLED. AFTER THEY PUT GOD KNOWS WHAT IN IT I TOOKS IT BACK COMPLAINING OF A NOISE THEY SAID THEY HAD IT ON THE LIFT LISTENED TO IT AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING EXCEPT TIRE NOISE, THEY THING BROKE RIGHT IN THERE PARKING LOT WHEN WE WENT TO PICK IT UP. I JUST LOOKED AT THE JERK MANAGER AND SAID TO HIM " COULDN'T FIND NOTHING WRONG, DON'T EVER GO HICKING THERE ARE RATTLESNAKES THAT MAKE LESS NOISE THAN THIS TRANSMISSION DID AND WE DON'T NEED TO LOOSE ANYMORE LIARS ON OUR LITTLE PLANET NOW DO WE?!!!!". HE HAD NO RESPONSE. WELL NOW TRANSMISSION # 3 IS GETTING READY TO BITE THE DIRT, HAS BEEN SERVICED EVERY 30,000 MILES AND NEEDING REPLACED WITH ONLY 118,000 MILES ON VEHICLE, 68,000 SINCE LAST ONE WAS PUT IN. IT WILL BE THE ABSOLUTE COLDEST DAY IN HELL BEFORE I EVER DARKEN HONDAS DOORS AGAIN.

I BOUGHT MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD BRAND NEW. I NOTICED IMMEDIATELY IT SHIFTED ROUGH BUT I KEPT IT ANYWAY. IN 2003 AT 84000 MILES I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 30 MPH, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT ON A BUSY DAY. I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER AND THEY SAID I HAD TOO MUCH TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT. THEY CLEANED THE FILTER, AND SENT IT BACK. IT WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY MADE SOME ADJUSTMENT, AND IT RAN SOMEWHAT OKAY. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER IT BEGAN TO DO IT AGAIN. I TOOK IT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE, AND THAT THE PREVIOUS YEAR THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ISSUED ON THE CAR. I WAS 2-3 THOUSAND MILES OVER THE EXTENSION AT THAT POINT. I KNEW THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD THE YEAR BEFORE. THE CAR WOULD NOT RUN RIGHT AFTER THAT. DEALER KNOWS THEY WERE IN THE WRONG AND THEY WERE VERY RUDE WITH ME. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING I CAN DO. I CAN'T AFFORD $4000.00 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION RIGHT NOW. I AM THINKING OF TAKING LEGAL ACTION.*AK

I BOUGHT MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD 2 DRIVE IN DECEMBER 1999 BRAND NEW, AND MY FIRST PROBLEM WAS THE CLUNKING NOISE EVERYTIME I WOULD REVERSE. IT FELT I HAD HIT SOMETHING BECAUSE IT WOULD JERK. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND MY TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AFTER ONLY 4 MONTHS OF HAVING THE CAR. THEN AGAIN IN 2002 MY CAR STARTED JERKING AND TAKING A LONG DELAY GETTING IN GEAR. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER AND MY TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. NOW IT'S 2005, AND I WAS ADVISED I NEED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IT JERKS WHEN I ACCELERATE AND IT ALSO DELAYS WHEN GOING INTO GEAR (FEELS LIKE IT IN NEUTRAL WHEN I'M ACCELERATING). I'VE LOST MY FAITH IN HONDA'S AND SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I KNOW OF OTHER PEOPLE SAME CAR SAME PROBLEMS. *AK

SRS LIGHT (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE): THIS LIGHT IS ON ALL OF THE TIME. I HAVE GOTTEN ESTIMATES OF $75 TO $110 JUST TO ANALYZE THE PROBLEM. A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET SHOWED THAT HUNDREDS OF CONSUMERS ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THIS LIGHT BEING ON. THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE A MAJOR RIP-OFF OF CONSUMERS FOR A KNOWN, DEFECTIVE SYSTEM!*AK

2000 HONDA ACCORD WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*MR THE IMPACT WAS ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT THE VEHICLE SRS LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER RESET IT ONCE, REPLACED A SENSOR IN THE SEAT BACK OF THE PASSENGER'S SEAT AND REPLACED THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT CLASP. *NM

SRS LIGHT IS ON, VEHICLE NEEDS NEW OPDS. RESULT: NO WORKING AIRBAGS, ESTIMATED REPAIR $663.65+TAX NOT SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED FROM EXTRA CARE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT DEALER AND EXTRA CARE SAYS NOT COVERED CHECKED ONLINE CONSUMER FORUMS - SOME GOT IT COVERED, SOME DIDN'T. *AK

HONDA AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ARE FAILING LEFT AND RIGHT, AND THE NEW TRANSMISSION HONDA IS REPLACING WITH ARE AS BAD AS THE ORIGINALS.*AK MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 53000 MILE AFTER MANY MILES OF MAKING WHISTLING, CLICKING, GRINDING NOISES AND GENERALLY GIVING THE IMPRESSION YOU WERE ABOUT TO BE STRANDED. HONDA REPLACED TRANSMISSION UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY IN MARCH OF 2005 AFTER REQUIRING ME TO SPEND A $100 BUCKS TO SERVICE THE OLD ONE PRIOR TO DIAGNOSTICS. REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION JERKS AND MAKES ALL KINDS OF NOISE WHEN PUT IN REVERSE AND HIT THE GAS. LOCAL HONDA DEALER (HUGHES HONDA IN WARNER ROBINS, GA) TRIES TO LINK IT TO THE SOME BRAKE PAD ALIGNMENT NON-SENSE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET ANOTHER $130 OUT OF ME. I TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER TO CHANGE THE PADS WITH THE AGREEMENT BEING THE DEALERSHIP WOULD ABSORB THE COST IF THE TRANSMISSION NOISE WAS NOT FIXED. THEN THE PADS THEY JUST TOLD ME WERE WORN OUT ALL OF A SUDDEN HAD TONS OF LIFE LEFT. THE CAR WITH THE SAME BRAKE COMPONENTS AND PADS DID NOT MAKE THE NOISE UNTIL AFTER THE NEW TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED. HONDA HAS A REAL PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE FORCED VIA RECALL TO ADDRESS ANY AND ALL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS OR BUY THE CAR BACK.

VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO GO INTO REVERSE WHEN PUT INTO GEAR, WHICH WAS PREVENTING THE VEHICLE FROM BACKING OUT IF IT NEEDED TO MOVE OUT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK UPDATED 3/28/2006 - THE TRANSMISSION IS SLUGGISH WHEN GOING UP HILLS UNTIL IT REACHES 20 MPH -3/3/2006. *NM

WITH 46,270 MILES, TWO HEAD BOLTS BROKE RESULTING IN THE FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET. THE VEHICLE DID NOT OVERHEAT UNTIL AFTER THE GASKET FAILED. THE DEALER HAS "SUGGESTED' THAT THE BOLTS WERE OVER TORQUED AFTER MANUFACTURER, HOWEVER, I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON IT THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE HEAD BOLTS. REPAIR INVOLVED A NEW GASKET KIT AND 12 NEW BOLTS. I HAVE THE OLD BOLTS.*AK

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED UNTIL VEHICLE SHUT OFF. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IGNITION INTERLOCK REPAIRS DONE. UPON PICKING UP THE VEHICLE CONSUMER WAS STILL ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WITH THE VEHICLE RUNNING. *AK

SAFETY RESTRAINT LIGHT FOR THE AIR BAGS KEPT COMING ON. CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE DEALER .*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT CONTINUED TO FAIL. THE SEAT LINK SUPPORT WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED VIA PHONE. DEALER URGED THE CONSUMER TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST.*AK

WHEN THE KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE GEAR SHIFTED FROM PARK. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. SINCE PURCHASE THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED IN ANY POSITION OF THE TRANSMISSION LEVER. *TC

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A CAR CUT IN FRONT OF ME. THEN THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC CAME TO A COMPLETE HALT. I APPLIED MY BRAKES. THE CAR THAT CUT ME OFF, MOVED OUT FROM THE LANE I WAS ON INTO THE NEXT LANE. I WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION WITH HONDA CRV. MY HONDA ACCORD 2000 RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE . THE FRONT SRS AIRBAGS NEVER FUNCTIONED. THIS COLLISION TOOK PLACE IN THE FREEWAY AT LEAST 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE FRONT AIRBAGS DIDN'T WORK. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP THAT I TOOK MY CAR FOR REPAIRS WHICH CAME OUT TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, TOLD ME THAT THE REASON THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T WORK WAS BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A DIRECT HIT, IN OTHER WORDS THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING THE AIRBAGS OR REPLACING THEM. THEY STATED, THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FROM HONDA ON THE AIRBAGS. THE COMMUNITY HONDA DEALERSHIP JUST REPLACED THE PARTS THAT WHERE DAMAGED IN THE COLLISION. THE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS DAMAGED BADLY, IT WAS PUSHED BACK APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET. I WAS LUCKY, NOT TO HAVE HAD SERIOUS INJURIES. HOWEVER, I DON'T TRUST THE FRONT AIRBAGS BECAUSE THEY SHOULD OF FUNCTIONED AND THEY DIDN'T. I, STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT HONDA MOTORS U.S.A. SHOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAGS AT NO CHARGE. SOMEONE SHOULD INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE THE HONDA ACCORD SE 2000. VEHICLE [XXX]. THANK YOU. *JB *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

I HAVE THE KNOWN ISSUE WITH MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD WHERE THE SRS AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. YOU CAN DO A GOOGLE SEARCH AND SEE THE WIDESPREAD NATURE OF THIS PROBLEM. HONDA SAYS IF THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON THE AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY IN A ACCIDENT AND OTHERS HAVE HAD THE AIRBAG GO OFF WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY. WHEN I CALL MY DEALER THEY PRETEND NOT TO KNOW ANYTHING AND WANT TONS OF MONEY TO EVEN CHECK IT OUT. I HAVE THE HONDA CARE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THE DEALER WON'T EVEN VERIFY IF THE PROBLEM IS COVERED OR NOT. *JB

THE SRS LIGHT IS ON FOR THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT STAYS ON. THE CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND DISCOVERED THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICES BULLETIN FOR THE VEHICLE. NHTSA TSB 404. *NM

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SENSORS ARE DEFECTIVE CAUSING THE AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON INADVERTENTLY AND DEACTIVATE THE AIRBAG, WHILE ON. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ENGINE WILL FIRE AND THEN IMMEDIATLY STALL IF ENGINE IS ALREADY WARM. OTHERWISE IT WILL RUN FINE. A TROUBLE CODE WAS TAKEN FROM THE COMPUTER (P1399) WHICH HONDA TELLS ME DOES NOT EXIST FOR A 2000 ACCORD. ANOTHER HONDA REP TOLD ME THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR DOES NOT READ WELL WITH "WINTER FUELS" IN WARMER (50-60F) WEATHER. THE WARRANTEE ON THIS PART ONLY GOES TO 80,000 MILES.

THE SEAT BELT, BRAKE, DOOR, EMERGENCY AND SRS LIGHTS WERE CONSTANTLY BURNING AT DIFFERENT TIMES ON THE CONSUMERS 200 HONDA ACCORD. *BF THE DEALER REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR. *JB

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ACCELERATION PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN, CAUSING ACCELERATION. OWNER HAD TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. *AK

WHILE SITTING IN THE VEHICLE IT WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, HOWEVER, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK *SC *JB

NHTSA CAMPAIGN 02V080000; HONDA ISSUED AN AIR BAG INFLATOR MODULE RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, HOWEVER THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ON, WHICH THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATED THE AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY. THE VIN WAS OUTSIDE THE REMEDY SCOPE. *JB

SIDE AIRBAG OCCUPANT POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM IS FAULTY. SRS LIGHT ON, CODE 15-1. DEACTIVATING MY SRS SYSTEM. *NM

2004 HONDA ACCORD DEVELOPED A COLD FAST IDLE OF 1500 RPM FOR 2-6 MINUTES..***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR *JB

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

WITHIN THE 1ST MONTH OF THE VEHICLE BEING PURCHASED A REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE. THE SRS LIGHT CAME ON. *TC THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS DUE TO VIN. *NM

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY GO OUT AND COME BACK ON WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO SEE ANY OF THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT. , VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER AND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS STILL UNDETERMINED. *AK

I PURCHASED A NEW 2000 HONDA ACCORD V6 IN JUNE OF 2000. IT IS NOW 4 1/2 YEARS OLD AND HAS FEWER THAN 18,000 MILES. ABOUT 1 WEEK AGO I STARTED HEARING A WHINE OR WHIRR AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TODAY (12/15/04). IT CHECKED OUT TO BE A BAD ALTERNATOR, AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE OVER $500 TO FIX!! I FOUND SEVEN COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE AND ALL OF THEM (INCLUDING MINE) SHARE A DEFECTIVE AIR BAG LIGHT WHICH COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. MINE HAS BEEN COMING ON SINCE ALMOST DAY 1. HONDA DEALERSHIP TOLD ME BACK THEN IT WAS DUE TO SOME CLOTHES OR CUSHION BLOCKING SOME SENSOR AT THE BACK OF THE SEAT AND WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. I HAVE HAD MAINTENANCE DONE EVERY 3 MONTHS OR SO, THE MOST RECENT OF WHICH WAS DECEMBER 4, 2004. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NO WHINE, NO ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS, OR ANY INDICATION OF ANYTHING WRONG, BUT I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY. I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT, BUT NOW I KNOW WHY. IT WAS A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT I BEGAN HEARING THE NOISE THAT WAS TODAY DIAGNOSED AS A BAD ALTERNATOR. AGAIN, GOOD MAINTENANCE RECORD, FEWER THAN 18000 MILES, NO WARNING LIGHTS, BAD ALTERNATOR. I AM DRIVING 300 MILES THIS COMING SATURDAY AND AM SCARED TO DEATH--HOPING THAT IT IS FIXED COMPLETELY AND THAT NOTHING ELSE GOES WRONG. I HOPE THIS GETS SOME ATTENTION FROM NHTSA!. *AK

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT HAS FOR 3 YEARS FAILED TO LOCK INTO PLACE AFTER THE FRONT SEAT IS MOVED FORWARD TO ALLOW ACCESS IN THE BACKSEAT. MY WIFE WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT AND UPON A ABRUPT STOP HE SEAT ACCELERATED FORWARD AND SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. EVEN WITH A SEAT BELT ON THIS DANGEROUS DEFECT COULD NOT PREVENT BODILY INJURY TO MY WIFE. THE MANUFACTUER STATES THAT EVEN AFTER LOOKING AT THIS SEAT SEVERAL TIME, IT IS OPERATIONAL AS EXPECTED.*AK

THE CONSUMER ENTERED THE VEHICLE TO DISCOVER THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT HAD COME OFF THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONSUMER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIR. *JB

THE SRS AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AT APPROXIMATELY 69,000 MI.THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND NO FAULT CODES WERE FOUND ON THE COMPUTER. I HAD THE DELPHI ALTERNATOR LOAD TESTED AND DETERMINED THAT COULD BE THE CULPRIT. DURING THIS TIME, I ALSO HAD BOTH OF MY HEADLAMPS BURNED OUT WITHIN WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. I REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR WITH AN AFTERMARKET ONE AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS SINCE. *AK

BOUGHT CAR 12-31-1999. IN 2001, SIGNIFICANT "WARBLING"/SHAKING OF STEERING COLUMN WHEN BRAKING, AT HIGHER SPEEDS, TO THE POINT STOPPING WAS BECOMING PRECARIOUS. DEALER SAID ROTORS HAD WARPED, MOST LIKELY BECAUSE I HIT THE BRAKES HARD DURING WET CONDITIONS, GETTING ROTORS WET, AND CAUSING THE WARPING. ROTORS WERE TURNED. "PULSING" OF BRAKES STARTED AGAIN IN NEAR FUTURE; DEALER SAID THEY FIXED AT NO CHARGE WHEN DOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. PROBLEM RECURRED AGAIN. DEALER SAID COULDN'T TURN ROTORS AGAIN, AND NEEDED TO REPLACE THEM AND PADS (JULY 2004). I COMPLAINED; MECHANIC ACKNOWLEDGED WHEN ASKED DIRECTLY THAT HE HAD SEEN MORE PROBLEMS WITH THIS YEAR/MODEL OF HONDA. I PAID FOR REPLACEMENT. AGAIN, NOVEMBER, 2004 PULSING STARTED. DEALER DID BREAK INSPECTION (FOR $19.95); IT WAS OBVIOUS THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUE - THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE WARPING WAS RECURRING - ON THE REPLACEMENT ROTOR. I DISCLOSED FINDING OTHER COMPLAINTS ON NHTSA WEB SITE; SERVICE MANAGER ASKED IF I HAD TALKED TO HONDA - IF HONDA AGREED TO COVER IT, THEY COULD DO THE WORK. PROBLEM IS, COVER WHAT? THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO THIS SPECIFIC BRAKING SYSTEM. THIS CAR IS THE 6TH HONDA MY SPOUSE AND I HAVE PURCHASED. UNFORTUNATELY, IT MAY WELL BE THE LAST. *AK

AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR A WHILE, THE VEHICLE HAS A PROBLEM WITH RESTARTING. VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE FOR A WHILE AND YOU NEED TO APPLY THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE FLOOR BEFORE STARTING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO TWO SEPARATE DEALERS. THE FIRST DEALER REPLACED THE ERG VALVE. AND THE PROBLEM RECURRED AND THE SECOND DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR KIT AND THE PROBLEM STILL RECURRING. *NM. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUES TO APPEAR ON DASHBOARD. INTERMITTENT STALLING. DEALER REMOVED AND REPLACED EGR VALVE/REMOVED INTAKE MANIFOLD AND CLEANED PORTS. *AK