1997 Honda Prelude complaints

2 BRIDGESTONE POTENZA TIRES P205/50R16 ARE CRACKING ALONG THE SIDEWALL. *SLC

PE00 020; DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD A FLAT. WHEN THE TIRE WAS CHANGED CONSUMER NOTICED THAT TREAD HAD BEGAN SEPARATING INSIDE OF TIREWALL. BRIDGESTONE/ FIRESTONE, POTENZA#RE92, #DOT EM3VJJJKO87. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK

TREAD SEPARATION. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205/55? )

GRINDING OCCURS SHIFTING INTO 2ND FROM 1ST GEAR, ESPECIALLY AT HIGH ENGINE RPMS. 3RD HAPPENS LESS OFTEN, BUT DOESN'T OCCUR EXCLUSIVELY AT HIGH RPMS. 2ND GEAR HAS ALWAYS FELT "NOTCHY" MANY OTHER PRELUDE OWNERS I CORRESPOND WITH THROUGH EMAIL ALSO REPORT SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *AK

AS THE RESULT OF BROKEN BALL JOINT, THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL CAUSING DAMAGES TO WHEELS,FRAME,ALIGNMENT AND THE BODY. YH

GETTING A BUMP NOISE WHEN FRONT SUSPENSION IS LOADED ESPESCIALLY IN COLD WEATHER. AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS TO DEALER AND ONE ATTEMPTED REPAIR THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THIS MAY BE A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CAR AND WILL NOT ATTEMPT ANOTHER REPAIR UNDER WARRANTEE.

WHILE DRIVING 70MPH VEHICLE STARTED SWAYING FROM SIDE TO SIDE, AND THEN SPUN AROUND. THIS WAS DUE TO A FAULTY BALL JOINT. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 9 TIMES,AND NO SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE MAKING A SHARP QUICK LEFT TURN, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. AFTER SLOWING DOWN, THE POWER STEERING BEGAN TO WORK. DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *ML

DURING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, SUCH AS MAKING A TURN (RIGHT OR LEFT) AND HAVING TO MAKE ANOTHER TURN (RIGHT OR LEFT), POWER STEERING BECAME INOPERATIVE WHICH CAUSED STEERING TO REACT MORE SLOWLY AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MANEUVERS, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER TESTED THE 1998 AND 1999 PRELUDES AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER SAID WAS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V069000). HOWEVER AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE DEARLERSHIP DID NOT TIGHTEN THE CALIPER KNUCKLE MOUNTING BRACKET BOLT PROPERLY, CAUSING ONE TO FALL OFF AND ANOTHER LOOSE. *YC

CAN YOU PLEASE HELP US. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS AND NEITHER WILL TELL US WHATS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THEY DONT KNOW WHY. WE JUST GOT CAR BACK AND ITS STILL SHIFTING STRANGE. CAR HAS NO POWER FOR PASSING IN LOW GEAR. THIS IS GETTING DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY BECAUSE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION GOES OUT IT HAS NO POWER AT ALL. NEVERMIND GETTING STUCK ON THE FREEWAY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL US IF ANY FURTHER INFO IS NEEDED. THANKS JEAN DELUCIA

THE LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION HAS A LOUD AND DISTINCT CRACK UPON TAKE OFF AND STOPPING OF THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS MAINLY IN COLD WEATHER. AS WELL AS THE SOUND, THE DRIVER CAN FEEL THE NOISE IN THE FLOORBOARD OF THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT. THE MANUFACTURER STATES THAT THIS IS A CHARACTARISTIC OF THE VEHICLE AND THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. THE MANUFACTURER CAN PROVIDE NO FACTS TO BASE THIS DECISION ON NOR DID THE MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE EVEN LOOK AT THE MECHANICS OF THE PROBLEM VEHICLE. THE REP BASED HIS "CHARACTARISITC" CLAIM ON MY VEHICLE AND ANOTHER SIMILAR VEHICLE ,MAKING THE NOISE. THERE IS NO OTHER COMPLAINTS TO HONDA TECH LINE FROM MECHANICS IN REFERENCE TO THIS PROBLEM. THE HONDA REP STATES THAT IT IS THE BUSHINGS IN THE SUSPENSION WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE, AND THE MECHANICS AT THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT LOCATE ANY FAULTY BUSHINGS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. ALSO, WHILE CHANGING INTO 1 AND 2 GEARS IT WILL ABRUPTLY STOP WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED 5 TRANSMISSIONS. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML

LOWER BALL JOINT RECALL BUT UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.(99V-069) NLM

NO INFORMATION PROVIDED.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH THE OWNER'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ON A WET ROAD. WHEN SHE TRIED TO STOP SHE COULDN'T, LOSING CONTROL AND HAVING AN ACCIDENT, HITTING FRONT WHERE THE AIR BAGS (DRIVER AND PASSENGER) DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER. THEY WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. *AK