10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 8
Average Mileage:
17,622 miles

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problem #6

Sep 222000

Accord

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
The SRS indicator light keeps coming on in vehicle. It's faulty defective piece. Airbags needed to be replaced. Manufacture felt not responsible for repairs. The vehicle has not been in accident. The failure of the air bag is factory defect.

- Davidson, MI, USA

problem #5

Apr 012000

Accord

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Air bag sos control unit broke, causing the air bag system to become inoperable. Contacted both dealer and Honda, part not available, waiting for shipment from Japan.

- Berkley Heights, NJ, USA

problem #4

Dec 031999

(reported on)

Accord

  • miles
Airbag sensor light stays illuminated while vehicle is in motion. Dealer and manufacturer have been notified.

- Whitehall, AR, USA

problem #3

Sep 061999

Accord

  • miles
Airbag light came on while driving. Contacted dealer who said that the airbag computer had gone bad, and that the warranty expired. Therefore, could not fix the air bag computer.

- Olathe, KS, USA

problem #2

Dec 131998

Accord

  • miles
Just finished washing car at the touchless car wash. Put the car in drive, went over a metal bump at the end of the car wash and the airbags deployed. I wasn't even going 1 mph.

- Carson City, NV, USA

problem #1

Apr 231998

Accord

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
While driving thinks that the air bag is going to deploy. Does not understand why the government has the right to tell consumers what they can or cannot do to vehicles that the have paid for. The air bag light stays on, and that does not seem to be safe.

- Camarillo, CA, USA