3.9

definitely annoying
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
30,822 miles

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problem #10

Aug 102002

Accord

  • miles
Consumer has a hard time starting the vehicle. Dealer notified.

- Fairfax, VA, USA

problem #9

Oct 012002

Accord

  • miles
Consumer made an appointment for a recall repair and was told the wait would be at lease two and half months. Consumer feels unsafe driving.

- Cornetlius, NC, USA

problem #8

Jun 022002

(reported on)

Accord

  • miles
The car will just die going down the road, it will restart most of the time, it will happen without any notice. It can happen in a parking lot or going down the highway.

- Novato, CA, USA

problem #7

Dec 042001

(reported on)

Accord

  • miles
Entire vehicle shut down, engine, radio, power steering, power brakes, as if key turned off. At a 4 way stop, moving into intersection, halfway through a right turn. When failure occurred, the car shut down with sudden loss of power, could not steer or brake properly, car crossed oncomming traffic lane ending up on wrong side of road. Restarted okay, ran for 2 seconds then failed again. Restarted again after 10 minutes and ran long enough to get home 2 miles then towed to dealer. Dealer cannot find root cause, reproduce the failure, and he does not consider it a safety issue. We cannot drive it thinking it may happen again with potential lethal consequences.

- Erie, PA, USA

problem #6

May 292001

(reported on)

Accord

  • miles
Engine quits periodically (at least once a week) when coasting with the clutch in. Dealers who have serviced car have been told, have looked for problem, could not find cause. Has done this since purchased new.

- Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA

problem #5

Feb 011999

(reported on)

Accord

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Ignition coil and ECU failed causing vehicle to stall intermittently. Nlm

- Culver Cit, CA, USA

problem #4

Apr 011998

Accord

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Ignition coil burnt out.

- Azusa, CA, USA

problem #3

Feb 011999

(reported on)

Accord

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Chip in ignition key failed. Nlm

- Yorba Linda, CA, USA

problem #2

Jul 231999

Accord

  • miles
Car stalls while driving and all power is lost (no power steering, brakes, etc). There is no warning (I.e. the car doesn't buck or hesitate - it justs shuts off and all power is lost). It was a big problem twice when going around a turn, because I didn't have the power steering or brakes. Real big possibility that someone eventually will be hurt if problem persists.

- Hopkinton, MA, USA

problem #1

Feb 011999

(reported on)

Accord

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Ignition key stuck due to failure of the resistor. Mjs

- Hemet, CA, USA