While returning from vacation the car began to make noises from both front tire areas. The car suspension felt loose and there was a distinct lack of control. The Honda dealer took it in immediately and replaced both front wheel bearings and the links that hold the stabilizing bars to the frame. We have already replaced the bearings in the back wheels.

- Wexford, PA, USA

I heard a loud pop while making a right turn into a driveway. I brought the car in a dealer who replaced a broken driver side rear stabilizer link. In February 2005 I heard a knocking noise while driving. I brought the car to an independent Honda repair shop. The driver's side rear stabilizer link broke again. I had to replace it.

- Sylmar, CA, USA

My father is an owner of a 2001 Honda Accord ex V6 sedan. The car was purchased in July 2001 and has recently exceeded its warranty mileage of 36,000 miles. Two weeks ago, as my father was replacing the rear break pads, he noticed the linkage connecting the rear sway bar to the left rear wheel assembly was broken at the weld points. This broken linkage had caused the inside break pad to wear at much greater rate than the outside pad. My uncle is also an owner of a 2001 Honda Accord V6 sedan and upon hearing of the broken sway bar in my father??S car, he inspected the rear sway bar in his Accord and found that the same linkages were broken on both sides. His broken linkages also caused the same pattern of uneven brake wear in his car.

- Riverside, CA, USA

Both right and left links connnecting the rear stabilizer bar to the rest of the rear suspension broke. This allowed the bar itself to swing freely and bang against other suspension components and the underside of the car. Both links failed in the same way, breaking into two at the lower welded joint.

- Rosemead, CA, USA