10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
5 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
3,420 miles

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problem #6

Sep 282004

Accord 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Brake failure, transmission not working after impact. Side air bag did not deploy. Consumer was hit on the drivers side of the vehicle. The air bag did not deploy. The brakes failed to stop the vehicle and the doors could not be opened after the collision, a spreader was used to open the driver side door. The vehicle declared totaled.

- Woodland Park, CO, USA

problem #5

Nov 192003

(reported on)

Accord

  • Automatic transmission
  • 4,422 miles
While driving 55 mph front left side of vehicle went into a ditch. Passenger's air bag deployed, but driver's air bag did not deploy. Driver went to the emergency room and received six stitches over the left eyebrow.

- Spring Lake, NC, USA

problem #4

Oct 302003

Accord 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Vehicle involved in crash and passenger side air bags deployed but the driver's side air bags did not deploy.

- Miami, FL, USA

problem #3

Nov 042003

Accord 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
While driving 55 mph, the pavement became slippery. This caused the driver to lose control running off the road into a ditch. The side air bags deployed upon contact but not the driver's air bag. Consumer lost control of vehicle while driving on slippery pavement at 55 mph. Vehcile ran off the road into a ditch and driver's side air bag did not deploy.

- Raleigh, NC, USA

problem #2

Oct 092003

Accord 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 3,300 miles
Driver's side air bag didn't deploy but passenger bag did and the driver's seat belt pretensioner did. I T-boned another car in the doors with my front end.

- Taylors, SC, USA

problem #1

Aug 262003

Accord

  • 12,800 miles
While driving at 65 mph consumer drove over an object on highway that caused the curtain air bags to deploy, but not to inflate

- Pembroke Pines, FL, USA