Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 03/15/2009 | 207000 | 1 | |
| 1991 honda accord seat belt light blinks and beeps all the time. honda will not cover under lifetime warranty, wants $685.00 to replace seat belt warning control unit. *tr | |||
| 04/04/2007 | 1 | ||
| My 'check engine' light comes on while i am driving and the car jerks, or if it happens while the car is idling the car stalls. it the light is on i have to shift before the rpm 's get to 3500 or the car shakes and looses power. when the light is off the car runs fine. i can only drive about 10 miles before the light comes on. the light comes on either when i start the car or shortly after everytime i drive the car. *jb | |||
| 05/18/2003 | 97000 | 1 | 03/23/1991 |
| Seat belt retractor on driver-side only will not move from retracted position as if door is open at all times after sensor on dashboard malfunctioned temporarily. as a result, lap belt is only available resulting in lack of safety for driver. *nlm | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||
| 04/01/2001 | 0 | ||
| While driving under normal conditions car suddenly went dead. there were no warning signs. took vehicle to dealer, and dealer sted that it was wire to alternator that was defective. they repaired wire. a week later alternator went bad again. please provide any further information. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 06/03/2004 | 175000 | 1 | 06/10/1993 |
| Sudden failure of the distributor. cut off on the freeway. my car is in the shop and they said the dristributor went bad. i have heard that there was recalls a while ago for this.*ak | |||
| 01/01/1901 | 1 | ||
| Letter from david wynne (nj) re his 1991 honda, accord. he was never contacted re the 1993 honda recall of the ignition system distributor defect, reply attn dee denton/ mt, holly office, no record seemed to have been found on previous letter. ignition system distributor failure in the 1993, honda recall of the ignition system distributor defect, reply atten dee denton/mt, holly office. had not found a previous letter. mr wynne took his vehicle to dealer for repairs, and dealer notified him that problem was a defective ignition distributor. he wanted to know if honda recall of the ignition distribute in 1993 would also affect his 1991 honda, accord.*ak *cb *jb | |||
| 09/09/1999 | |||
| On way to work consumer pulled into a parking lot and noticed smoke coming from the hood. immediately called aaa, and had it towed to the dealer. consumer was advised that it needed a new steering rack. the steering fluid was leaking on the front sway bar bushing. they also advised consumer that vehicle needed a new radiator, water pump and distributor. *ak | |||
| 10/11/1998 | 01/18/1998 | ||
| Distributor failed. | |||
| 03/22/1996 | |||
| Vehicle stalls intermittently while driving. dlrs observation distributor. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - MODULE | |||
| 1 | |||
| Ignition systems - distributor defect. | |||
| 1 | |||
| Electrical control unit failed. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | |||
| 08/21/1998 | |||
| The igintion switch malfunctioned, causing the vehicle to stall unexpectedly, which almost resulted in an accident. dealer said that a pin broke in the igintion system. please provide details. *ak | |||
| 05/15/1995 | |||
| Vehicle turned off at 60mph on hwy due to defective ignition switch. tt | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 12/15/1999 | 1 | 08/01/1996 | |
| Car was parked in driveway fourtyfive minutes after use. car starts on fire under the hood drivers front . the majority of the fire was contained tothe bumper area. very extreme heat there. the fire damaged wiring mainly on the driverside wheel well. also burnt many electrical devices, the poweresteering resivour , cruise control dighfram,windowwasher bottle. i have heard of many stories of simmilar fires on at least six or seven vehicles. ther must be a defect some where to cause a fire like that. *ak | |||