Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY | |||
| 10/01/2011 | 77000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that while driving at various speeds with the front driver's side sun visor flipped downward, the visor would constantly come into contact with the rear view mirror and obstruct the contact's vision of the roadway. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the vehicle was performing as designed. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 77,000. kmj | |||
| 10/01/2011 | 77000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that while driving at various speeds with the front driver's side sun visor flipped downward, the visor would constantly come into contact with the rear view mirror and obstruct her vision. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and the contact was informed that the vehicle was performing as intended. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 77,000. sm. | |||
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM | |||
| 03/01/2007 | 5 | 2 | 03/01/2007 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that the driver side window rattles. the dealer lubricated the window. he also stated that the air conditioner does not blow cold air. the dealer stated that the air was not cold because the vehicle was black and the filter was clogged. the vin and engine size were unknown. the current mileage was 16,000 and failure mileage was 5. | |||
| VISIBILITY - GLASS, SIDE/REAR | |||
| 03/01/2007 | 5 | 2 | 03/01/2007 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that the driver side window rattles. the dealer lubricated the window. he also stated that the air conditioner does not blow cold air. the dealer stated that the air was not cold because the vehicle was black and the filter was clogged. the vin and engine size were unknown. the current mileage was 16,000 and failure mileage was 5. | |||
| 03/23/2007 | 7700 | 1 | 07/07/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. when the contact entered the vehicle and shut the door, the rear glass shattered. the temperature outside was approximately thirty to forty degrees. the consumer stated shards of glass were all over the interior of the vehicle - dashboard, front and back floors, the consumer also stated glass was in her hair, neck and back of shoulders. the consumer provided pictures of the vehicle and the invoice for repairs. updated 05/21/07 *tr | |||
| VISIBILITY - POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | |||
| 06/01/2006 | 4 | ||
| 2006 honda accord. consumer states defect with vehicle windows *tgw the consumer stated the windows would open at any time without command from the remote, even when the vehicle was off and parked. several components within the window panel were replaced, but the consumer continued to experience the same problem. *jb | |||
| 08/02/2010 | 38000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that whenever the defroster was activated, the exterior light would dim. in addition, the passenger side headlight was inoperable. the glove compartment light would continuously remain illuminated while the vehicle was turned on. upon exiting and closing the driver side door, the contact stated that all four windows fell halfway down. the dealer diagnosed no failure with the defects. the manufacturer was not contacted and the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 38,000 and the current mileage was 103,000. | |||
| VISIBILITY - REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES - EXTERIOR | |||
| 10/18/2006 | 700 | 1 | 10/05/2006 |
| Passenger outside mirror exploded while i was driving down the road. if the passenger window had been down it would have hit my daughter in her head. when the incident happened i stopped the car and picked up the mirror, there was no other cars or nothing around that could have hit the mirror, it made a very load noise but no other damage was done other than mirror came flying into in the side window and then hit the ground. all other parts on the mirror are in place and fine, only the center mirror parts fell off the car. i took it back to honda to tell them the mirror fell out and the service manager left me standing there and didn't come back, he never got my name. i asked the desk boy where he had gone and he paged him and the said that he would call me, he didn't know who i was, my name or who the owner of the car was so how is he going to call me. brand new, only had the car 2 weeks. *jb | |||
| VISIBILITY - REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES - INTERIOR | |||
| 07/01/2006 | 6000 | 20 | 12/01/2005 |
| Same annoying glass within the inside rearview mirror occasionally starts moving rapidly up and down within the plastic housing while driving and even over the smallest parking lot surface cracks. this is constant for a few minutes of half of the entire trip. makes the rearview almost useless and also the driver possibly dizzy. surprised that making the rearview unexpectedly useless isn't enough of a safety issue to draft some attention. my dealer looked at me like i was crazy and denied any possibility of how this could be true, intermittently. zone rep useless. i found this similar complaint, thank god i am not alone - and look same model and year ! - cut and pasted it here : complaint number: 10159064 summary: during hot weather the mirror section of the inside rear view mirror became loose and began to vibrate, i pushed on the mirror section and it moved back and forth in the plastic housing. it became very distracting while driving, and also the vehicles i could see in the rear view mirror were distorted and not clearly seen. i told the dealer, they in turn called the engineers, who told my service department that they know about the problem, to fix the problem the dealer said they have to install some spacing material to stop the mirror from vibrating. the engineers said heat cause the spacer holding the mirror expands due to excessive heat. *jb | |||
| 06/01/2006 | 6500 | 1 | 12/14/2005 |
| During hot weather the mirror section of the inside rear view mirror became loose and began to vibrate, i pushed on the mirror section and it moved back and forth in the plastic housing. it became very distracting while driving, and also the vehicles i could see in the rear view mirror were distorted and not clearly seen. i told the dealer, they in turn called the engineers, who told my service department that they know about the problem, to fix the problem the dealer said they have to install some spacing material to stop the mirror from vibrating. the engineers said heat cause the spacer holding the mirror expands due to excessive heat. *jb | |||
| VISIBILITY - SUN ROOF ASSEMBLY | |||
| 03/17/2006 | 700 | 1 | 03/15/2006 |
| Purchased a 2006 honda accord coupe on march 15th 2006, was traveling no the highway with no vehicle in the front of me and on march the 17th two days after purchased my sun roof shattered. talked to the dealership, manufacturer and their reply was its not a manufacturer defect therefore its nothing they can do. i had to pay $602.00 at another honda dealership out of town for the sun roof to be replaced. *nm | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD | |||
| 09/01/2007 | 4424 | 2 | 08/23/2006 |
| 2006 honda accord ex-l front windshield cracking. first incident 11-01-06. replaced by dealer. *jb | |||
| 11/15/2006 | 1 | ||
| Bought 2006 accord sedan in aug 2006. upon taking car home noticed 'orange peel' like distortion in windshield. took back to dealer. they first claimed there was no problem, finally after much arguing they admitted it was there and replaced it. new windshield is worse. it has wavy pattern in the glass making it difficult to see out of. went back to dealer, they saw it, they then called in factory rep. he says they all have it and refused to take action. factory line is that all honda's since 1990 have this problem. told him that's bull since this is the 3rd honda i've bought since 1990 and none of the others have this problem. neither does any other brand (toyota, volvo) cars that i own have it.*jb | |||
| 09/01/2006 | 2 | 05/01/2006 | |
| 2006 honda accord windshield is wavy and difficult to see out of. there was also a tire blow out. *kb the consumer contacted the dealer and manufacturer. they both claimed the wavy windshield was due to the aerodynamics. *nm | |||