NHTSA Complaint #10050075 — 2002 HONDA ACCORD

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S STEERING AND SUSPENSION. *MR THERE WERE STEERING PROBLEMS, CLICKING NOISES THAT HAD RUN THROUGH THE SHIFTER AND THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN PLACED INTO GEAR. THERE WAS NO PROBLEM FOUND IN THE STEERING OR THE SUSPENSION. THE STEERING WHEEL DID NOT RETURN COMPLETELY AND WHEN IT DID IT WOULD DO SO SLOWLY, IT ALSO MOVED IN CIRCLES. THE BRAKE PEDAL MADE NOISES WHEN IT WAS APPLIED AND METAL LIKE NOISES THAT HAD COME FROM BENEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE DROVE ROUGH OVER BUMPS. WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL BEFORE GOING INTO GEAR, IT FELT AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS ALREADY IN PARK. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE RODE ROUGH DUE TO TOO MUCH AIR PRESSURE IN THE TIRES (OVER 50LBS OF PRESSURE IN TWO OF THE TIRES. *SCC THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND RACK AND PINION WERE REPLACED. *JB