NHTSA Complaint #10132606 — 2000 HONDA ACCORD

DT: THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY FOUND THE CODE P1457. THEN HE TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP, WHICH FOUND THE SAME CODE WHEN CHECKING FOR THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS AN INTERNAL PROBLEM WITH THE EVAPORATION SYSTEM. DISCOVERED A LEAK WITHIN THE SYSTEM BY DOING A SMOKE TEST. IT WAS IN A CANISTER IN THE EMISSION SYSTEM. THEY REPLACED THE CANISTER AND THE VALVE THAT WAS CONNECTED WITH IT, PARTS 17011S84A00 AND 17310S84L31. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THEY HAD NO OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE HE HAD FOUND OTHER COMPLAINTS INVOLVING THE CODE P1457 ON A WEBSITE, WWW.ANSWER.COM. *AK