NHTSA Complaint #10169854 — 2000 HONDA ACCORD

DASH BOARD LIGHTS WENT OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING SIGNS. THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS INVISIBLE IN NIGHT. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS I COULD NOT READ ANY OF THE INSTRUMENT PANELS. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR FAILURE ANALYSIS AND REPAIRS. THEY FOUND THAT THE MULTIPLEX UNIT ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE CAR HAD FAILED AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. HONDA HAS ALREADY ISSUED RECALL FOR THE SAME COMPONENT FOR THE SAME PROBLEM FOR THE SAME MODEL YEAR (2000) CAR AS MINE, BUT SINCE MY VIN# WAS NOT PART OF RECALL, THEY REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL. AT THIS POINT I HAD TO PAY $428.00 TO GET THE CAR FIXED. I WOULD LIKE NHTSA TO TAKE THIS UP HONDA TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE AS PART OF RECALL AS THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL YEAR. THE RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER FOR THIS PROBLEM IN NHTSA DATABASE IS 04V256000 AND HONDA RECALL NUMBER IS P36.*JB