1996 HONDA ACCORD Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE BALANCE SHAFT SEAL POPPED OUT OF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THEY STATED THE ENGINE SEAL FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THEY OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK

AFTER THE SEAL BROKE, OIL DRAINED FROM THE ENGINE AND CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *PH THERE WAS A PRODUCT UPDATE REGARDING THE SHAFT OIL SEAL, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BECAUSE HE WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER. *JB

CONSUMER REQUESTING REFUND FOR A REPAIR THAT WAS SUBJECT OF A PRIOR RECALL. *LA THE SERVICE CAMPAIGN WAS ISSUED FOR THE FRONT BALANCER SHAFT OIL SEAL REPLCAEMENT. THE CONSUMER NEVER RECEVED ANY NOTIFICATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM. ONLY AFTER REQUESTING SERVICE FOR A MAJOR OIL LEAK DID THE CONSUMER BECOME AWARE OF THE RECALL. *PH *NM

ON AUGUST 19, 2003 THE OIL LIGHT ON MY CAR STARTED FLASHING. I CHECKED MY OIL AND NONE WAS TOUCHING THE OIL STICK. I CALLED WADE'S HONDA WHICH IS A SERVICE CENTER IN CLINTON, NC. MR. WADE CAME OUT AND CHECKED MY CAR AT WHICH TIME HE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN MY OIL SHAFT. HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE CAMPAIGN HAD ENDED. I ADVISED HIM THAT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF ANY RECALL. MR. WADE CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND WAS TOLD THAT I WAS NOTIFIED BY MAIL, BUT THE NOTICE CAME BACK AS UNDELIVERABLE. THIS NOTICE WAS SENT TO MY RESIDENCE ADDRESS (307 CARLTON STREET). I RECEIVE MY MAIL AT THE ABOVE OFFICE BOX ADDRESS. I HAVE BEEN LIVING AT THIS ADDRESS FOR 25 PLUS YEARS AND HAVE HAD THE SAME MAILING ADDRESS SINCE I MOVED HERE. I CALLED AMERICAN...

I HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR 10 MONTHS WITH REPEATED TRIPS TO THE DEALER AND NUMEROUS CALLS TO THE POINT OF PURCHASE, WITH NO RESULTS, I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE RUN-A-ROUND TO MANY TIMES TO COUNT. I HAVE A 1996 HONDA ACCORD AND IT HAS A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM AND THE ENGINE IS HAVING TO BE REBUILT. THE HEAD GASKET AND ENGINE ARE BADLY WATER DAMAGED AND WARPED, AND IT IS COSTING ME IN EXCESS OF $2,400.00 TO GET IT REPAIRED. I WAS TOLD THAT REPAIRS WERE MADE TO MY CAR BUT NEVER RECEIVED A WORK ORDER PROVING THAT SAID WORK WAS ACTUALLY DONE. I AM TRYING TO SEEK PROTECTION UNDER THE LEMON LAW SO ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME IN THAT EFFORT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!

THE VEHICLE LEAKED OIL FROM THE HEAD GASKET. *NLM.

AN INTERNAL OIL LEAK CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE (REFER TO TSB 618908). *NLM

THE ENGINE MADE A KNOCKING NOISE. *JB THE ENGINE MADE A KNOCKING NOISE. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 60 MPH IN THE MIDDLE LANE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE FROMT HE ENGINE STARTED . VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE WAS RUINED. *MR

THE FRONT BALANCER SHAFT SEAL BLEW AND OIL GUSHED OUT OF THE ENGINE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES. MY WIIFE AND I HAD JUST MADE IT OFF THE INTERSTATE WHEN WE NOTICED THE SMELL OF OIL. UPON PARKING, WE SAW OIL POURING OUT OF ENGINE. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON AND NO SMOKE CAME FROM THE ENGINE. I WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT THE SEAL IS DEFECTIVE BUT HONDA DOESN'T HAVE A FULL RECALL AND WILL ONLY FIX THE SEAL WHEN IT BLOWS WHICH COULD CAUSE PERMANENT ENGINE DAMAGE IF THE ENGINE IS NOT STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. I'VE DONE RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM AND OTHERS HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM IN THE US. IT SEEMS THE SEAL IS DEFINETLY DEFFECTIVE, BUT HONDA WON'T REPAIR IT UNTIL THE PROBLEM HAPPENS. OF COURSE, I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE SEAL BLEW. I WAS INFORMED BY HONDA AMERICA THAT I JUST MISSED...

WHILE DRIVING THE "CHECK OIL" LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO INSPECT VEHICLE. AS CONSUMER WAS REFILLING OIL, IT WAS POURING BACK OUT OF THE "SEAL". MR *JG

DEFECTIVE BALANCER SHAFT SEAL BROKE LOOSE, CAUSING AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT BECAUSE OF IMMEDIATE OIL LOSS W/NO WARNING INDICATORS. JUST HAD OIL CHANGE AND TRANSMISSION OIL FLUSH A MONTH AGO. HONDA NEEDS TO REIMBURSE COSTS OF TOTAL REPAIR DUE TO DEFECTIVE ITEM. NEVER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE EITHER.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF, AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE OIL SEAL HAD BLOW OUT OF ITS PLACE AND ALL THE OIL LEAKED OUT. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. NLM

AT 65 MPH OIL LIGHT CAME ON SHORTLY AFTER ENGINE STALLED. DEALER DETERMINED THAT AN OIL SEAL BLEW. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BALANCE SHAFT SEAL BROKE OFF, AND THE ENIGNE LEAKED OIL. OIL LEAKED OUT AND ENGINE BLEW. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

BALANCER SHAFT SEAL COVER, LOWER AREA OF MOTOR WAS BEING SCRAPED BY TIMING BELT, CAUSING CHIRPING NOISE AT LOW MPH, I.E. 5 MPH. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE IS PARK IN DRIVEWAY CONSUMER NOTICED OIL ON SPOTS. VEHICLE LOST ABOUT 2 QUARTS OF OIL PER MONTH. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMAITION.*AK

SEAL BELT RETAINER "POPPED OUT" RESULTING IN TIMING, COMBO, & P.S BELT BEING REPLACED ALONG WITH THE OIL SEALS AT A COST OF $354. *AK

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE, OIL SEAL BLEW OUT, CAUSING RAPID LOSS OF OIL. VEHICLE TOWED. *AK

CAMSHAFT FAILURE. *AK

WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFICE LIGHT, THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED INTO THE NEAREST BUSINESS I THOUGHT WOULD HAVE A MECHANIC, WHICH WAS A QUICK OIL CHANGE TYPE PLACE. OIL WAS POURING FROM MY ENGINE. SEALS AND BELTS HAD TO BE REPLACED, INCLUDING THE TIMING BELT SO THE REPAIR WAS OVER $500. HOWEVER, MY CAR WAS STILL LEAKING OIL (WHICH IT HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE). SOON AFTER I RECEIVED HONDA'S BALANCER SHAFT SEAL RECALL INFO IN THE MAIL. THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED SEEMED TO BE PRECISELY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. I TOOK MY CAR TO AN AUTHORIZED HONDA DEALER TO HAVE THE REPAIR INSPECTED AND TO HAVE THE OIL LEAK CHECKED OUT. I LEFT WITH ANOTHER $250 BILL AND THE MECHANIC FELT THAT MY PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN THE BALANCER SHAFT SEAL BECAUSE THE MECHANIC AT THE QUICK CHANGE PLACE INCORRECTLY LISTED A PART REPLACED AS AN...

COMPLETE DRAINAGE OF OIL FROM ENGINE DUE TO BALANCER SHAFT OIL SEAL FAILURE. OIL BLOWN ONTO ENGINE, UNDERCARRAIGE AND TIMING BELT.

WHILE DRIVING, THE OIL LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL AND FOUND THAT IT TOOK ALMOST 4 QUARTS OF OIL TO FILL IT BACK UP. I THEN STARTED THE CAR TO SEE WHY AND WHERE THE OIL WAS COMING FROM AND IT WAS GUSHING OUT OF THE TIMING BELT COVER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A BLOWN BALANCER SHAFT SEAL. AFTER EVERYTHING WAS ADDED UP, IT COST $653.80 TO REPAIR. WE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT TO THE DEALER WHEN THE CAR WAS BEING REPAIRED, BUT WERE TOLD IT WAS A WEARABLE PART THAT WE WERE UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE GO. MY FATHER RECENTLY TOLD ME HE READ IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER AUTOMOTIVE COLUMN THAT A WOMAN HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I LOOKED UP THE NHTSA WEBSITE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE HAD THE SAME COMPLAINT,...

BALNCER OIL SHAFT GAVE OUT AND CAR LEAKED ALL OIL OUT IMMEDIATELY AND ENGINE SEIZED AND WE HAD TO REPLCE ENGINE AT THE COST OF $2,860 (USED ENGINE) - HONDA HAS BEEN EXTREMELY UNCOOPERATIVE - RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE AND HAVE TRIED TO WORK WITH THEM TO OBTAIN REIMBURSEMENT AND HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE NOVEMBER. *AK

FRONT BALANCER SHAFT SEAL BLOW ,OIL GUSHED OUT OF ENGINE IN LESS THEN 10 MINS EST.WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT HAPPENS TO A LOT OF THIS MODEL THAT THE SEAL IS DEFECTIVE BUT HONDA DOES'NT HAVE A FULL RECALL,WILL ONLY FIX WHEN SEAL BLOWS WHICH CAUSES PERMANENT ENGINE DAMAGE IF VECHICLE IS RUNNING.AFTER I GOT MY CAR BACK THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE DEALER SAYS I HAVE TO PAY TO FIND OUT WHY,SHOULD'NT HONDA OF AMERICA PAY SINCE THE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON BEFORE THIS PROBLEM AND START IMMEDIATLY AFTER THEY REPAIRED THE BAD SEALS.I'VE DONE RESEARCH ON YOUR SITE AND OTHERS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMAN PROBLEM IN COLD REGIONS IN THE UNITED STATES IT SEEMS THE SEAL IS MOST DEFINETLY DEFECTIVE BUT HONDA WONT REPAIR UNTIL THE PROBLEM HAPPENS. PLEASE RESPOND THANK YOU, JAMES G NASCIMENTO [email protected],159 JORDAN AVE CRANSTON RI 02910,401-942-3265. *AK

WAS TRAVELING 70MPH WHEN SUDDENLY ENGINE SEIZED UP, VEHICLE HAD STOPPED, LOST ALL POWER, AND OIL WAS SHOOTING OUT EVERY WHERE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO GARAGE. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT ENGINE HAD BLEWN UP, AND THAT WAS REASON FOR OIL LEAKING. WOULD REPLACE BLOWN ENGINE WITH A USED ENGINE. RECEIVED A PRODUCT RECALL LETTER IN MAIL REGARDING ENGINE RECALL. DO NOT HAVE OLD ENGINE.*AK

THE BALANCER SHAFT SEAL FAILED,CAUSING ALL OF THE ENGINE'S OIL TO PUMP OUT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH OIL LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE STARTED LOSING POWER. CONSUMER PULLED TO SIDE WHERE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. THEN, TECHNICIAN TOLD CONSUMER ABOUT A RECALL CONCERNING BLOWEN ENGINE.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, MY OIL LIGHT CAME ON. THANKFULLY I WAS JUST REACHING MY DESTINATION. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND SAW THAT OIL WAS POURING OUT OF IT! HAD I DRIVEN THIS WAY, ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC, MY ENGINE WOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. I HAD TO REPLACE ALL OF THE OIL-SOAKED BELTS, ETC DUE TO THIS PART FAILURE. I HAVE SEEN SPOKEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM (ONE OF WHOSE CAR'S ENGINE DID "BLOW UP"). THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMONLY KNOWN DEFECT IN THE SEAL. THIS PARTICULAR SEAL IS GENERALLY CHANGED AT AROUND 90,000 MILES WHEN THE TIMING BELT IS REPLACED. UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEALERSHIP SAYS, MANY SEALS BREAK 15-20 THOUSAND MILES PREMATURELY CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS PARTICULAR PART MAY BE RECALLED IN THE NEAR FUTURE; I FEEL THIS...

ENGINE STARTED LEAKING OIL AT AN ALARMING RATE, TOOK TO DEALER, THEY SAID IT WAS A BALANCER SHAFT SEAL AND WOULD REQUIRE REPAIRS EST TO BE $620.*AK

ENGINE SEAL WENT BAD AND LEAKED OUT OIL. SRS AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND MECHANIC TOLD SRS CONTROL UNIT WENT BAD WITH A REPAIR OF $600. CONTACTED HONDA AND THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR EITHER PART.

BALANCE SHAFT OIL SEAL FAILED RESULTING IN RAPID LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. *AK

WHILE PARKING VEHICLE NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM UNDER VEHICLE. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT BALANCING SHAFT SEAL WAS CAUSE OF OIL LEAKAGE. REPAIRS DONE AT NO COST TO CONSUMER. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DEATILS. *AK

OIL HOSE BROKE, CAUSING AN OIL LEAKAGE INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT, SOAKING THE TIMMING BELT WITH OIL WHICH COULD CAUSE A POSSIBLE FIRE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ENGINE OIL SEAL BLOW-WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF OIL.*AK

ENGINE OIL SEAL BLOW-WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF OIL.*AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT HOLD OIL. WHEN STARTING CAR AND PUTTING OIL IN, IT WILL LEAK RIGHT OUT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL DUE TO THE BALANCE SHAFT SEAL AND THE CAMSHAFT SEAL COMING OUT. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK WHILE DRIVING OIL INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING LOSS OF OIL FROM ENGINE. ALL ALLEGEDLY HAD TO BE REPLACED INCLUDING PLACING BRACKET AT SEAL LOCATION TO PREVENT REOCURRANCE. COOLANT ALSO REPLACED. *YH

BALANCER SHAFT SEAL LEAK IN THE ENGINE; FULL TIMING BELT, WATER PUMP, OTHER BELT, BELT COMPRESSOR TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF $750. *AK

BALANCE SHAFT SEAL WENT BAD.ENGINE LOST OIL,CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.HONDA DEALER RECOMMENDS REPLACING THE ENGINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. CONSUMER EXITED FREEWAY, AND STOPPED AT A MECHANIC, AND VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF OIL, MECHANIC PUT IN 4 QUARTS OF OIL. CONSUMER DROVE A BLOCK AND PARKED VEHICLE. ANOTHER MECHANIC CHECKED IT, AND OIL SHOT OUT EVERYWHERE. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE BALANCER SHAFT SEAL, WHICH IS PRONE TO SHRINKAGE IN THESE VEHICLES AND WILL SHOOT OUT OIL. *AK

A FEW MINUTES AFTER LEAVING A RETAIL BUSINESS, THE BUSINESSMAN CALLED ME ON MY CELL PHONE TO ADVISE ME THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF FRESH OIL WHERE I HAD PARKED. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER ON THE FREEWAY ONLY TO FIND OIL GUSHING OUT OF MY ENGINE. I IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE FREEWAY AND WENT TO THE 7-11 AT THE TOP OF THE EXIT RAMP. I ADDED 4 QUARTS OF OIL AND DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES AWAY. BY THE TIME I ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP ALL THE OIL HAD GUSHED OUT AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE SEAL ON THE FRONT BALANCER SHAFT HAD BECOME DISLODGED. THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $750 TO REPAIR. THE TIMING BELT WAS FULL OF OIL SO IT TOO HAD TO BE REPLACED. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE ALERT BUSINESSMAN AND THE FLUKE THAT I HAD GIVEN HIM MY PHONE NUMBER, I...

TIMING BELT,DRIVE BELTS AND WATER PUMP REPLACED. YH

ENGINE BLOCK - HAD PREVIOUS OLD LEAKS FROM OIL PAN GASKET, TOOKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES FOR REPAIRS AND ON THE FOURTH TIME THEY DISCOVERED A CRACKED BLOCK. THEY ADVISED ME IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY AND I SHOULD BE LUCKY I HAVE A EXTENDED WARRANTY TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. ALSO I WAS TOLD MY HONDA WORLD WHERE THE CAR WAS REPAIRED SOMEWHAT AND MY AMERICAN HONDA THAT THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND IT IS CAUSED BY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT (POROUS ENGINE BLOCK). DEALER AND MANUFACTURER TAKES NO RESPONSIBLITY BOTH HAS STATED I BOUGHT THE CAR AND KNOW IT IS MY PROBLEM. ON THE WINDOW REGULATORS THEY HAVE A BULLETIN AND KNOW THEY GO OUT PREMATURELY BUT THEY STATE IT CAN BE FIXED AT MY EXPENSE. AGAIN THE MANUFACTURE KNOWS THEY HAVE PROBLEMS BUT STILL BELIEVE THE CONSUMER SHOULD PAY FOR THEIR SHORT DOINGS. PLEASE HELP THEM UNDERSTAND...

OIL LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED THREE DAYS PRIOR TO DRIVING. WHEN CHECKING OIL, THERE WAS NO OIL. DEALER STATED THE CAM SEAL WAS BLOWN AND REPLACED TIMING BELT/BALANCING BELT/OIL AND SEALS, WITH VARIOUS OTHERS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CRANKSHAFT BROKE AT 64,000 MILES WHICH CAUSED OIL TO LEAK, MAY CAUSE A FIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML

VEHICLE AFTER SITTING FOR A WHILE HESITATES TO START OR TURN OVER. DEALER CONTACTED,AND STATES THE ENGINE IS FLOODED FOR THE FOURTH TIME OF INCIDENT HAPPENING, RAN A PSMIF TEST AND NO PROBLEM. CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE VALVE COVER GASKET FAILED.