2000 HONDA ACCORD Structurebody Problems

The engine cradle is rooting out from the AC unit is draining on it and it about to brake because of the way Honda did it I hope the recall is made on it

Subframe on passenger side is rusted through creating a safety hazard. I was unaware of this issue on 1999-2002 Honda Accords but when researching for the cause of a noise coming from the front end found plenty of articles but no corrective action from Honda.

I HAVE A 2000 HONDA ACCORD COUPE V6 THE WINDOW LATCHES AND DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAVE COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AGAIN THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE PAID OUT OF MY POCKET 500$ FOR A DOOR THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED YEARS AGO CONSIDERING ALL THE VIDEOS I HAVE SEEN OF THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS EXACT SAME YEARS AND MODELS I'M SERIOUS ABOUT CONSIDERING A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST HONDA FOR IGNORING THIS ISSUE AND NOW YET AGAIN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR HAS LOCKED UP AGAIN THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED THERE'S THOUSANDS OF CARS SAME YEAR SAME PROBLEM AND YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING TO RIGHT THIS WRONG ALSO THE FRAME BRACKET OF THE SEAT IS UNSTABLE

RIGHT SIDE SUB-FRAME, REAR BEAM, K FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH FROM A/C DRAIN LINE INSTALLED TO DRAIN DIRECTLY ONTO THE SUBFRAME. THIS CAUSES THE STEERING TO FLEX SUBSTANTIALLY AND ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC COULD CAUSE THE CAR STEERING TO FAIL CATASTROPHICALLY OR COULD ALLOW THE MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION TO FALL OUT OF THE CAR. ANTI-SWAY BAR IS COMPLETELY BROKEN AWAY FROM THE FRAME. FOUND BY MECHANIC CHECKING MY CAR TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE STEERING AND CORNERING.

I WAS DRIVING ON CITY WHEN I HEARD METAL NOISE FROM RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE I HAD IT CHECK ED AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE K FRAME-SUBFRAME HAD RUSTED AND CRACKED ONLY ON PASSENGER SIDE RIGHT I CHECKED ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD THIS PROBLEM DUE THAT THE AC WAS DRIPPING WATER ON TOP OF IT IT WAS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT

THE PASSENGER SIDE SUBFRAME IS BADLY COMPROMISED BY RUST (SOME HOLES). PARTS OF THE SUSPENSION AND STEERING CAN BE COMPROMISED IS IT FAILS WHILE DRIVING. THE DRIVER SIDE IS NOT BADLY RUSTED. HONDA HAS RELOCATED THE AIR CONDITIONING DRIP TUBE IN LATER YEARS WHICH MIGHT BE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM

PASSENGER SIDE REAR SUBFRAME RUSTED AND BROKE OFF I HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND WHEN I WAS GOING DOWN THE STREET ON THE WAY TO WORK I TURNED THE CORNER AND HEARD A LOUD CLUNK SOUND AND GOT UNDER MY CAR AND LOOKED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SUBFRAME IS BROKE OFF

4TH JULY MY WIFE WAS IN A COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN HER SUFFERING MEMORY LOSS, SPEECH ISSUES , STUTTER, A SEVERE CONCUSSION AND WEEKS AND WEEKS ON CONTINUED THERAPY TO INCLUDE PHYSICAL THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY AND CONTINUED CARE. THE AIR BAG DIDNT DEPLOY . NO REASON WITH THE DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY THE CAR IT SHOULDN'T HAVE DEPLOYED. MY THREE CHILDREN WHERE ALSO IN THE CAR TO INCLUDE MY 12YR OLD SON IN THE FRONT PASSENGER. MY CHILD SUSTAINED MINOR BUMPS AND BRUISES BUT AS A RESULT OF FAILED EQUIPMENT MY WIFE NEARLY FORGOT WHO I WAS TO INCLUDE LAST LAST TEN YEARS OF OUR LIVES AMOUNGST OTHER THINGS , AND COULD POSSIBLY HAVE MOST HER LIFE. ONE OF THE DOCTOR DIAGNOSIS IS : CONCUSSION WITH LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, SUBSEQUENT ENCOUNTER. (SPEECH PATHOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLAN ONGOING ) MY WIFE IS ALSO UNABLE TO WORK AND PROVIDE , AND TAKE CARE OF...

SUBFRAME RUST-OUT OF FRONT ENGINE CRADLE BACK BEAM ON RIGHT (PASSENGER) SIDE, BOTH BEHIND AND IN FRONT OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. LARGE HOLE IN FRAME WAS NOTED DURING OTHER REPAIR WORK AND MATCHES NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND PICTURES OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS THAT CAN BE FOUND ONLINE. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL OR OTHER CORRECTIVE ACTION FROM HONDA.

PAINT LOOKS LIKE A BRILLO PAD WAS TAKEN TO IT

PASSENGER SIDE ENGINE CRADLE RUSTED OUT. SWAY BAR BUSHING BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME VEHICLE MILEAGE IS 260514

THE SUB-FRAME ON PASSENGER'S SIDE OF CAR HAS SIGNIFICANT RUST THROUGH, PRESUMABLY DUE TO A POORLY PLACED AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSATE DRAIN, WHICH DRIPS WATER ON THE AFFECTED COMPONENT. THIS IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW. THE TOP PART OF THE COMPONENTS IS MOSTLY EATEN AWAY BY RUST. THE PART HAS NOT BROKEN, YET, BUT IT EVENTUALLY WILL. THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE SAME COMPONENT IS UNAFFECTED. THE REMAINDER OF THE CAR IS IN GOOD SHAPE FOR ITS AGE.

TAKATA RECALL I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH NO AIR BAG AND ALSO SUSPENSION IS NO GOOD

PAINT BUBBLES ON THE FRONT ROOF NEAR THE WINDSHIELD HAS RESULTED IN WINDSHIELD SEAL TO DISINTEGRATE AND LEAK WATER WHEN IT RAINS. CAN'T RUN THE CAR THROUGH CARWASH! EXPECT THE WATER LEAK TO DAMAGE INTERNAL ELECTRONICS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

AFTER A LONG TRIP OUT WEST WE NOTICED A NOISE IN THE FRONT END, WE HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT AND THEY SAID THE SUB FRAME ON RIGHT SIDE WAS RUSTED OUT. WE CONSIDER OURSELVES LUCKY NOTHING HAPPENED ON THE TRIP. FROM OHIO TO SOUTH DAKOTA.

FRONT SUB-FRAME OR ENGINE CRADLE IS RUSTED AND BROKEN. ITS VERY UNUSUAL IN HONDA. MY WHOLE CAR WAS RUST FREE EXCEPT THAT PART. THERE ARE LOT OF CUSTOMERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

STRUCTURAL DESIGN FLAW RAPIDLY CORRODES FRONT SUBFRAME. VEHICLE FAILED STATE INSPECTION AFTER SIGNIFICANT CORROSION OF PASSENGER-SIDE FRONT SUBFRAME COMPROMISED STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY. LOCALIZED CORROSION OCCURRING SUDDENLY DURING HOT SUMMER MONTHS ALMOST CERTAINLY RELATED TO FAULTY PLACEMENT OF AIR CONDITIONING DRAIN HOSE. MECHANIC RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE SUBFRAME, REPAIR COST QUOTED AT $1,700. VEHICLE DEEMED UNSAFE TO DRIVE PENDING THIS NECESSARY STRUCTURAL REPAIR. CURRENT VEHICLE MILEAGE IS 123,000.

MY SON WAS DRIVING HIS 2000 HONDA ACCORD GOING ON TO 270 NORTH ALL OF A SUDDEN HIS HOOD CAME POPPING UP SMASHING HIS WINDSHIELD AND HE WAS LUCKY HE WAS IN THE LANE CLOSEST TO THE BRIM. HE COULD NOT SEE AND WAS LUCKY NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OR AT THE SIDE OF HIM. THE POLICE OFFICER THAT ARRIVED ASKED US IF THIS WAS A 2000-2002 HONDA AND MY SON SAID YES. HE EXPLAINED TO US THIS IS THE 5TH HONDA VEHICLE IN A MONTH THAT THIS SAME THING OCCURRED. HIS DAUGHTERS SAME CAR AS MY SON DID THIS A MONTH AGO. HE RECOMMENDED TO ME TO EMAIL YOU AND LET YOU KNOW. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN ISSUE, AND IF THIS COLUMBUS OHIO POLICE OFFICER HAS SEEN 5 I WONDER WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN OTHER STATES. THE POLICE OFFICERS NAME IS OFFICER [XXX] PHONE NUMBER [XXX]...

THE ARM BROKE INTO ON MY CAR. THE WELDING WAS BAD. ALSO THE CLEAR COAT LOOK AWFUL, IT WAS PAINTED CHEAPLY AND , IT A EYE SORE. I JUST WANT IT FIXED . I LOVE MY CAR, BUT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH RECALLS.

SUBFRAME ROT CAUSED FROM THE AC DRAIN LINE. MY FRAME IS COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH AND BROKEN BECAUSE OF THIS. COULD'VE CAUSED A CRASH.

SUBFRAME/CRADLE RUSTED THROUGH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DUE TO MANUFACTURERS ROUTING OF AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSATION ONTO SUBFRAME. NO DAMAGE/RUST ON DRIVERS SIDE WHERE A/C DOES NOT DRAIN. AROUND $400 IN PARTS AND OVER $700 IN WORK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A POTHOLE AND HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMIT FROM UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SUBFRAME WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000.

JUST PURCHASED A 2000 ACCORD ON SAT 8-22-15. BODY LOOKS GREAT,RUNS SHIFTS GREAT,BUT WHEN ATTEMPTING OIL CHANGE I REALIZED PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SUBFRAME IS COMPLETELY GONE. YES,GONE. IT'S MISSING @4 INCHES OF METAL WHICH HAS OBVIOUSLY RUSTED AWAY,WITH SURROUNDING METAL RUSTED. DRIVER SIDE LOOKS PERFECT. SAME PART,TWO DIFFERENT PLACES,ACTING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

CAR FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO CORRODED SUBFRAME ON RIGHT HAND SIDE FRONT PASSENGER AREA. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM, AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IF COMPONENT FAILED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, AN ABNORMAL TICKING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS RUSTED NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT SUB FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 223,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A WATER LEAK FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRONT SUBFRAME. AS A RESULT, THE SUBFRAME FRACTURED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS RUSTED AND FRACTURED. THE FRONT SUBFRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 220,000.

WHILE DRIVING AROUND TOWN HEARD CLUNK FROM PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WHEEL. JACKED UP CAR, PULLED WHEEL AND FOUND SUB FRAME HAD ROTTED THROUGH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CONDITION, AS THE CAR COULD HAVE LOST STEERING CONTROL AND HAVE BEEN IN/CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS A 2000 ACCORD AND HAVE SEARCHED THE WEB AND FOUND MANY OTHER ACCORD VEHICLES ( 1999-2002) WITH THE SAME CONDITION. HONDA NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND REPLACE THE SUB FRAMES ON THE AFFECTED ACCORD VEHICLES.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR CONDITION HOSE WAS LEAKING WATER ONTO SUB FRAME CAUSING IT TO RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

THE CAR MADE A KNOCKING SOUND AND PULLS TO THE RIGHT AT 55 MILES PER HOUR. MECHANIC NOTICED THE SUB FRAME ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS RUSTED OUT AND STATED IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. ENTIRE FRONT SUB FRAME TO BE REPLACED. NO EVIDENCE OF RUST ON THE REST OF THE SUB FRAME OR UNDERCARRIAGE.

A MONTH AND A HALF AGO I TOOK MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD FOR EXHAUST REPAIR, THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE SUBFRAME THAT HOLD THE CAR ENGINE MOTOR HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED, I WENT AHEAD AND TO THE CAR TO HONDA MOTORCAR DEALER BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE HOOD LATCH SWITCH THAT MADE THE FACTORY CAR ALARM SYSTEM TO GO OFF NON-STOP, I LIVING A NIGHTMARE. NWAY THE DEALER WANTED AND STILL WANT 400 TO REPLACE THE HOOD LATCH SWITCH, THE DEALER ALSO SAID THE SAME THING THE MECHANIC HAD SAID EARLIER THAT THE VEHICLE SUBFRAME IS RUSTED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED, THEY NEED ALMOST 1200 DOLLARS TO DO SO. THIS A MAJOR STRUCTURAL COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE THAT CAN ACCIDENT AND DEATH. I NEED TO DRIVE MY CAR EVERY DAY FOR WORK PURPOSES. HOW COMES THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS MAJOR STRUCTURAL COMPONENT THAT HOLDS THE VEHICLE TOGETHER. *TR

THE PAINT AND CLEAR COAT HAVE CHIPPED OFF. *TR

I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE MECHANIC FOR TWO ISSUES: A POSSIBLE BRAKE FLUID LEAK, AND A WEAK TO ALMOST NONFUNCTIONAL A/C IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. HE TOLD ME THAT MY FRONT PASSENGER SEAT SUBFRAME WAS COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT DUE TO RUST (THE RUST WAS NOT MENTIONED WHATSOEVER DURING THE CAR'S INSPECTION ONLY 6 MONTHS PRIOR) AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. CHECKED ONLINE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A WIDELY PREVALENT ISSUE WITH GEN 6 ACCORDS (98 - 02). I'VE LIVED IN A SNOWY CITY FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR, BUT THERE IS NO APPRECIABLE RUST ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE CAR. ONLY IN THIS ONE SPOT, WHICH IS DIRECTLY UNDER THE A/C DRAIN. HONDA CHANGED THE LOCATION OF THE A/C DRAIN IN 2003 (WITH THEIR 7TH GEN ACCORDS), AND THIS PROBLEM IS NOT AN ISSUE ON THOSE CARS. HONDA HAS SAID...

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF SUBFRAME ROTTED. DRIVER SIDE IS GOOD. INSPECTOR SAID HONDA WILL NOT FIX. THIS IS INEXCUSABLE. WHEN WILL NHTSA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. SHOULD I CALL MY CONGRESS MAN TO GET THIS PROBLEM TO BE KNOWN TO THE MASS PUBLIC. I CANT BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE HASN'T BEEN KILLED WITH THIS BLATANTLY OBVIOUS DISREGARD FOR FAMILES WHO USE THESE CARS, AND NOT KNOW THE DANGER.REMINDS ME OF WHEN I CONTACTED THE NHSTA ON MY TOYOTA TACOMA FRAME RUSTING OFF THE TRUCK AND HAVING MY DAUGHTER IN THE TRUCK PRAYING WE COULD MAKE IT HOME. I ENDED UP SELLING THE TRUCK FOR HALF THE PRICE OF IT TO ONLY HEAR A MONTH LATER THAT TOYOTA WAS AT LEAST WILLING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. BUT TO LATE FOR ME AND A LOT OF OTHER OWNERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE AC DRAINING VALVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

ON MY HONDA ACCORD 2000, I CAN REMOVE THE IGNITION KEY WITHOUT SWITCHING THE TRANSMISSION TO 'PARK'. I PARKED MY CAR, AND LEFT THE TRANSMISSION ON 'DRIVE'. THE CAR ROLLED DOWN THE SLOPE AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR PARKED FEW YARDS AWAY. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE RECALL 05V02500 (IGNITION-PARK INTERLOCK) MATCHES EXACTLY MY CAR CHARACTERISTICS AND THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING WITH THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM. I CALLED HONDA AND THEY SAID THAT THE RECALL DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I BOUGHT A HONDA ACCORD WITH 162,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS TOLD ALL IT NEEDED WAS BRAKES AND ROTORS. WHEN I WAS REPLACING THE BRAKES AND ROTOR ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE I INSPECTED ALL OTHER PARTS AS WELL AND THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED THE BIG PROBLEM. THE SUB FRAME WAS ROTTED OUT. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND THAT HONDA RECOGNIZES THIS BUT FAILS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE AIR CONDITION DRAIN IS POSITIONED SO THAT IT IS CONSTANTLY DRIPPING ON TO THAT PART OF THE SUB FRAME. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND I WAS ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL I HAD THE PART REPLACED. I RESEARCHED THE PRICE AND LABOR FOR THE PART : PART: $600+ HONDA GARAGE. LABOR: $500+ HONDA GARAGE. HONDA NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR...

HEARD SOME STRANGE NOISES AND TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC. THEY REPORTED THAT THE REAR BEAM HAD RUSTED THROUGH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND TOLD ME IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW COMMON TO THAT YEAR ACCORD. THEY NOTED THAT THE SAME PART ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WAS NOT RUSTED AND ATTRIBUTED THE PASSENGER SIDE PROBLEM TO IT'S LOCATION BENEATH THE DRAIN FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER. THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

I WAS PULLING INTO THE PARKING SPACE AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR 45 MINS (APPROX. 20 MILES). WHEN I WAS READY PARK THE CAR AND SWITCH OFF THE IGNITION, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WAY TOO FAST AND HIT THE BUILDING IN FRONT. I WAS DRIVING INTO THE PARKING SPACE AT LESS THAN AROUND 10 MPH AS I HAD TO MAKE 3 TURNS WITHIN 100 FEET BEFORE COMING INTO VACANT PARKING SPACE. MY LEG WAS ALSO IN THE BREAK PEDAL AS I MADE THOSE TURNS AFTER GETTING INTO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM IL RTE 83. I CAN DEFINITELY CONFIRM THAT MY LEG WAS NOT IN GAS PEDAL AS MY RIGHT LEG WAS ON THE BREAK PEDAL TO MAKE THOSE TURNS AND STOP THE CAR IN THE PARKING SPACE. IT ALL HAPPENED IN THE MATTER OF FEW SECONDS AND THERE WAS NO TIME TO REACT. THE CAR CAME TO HALT ONLY AFTER...

RECENTLY I HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. UPON INSPECTION THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE SUB FRAME ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE HAD RUSTED/ROTTED OUT AND THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE SUB FRAME. HE SAID THAT THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED IMMEDIATELY. I CALLED SUNNYSIDE HONDA AND SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER REGARDING THE PROBLEM. I SAID THAT I HAD LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND THIS WAS A HONDA DESIGN DEFECT AND THAT NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS HAD REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM. I ASKED IF HONDA WAS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP WITH THE REPAIR BECAUSE IT WAS A DESIGN DEFECT AND THAT I HAD BEEN A LOYAL HONDA CUSTOMER FOR YEARS. THE SERVICE MANAGER CONTACTED HONDAS DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER WHO REPLIED THAT HONDA WAS NOT WILLING TO COVER ANY OF THE $2,000.00 COST...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PAINT ON THE VEHICLE WAS DETERIORATING DOWN TO THE METAL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BECOME RUSTED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

DEAR NHTSA: I AM WRITING ABOUT MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD COUPE WHICH HAD AN ACCIDENT ON MAY 22ND, 2010. I WAS DRIVING IN DRY CONDITIONS ALONG I-85 NORTH IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, GEORGIA WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE SUDDENLY BLEW OUT CAUSING MY CAR TO FLIP AND ROLL OVER. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE BLOWOUT. I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS BRIEFLY AND MY NECK WAS SEVERELY BROKEN. I HAD TO HAVE AN OPERATION AND WILL BE OUT OF WORK FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS. MY SON WAS INJURED BUT NOT AS SEVERELY AS ME, WITH MANY CUTS ON HIS FACE AND EAR. TWO OTHER OCCUPANTS RECEIVED MANY BRUISES AND CUTS ON ARMS, LEGS AND FACES. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THAT SEEM TO POINT TO DEFECTS IN THE CAR. THE FIRST IS THAT THE ROOF COLLAPSED SO MUCH THAT IT HIT MY HEAD AND ALMOST KILLED...