2003 HONDA ACCORD Equipment Problems

IN 2008 I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD. I HAD A TERRIBLE FRONT IN CRASH WITH ANOTHER CAR. MY FRONT END WAS CRUSHED AND MY FRONT PASSENGER HEAD CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. MY PASSENGER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. EVERY ONE I CALLED GAVE ME THE RUN AROUND. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO CONTACT. MY REPAIRS COST ME $3800.00. WE DIDN'T HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE SO WE DECLINED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. THE BODY SHOP THAT REPAIRED MY CAR SAID THE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING, AND DID NOT ALLOW ME TO ACCELERATE IN AN INTERSECTION. NEAR COLLISION BY 2 CARS CAUSED AN INCREDIBLY UNSAFE AND HAZARDOUS SITUATION. *KB

SINCE THE PURCHASE I'VE EXPERIENCED CONTINUAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. UPON SPEAKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP I WAS ASSURED ALL WAS FINE. YOU CAN IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I RECEIVED NOTICE OF THE TRANSMISSION RECALL (NHTSA 04V176000). UPON REPAIR, IN SEPTEMBER 2004, I DID NOT NOTICE REPAIR IMPROVEMENT, AND CONTINUED TO DETECT THE ROUGH GRIND OF TRANSMISSION SHIFT AND A WHINING SOUND. IN 2009 I EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE TO WHICH I HAD SOUGHT REPAIR. IN DECEMBER 2010 I EXPERIENCED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I HAVE JUST NOW EXPERIENCED MY 3RD TRANSMISSION FAILURE, JULY 2011. MY POWER STEERING PUMP HAD ALWAYS HAD A FAINT WHINE, BUT HONDA SERVICES NEVER IDENTIFIED IT AS CONCERNING. THE PROBLEM PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE UNTIL HONDA FINALLY SUGGESTED A REPAIR, BUT INFORMED ME THAT THE COMPONENT WAS THEN OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD BE A COSTLY REPAIR. I DECIDED TO DELAY REPAIR UNTIL JUNE 2011. AC PROBLEMS MANIFESTED IN...

HONDA 2003 ACCORD EXV6 AUTOMATIC. COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. BEGAN SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR ON AUG 9 2010. VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR REV BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FINALLY SLIPPED BACK IN GEAR. EXTREMELY CONCERNED I WAS GOING TO BE HIT WHILE STALLED IN INTERSECTION. SECOND TIME AFTER GOING TO DEALERSHIP ENGINE DID THE SAME THING BUT ON THE FREEWAY AND HAD TO PULL OFF TO EMERGENCY LANE. *TR

THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ON MY 4 CYLINDER 2003 HONDA ACCORD EXL WAS REPLACED UNDER THE 8/80 WARRANTY ON 7/10/09 AT JOYCE HONDA, DENVILLE, NJ. THE CAR HAD ONLY 67,187 MILES ON IT. NOW, LESS THAN A YEAR LATTER AND AFTER ONLY 18,348 MILES ON THAT GENUINE HONDA REPLACEMENT PART, ARON COOPER, THE JOYCE HONDA SERVICE MANAGER, SAYS IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HE SAYS THAT THE CODE P0420 CAME UP AFTER THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE REASON FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. THAT IS AN EXTREMELY SHORT LIFE SPAN FOR SUCH AN ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPORTANT PART. IT IS ALSO AN EXTREMELY SHORT LIFE SPAN FOR AN EXPENSIVE PART REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. MAT HATCH, THE HONDA FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE, SAID THAT HONDA WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THE REPLACEMENT CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHICH IS A HONDA PART, INSTALLED AT A HONDA DEALERSHIP WITHIN THE 8/80 WARRANTY PERIOD. MAT'S RATIONALE WAS THAT ALTHOUGH THE...

I HAVE 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE SUN VISOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE FAILED. I HAVE BEEN ON THE WEB AND IS A PROBLEM WITH HONDA. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER ATTENTION EARLY THIS YEAR. HONDA SAID THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SITUATION. THERE ARE THOUSAND S OF HONDA OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

STEREO BACKLIGHT DIED NOT ALLOWING ME TO SEE RADIO, CLIMATE CONTROL, ETC. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE RADIO CIRCUIT BOARD. TOOK TO AUTHORIZED HONDA DEALER AND WAS TOLD OF AN EXTENDWARRANTY, BUT I WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS WARRANTY. WARRANTY IS FOR 105,000 MILES OR 7 YEARS. MY MILEAGE WAS 79K, BUT THE CAR WAS 7 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS OLD. CAR WAS REPAIRED AT MY EXPENSE. CALL HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT THEY WOULD NOT REIMBURSE FOR THE REPAIR. HONDA FELT THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS SUFFICIENT. *TR

MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON IN MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS DUE TO AN OPEN CIRCUIT IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG INFLATER AS WELL AS A THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE SWITCH. I HAD THESE FIXED AND THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN ON MY WAY HOME. THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED AGAIN AND COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND SENT ME HOME AFTER RESETTING THE LIGHT. THE LIGHT CAME ON THE NEXT DAY THAT I DROVE MY CAR AND WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE ME FOR ANOTHER DIAGNOSTIC FEE. AMERICAN HONDA SAID THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY MODEL, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE RECALLS ON OTHER YEARS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. P.S. THE MODEL NUMBER FOR THE EQUIPMENT IS NOT IN THE DROPDOWN MENU, BUT ON MY PAPERWORK IT HAS 06788-SDA-A82. ONCE I STARTED WRITING 0 IN THE FIELD IT...

TRANSMISSION FAILURE - GEARS WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. GEARS SHIFTED AND REVVED BACK UP THEN SHOT BACK DOWN. ALMOST GOT KILLED BY TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS BEHIND ME. I WAS ON THORNTON RD. WHICH IS A TWO LANE MAJOR ROADWAY, WHICH IS HEAVILY TRAVELED BY LARGE TRUCKS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES. THE AREA OF ROADWAY IS VERY DARK. I AM A POLICE OFFICER AND WHAT I JUST EXPERIENCED IN MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO ME IF I DIDN'T THINK QUICKLY. THANK GOD MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR WITH ME AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. HONDA NEEDS TO SERIOUSLY ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED OR BADLY INJURED. A TEENAGER WITH MINIMAL DRIVING SKILLS WOULD HAVE PANICKED AND MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN WHAT TO DO. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS SITUATION...

2003 HONDA ACCORD V6 TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE AS WELL AS OCCUPANT WERE IN DANGER OF INJURY/ETC. HONDA HAD ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS MODEL OF HONDA/TRANSMISSION FOR INSPECTION/REPAIR. REPAIR BASED UPON HONDA'S EVALUATION WAS COMPLETED. VEHICLE WAS THEN CLEARED AS REPAIRED AND SAFE TO DRIVE. AFTER REPAIR TRANSMISSION FAILED AS STATED ABOVE . VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AFTER A QUICK MEDIATION WHILE WE WERE AWAY ON A TRIP. THIS WAS MEDIATED VIA A REPRESENTATIVE FOR HONDA DEALERS. UPON RETURN FROM THE TRIP,DEALER WAS CONTACTED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AND TOLD NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH HONDA REPRESENTATIVE BY CUSTOMER WAS ALLOWED. HONDA DEALER/SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME TO CONTRACT HONDA VIA THEIR 1-800 NUMBER FOR POSSIBLE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF MONEY LOST FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIR. CONTACT WITH HONDA AT THEIR 1-800 NUMBER WAS MADE. AFTER A LONG QUESTION/ANSWER SERIES, I WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NOTHING FURTHER HONDA VIA THIS...

HELLO I HAVE A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE FAILURE HAPPENED TO MY RADIO IT WILL NOT OPERATE. THEY ONLY THING THAT WORKS IS THE TIME. IT WAS WHILE DRIVING MY RADIO JUST TURNED OFF, NEVER CAME BACK ON......CAN YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THE DEFECT THANKS... *TR

WE WERE DRIVING SOUTH ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WITH MYSELF, WIFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER WHO WAS IN THE BACK SEAT, IN OUR 2003 HONDA EX ACCORD V6 WITH 78,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION WAS MODERATE TO HEAVY WITH SEMI-TRUCK AND TRAILERS IN FRONT OF US AND BEHIND US. WE WERE TRAVELING AT 65MPH IN DRIVE WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WENT FROM DRIVE TO LOW GEAR. THE AUTOMOBILE LOCKED UP THE BACK TIRES AND MADE A SCREECHING SOUND AND THE SMELL OF BURNT RUBBER AND HEAT WAS PREVALENT INSIDE THE CAR. AFTER NEARLY BEING HIT IN THE BACK OF THE CAR, WE PUT ON OUR EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND PROCEEDED TO THE NEXT OFF RAMP. ALTHOUGH AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DRIVE IN THE HIGH GEAR, THE DRIVE TRANSMISSION WOULD GO BACK TO LOW. AFTER CALLING A TOW TRUCK TO HAVE OUR CAR DELIVERED TO HONDA DEALERSHIP, THEY...

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX-V-6 BUCKED REAL HARD. DROPPING FROM 65-70 TO ABOUT 35-40. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE. I CHECKED ALL BELTS AND FLUIDS AND RE-STARTED THE VEHICLE. SOUNDED LIKE IT ALWAYS DOES WHEN IT STARTS. I PULLED INTO THE RIGHT TRAVEL LANE AND CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 10 MILES WHEN THE VEHICLE DID THE SAME THING. THIS TIME I COULDN'T CONTROL THE STEERING AND UNFORTUNATE FOR ME I WAS BEARING TO THE LEFT THROUGH A TURN AND WENT OFF THE ROAD. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS INJURED. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED (130 MILES) TO MY HOUSE, AS IT WAS A HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND HAD NO OTHER WAY HOME. SO 600 BUCKS LATER I CONTACTED HONDA THE FOLLOWING MORNING. BROUGHT THE CAR AROUND THE CORNER AND SEVERAL HOURS LATER IT WAS DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION...

AUDIO-HVAC DISPLAY MODULE IS DIM OR DARK (AS DESCRIBED BY HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 04-027). *AK

THE BACK LIGHT WENT OUT IN CENTER CONSOLE DISPLAY (RADIO, CD PLAYER, & A/C DISPLAYED THERE), MAKING THE CONSOLE LOOK LIKE IT WAS TURNED OFF. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BEING CAUSED BY THE RADIO AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THANKFULLY MY CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, THEREFORE THE DEALERSHIP MADE THE REPAIR AT NO COST TO ME WHEN THE PART CAME IN 1 WEEK LATER. THE CENTER CONSOLE DISPLAY IS NOW FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY.

PURCHASED 2003 ACCORD EX V6 IN 5/03. HAD A FEW PROBLEMS WITH CAR AFTER PURCHASE: DELAY WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE (DEALERSHIP SAID WAS NORMAL), MUFFLER SOUND LIKE IT HAS A LEAK (DEALERSHIP COULD'NT FIND A PROBLEM), NOISE HAS GOTTEN WORSE. MY CAR HAS BEEN OUT OF WARRANTY SINCE 1/05. WENT ON VACATION IN 2/05, WHEN I WENT TO CRANK THE CAR, PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED, ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON DASH AND RADIO LIT UP, TURNED THE KEY FURTHER TO CRANK, ONCE STARTED THE DASH LIGHTS CAME BACK ON, BUT THE RADIO LIGHTS DID'NT. THE RADIO STILL WORKED, YOU JUST CANT SEE THE DISPLAY. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AFTER WE GOT HOME AND THEY SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A BULB WENT OUT, THEY WOULD REPLACE IT BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY 80.00 LABOR AND THEY COULD'NT GUARANTEE THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. I TOOK MY...

I HAVE HAD MY 2003 ACCORD EX IN THE DEALER'S SHOP WELL OVER 15 TIMES FOR VARIOUS REASONS. THE FRONT WINDSHIELD RATTLES AND HAS BEEN LOOKED AT 5 TIMES AND CANNOT BE RECTIFIED. THE CD PLAYER WOULD NOT LOAD CD'S PROPERLY AND HAVE HAD THE STEREO REPLACED. NOW THE COVER TO THE STEREO WILL NOT STAY IN PLACE. THE STEREO HAS BEEN LOOKED AT 4 TIMES AND HAS TO GO BACK IN A 5TH TIME TO HAVE THE COVER REPLACED AGAIN. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT 5 TIMES, SINCE THE FIRST WEEK WE BOUGHT THE CAR. THE FIRST 3 TIMES THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THE 4TH TIME, THEY HAD TO RESURFACE THE ROTORS BECAUSE THEY WERE WARPED. AT THIS VISIT, THERE WAS ONLY 9,000 MILES ON THE CAR. THE 5TH TIME WE TOOK THE CAR IN, IT HAD 12,000 MILES AND THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE RESURFACED...

BRAKES ARE NO GOOD AFTER 6500 MILES THE DEALER WON'T FIX THEM UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE HONDA CLAIMS IT'S THE WAY I DRIVE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS HAD FAILED. DEALER ALSO ADVISED CORRECTIVE PART IS NOT IN THE UNITED STATES AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN UNTIL POSSIBLE 02/15/03. *NLM