1995 HONDA ACCORD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER RUNNING, SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INCREASED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT ACTIVATED. ALSO, WHEN THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS ENGAGED IN "D4", THE GEAR INDICATOR BLINKED "P". THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT

Mileage: 149,995

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER RUNNING, SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INCREASED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT ACTIVATED. ALSO, WHEN THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS ENGAGED IN "D4", THE GEAR INDICATOR BLINKED "P". THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT

Mileage: 149,995

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE LEFT HAND. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED BUT WAS STILL INTACT. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF METAL FRAGMENTS WERE PROJECTED WHEN THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER. THE CONTACT SCHEDULE

Mileage: 274,799

ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP VEHICLE AT A STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP, SPONGINESS OCCURRED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THEN FAILURE. CAR WENT THRU INTERSECTION BEFORE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER MECHANIC NOTICED SLOW LEAK ABS MODULATOR/ACCUMULATOR SYSTEM, AND RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT. ABS UNIT REPLACED AT 71,035 MILES. 8/2010. COST FOR REPAIRS $1600, MUST REPLACE BOTH AS 1 UNIT, DESPITE NO FAILURE WITH ACCUMULATOR. AT 104,000 MILES, 6/2014, T

Mileage: 71,035

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 HONDA ACCORD EX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH APPROACHING A TRAFFIC STOP SIGNAL, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE FOLLOWED BY THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG ABRUPTLY DEPLOYING WITH AN EMITTANCE OF SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THE LEFT ARM AND RIBS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND TH

Mileage: 119,000

1995 HONDA ACCORD, UNIT #1 AND #2 WERE WESTBOUND, UNIT 1 LOST CONTROL, CROSSED THE DIVIDER LINE AND STRUCK UNIT 2. UNIT 1 WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK THE DITCH. BF ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE TIRES WERE WORN. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0442-89).*JB UPDATED 04/22/11 *BF

BRAKES FAILED BUT ENGINE REVVED UP. HARDER I PUSHED THE BRAKES, THE CAR INCREASED SPEED. ON MOST OCCASIONS, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP OR USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. IN THIS INSTANCE, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT HOLD AND CRASH OCCURRED. DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM WHEN INFORMED OF BRAKING ISSUE. IT WAS AN INTERMITTENT ISSUE BUT VERY SCARY. *NM

BRAKES FAILED BUT ENGINE REVVED UP. HARDER I PUSHED THE BRAKES, THE CAR INCREASED SPEED. ON MOST OCCASIONS, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP OR USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. IN THIS INSTANCE, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT HOLD AND CRASH OCCURRED. DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM WHEN INFORMED OF BRAKING ISSUE. IT WAS AN INTERMITTENT ISSUE BUT VERY SCARY. *NM

BRAKES FAILED BUT ENGINE REVVED UP. HARDER I PUSHED THE BRAKES, THE CAR INCREASED SPEED. ON MOST OCCASIONS, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP OR USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. IN THIS INSTANCE, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT HOLD AND CRASH OCCURRED. DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM WHEN INFORMED OF BRAKING ISSUE. IT WAS AN INTERMITTENT ISSUE BUT VERY SCARY. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40MPH THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AS A RESULT MINOR INJURIES TO THE DRIVER'S FOREARM AND THE PASSENGER'S HEAD WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE DID NOT IMPACT ANY KNOWN ROAD DEBRIS. THE DRIVER MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ALERTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AWAY FROM THE INCIDENT AND R

Mileage: 173,700

(1) THE CAR HAD NO PRIOR PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO THE INCIDENT. (2) A SERIOUS FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUSED SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, EXTERIOR PAINT, AND A/C AND ELETRICAL SYSTEM. THE HOOD RELEASE NO LONGER WORKS EITHER. (3) NO CORRECTIVE MEASURES(AS FAR AS REPAIRS) HAVE BEEN TAKEN. MY FIRST ACTION WAS TO CONTACT THE BBB AND NHTS.

Mileage: 169,330

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY FAILED. VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP COMPLETELY AND COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSE HA NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY FAILED. VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP COMPLETELY AND COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSE HA NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH, CONSUMER STATES " LOST CONTROL ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AFTER THE ACCIDENT. AS A RESULT DRIVER'S HEAD WAS INJURED. *AK

THE VEHICLE HIT A SEMI-TRUCK AT 30 MPH. AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THE AIR BAGS WERE FINE. *JB

ABS SYSTEM LEAKED ALL ITS FLUID,CAUSING CAR TO SKID OFF ROAD WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS FAMILY GOT SICK SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO EXPOSURE TO FREON AND OTHER TOXIC CHEMICAL LEAKS FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS WIFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER COUGHED AND GAGGED TO THE POINT OF VOMITING WHILE RIDING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER RUNNING, CONSUMERS WIFE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A SMALL VESSEL DISEASE DUE TO EXPOSURE TO THESE CHEMICALS. *SLC

HEARD A BOOM, LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG HAD DEPLOYED CAUSING MY WINDSHIELD TO SHATTER. DRIVERSIDE AIRBAG WAS DEPLOYED AND SMOKE WAS COMMING OUT OF THE STEERING WHEEL.

WHEN DRIVING LOST CONTROL AND HIT ANOTHER CAR HEAD-ON. DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT COME OUT, BUT PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID COME OUT. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER 8 TIMES AND UNABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM. THERE WAS A RECALL 96V217000 CONCERNING AIR BAGS, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED DUE TO VIN. *AK CONSUMER STATES IN 3/01/02 HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH FRONT IMPACT AT 20-30 MPH WITH NO DEPLOYMENT OF EITHER AIR BAG, THERE WERE 2 INJURIES. *YH