2001 HONDA ACCORD — Complaint #306608
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC filed August 7, 2001
NHTSA complaint #306608 (ODI reference 893743) concerns a 2001 HONDA ACCORD and was filed on August 7, 2001. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 17, 2001. The report was geocoded to Missouri based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HONDA ACCORD cohort independently describe similar service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2001 HONDA ACCORD shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
FIRST THING IN MORNING VEHICLE STARTS TO ACCELERATE. WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES TO STOP AT STOP SIGN, HAS NO BRAKES. BRAKES GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, BUT REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER.*AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THE ROTORS WERE TURNED AND BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED.*JB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 306608 |
| ODI Number | 893743 |
| Date Filed | August 7, 2001 |
| Failure Date | June 17, 2001 |
| VIN | 1HGBG56661A |
Similar SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC Complaints for 2001 HONDA ACCORD
IN APRIL 2001, I PURCHASED NEW HONDA ACCORD EX FROM ITS DEALER, PLANETHONDA IN UNION, NJ. THE CAR HAD BEEN SORE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. THE CAR WAS RECALLED BECAUSE OF FAULTY TRANSMISSION. THE FAULT
ROTORS AND DISC WEAR QUICKLY; DEALER CLAIMS THAT SOFT BRAKES CAUSE PROBLEMS.*AK
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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