1991 HONDA ACCORD

242 complaints filed with NHTSA.

242
Complaints
20
Crashes
6
Fires
22
Injuries
0
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
SEAT BELTS34
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH23
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR20
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION10
TIRES8
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER8
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR8
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY7
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE6
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT6
SEAT BELTS:FRONT6
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS6
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM6
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION5
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP5

Recent Complaints

20090421CrashAIR BAGS

IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN INTO LAW THAT ALL CARS HAVE AT LEAST FRONT & SIDE AIR BAGS. *TR

20081226CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

I WAS INVOLVED IN MVA WITH SEVERE INJURIES. I HAD SEATBELT ON, BUT SUSTAINED INJURIES OF SEVERED HIP BONE, BROKEN FEMUR, BROKEN WRIST, LACERATION TO BOTH LEGS AND DISLOCATED HIPS, INJURY TO RIGHT EYE. THE RIGHT SIDE OF CAR ENGINE CAME INTO CAB OF FRONT SEAT INCURRING MOST OF RIGHT SIDE INJURIES. *TR

Mileage: 11,300

20071213FireINTERIOR LIGHTING

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 HONDA ACCORD. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE IT WAS PARKED. THE FIRE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE AND IGNITED INTO FLAMES WHEN IT REACHED THE BRAKE LINE AND FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO THE STREET. THE FIRE MARSHALL AND POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION, THE FIRE MARSHALL STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN TAMPERED. THE CONTACT WAS INFOR

Mileage: 115,000

20060323CrashPOWER TRAIN

I WAS NOT TOLD AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE HAD A SALVAGED TITLE. THEREFORE LEADING TO MANY MANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. THERE WAS A DEFECTED PART PUT ON THAT WAS OLD AND RUSTED,AND SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE,THUS LEADING TO NEAR FATAL ACCIDENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO WARN EVERYONE WHO IN THE FUTURE IS PURCHASING AN AUTOMOBILE (USED) PLEASE CHECK OUT THE CARFAX REPORT ON IT FIRST SINCE CAR DEALERS WON'T TELL YOU FIRST. THIS WAS MY LAST MISTAKE I'LL MAKE IN BUYING A USED CAR. I DON'T THINK ITS FAIR

Mileage: 159,000

20060323CrashSTEERING:RACK AND PINION

I WAS NOT TOLD AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE HAD A SALVAGED TITLE. THEREFORE LEADING TO MANY MANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. THERE WAS A DEFECTED PART PUT ON THAT WAS OLD AND RUSTED,AND SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE,THUS LEADING TO NEAR FATAL ACCIDENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO WARN EVERYONE WHO IN THE FUTURE IS PURCHASING AN AUTOMOBILE (USED) PLEASE CHECK OUT THE CARFAX REPORT ON IT FIRST SINCE CAR DEALERS WON'T TELL YOU FIRST. THIS WAS MY LAST MISTAKE I'LL MAKE IN BUYING A USED CAR. I DON'T THINK ITS FAIR

Mileage: 159,000

20060323CrashSUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR

I WAS NOT TOLD AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE HAD A SALVAGED TITLE. THEREFORE LEADING TO MANY MANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. THERE WAS A DEFECTED PART PUT ON THAT WAS OLD AND RUSTED,AND SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE,THUS LEADING TO NEAR FATAL ACCIDENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO WARN EVERYONE WHO IN THE FUTURE IS PURCHASING AN AUTOMOBILE (USED) PLEASE CHECK OUT THE CARFAX REPORT ON IT FIRST SINCE CAR DEALERS WON'T TELL YOU FIRST. THIS WAS MY LAST MISTAKE I'LL MAKE IN BUYING A USED CAR. I DON'T THINK ITS FAIR

Mileage: 159,000

20060308FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

1991 ACCORD FIRE STARTED UNDER HOOD WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. *TS THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANG PRIOR TO THE FIRE ERUPTING. *NM

20040903CrashAIR BAGS

3 CAR COLLISION - VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A CAR GOING 60 MPH AND SHOVED INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER CAR THAT WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. DRIVER SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN AND THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK

Mileage: 104,500

20040903CrashSEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

3 CAR COLLISION - VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A CAR GOING 60 MPH AND SHOVED INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER CAR THAT WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. DRIVER SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN AND THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK

Mileage: 104,500

20021009CrashSEAT BELTS:FRONT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE CONSUMER FROM BEHIND AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK UP AS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO THE CONSUMER HAD SOME INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

20020320CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

VEHICLE HIT A TELEPHONE POLE DIRECTLY HEAD-ON AT 70MPH AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT STEERING WHEEL AND SUSTAIN SEVERE INJURIES. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

20000630CrashSEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

SEAT BELT FAILED TO SECURE OCCUPANT UPON AN IMPACT WITH A GATE POST. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK

20000418FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY FOURTYFIVE MINUTES AFTER USE. CAR STARTS ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD DRIVERS FRONT . THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TOTHE BUMPER AREA. VERY EXTREME HEAT THERE. THE FIRE DAMAGED WIRING MAINLY ON THE DRIVERSIDE WHEEL WELL. ALSO BURNT MANY ELECTRICAL DEVICES, THE POWERESTEERING RESIVOUR , CRUISE CONTROL DIGHFRAM,WINDOWWASHER BOTTLE. I HAVE HEARD OF MANY STORIES OF SIMMILAR FIRES ON AT LEAST SIX OR SEVEN VEHICLES. THER MUST BE A DEFECT SOME WHERE TO CAUSE A FIRE LIKE T

20000414CrashSEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING

WHILE DRIVING ON A SURFACE STREET TRAVELING 35MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT, AND HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE BROADSIDE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER SIDE SHOULDER HARNESS DIDN'T RESTRAINT, ALLOWING CONSUMER TO GO FORWARD. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

20000120CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES

WHILE PARKING VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT ENGINE SUDDENLY ACELERATED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN INTO A CONCRETE WALL BEFORE STOPPING. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

19990927CrashAIR BAGS

AIR BAG FAILED ON CRASH

19990817STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT

THE HYDRAULIC SHOCKS THAT SUPPORT THE HATCHBACK GAVE WAY, CAUSING THE DOOR TO COME CRASHING DOWN ON OWNER'S HEAD. OWNER SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES. OWNER HAS REPLACED THE SHOCKS.*AK.ET.

19990217STRUCTURE

VEHICLES SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED TO BETTER WITH STAND SIDE IMPACTS.

19981218CrashSEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

THE C0NSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT. DURING AN ACCIDENT SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK UP. AS A RESULT, THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK

19970424FireEXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

HALOGEN HEADLIGHT BULB BECAME DETACHED FROM THE REFLECTOR ASSEMBLY, CAUSING FIRE.