When Auto Companies Lie...

While the vast majority of attention has been paid to the problems of Toyota recently, it is not the only automobile company with safety and design issues, and not the only one to try and cover-up these defects. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has over 1100 complaints on file about the 2003 Honda Accord. Of the 1144 complaints (as of August 9, 2010) referred to this agency, 383 fall into the "power train: automatic transmission category."

Information from the NHTSA web-site (http://www.safercar.gov) reveals that in the 2003 Honda Accord, transmission failure occurs quickly and many times at highway speeds. The complaints from NHTSA are mostly similar to each other in that the vast majority of the failures happen suddenly at higher speeds and the car's occupant(s) are often unsafely jolted forward while coming to a near stop in the travel lanes.

This is a serious safety issue. Coming to a near complete stop from 60 or 70 miles per hour, in some reported cases, has resulted in some injuries and will eventually result in someone's death.

In April of 2004, Honda issued a recall on the automatic transmissions of Honda Accords, Odysseys, Pilots and Acura 3.2CL and 3.2TL models. According to Honda's own press release, "this condition may lead to gear breakage and possible locking of the vehicle's transmission, creating a potential safety hazard." The very same potential failures cited in the 2004 recall have become frequent for owners of these vehicles in the years subsequent to the recall and the resulting "transmission lockup", referred to in the recall, that "could result in a crash" has become a reality for many.

Honda was supposed to fix the problem when it issued the 2004 recall, however, it appears the company tried to do the cheapest thing for its bottom line in an attempt to have these vehicles fail after the warranty had expired. By not fixing the problem they are putting lives at risk and repeating the mistakes of Toyota.

Honda's blatant disregard for the safety of its customers and the public at large is best exemplified its refusal to take responsibility for the safety and design flaws engineered into their cars. It is no wonder that Honda has 13.02% of the share of automobile fatalities in the United States.

August 9, 2010 - 2003 Honda Accord Owner Quote Of The Day: "I HAD MY 3 YEAR OLD AND 5 MONTH OLD INFANT IN CAR WITH ME WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP TO DROP OFF MY CAR. WAS ON A SHORT STRIP OF THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR BEGAN TO SOUND AS IF IT WAS STRUGGLING TO SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. IT ABRUPTLY STOPPED THEN THRUST THE CAR FORWARD IMMEDIATELY. MY CAR CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF THE STREET LEAVING A SCRAPE ON THE LEFT BUMPER. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE DEALER, THE SERVICE PERSON TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT THEY WOULD NOT TOUCH MY CAR SINCE IT WAS 145K MILES AND WAS WELL OUT OF THE WARRANTY. THEY ARE CHARGING US A $100 DIAGNOSIS FEE ONLY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA TO FILE A COMPLAINT ONLY TO GET THE SAME "AT THE MILEAGE THAT YOU ARE AT WE ARE UNABLE TO COVER ANY COST TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE" HUSBAND JUST GOT A CALL FROM DEALERSHIP STATING THERE ARE TWO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR ONE IS WITH THE PART THAT COMMUNICATES WITH THE CAR TO SHIFT TO A CORRECT GEAR AND THE OTHER IS A PROBLEM WITH THE INTERNAL TRANSMISSION. THE SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. HONDA AND THE HONDA REP AGAIN STAND BY THEIR ADMISSION THAT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPLACEMENT COST SINCE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I CAN UNDERSTAND IF I DO EXCESSIVE DAMAGE TO MY CAR, BUT I DRIVE LESS THAN 25K A YEAR AND ONLY DRIVE LOCALLY TRANSPORTING MY FAMILY. THIS IS DISCONCERTING AND I AM VERY UPSET THAT HONDA REFUSES TO STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT! PLEASE INVESTIGATE AS MY "CRASH" COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SERIOUS AND COULD POTENTIALLY HARM THE SAFETY AND LIVES OF BOTH MY PASSENGERS AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION."


Need More Information About This Issue?
NHTSA: http://www.safercar.gov
E-Mail: recall03accord@gmail.com
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Tags:

• Toyota Recall
• Honda Recall
• Honda Accord
• 2003
• Unsafe
• Transmission Failure
• NHTSA
• Koua Fong Lee
• Cover-up

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