Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Honda Accord submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
1991 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER STATES ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED *TGW THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE REQUIRED REPLACEMENT PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FROM HONDA OR ANY AFTER-MARKET SOURCE.
DURING NORMAL TO HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE BRAKE PEDAL FAIL AND WENT DIRECTLY TO THE FLOOR WHEN PRESS. THE CAR SLOWLY SLOW DOWN WHEN THIS HAPPEN AND HAS NO BRAKING FEELING IN THE FRONT WHEELS.
WHILE DRIVING IN STOP & GO TRAFFIC, UNDER HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS, BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO DIRECTLY TO FLOOR WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THERE IS NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF A PROBLEM WHEN LOOKING AT OUTSIDE OF MASTER CYLINDER. O-RINGS ON INSIDE CAN DEGRADE AND CAUSE BRAKE FAILURE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
NEEDED TO APPLY MORE PRESSURE ON BRAKE PEDAL TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP PROPERLY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIIED AT THIS TIME. *AK BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE. *YH
BRAKE FADE IN HOT WEATHER AND A/C RUNNING.
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THEY LOCKED UP. ABS SYSTEM DI''NT KICK IN DUE TO THE BRAKE MODULE FAILURE. *AK
WHEN SITTING AT A STOP BRAKE PEDAL DECOMPRESSES BY ITSELF,AND WHEN STOPPING PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AT TIMES. MECHANIC SAYS ITS COMMON WITH HONDAS. BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER HAS TO BE REPLACED. *AK
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL BECOMES HARD . OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO REPAIRSHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE MASTERCYLINDER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
EXCESSIVE AND CONTINUOUS LEAKAGE OF BRAKE FLUID FROM ABS FLUID RESERVOIRS. ALSO ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON/OFF. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST BRAKING POWER WHILE BRAKING, HAD SLID INTO A PARKED VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WOULD SHUT DOWN AT THE SAME TIME. VEHICLE TAKEN TO REPAIR, COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM OR DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
WHILE AT STOP LIGHT VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO GO THROUGH INTERSECTION WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. THE BRAKE MASTER CLYLINDER FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *AK
WHEN TO APPLYING ABS BRAKES THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON THERE WAS A NOISE AND NO BRAKING . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED.
THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILS AT 40,000 MILE. IT LETS IN BRAKE FLUID INTO RUBBER DIAPHRAM AND YOU HAVE NO BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
THE WHOLE BRAKE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED . TT
BRAKE SYSTEM ASSEMBLED WITH TWO DIFFERENT CALIPERS, CAUSING PREMATURE CALIPER FAILURE. *AW
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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