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 1993 Honda Accord submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 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
THE MUFFLER IS RUSTED THROUGH, THE PAINT ON THE BUMPER BY THE TAILLIGHTS IS RUSTED AND CHIPPING OFF. I WAS NEVER REARENDER. MY DRIVER WINDOW WON'T GO DOWN, BECAUSE THE SWITCH WENT OUT. THE OTHER WINDOWS STICK BUT ARE OK FOR NOW. THE TRUNK LEAKS CONSTANTLY WHEN IT RAINS, I HAVE TRIED TO SEAL IT BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. MY MASTER CYLINDER JUST WENT OUT AND MY BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY.
NO SUMMARY. DT
STEERING WHEEL JERKS AND IS HARD TO CONTROL DUE TO FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK DEALER REPLACED FRONT ROTORS ON 3 OCCASIONS, AND REAR PADS REPLACED. *TT
WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED TO ENGAGE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN INTO A FENCE, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. CONSUMER NURSED VEHICLE TO HOUSE USING EMERGENCY BRAKE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PRESSURE BEHIND BRAKE PEDAL. A DEALER STATED THAT MASTER CYLINDER COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS FAILURE OR LIP SEALS ON MASTER CYLINDER COULD HAVE FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDIITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY WITH NO PRESSURE BEHIND BRAKE PEDAL, HOWEVER, WHEN CONSUMER PUMPED THE BRAKES THEY OPERATED PROPERLY. *AK
DEALER DID NOT REVEAL ALL DEFECTS WITH THE VEHICLE UPON PURCHASE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
ABS SYSTEM PREMATURELY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. ABS SYSTEMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.PLEASEPROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
ABS SYSTEM PREMATURELY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. ABS SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
BRAKE POWER BOOSTER FAILED, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
NO SUMMARY
WHILE AT STOP BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO FEEL MUSHY AND GO TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE WILL MOVD FORWARD WHICH MIGHT HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. ALSO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHILE BRAKING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
BRAKE PADS FIXED, WITHIN 3 MONTHS PADS WERE WORN OUT AGAIN. THE HONDA DEALER SAID WE DID NOT NEED NEW SHOES. BUT REPAIRS DONE AT MIDAS, SAID THEY NEEDED TO BE CHANGED AGAIN. MY CAR MAKES A SQUEAKING/GRINDING NOISE WHEN DRIVING SLOWLY, BRAKES SQUEAK AT SLOW SPEEDS, AND I AM HAVING TO PRESS DOWN HARD TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP. THE DASH BOARD SHAKES AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES, AND WHEN AIR IS ON IT EVEN SHAKES MORE. IT HAS A BAD VIBRATION WHEN I AM STOPPED. THE STEERING FLUID PUMP IS MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE, AND IT NEVER STOPS, IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE EVERYDAY. WHEN I PUSH THE GAS, IT GETS LOUDER. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON. WHILE TURNING VEHICLE, DRIVER'S AIR BAG PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. NOTHING WAS HIT. DEALER WOULD NOT REINSERT AIR BAG BECAUSE NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED & THEY WOULD BE LIABLE. INSURANCE CO. SAID NOTHING CAN BE DONE DUE TO NO ACCIDENT. DUP 530160,P OSTED ON 03-NOV-98. *AK
FAILURE OF THE BRAKES, WHEN YOU APPLY FORCE TO THE BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT THE VEHICLE SKIDS, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT.*AK
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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