Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 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
CLEAR COAT ON VEHICLE BEGAN TO FAIL IN 2004. OVER SEVEN YEARS, HAS BECOME EXTENSIVE. I DID COMPLAIN TO DEALER AND HONDA EVEN THOUGHT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. WAS TOLD IT WAS "AN OLD CAR". AT THIS POINT, PERHAPS 40 PERCENT OF PAINTED METAL HAS CLEAR COAT MISSING (PEELED). HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER HONDAS WITH SAME PROBLEM. *TR
CLEAR COAT ON VEHICLE BEGAN TO FAIL IN 2001. OVER TEN YEARS, HAS BECOME EXTENSIVE. I DID NOT COMPLAIN TO DEALER AS IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. AT THIS POINT, PERHAPS 40 PERCENT OF PAINTED METAL HAS CLEAR COAT MISSING (PEELED). *TR
OVER WHEEL ON PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD A RUSTING PROBLEM . A HOLE STARTED TO FORM. CONTACTED DEALER WHO HAS IGNORED CONSUMER FOR OVER THREE YEARS. *AK
BODY PANELS ABOVE THE REAR WHEEL WELL RUST THOURHG PAINT ON BOTH SIDES. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. REGIONAL MANAGER DID NOT SHOW UP FOR APPOINTMENT. DEALER DID NOT RETURN FOLLOW UP CALL.*AK
BOLT SNAPPED ON REAR CRADLE BUSHING, ENGINE SHIFTED AND SEPARATED FROM FRAME BODY AND ENGINE. THERE IS A BAD CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING. , MECHANIC SAID THAT THE FRONT AND REAR CRADLE BOLTS AND BUSHINGS WERE BAD. CONSUMER FELT ENGINE MAY DROP OUT.*AK
WHEN APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL FROM A STOP POSITION VEHICLE VIBRATES FROM UNDER THE CAR. DEALER SAYS IT MAY BE THE HEAT SHIELD. *AK
TRUNK DOOR LID WOULD NOT CLOSE, IT WAS MISALIGNED. VEHICLE WAS NOT IN A CRASH. PLEASE DESRIBE. *AK
DOOR ASSEMBLY; DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCK WITHOUT USING KEY. CAUSE UNKNOWN, HAS NOT HAD ANYONE TO CHECK VEHICLE. *AK
CONSUMER WAS GIVEN ONLY ONE KEY FOR THE ELECTRO LOCK RECALL INSTEAD OF TWO.
POWER DOOR LOCK, LOCKED OCCUPANT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. TT
REAR TRUNK DECK LID FAILS TO REMAIN LATCHED PRIOR TO BEING REPAIRED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
BODY METAL OF VEHICLE IS TOO LIGHT/THIN AND WOULD NOT HOLD UP DURING AN ACCIDENT.
ALL FOUR VEHICLE WINDOWS DO NOT OPERATE IN COLD WEATHER. TT
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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