2002 Honda Accord Interior & seats Problems

I complained to Joe Morgan Honda that my driver's seat broke from the frame causing it to be a rocking chair and Joe Morgan Honda confirmed that the car needs an entirely new seat because the frame had snapped. Joe Morgan Honda said they don't make the seat anymore and it was important that I not get a seat from a vehicle that had been wrecked, because so no seat in a scrapped vehicle could be found. I complained to the better business bureau to the Honda Corporation at 1919 Torrance, CA and the Better Business Bureau said they refused to answer the safety complaint Silicon Valley Complaint #[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID

11590816

Incident

Apr 26, 2024

THE LACK OF SUPPORT AND DESIGN OF THE DRIVER SEAT HAS CREATED LOWER AND MID-BACK ISSUES WITHIN MY SPINE. I ALSO SUFFER PAIN IN MY RIGHT HIP. I HAVE FOR YEARS AND STILL VISIT MY CHIROPRACTOR REGULARLY TO HELP WITH THE PAIN CAUSED BY THE DRIVING THE CAR.

NHTSA ID

10758653

Incident

Nov 1, 2007

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER LOCK ACTIVATOR MALFUNCTIONED. THE DOORS LOCK AND UNLOCK CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

NHTSA ID

10641266

Incident

Sep 29, 2014

THE DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME BROKE ON MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD . THE SHOP DIDN'T WANT TO WELD IT BECAUSE OF CONCERNS IT WOULD SIMPLY BREAK AGAIN. A NEW SEAT WOULD HAVE COST $1200 PLUS LABOR. I GOT ONE FROM A WRECKED CAR FOR $560. *TR

NHTSA ID

10479289

Incident

Sep 20, 2012

Mileage

152,000 mi

2002 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HINGES ON THE SEAT BROKE, THE SHOULDER BELT DID NOT KEEP HER SECURELY AGAINST SEAT, ONLY THE LAP BELT WORKED. CONSUMER SUFFERED NUMEROUS INJURIES FROM THE ACCIDENT. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, WHEN SHE WAS REAR ENDED BY A DRUNK DRIVER. THE CONSUMER STATED AT NO TIME DID THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL. # 11V260000 REGARDING THE AIR BAGS. *JB

NHTSA ID

10464928

Incident

Jul 2, 2012

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE POWER SEAT BROKE. SOMETHING ON THE SEAT BROKE THAT CAUSED THE SEAT BACK TO ROCK BACK. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $1500 TO $2000 TO REPLACE THE SEAT. THE CAR WAS DRIVABLE. EARLIER THIS YEAR, A BRACKET THAT HELD THE SEAT TO THE FLOOR BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO SEPARATE FROM THE FLOOR. THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE. I HAD THE BRACKET WELDED SO THAT I COULD DRIVE THE CAR. ON APRIL 11, 2012, DIFFERENT BRACKET ON THE SEAT BROKE. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AGAIN BECAUSE THE SEAT ROCKS BACK WHEN YOU ACCELLERATE OR STOP. IT LOOKS LIKE METAL FATIGUE AT BOTH PLACES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10455061

Incident

Feb 10, 2011

Mileage

165,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD COUPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30-35 MPH, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER AND RADIO WERE STILL OPERATING AS NORMAL HOWEVER; THERE WAS NO ILLUMINATION OF THE LIGHTS. WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE AT WHAT SPEED HE WAS TRAVELING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 135,000. UPDATED 08/11/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE 2001 MODEL, BUT NOT 2002. THE CONSUMER ALSO WENT TO THE DEALER FOR A RECALL REGARDING THE DRIVER SIDE INFLATOR MODULE. THE MECHANIC FOUND A BURNED PART, BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE IT AS IT WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. UPDATED 08/17/10*JB

NHTSA ID

10334384

Incident

Jul 1, 2009

Mileage

110,000 mi

WHILE NOT CRASHES OR INJURIES HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE HONDA VEHICLE I OWN, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEFECTS ON THE VEHICLE WHICH ARE A CAUSE OF SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS. I HAVE A 2002 HONDA ACCORD WITH ABOUT 131,000 MILES WHICH HAS HAD THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: 1. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AROUND 60,000 MILES AND WAS REPLACED BY HONDA. AT AROUND 100,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO EXHIBIT SAME SYMPTOMS. I TOOK THE CAR IN, BUT, OF COURSE, HONDA DEALER SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. THEN AROUND 116,000 MILES A HONDA MECHANIC SAID THAT MY MODEL OF A CAR HAS AN ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSIONS AND THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE IS BAD ENOUGH TO HAVE A WEBSITE DEDICATED TO IT. WHILE A TRANSMISSION FAILING IS NOT NECESSARILY A SAFETY ISSUE, LOOSING VEHICLE CONTROL AND DRIVABLE ON THE HIGHWAY COULD BE. 2. NOW THE VEHICLE STARTS TO VIBRATE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DESPITE HAVING NEW AND BALANCED TIRES ON IT. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO GET NEW STRUTS. SINCE THEN I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC OF VERY HIGH INTEGRITY (NOT THE HONDA DEALER) AND THEY SAID THAT UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROBLEM MAY SIMPLY BE ?IMPOSSIBLE? TO FIX SINCE EVERYTHING THEY COULD SEE INDICATED THAT CAR SHOULD BEHAVE NORMALLY, I.E. THE TIRES WERE FINE, THE ALIGNMENT WAS FINE, AND THE CV JOINTS WERE FINE. THIS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF THE ISSUE AND INDICATES A POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW WITH THE VEHICLE. 3. THE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE ARE HORRIBLE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT SERIOUSLY IMPAIRS THE VEHICLE DRIVABILITY. 4. THE RAILS FOR THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAD TO BE REPLACED AROUND 32,000 MILES AND NOW (AT AROUND 130,000 MILES) THE SEAT SEEMS TO WOBBLE AGAIN. THIS COULD BE A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE AS IT SEEMS THAT THE SEAT COULD SIMPLY DETACH IN THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. *TR UPDATED 05/07/10.*JB

NHTSA ID

10298836

Incident

Jan 1, 2010

Mileage

36,000 mi

I SLICED THE TIP OF MY FINGER OFF WHEN I TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR OF MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CHROME/PLASTIC HANDLES ARE WORN AND BROKEN AWAY AT THE SEAMS CREATING A RAZOR-LIKE HAZARD. *TR

NHTSA ID

10287051

Incident

Oct 9, 2009

Mileage

76,000 mi

MY DRIVER SEAT HAS COME LOOSE AND MISTLIN HONDA HAS REFUSED TO REPAIR IT. BOB THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME TO GO AHEAD AND CONTACT YOU. ITS OUT OF WARRANTY. I TOLD HIM I WILL BE KILLED IN A CRASH AND HE SAID OH WELL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10285942

Incident

Sep 30, 2009

Mileage

83,000 mi

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE I WAS REAR ENDED ON A HIGHWAY AT A FAIRLY HIGH SPEED. BOTH MY SEAT BACK AND THE EMPTY PASSENGER SEAT BACK COLLAPSED INTO THE BACK SEAT BEFORE BEING THROWN FORWARD WHERE I WAS ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL CLOSE ENOUGH THAT I COULD SEE THAT MY EYES WERE ABOUT TWO INCHES FROM THE WINDSHIELD AND THEN I WAS THEN THROWN BACK AGAIN TO THE LAYING DOWN POSITION OF MY SEAT. IN MY PERIPHERAL VISION I COULD SEE THE SEAT BACK OF THE EMPTY PASSENGER SEAT DOING THE SAME THING AS MY SEAT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I HAVE TWO CAR SEATS IN THE BACK SEAT FOR MY INFANT AND TODDLER THAT WHERE THANKFULLY EMPTY AT THE TIME. IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF MY CAR I HAD TO RETURN MY SEAT TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION WHICH I WAS SUPRISINGLY ABLE TO DO USING THE AUTOMATIC BUTTON. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. AS A SIDE NOTE: THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT MY SEATBELT WAS REPLACED UNDER A WARRANTY AND THE REST OF MY SAFETY DEVICES FOUND TO BE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER BY THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10257440

Incident

Jan 21, 2009

Mileage

94,000 mi

FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEAT SEATBACKS BROKE DURING A 30 MPH REAREND COLLISION. CAUSING WHIPLASH AND BRUSING. 2002 HONDA ACCORD WITH POWER LEATHER SEATS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10205483

Incident

Oct 11, 2007

Mileage

88,000 mi

MY BOYFRIEND AND I WERE GOING TO GO OUT AND WE DECIDED TO TAKE MY CAR SO HE HAD TO MOVE THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK IT' WAS A POWER OPERATED SEA, ) AND IT WOULD NOT GO BACK, BUT EVENTUALLY IT DID. THE NEXT DAY WHEN I WENT TO GET IN TO THE CAR I TRIED TO MOVE THE SEAT POSITION CLOSER AND IT WENT UP A LITTLE BUT THEN STOPPED AT A POSITION WHERE I WAS JUST ABLE TO TOUCH THE PEDALS, AND I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE IT FORWARD ANYMORE. ALSO, THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT LIFTED UP IF I PUSHED THE BACK OF THE SEAT. I WAS UNABLE TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT OF THE SEAT , AND THE BACK OF THE SEAT WAS NOW GIVING ME A PROBLEM WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO PUSH THE SEAT IN A STRAIGHTER POSITION AFTER BEING RECLINED BACK A LITTLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10194871

Incident

Jun 23, 2007

INVOLVED IN SERIOUS HEAD ON MVA WHERE MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, INJURIES SUSTAINED. SPENT 24 HRS IN ICU DUE TO HEAD TRAUMA, MEMORY LOSS, CONTUSIONS, AND ABRASIONS. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, DRIVER SEAT FRACTURED WHILE SEAT BELT HELD, WHICH ALLOWED FORWARD THRUST INTO WINDSHIELD. *NM

NHTSA ID

10171017

Incident

Oct 14, 2006

Mileage

85,000 mi

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT NO SPECIFIC SPEED, THE INSTRUMENT GAUGE LIGHT FAILED. THERE WAS NO LIGHT AVAILABLE TO VIEW THE SPEED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 04V256000, REGARDING THE INTERIOR LIGHTING. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIR. WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNED ON THE HEADLIGHTS, THE DASH LIGHTS DID COME ON. SOMETIMES, THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO HIT THE DASHBOARD FOR THEM TO COME ON. UPDATED 07/03/06. *JB

NHTSA ID

10150353

Incident

Feb 14, 2006

Mileage

35,000 mi

DT: CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SEAT RECLINES AND WENT VERTICAL ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEALER TO HAVE BRAKES DONE, AND THEY STATED THAT THE SEAT WAS OFF THE TRACK. THE SEAT WAS WORSE SINCE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT SERVICE DEALER. *AK

NHTSA ID

10125685

Incident

Mar 23, 2005

AFTER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS PUSHED UP FOR SOMEONE TO GET IN TO THE BACK SEAT, THE FRONT SEAT FAILD TO LOCK IN ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. THE FRONT SEAT SLID BACK AND FORTH ON THE TRACK. *AK WHEN THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, THE CONSUMERS MOTHER WHO WAS IN THE PASSENGERS SEAT, THE SEAT HAD MOVED FORWARD AND DID NOT LOCK WHEN IT WAS PUSHED BACK. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED THE COSNUMERS VEHICLE TO REAREND ANOTHER. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID

10057502

Incident

Apr 6, 2003

Mileage

3,000 mi

DRIVERS SEAT OF 2002 HONDA ACCORD FEELS LOOSE. SIMILAR TO THAT WHICH IS DESCRIBED IN INCIDENT #PE02072. *AK

NHTSA ID

10032708

Incident

Oct 23, 2002

Mileage

11,463 mi

SUBJECT: FRONT SEAT BREAKS OFF IN REAR END COLLISION ON HONDA ACCORD SEDAN. O WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2002 HONDA ACCORD LX SEDAN FROM BLOOMFIELD HONDA IN BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICHIGAN ONE YEAR AGO.*AK MY WIFE WAS REAR ENDED BY A LARGE FORD TRUCK WHILE SHE WAS STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET. I TRUCK DIDNT EVEN BRAKE AND DROVE THE TRUCK ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BACKSEAT. LUCKILY SHE WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT. HER DRIVER SEAT, HOWEVER, BROKE OFF ITS MOORINGS AT THE FLOORBOARD GIVING HER NO SUPPORT AS SHE WAS FLUNG BACKWARD IN THE CRASH. IT WAS LIKE THE FRONT SEAT WAS A ROCKING CHAIR AFTER THE CRASH. NO PART OF THE FRONT END WAS DAMAGE EXCEPT THE DRIVER SEAT (ONLY THE REAR END HAD BEEN STRUCK). THE TRUNK AND REAR-END ARE DESTROYED. ARE DRIVERS SEATS SUPPOSED TO COME LOOSE OR BREAK OFF IN CRASHES??? IS THIS THE HONDA WAY? WE HAVE OWNED HONDAS FOR YEARS AND THIS IS A MAJOR QUALITY BREECH AND A DANGER. IF MY WIFE WASNT WEARING THAT SEAT BELT SHE MIGHT BE DEAD. THE MANAGER OF THE DEALERSHIP SAID THIS SOMETIMES HAPPENED IN THE HONDA ACCORD IN REAR END COLLISIONS...THIS IS ACCEPTABLE???? THE DRIVERS SEAT WOULD HAVE DRIVEN HER INTO THE DASH. I WOULD ALSO RETHINK NOT HAVING THE AIRBAG DEPLOY IN A SEVERE REAR-END COLLISION. IT WOULD HAVE HELPED IN THIS INCIDENT.

NHTSA ID

10030666

Incident

Aug 2, 2003

Mileage

5,000 mi

DRIVER'S FRONT SEAT MOVES AND RATTLES WHEN TURNING AND BRAKING. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND HONDA HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. BOTH MY DAD AND BROTHER HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TWO DIFFERENT 2002 HONDA ACCORDS. TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS HAVE NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10010595

Incident

Mar 17, 2003

Mileage

25,000 mi

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT HAD A CLUNK WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS OR WHEN SHIFTING WEIGHT, CONSUMER REALIZED THIS WAS DUE TO EXCESS PLAY IN A SCISSOR/HINGE MECHANISM WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT INBOUND BACK BOTTOM OF THE SEAT TO MOVE ABOUT 1/4 OF AN INCH, DEALER REPLACED THE ADJUSTER ASSEMBLY, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING THAT THE POWER ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT/TRACK MECHANISM BE REPLACED WITH THE NON HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE UNIT. *SLC

NHTSA ID

567207

Incident

Jul 22, 2002

DRIVER SIDE SEAT SHAKES/MOVES WHEN ACCELERATING OR APPLING BRAKES, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRACK BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE SLUGGISH AND THE LEFT WIPER WAS VERY NOISY AND LEFT STREAK ON THE WINDSHIELD, THE GLOVE BOX DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY, THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO THE BELT BEING TWISTED/CURLED, THE LEFT REAR DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY, FOG LIGHTS WERE OUT OF FOCUS, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED.*AK *NLM

NHTSA ID

8016238

Incident

Jan 28, 2002

CONSUMER BELIEVES VEHICLE IS NOT NEW BECAUSE THE WINDOW GLASSES ARE ETCHED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE SLUGGISH UPON USE AND LEFT WIPER WAS VERY NOISY WHICH LEFT STREAKS ON THE WINDSHIELD. *TT

NHTSA ID

567080