2001 Honda Accord Electrical System

ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE CAR JUST SHUTS OFF MOMENTARILY AND THEN ALL THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WILL COME BACK ON. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL NOT DO ANYTHING WHEN YOU PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO START IT AND THEN SUDDENLY IT WORKS FINE. HAS SHUT DOWN ONCE WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ACCORD. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATE THE HEADLIGHTS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY FAILURES. THE CONTACT PAID FOR A DIAGNOSTIC FOR AN AIR BAG FAILURE THAT WAS RESET. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE AGAIN. HE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE HIMSELF, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V256000 (INTERIOR LIGHTING), BUT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,800 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,250.

PURCHASED USED VEHICLE IN MARCH 2006. IN MAY 2006 I EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE CUTOUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS SYMPTOM STILL EXISTS INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE IMMOBILIZATION LIGHT ALSO COMES ON. I ALSO EXPERIENCE A STARTING PROBLEM WITH THE CAR INTERMITTENTLY. THE DASH LIGHTS NORMALLY COME ON WHEN THE CAR STARTS. WHEN THE CAR DOES NOT START, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE IMMOBILIZATION INDICATOR LIGHT ARE BOTH OFF. I'VE ALSO SEEN INSTANCES WHERE THE OTHER LIGHTS ARE OFF AND ONLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. IF I LET THE CAR SIT FOR 10 MINUTES OR MORE, IT WILL START. I'VE HAD THE CAR TO THE HONDA DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THEY CHECKED MY KEYS WHICH WERE OK. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE MAIN RELAY AND THE MAIN COMPUTER AND I AM STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM. THEY ARE OF NO FURTHER HELP. *TR

2001 HONDA ACCORD SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. NO SOUND, NO WARNING, JUST CUT OUT AT 40 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. CAR RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER PULLING OVER. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH, BUT IT DID NOT APPLY TO THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE VIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN TRAFFIC AS THOUGH HE HAD TURNED THE IGNITION OFF, AND IT HAPPENED ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT 15 - 20 MPH WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON ONE OF THE OCCASIONS THE DRIVER BEHIND HIM HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING HIM. ON EACH OCCASION THE WEATHER WAS NICE. HE H HAD THE IGNITION SWITCH REPAIRED ON 03/12/2007, AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT RECUR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,504.*AK UPDATE 4/9 *TR

MY CAR WAS PARKED FOR TWO WEEKS, AS I JUST PURCHASED ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WENT TO DRIVE MY 2001 HONDA ACCORD EX SEDAN AND ALL OF MY LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WERE LIT AND THE CAR WAS MAKING A FUNNY NOISE. AFTER TOWING THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP I WAS TOLD MY ALTERNATOR BRACKET BOLT HAD BROKEN OFF INSIDE. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE I FOUND A COUPLE OF COMPLAINTS IN REGARD TO THE SAME ISSUE: BROKEN ALTERNATOR BRACKET OR LOWER MOUNTING BOLT. HONDA. TECH LINE SUMMARY. *TT HTTP://WWW.LEMONLAWSPECIALISTS.COM/TSB/HONDA.HTML # TSB #05012004 -- BROKEN ALTERNATOR BRACKET OR BRACKET MOUNTING BOLT. *NM (NHTSA ID #10013977, MAY 01 2004) HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/HONDA/ACCORD/2001/TSBS.SHTML. *JB

I HAVE HAD CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH MY 2001 HONDA ACCORD WITH THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS. FIRST THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT WOULDN'T TURN OFF, AND THE DEALERSHIP SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IT. IT CAME ON AGAIN JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER. I ENDED UP TAKING IT TO ANOTHER SHOP TO BE FIXED. THE SRS LIGHT KEPT COMING ON, AND IT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE FIXED. NOW IT HAS COME ON AND STAYED ON, AND THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO TAKE CARE OF IT WITHOUT CHARGING ME AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT JUST TO A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. I THINK THEY SHOULD FIX THESE PROBLEMS AT NOT COST TO THE CUSTOMER. *JB

ON MAY 9 WHEN I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE (FOR OIL CHANGE, ETC.), I MENTIONED TO THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN THAT RECENTLY THE YELLOW "MAINTENANCE LIGHT" COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. WHEN I RETURNED THE NEXT DAY TO PICK-UP MY CAR, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TECHNICIANS COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM, AND THEREFORE THEY JUST "RESET" THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD. WHILE DRIVING ON MAY 11, THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY CAR SPORADICALLY DROPPED AND THEN WENT BACK UP AGAIN (TOGETHER WITH THE YELLOW MAINTENANCE LIGHT FLASHING OVER AND OVER AGAIN). AFTER MUCH AGGRAVATION WITH THIS UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION, I AGAIN BROUGHT MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALER (ON MAY 12) -- AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE ASSISTANT MANAGER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. I HAD TO GET A LOANER CAR FOR THE DAY...THE TECHNICIAN FINALLY LOCATED THE PROBLEM THAT DAY....MY CAR NEEDED A TOTALLY NEW GAUGE ASSEMBLY (TEMP GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, ETC), AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS PART WAS OUT OF THE FACTORY WARRANTY AND WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $435.....IT ALSO WOULD TAKE ABOUT 1 WEEK TO ORDER. EVEN THE SERVICE TECH'S INDICATED THAT USUALLY THIS PART ONLY WEARS OUT AFTER THE CAR IS ABOUT 10 TO 15 YRS OLD. AS I DROVE MY CAR ON MAY 19, ALL GAUGES IN THE DASH ASSEMBLY WERE IMPROPERLY WORKING -- THEY (SPEEDOMETER, ETC.) REGISTERED AT "0" AS I DROVE AND THE GAS TANK GAUGE DROPPED TO "E" (EVEN THOUGH I HAD RECENTLY FILLED THE TANK)....DEFINITELY A DRIVING HAZARD! AFTER USING MY CAR FOR 3 DAYS IN THIS UNSAFE DRIVING MODE, I WAS FINALLY TOLD BY THE DEALER ON MAY 22 THAT THE GAUGE ASSEMBLY HAD ARRIVED. I HAD TO PAY $370.86 TO HAVE THIS PART INSTALLED ON MAY 22. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT A GAUGE ASSEMBLY THAT IS SO CRUCIAL FOR SAFETY WHILE DRIVING WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY THE HONDA CORPORATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS SITUATION. IF YOU NEED ANY FURTHER INFO, LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU. *NM

CAR WOULDN'T START AND STUCK IN PARK. DIAGNOSED AS WIRING HARNESS THAT RUBBED AGAINST BODY AND MELTED. CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. SEEMS DEFECTIVE TO ME AND SHOULD BE COVERED! *JB

MY 2001 HONDA ACCORD HAS SOME "ENGINE SHUT OFF" PROBLEM WHICH I HAVE HAD THE DEALER LOOK AT AND THEY DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD A FRIEND THAT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE "IGNITION SWITCH", BUT HIS CAR IS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD. HE THEN SHOWED ME THIS RECALL ON HIS CAR ABOUT IT. THE RECALL READ, AKE : HONDA MODEL : ACCORD YEAR : 1999 MANUFACTURER : AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 02V120000 RECALL DATE : MAY 13, 2002 COMPONENT: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH POTENTIAL NUMBER OF UNITS AFFECTED : 1000000 SUMMARY: ON CERTAIN SEDANS, COUPES, HATCHBACKS, AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, ELECTRICAL CONTACTS IN THE IGNITION SWITCH CAN DEGRADE DUE TO THE HIGH ELECTRICAL CURRENT PASSING THROUGH THE SWITCH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED. CONSEQUENCE: WORN CONTACTS COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. REMEDY: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JUNE 14, 2002. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT HONDA AT 1-800-999-1009 OR ACURA AT 1-800-382-2238. HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/CARS/PROBLEMS/RECALLS/RESULTS.CFM AS OF TODAY THE CAR HAS NOT YET BEEN FIXED BECAUSE THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE TO SEE AND HAVE THE PROBLEM HAPPEN TO THEM. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN, AFTER IT HAPPENS THE CAR WON'T START AND WHEN IT SITS FOR A LITTLE BIT IT STARTS UP. SO BUY THE TIME THE DEALER LOOK AT IT ,IT IS RUNNING FINE. OVER TIME IT IS JUST GETTING WORSE AND MORE FREQUENTLY. I HAVE SHOULD THEM THIS RECALL AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT ALL GOOD BUT THEY CANT DO ANYTHING WITH IT WITH OUT SEEING IT FOR THEMSELVES. SO AT THIS POINT I HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. BECAUSE IF I FIX IT MYSELF I WILL CANCEL MY EXTENDED AUTO WARRANTY. TRENTON FISHER. *NM

CONSUMER 2001 HONDA ACCORD IGNITION KEY IS REMOVABLE WITH THE SHIFT LEVER OUT OF PARK. *TS ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** THE CONSUMER PARKED HER VEHICLE AND WENT INSIDE HER HOME. WHEN SHE CAME BACK OUT THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED OUT INTO THE STREET HIT THE BUMPER OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, JUMPED THE CURB AND ROLLED INTO HER NEIGHBORS YARD. RECALL 05V025000 WAS ISSUED MARCH 2005 FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *NM

CONSUMER COMPLAINT REGARDING SAFETY RECALL: IGNITION KEY IS REMOVABLE WITH THE SHIFT LEVER OUT OF PARK ISSUED MARCH 2005. DUE TO THIS DEFECT 2001 HONDA ACCORD ROLLED OUT OF DRIVE WAY AND INTO NEIGHBORS YARD STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TS *NM ***TRANSFERRED TO OCC***

INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT WILL GO OUT WHILE I'M DRIVING AND I CAN'T SEE THE SPEEDOMETER OR THE LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER (LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE NEAR CONSOLE).THIS IS VERY DISTRACTING AND STRESSFUL. IT TAKES ME 35 TO 40 MIN. TO DRIVE TO WORK, SOMETIMES THE LIGHTS GO OUT AFTER 15 MIN. OTHER TIMES THEY DON'T. IT IS STILL DARK IN THE MORNING WHEN I LEAVE SO I HAVE TO USE A FLASHLIGHT TO KEEP MY EYE ON THE SPEEDOMETER. I ALSO NOTICED MY GAS WAS VERY LOW ONE TIME AND I SUDDENLY REALIZED MY WARNING LIGHT NEVER TURNED ON. THIS FEATURE IS ALSO AFFECTED. I HAVE DRIVEN ON BUMPY ROADS AND THEY DON'T TURN OFF, SMOOTH THEY DO AND THEY DON'T. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AS MOST OF THE TIME I DRIVE IN THE DAYTIME. ALL OTHER LIGHTS WORK FINE. DEALER COULD NOT MAKE IT REPEAT AFTER HAVING IT THERE A WHOLE DAY. AFTER I TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS HARD TO SEE THE DASH LIGHT GO OUT DURING THE DAY TIME. THEY KEPT IT ANOTHER DAY TO CHECK IT OUT AGAIN. I WAS TOLD THE NEXT DAY IT HAD A SHORT. THAT IT WAS GOING TO COST ME OVER 500.00 DOLLARS TO FIX. ( I WENT ONLINE TO CHECK 2001 HONDA ACCORD RECALLS) I TOLD THEM THAT OTHER MODELS OF THE 2001 HONDA ACCORDS WERE DOING THE SAME THING AND THERE HAD BEEN RECALLS FOR THEM, WHY CAN'T THEY WORK WITH ME IF MINE IS DOING THE SAME THING? I TRUSTED THE HONDA NAME AND I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. THEY JUST BASICALLY SAID SORRY, WE CAN'T FIX EVERY CAR THAT HAS A PROBLEM FOR FREE. THE GOVERNMENT MAKES THE RULES, IF THEY WANT TO RECALL YOUR MODEL, THEY WILL HAVE TO DO IT. THIS WAS THE SERVICE SUPERVISOR. I DON'T BELIEVE I SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. HOW COULD I HAVE PREVENTED THIS? THE SERVICE MANAGER MADE ME BELIEVE THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I TOLD THEM IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE LIKE THIS BUT THAT I'D SEE WHAT I COULD DO TO GET THE MONEY TO GET IT FIXED. UNFORTUNATELY I AM STILL FINANCIALLY UNABLE. I JUST DON'T DRIVE AT NIGHT. *NM

OWNER WAS DRIVING AT 25 MPH AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, AND ELECTRICAL PORTION OF THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED LESS THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. ALSO, CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. *AK *BF *NM

AT TIMES VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS STARTING. WHEN TURNING THE KEY TO START THE IGNITION IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES TO START WHETHER IN COLD OR WARM TEMPERATURES. THE CAUSE OF WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

THE SRS LIGHT BEGAN TO COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, AND THEN STAYED ON. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THE ENTIRE COMPUTER MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NO REASON GIVEN - JUST "THING HAPPEN". NO TRAUMA OR COLLISION LEADING UP TO THE LIGHT COMING ON, AND DEFINITELY NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. *NM

DEFECT IN THE IGNITION TO TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK ALLOWING KEY TO BE REMOVED WHILE IN DRIVE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL. THIS HAS BEEN THIS WAY AT LEAST FOR 15000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND HE SAID HE COULD REPLACE THE SWITCH BUT I WOULD THEN HAVE A KEY FOR THE IGNITION AND A KEY FOR THE DOOR LOCKS. I TOLD THEM IF THEY COULD NOT KEY THE SWITCH THAT I WOULD NOT ACCEPT TWO DIFFERENT KEYS. IT NOW HAS 57000 MILES ON IT. *LA

SRS LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON. IT WAS RESET BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THEN IMMEDIATELY UPON PICKING THE CAR UP THE SRS LIGHT WENT ON AGAIN. DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT THE SRS LIGHT IN THIS CAR IS USUALLY SET OFF BY CELL PHONE USE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. I AM A ONE PERSON OWNER AND DO NOT HAVE PASSENGERS. WHEN SRS LIGHT WENT ON AGAIN IT WENT ON WHILE I WAS USING A CELL PHONE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. *JB

MY 2001 HONDA ACCORD 2 DOOR COUPE EX V-6 IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED RECALL. THE CAR CAN BE TURNED OFF AND THE IGNITION KEY REMOVED WHILE THE SHIFT LEVER IS IN DRIVE. MY WIFE DID REMOVE TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND REMOVE THE KEY WHILE THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE. SHE THEN LOCKED THE CAR AND WENT INTO THE HOUSE. A FEW MOMENTS LATER I ARRIVED HOME AND THE CAR HAD ROLLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND ACROSS THE STREET AND HAD COME TO REST WITH BOTH REAR TIRES UP AGAINST THE CURB. IT IS JUST LUCKY THERE WAS NO CAR PARKED WHERE THIS CAR CAME TO REST. IT IS JUST AS LUCKY THERE WERE NO CARS COMING BY WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AS WE LIVE ON A VERY BUSY STREET. *LA

THE 2001 ACCORD V6 HAS 18500 MILES. ONE MORNING I HAD A GREAT DIFFICULTY IN STARTING THE CAR, I CHECKED THE CAR BATTERY BUT IT WAS OKAY. FROM THAT TIME ON THE CAR WILL EVENTUALLY START, BUT THE DIFFICULTY IN STARTING IS THERE. *NLM

ABLE TO PULL KEY OUT OF IGNITION WHEN NOT IN PARK. *JB

VEHICLE DIED OUT WHILE DRVING ON HIGHWAY AS A RESULT OFALTERNATOR GOING OUT.CONTACTED DEALER. THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN CONSUMER PLACED THE GEAR INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD SLOWLY, AND THEN THE ALARM SYSTEM WENT OFF AND ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS STARTED BLINKING ERRATICALLY. DEALER ADVISED THE THE COLD WEATHER CAUSED THE COMPUTER TO ENTER FAIL SAFE MODE. TS *TT JB

CONSUMER HAD JUST LEFT LOT, DROVE IT ABOUT 10 MILES WHEN ALL OF INDICATOR LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING. CONSUMER CALLED DEALER FROM CELL PHONE, AND DEALER ADVISED TO CHECK TO SEE IF OIL WAS IN VEHICLE. CONSUMER GOT VEHICLE HOME, BUT TOOK IT IN NEXT DAY. ALTERNATOR WASN'T CHARGING OR DISCHARGING, AND REPLACED IT FREE OF CHARGE. VEHICLE HAD 14 MILES. MANUFACTURER SAID IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN THEY WOULD GIVE A EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK *SLC

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM DASH BOARD. FIRE INSPECTOR DETERMINED THAT CAUSE WAS ARSON. CONSUMER WITNESSED ACCIDENT AND DISPUTED THIS RULING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK