2003 Honda Accord Engine

I OWN A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CAR HAS UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. AFTER TWO EPISODES WHERE THE ENGINE REVVED UP TO 4000RPM WITHOUT DEPRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE HONDA DEALER AND THEY CLAIM TO HAVE REPAIRED THE CAR. YESTERDAY MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND ANOTHER EPISODE OCCURRED. SHE STOPPED THE CAR WITH THE BRAKES AND NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD LX COUPE. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL INCREASE OF ENGINE RPMS UP TO 6,000. THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED AND CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL FAILURE BUT DID NOT ADVISE THE CONTACT OF THE REPAIRS NEEDED TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD AN OIL JET KIT INSTALLED ON THE ENGINE AND BELIEVED THE VEHICLE RECEIVED PREVIOUS REPAIRS UNDER AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS NO RECORD OF THE REPAIR BEING PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THE RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THE DEALER'S RECORDS AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 143,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GAS AIR FLOW TO THE ENGINE DISRUPTS THE ENGINE AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE SLOWLY AND SLUGGISH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL WAS CAUSING THE LACK OF AIR AND GAS FLOW TO THE ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER ACKNOWLEDGES THE FAILURE, BUT WILL NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE WILL STOP RUNNING IF THE ISSUE IS NOT RESOLVED WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 38,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

CAMSHAFT FAILURE 2003 HONDA ACCORD 2.4 DOHC IVTECH .VEHICLE BEGAN TO PRODUCE A SLIGHT VALVE CLATTER UNDER ACCELERATION WITH A/C ON .TECHNICIAN WAS ASKED TO ADJUST THE VALVES WHEN IT WAS NOTED THAT ON ONE OF THE LOBES ON THE EXHAUST CAMSHAFT HAD LOST ITS HARD FACING AND THE CAM WAS EXPERIENCING RAPID WEAR.THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT IN THE HEAT TREATING OF THE CAMSHAFT SINCE NONE OF THE OTHER LOBES ON THIS CAM ARE AFFECTED. ALL VEHICLE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED AS RECOMENDED. BY HONDA MOTOR COMPANY . I CONTACTED HONDA MOTOR COMPANY OF AMERICA VIA TELEPHONE AND WAS TURNED AWAY AT THE DOOR (SO TO SPEAK) I THINK THIS IS AN EMISSIONS RELATED CONCERN THAT HONDA IS ATTEMPTING TO IGNORE. VEHICLE"S WITH 98K UNDER 10 YEARS OLD SHOULD NOT HAVE RAPID WEAR FAILURE"S OF THIS SORT . *TR

HAVE HAD THROTTLE BODY REPLACED UNDER MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY AT APPROX. 15,000 MILES. CAR LOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING AND THIS COULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF ON HIGH WAY. SEVERAL TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME WHERE A/C SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN AND BLOWS HOT AND VEHICLE CUTS POWER AND I NEARLY WAS REAR -ENDED AS I HAD TO PULL OVER AT SPEED ON FREEWAY. HONDA DOES NOT ACCEPT PROBLEM BUT BY THREATENING LEGAL ACTION WAS ABLE TO HAVE THEM "FIX' THE SYSTEM SO IT WON'T RECUR. AM HOWEVER VERY DIS-SATISFIED WITH HONDA'S CLEAR DENIAL OF THIS ISSUE WHICH ONE DAY WILL CAUSE MULTIPLE DEATHS IF NO RECALL IS ISSUED AS THEY DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE ISSUE AND FIND A SOLUTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE BRAKING OR APPROACHING A STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF AND THEN RESTART. THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF AND RESTART 4 TO 5 TIMES, AND THEN SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. IN ORDER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, THE GEAR WOULD HAVE TO BE SHIFTED INTO PARK. THE FAILURE OCCURRED 12 TIMES AND DID NOT CAUSE ANY CRASHES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WAS NOT SERVICED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,300 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

WHEN MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD LX IS IDLE OR AT VERY LOW SPEED, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY TURNS OFF. I AM AFRAID THE CAR'S ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF WHEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS SUCH AS ON A FREEWAY/HIGHWAY. *TR

AC QUIT WORKING AND TOOK IT TO DEALER. THEY SAID THAT A "PRISTINE" PEBBLE HAD DESTROYED THE CONDENSER, AND THAT IT WAS NOT A MECHANICAL ERROR SO IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. I BELIEVE THAT THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS REPORTED OF SIMILAR OCCURRENCES PROVES THAT IT IS A MECHANICAL ERROR DUE TO POOR ENGINEERING. OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE AC CONDENSER. THERE ARE HUGE OPENINGS BENEATH THE FRONT BUMPER THAT LET ROAD DEBRIS & ROCKS IN WITHOUT ANY PROTECTION. THE AC CONDENSER IS "RIGHT THERE" WITH A SCREEN OR ANYTHING TO PROTECT IT. BESIDES THE AC NOT WORKING AND HONDA OWNERS HAVING TO SHELL OUT 700-800 TO GET THE CONDENSER REPLACED, THE INITIAL IMPACT BY A ROCK TO THE CONDENSER EMPTIES THE FREON OUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE! *TR

CONDENSER FAILURE-2003 HONDA ACCORD- MY WIFE JUST INFORMED ME THE OTHER DAY THE A/C WASN'T WORKING. I CHECKED OUT THE RELAY AND IT'S JUST FINE SO I SEARCHED ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND CAME ACROSS SEVERAL POSTINGS ABOUT THE CONDENSER AND ROAD DEBRIS. WELL AFTER LOOKING AT THE FRONT OF THE CAR DIRECTLY AT THE CONDENSER I COULD SEE THAT IT WAS PRETTY WELL HAGGARD FROM ROCKS AND OTHER CRAP. I DID NOTICE AN AREA TO THE UPPER LEFT SIDE THAT WAS WET FROM A LEAK, MORE THAN LIKELY IT IS FREON. JUDGING BY THE MASS-OPEN HOLES IN THE PLASTIC BENEATH THE BUMPER, IT IS NO WONDER THAT IS WAS DAMAGED! HONDA HAS A MAJOR DESIGN FLAW GOING ON HERE AND WE ARE ALL SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES. THIS IS B.S. THAT WE ARE STUCK FOOTING THE BILL FOR A CAR THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MOST RELIABLE CAR ON THE ROAD. *TR

HONDA ACCORD EX-V6, 2003, PURCHASED NEW. DEVELOPED ENGINE NOISE AT JUST OVER 60,000 KILOMETERS THAT HAS INCREASED IN VOLUME OVER THE WINTER. HONDA DEALER HAS DIAGNOSED PISTON SLAP. HONDA CANADA STATES THAT PISTON SLAP IS ACCEPTABLE IN A COLD HONDA ENGINE FOR UP TO 5 MINUTES AND "...THAT ALTHOUGH PISTON SLAP IS PRESENT, THERE ARE NO OPERATIONAL ISSUES WITH YOUR VEHICLE....". THE DESK MAN AT THE HONDA DEALER STATES THAT HIS HONDA ALSO HAS PISTON SLAP. *JB

CONDENSOR ON MY HONDA ACCORD BROKE BECAUSE OF A ROCK ON THE STREET HITTING IT AND BREAKING IT. THIS WAS A DESIGN FLAW, AND I AM TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED BY MY WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH I PAID AN EXTRA $1200 FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. APPARENTLY ,THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE HONDA AS I FOUND OUT WHILE RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET. THIS SHOULD BE RECTIFIED BY HONDA - I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE. *AK

SINCE I BOUGHT MY NEW 2003 HONDA ACCORD AT THE END OF THE 2003 YEAR, I SMELLED SULFUR. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE BATTERY AND IT WOULD GO AWAY. IT NEVER DID. I KEPT TELLING THE DEALER AND SERVICE. THE SULFUR AND ROTTEN EGG SMELL CAME FROM THE AC, AND THE HEAT (BOTH OF WHICH DIDN'T WORK), SULFUR FROM THE REAR AND ALL OVER INTERIOR..I GOT SICK WITH SEVERE MIGRAINES AND NAUSEOUS FOR 5-7 DAYS WITH EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS FOLLOWING MEDIUM TO LONG DRIVES WITH THE AIR ON AND EVEN IF THE AIR WAS NOT ON...THE SULFUR SMELL WAS ALWAYS PRESENT AND SERVICE BLAMED ME AND TOLD ME THE GAS IN NY WAS BAD, AND THEN TOLD ME I SHOULD BE DRIVING 50,000 MILES PER YEAR AND THEN THERE WOULD BE NO SULFUR SMELL. I KEPT FALLING ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. MY DOCTOR MENTIONED CHECKING THE CARBON MONOXIDE WITH A DETECTOR..IT WAS POSITIVE...THE FIRE DEPARTMENT VERIFIED THAT I HAD CARBON MONOXIDE INSIDE MY CAR - DEADLY. I WAS BEING POISONED FOR TWO YEARS WITH CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING FRO TWO YEARS BY THE EXHAUST COMING INTO THE CAR. THE FIRE DEPT. TOLD ME TO NOT DRIVE THE CAR AT ALL OR TO DRIVE WITH ALL THE WINDOWS WIDE OPEN...EVEN IN THE FREEZING WINTER.....MY MOTHER IS ELDERLY AND I AM DISABLED ON CHEMOTHERAPY ALSO ALL THIS MADE OUR SITUATION QUITE HEINOUS. STILL HONDA DID NOT HELP ME AND THEY KEPT HANGING UP ON ME. I WOULD HAVE DIED IF I DROVE THE AMOUNT THAT HONDA TOLD ME TO. I WOULD HAVE BEEN POISONED. I DO NOT WANT THIS CAR....I JUST WANT MY LIFE BACK AND TO FEEL SAFE WITH THE CAR I DRIVE. I WILL NEVER FEEL SAFE WITH THIS CAR. CARBON MONOXIDE INSIDE THE CAR IS DEADLY AND WHY NO ONE HAS ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE ALONG WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS SHOCKING. NO ONE EVER NOTIFIED ME OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER EVEN WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN. EVEN WITH AT LEAST TWO TSB'S WHY DID HONDA NOT KNOW TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AND WHY DIDN'T THEY EVER CONTACT ME. I JUST WANT THIS CAR OUT OF MY LIFE FOREVER. I HAVE GOTTEN VERY ILL FROM THE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AND THE LONG TERM EFFECTS ARE SERIOUS. *JB

2003 ACCORD HAD CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES IN VEHICLE CAUSING CONSUMER TO BECOME SICK. *TS THE SMELL WAS A ROTTEN EGG SULFUR SMELL. THE CONSUMER WOULD GET MIGRAINE HEADACHES AND BECOME NAUSEOUS SEVERAL DAYS AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE PROBLEMS PERSISTED FOR OVER A YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED A VALVE IN THE ENGINE; HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED.

OIL LEAKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. IT WAS DISCOVERED THE OIL PUMP SEAL,GASKET AND THE TIMING BELT WERE DEFECTIVE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB *NM

CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED AT JUST OVER 3000 MILES ON MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD. I CONTINUE TO GET AN EXTREMELY STRONG SULFAR ODOR. THE DEALER HAS GIVEN SEVERAL EXCUSES AS TO WHY THERE IS A SMELL. ALSO THEY HAVE OFFERED DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. NONE OF WHICH WORKED. NOW I AM HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS WHICH THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIX EITHER. BOTH PROBLEMS SEEM SEVERE ENOUGH THAT I WOULD THINK HONDA WOULD STAND UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. I AM FRUSTRATED AND DISAPPOINTED.*AK

OIL LEAK ENGINE. ROTTEN EGG SMELL FROM INTERIOR AIR VENTS AFTER CRANKING COLD ENGINE. *AK

AFTER MY FIRST OIL CHANGE, MY VEHICLE LEAKED OIL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD A SUBSEQUENT OIL CHANGE AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM. *JB

STRONG SMELL OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN CAR CABIN FIRST NOTICED AT 1,000 MILES MOST PRESENT WHEN ACCELERATING OR WHEN HEAT/AC IS ON. SMELL CAN BE SO SEVERE IT CAUSES HEADACHE AND SORE THROAT. I REPORTED PROBLEM TO TOXIC RELASE DIVISION OF THE EPA. ( E-MAIL TO: [email protected]) . *AK

I HAVE HAD 3 PCS VALVES REPLACED IN MY 20003 HONDA ACCORD. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OR EMISSION LIGHT CAME ON TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. I ALSO HAVE A LOUD GRINDING SOUND THE FIRST TIME I USE THE BRAKES WHEN DRIVING.*AK

MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD LX SMELLS LIKE ROTTEN EGGS. THANK YOU HONDA!. *AK

I HAVE A 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 AND IT HAS HAD A ROTTEN EGG SMELL SINCE THE FIRST DAY I PURCHASED IT (BRAND NEW AT THE TIME). I HAD CALLED MY LOCAL HONDA SERVICE DEPT. TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THE SMELL. I WAS INFORMED THAT SINCE THE CAR WAS NEW, IT WAS STILL IN THE "BREAK IN" PERIOD AND TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER 10,000-12,000 MILES. I AM NOW AT 16,000 MILES AND THE CAR STILL HAS THE FOUL ODOR. I CALLED HONDA AGAIN AND THEY TOLD ME TO WAIT UNTIL THE WEATHER BREAKS AND IN THE SPRING TIME IF IT STILL SMELLS TO BRING IT IN. THE SMELL IS SO BAD THAT IT SMELLS NOT ONLY ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR BUT ON THE INSIDE TOO. I TOOK THE CAR IN ANYWAY, EVEN THOUGH HONDA RECOMMENDED TO WAIT A FEW MORE MONTHS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THEY DID ADMIT TO FINDING A BULLETIN FOR THE HONDA ACCORDS STATING THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS NEED TO BE CHANGED AND THEY NEED TO SEAL LEAKS IN THE CAR. THEY HAVE TO NOW ORDER THE PART AND SCHEDULE ANOTHER DATE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

I PURCHASED A 2003 HONDA ACCORD IN OCTOBER 2002 - I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES/ROTORS REPLACED TWICE. I'M CONCERNED OVER SAFETY. WHAT RECOURSE IS AVAILABLE ONCE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND I AM GOING THROUGH BRAKES AND ROTORS APPROXIMATELY EVERY 8000 MILES? IN ADDITION, I NOTICED VERY SOON AFTER PURCHASE THAT AT INITIAL START UP, AND UNTIL CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR AWHILE THERE IS A "CHATTER" NOISE. I THOUGHT AT FIRST IT WAS MY IMAGINATION, AS THIS WAS SOMETHING HAD HEARD IN OLDER CARS - SUCH AS A LIFTER CHATTER. IT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY NOTICEABLE AND AT SOME START UP TIMES SOUNDS LIKE A DIESEL. AT APPRX 23,000 I REQUESTED THE DEALER TO CHECK FOR THE NOISE, BUT BY THE TIME THE CAR GETS TO THE DEALER THERE IS NO LONGER THE COLD START, AND IT NO LONGER MAKES THE NOISE.

I PURCHASED A NEW 2003 HONDA ACCORD IN JULY 2003. IT HAS A TERRIBLE STARTING PROBLEM. MY DEALERSHIP HAS CHECKED IT OUT THREE TIMES AND STILL NO RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MADE. I BELIEVE HONDA SHOULD ADDRESS THE PROBLEM PROMPTLY BECAUSE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *JB

THUS FAR, THE SULFUR ODOR FROM THE EXHAUST HAS NOT CAUSED ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS THAT I AM AWARE OF OR COST ME ANY MONEY. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT MEET EPA EMISSION STANDARDS AND, AS YOU MAY IMAGINE, I AM MOST ANNOYED WITH THE STINK. FURTHERMORE, AMERICAN HONDA SEEMS TOTALLY APATHETIC TO THE DEFECT AND MY DISSATISFATION. I AM HOPING THAT A POWERFUL AUTHORITY WILL PUT PRESSURE ON AMERICAN HONDA TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND RECALL THE '03 ACCORDS FOR REPAIR.