1986 HONDA ACCORD Problems & Recalls

RUST ON THE FUEL FILLER PIPE - 1986 ACCORD - THERE WAS A RECALL ON THAT, BUT HONDA DOES NOT RESPECT IT ANYMORE. WHY??? IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD - POTENTIAL FIRE. ON TOP OF THAT HONDA'S CARBURETORS HAVE DEFECTIVE FLOAT - IT GETS STUCK, CAUSING GASOLINE LEAK. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1986 HONDA ACCORD. THE INLET PIPE OF THE FUEL TANK IS BUSTED ON THE INSIDE AND PREVENTS FUEL FROM ENTERING THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER AND THE VEHICLE IS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN IN THE INTERIM. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN IF THE VEHICLE HAD ALREA...

Mileage: 198,400

ENGINE: RADIATOR WAS LEAKING-REPLACE RADIATOR AND WATER PUMP. TRANSMISSION: HESITATION DURING EXCELLERATION, CAR WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE. REPLACED WITH USED TRANSIMISSION. FUEL SYSTEM: (2X'S) NO REPAIR AS OF YET, HESITATION DURING EXCELLERATION, CANNOT GET INTO GEAR. ENGINE REVES UP BUT CAR WILL ...

ENGINE: RADIATOR WAS LEAKING-REPLACE RADIATOR AND WATER PUMP. TRANSMISSION: HESITATION DURING EXCELLERATION, CAR WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE. REPLACED WITH USED TRANSIMISSION. FUEL SYSTEM: (2X'S) NO REPAIR AS OF YET, HESITATION DURING EXCELLERATION, CANNOT GET INTO GEAR. ENGINE REVES UP BUT CAR WILL ...

ENGINE: RADIATOR WAS LEAKING-REPLACE RADIATOR AND WATER PUMP. TRANSMISSION: HESITATION DURING EXCELLERATION, CAR WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE. REPLACED WITH USED TRANSIMISSION. FUEL SYSTEM: (2X'S) NO REPAIR AS OF YET, HESITATION DURING EXCELLERATION, CANNOT GET INTO GEAR. ENGINE REVES UP BUT CAR WILL ...

CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED BY RECALL CAMPAIGN 92V028001/FUEL SYSTEMS. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE IN JULY 1997, AND DETERMINED THAT COMPONENT BEING RECALLED WAS NOT CORRODED, AND DID NOT NEED REPLACEMENT. IN SEPTEMBER 2001, CONSUMER NOTICED GASOLINE ODORS IN PASSENG...

DURING HOT WEATHER MY ENGINE REVS UP TO A DANGEROUS LEVEL, AND I CAN NOT STOP THE PROBLEM I HAVE TO PUT MY FOOT HARD ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP IT STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. THE CAR WILL GO FORWARD WITHOUT ME PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS TOLD TO KEEP THE AIR CONDITIONER ON TO TRY TO SLOW IT DOWN. IT O...

A FEW YEARS AGO, MY CAR VAULTED FORWARD AND I HIT A POST. THOUGHT IT WAS MY FAULT SO HAD IT REPAIRED. A FEW YEARS LATER THE AREA WHERE MY FUEL GOES INTO ROTTED AND I HAD IT REPLACED BECAUSE OF A RECALL. UPON LOOKING UP RECALLS AT THAT TIME I REALIZED THERE HAD BEEN ANOTHER RECALL ABOUT THE CAR VA...

COATING ON THE FUEL FILLER TUBE RUSTED THROUGH WHICH MAY POSSIBLY CAUSE A LEAK. THERE WAS RECALL 92V028001 WHICH OFFERED A REMEDY, BUT VEHICLESEEMED TO BE HAVING THE PROBLEM AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ON JULY 11, 1992 MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING EAST ON I580 IN CALIFORNIA. IT WAS A HOT DAY AT ABOUT 8:00 IN THE MORNING. THE REAR TIRE LOST IT'S TREAD CAP AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. I HAVE 6 PICTURES OF THE TIRE AND THE POLICE REPORT STATING IT WAS A TIRE F...

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS VIBRATION COMING FROM THE CAR. ALSO, VEHICLE STUTTERS TO A STOP. DEALER SAYS VEHICLE NEEDS NEW FRONT DISC BRAKES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

POSSIBLE FAULTY EXHAUST IS CAUSING FUEL SMELL INSIDE THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS COULD BE RELATED TO A RECALL. NLM

WIRING HARNESS TO HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY CONTACTS SHARP METAL RIB WHEN RETRACTED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP CURB HITTING POLE. MJS

STARTS THE ENGINE AND FUEL CHOKE COMES ON . WHEN ENGINE WARMS UP AND AND DRIVER REMOVES FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE STALLS. BULLITEN 93-021, FOR FILLER NECK AND POCKET, MECHANIC FOUND HOLES IN THE AREA OF THE CARBURETOR WHICH CAUSED THE STALLING. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#92V020001). TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC SAID HE REPLACED THE PART. WAS TRANSFERRED TO NC. FUEL LEAKED INSIDE VEHICLE & DESTROYED CARPETING. HAD VEHICLE CHECKED & INFORMED PART WAS NOT REPLACED, WAS RUSTED. CALLED MANUFACTURER. &WAS INFORMED NOTHING COULD BE DONE SINCE WORK WA...

FILLER NECK RUSTED THROUGH PREMATURELY, CAUSING GAS TO LEAK OUT WHEN FULL.

RUBBER COATING ON THE FUEL FILLER PIPE SEPARATED, ALLOWING CORROSION OF THE PIPE, CAUSING FUEL TO RUN OUT ONTO THE GROUND, CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

RUBBER COATING ON THE FUEL FILLER PIPE SEPERATED, ALLOWING CORROSION OF THE PIPE, CAUSING FUEL TO RUN OUT ONTO THE GROUND, CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD.

UPPER CONTROL ARM BROKE, CAUSING TIRE TO COLLAPSE .

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35 MPH THE FRONT AXLE BROKE IN HALF WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHEELS: DRIVING ALONG APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL COLLAPSED DUE TO UPPER CONTROL ARM. SECOND INCIDENT SAME AS THE FIRST, EXCEPT THE LEFT REAR WHEEL COLLAPSED DUE TO REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM. *AK

WHEELS: DRIVING ALONG APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL COLLAPSED DUE TO UPPER CONTROL ARM. SECOND INCIDENT SAME AS THE FIRST, EXCEPT THE LEFT REAR WHEEL COLLAPSED DUE TO REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM. *AK

CONSUMER HAD RECALL #92028001 SEVRICE PERFORMED WHICH INVOLVED LEAK IN FUEL LINE SYSTEM. CORRECTIVE ACTION DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM, CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE ABOUT THIS MATTER. *AK

THE RUBBER COATING ON THE FUEL FILLER PIPE SEPARATED, ALLOWING CORROSION OF THE PIPE.

THE FUEL TANK FILLER PIPE WAS REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL, BUT THE FUEL FILLER TUBE RUSTED PRIOR TO AFTER RECALL REPAIRS (92V-028). *AK

LEAKAGE AT MIDDLE SEAL OF FUEL INJECTOR, SMELL OF GASOLINE FUMES INSIDE INTERIOR, OWNER REPLACED FUEL INJECTORS, PROBLEM CLEAR ED AT THIS TIME, COULD CAUSE FIRE. *AK

SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER, CAUSING INJURY.

AFTER HAVING RECALL REPAIR WORK DONE ON THE FUEL SYSTEM, THE VEHICLE IS STILL LEAKING GAS OUT OF THE FUEL FILLER PIPE. RECALL #92V028001. *AK *SLC

THE HEAD LIGHT SWITCH FAILED . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

PLASTIC RADIATOR OVERHEATED, CRACKED.

PAINT IS PEELING OFF THE BODY OF THE CAR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE HOOD OPENED AND FELL INTO THE WINDSHIELD. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK *JB

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FAILED DURING ACCELERATION IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. *SD

OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE TWO MONTHS AGO FOR SEAT BELTS AND BELT BUCKLES. DEALER SAYS THEY STILL DON'T HAVE PARTS IN. PLEASE DESCRIBE.

OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE TWO MONTHS AGO FOR SEAT BELTS AND BELT BUCKLES. DEALER SAYS THEY STILL DON'T HAVE PARTS IN. PLEASE DESCRIBE.

THE OWNER RECIEVED A RECALL LETTER AND HAS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO HAVE HIS CAR SERCIVED TO BE TOLD THAT THE PARTS ARE NOT IN. JULY WAS HIS FIRST ATTEMPT. TT

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD DRIVER IN AN ACCIDENT/SEAT BELT BUCKLE UNLATCHED PRIOR TO RECALL(95V-103.001). *AK

FRONT SEAT BELTS DIFFICULT TO DISCONNECT. *DSH

BOTH REAR DOOR LOCKS HAVE BROKEN OFF. TT

CV BOOTS REPLACED. *SD

ALTERNATOR REPLACED. *SD

FUEL FILLER NECK REPLACED AFTER RECALL. *SD

LEFT FRONT STRUT SPRING BROKEN. *DSH

THE DOOR HANDLE IS BROKEN AND CRACKED CAN NOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. TT

WENT TO GET THE SEATBELT RECALL WORK DONE AND THERE ARE NO PARTS. TT *JB

STABILIZER BAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY. TT

SEAT BELTS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL. *SD

SEAT BELTS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL. *SD

VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR RECALL OF THE FILLER NECK WHICH WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY. TT

BRAKES SYSTEM FAILURE, DIFFICULTY STOPPING VEHICLE. TT

VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT DID NOT CATCH UNTIL AFTER THE OCCUPANT WENT INTO THE WINDOW. *AK

BRAKES FAILED DURING ACCIDENT. *AK

SEATBELTS RECALLED. (FIRST VEHICLE ON 601391) *DSH

SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD THE DRIVER IN PLACE IN AN ACCIDENT, SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. TT

SEAT BELT RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED (2ND VEHICLE ON 486604) *AW

TRANSMISSION DAMAGE CAUSED BY ROCKING CAR OUT OF SNOW BANK. *DSH

HEAD LIGHT WIRES ERODED BY SHEET METAL SUPPORT WHEN HEADLIGHT RETRACTED, DUE TO INSUFFICIENT SLACK IN HEAD LIGHTS CABLE. *AK

EXPERIENCES DIFFICULTY IN LATCHING AND RELEASE MECHANISM WON'T UNLATCH. TT

ALL SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT LATCH IN VEHICLE. TT

SAFETY BELT DIDN'T WORK DURING AN ACCIDENT. TT

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE. *AK