1994 HONDA ACCORD Electrical System Problems

"TAKATA RECALL" THE VEHICLE'S IGNITION SYSTEM HAS STOPPED WORKING. ON MING AND AKERS BAKERSFIELD CA.,

Mileage: 85,000

BOUGHT CAR FROM TOW YARD, FOR 500 BUCKS, HE GAVE ME PAPERS AND I SMOGGED AND TOOK TO DMV, WHERE I THEN PAID FEES AND THE ISSUED ME PAPERS AND NEW PINK SLIP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LOCATOR BEACON HAD BEEN INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 HONDA ACCORD. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S RPMS LOWERED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN IGNITION OUTPUT SIGNAL MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 215,000.

Mileage: 215,000

CAR WAS DIFFICULT TO START TWICE. I THOUGHT NOTHING OF THE ISSUE. DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN MAY 2010 AND THE ENTIRE CAR WENT DEAD. NO POWER TO THE ENGINE OR ANY ACCESSORIES. LUCKILY I WAS NOT IN TRAFFIC OR ELSE THE SITUATION COULD HAVE ENDED MUCH DIFFERENTLY WITH A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. I COASTED TO A STOP AND WIGGLED THE KEY, AND LIMPED IT HOME WITH THE HAZARD LIGHTS ON. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND TRACED THE ISSUE TO A DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH. I ORDERED A BECKARNLEY #201-1807 SWITCH TO REPLACE THE OLD ONE. THE OLD SWITCH WAS CLEARLY WORN AND HAD BURN MARKS ON THE METAL, THUS CAUSING THE LACK OF CONDUCTION IN THE IGNITION SYSTEM. THE CAR IS RUNNING PERFECTLY NOW. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT IS FOR OTHER MODEL YEARS OF THE SAME MODEL (HONDA ACCORD). *TR

Mileage: 194,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 1994 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY SHOULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE UNLESS THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR WAS IN PARK. ON JULY 5, 2010, THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE WHEN THE KEY CAME OUT OF THE IGNITION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY INTO A DITCH NEAR HIS NEIGHBORS RESIDENCE. THE WHEELS WERE STRADDLED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DITCH. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE POLICE WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 122,000. UPDATED 09/15/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/16/10

Mileage: 122,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONSUMER STATED THE KEYS WOULD COME OUT OF THE IGNITION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND IN PARK OR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND PLACED IN NEUTRAL AND ONLY COMES OUT WHEN HE TURNED THE KEY ON THE STEERING COLUMN TO THE LOCK POSITION. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THIS FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO SHOP FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND WAS PLACED IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THAT THE KEY RELEASED OUT OF THE IGNITION AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY. THE VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 170,000. UPDATED 7/9/09 *CN UPDATED 07/17/09.*JB

Mileage: 170,000

THE CAR LOST POWER WHILE I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT. I THOUGHT IT HAD STALLED, AND IT TOOK ME A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO GET IT RESTARTED. WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE CAR LOST POWER WHILE I WAS DRIVING. AGAIN, I THOUGHT IT HAD STALLED, BUT I THOUGHT IT ODD THE CAR WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS AROUND 45 MPH. I HAD TO COAST ON THE MOMENTUM OF THE SPEED THE CAR WAS TRAVELING BEFORE IT LOST POWER. I HAD TO MANEUVER ACROSS 2 LANES OF BUSY AND FAST-MOVING TRAFFIC AND BARELY MADE IT TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER BEFORE THE CAR STOPPED. I FEEL I ONLY MADE IT OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP BEHIND ME REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG, AND HE STRADDLED THE LANES OF TRAFFIC BEHIND ME, FORCING TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN SO I COULD GET THROUGH. I FEEL A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED HAD THIS DRIVER NOT DONE WHAT HE DID. AGAIN, IT TOOK ME A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO RESTART IT. I MADE IT HOME FINE, AND WE TOOK IT TO OUR MECHANIC, WHO SEARCHED THE ENGINE, TUNED UP THE CAR, BUT FOUND NO REASON WHY IT WOULD HAVE STALLED. WHEN I DROVE IT AGAIN, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN, THIS TIME WHEN I WAS WAITING TO TURN LEFT INTO MY HOME DRIVEWAY. I SWITCHED MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON, BUT I'M NOT SURE THE LIGHTS ACTUALLY TURNED ON, BECAUSE IT TOOK THE DRIVERS BEHIND ME SOME TIME TO REALIZE THAT I WASN'T GOING TO BE TURNING LEFT AFTER TRAFFIC CLEARED. THIS TIME, I NOTICED THAT ALL POWER TO THE DASHBOARD INDICATORS WAS GONE, AND THAT THE CAR HAD NOT ACTUALLY STALLED AS I HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THE FIRST TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. A RETURN TRIP TO THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE ENTIRE IGNITION CONTROL UNIT AND THE IGNITION COIL WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, AND HE REPLACED IT. THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SINCE THE MODULE WAS REPLACED, AND IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS. WE HAD THE RECURRENT PROBLEMS IN THE 2 WEEKS LEADING UP TO WHEN WE HAD THE IGNITION CONTROL UNIT AND IGNITION COIL REPLACED ON 9/22/06. *NM

IM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, AND THE CAR JUST STALLS. I HAD TO USE TWO HANDS TO GET HER OFF THE ROAD,BECAUSE OF NO STEERING, AND TRY TO START HER AGAIN. SHE WILL TURN OVER BUT WONT START. HAD TO HAVE HER TOWED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK. HAD BATTERY,ALTERNATOR,AND ALL CONNECTIONS CHECKED,NOTHING. NOW ITS AT THE DEALER AND IM SURE THEY ARE GOING TO SOCK IT TO ME!THEY CLAIM THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY VIN ,BUT WHY DID I SEE ON THE INTERNET LOTS OF STORIES OF THE SAME PROBLEM,AND WAS CONSIDERED ON THE RECALL? I AM A WOMEN AND THANK GOD MY SON WAS NOT IN THE CAR!IT WAS VERY SCARY! PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOD BLESS, MICHELLE DAVIS. *NM

Mileage: 118,300

FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH ON HONDA ACCORD 1994 EX SEDAN. WHILE DRVING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE JUST QUITS. THERE IS NO STUTTERING, STALLING, OR ENGINE MISFIRES, IT QUIETLY JUST QUITS.WHEN YOU FINALLY COAST TO A STOP AND TRY TO RE-START, IT IMMEDIATELY RE-STARTS AND RUNS OKAY.WHEN THE KEY IS TURNED TO 'START', THE ENGINE DID START BUT AS SOON AS YOU RELEASED THE KEY TO SPRING BACK TO THE 'RUN' POSITION, THE ENGINE WOULD QUIT. EVENTUALLY, IT WOULD STAY RUNNING BUT IT QUIT REGUARLY AFTER THAT. I AM GOING TO REPALCE THE PART BY TOMARROW BECUASE THIS IS SERIOUS . THE CAR STOPPED IN THE HIGHWAY , THE STERING WHEEL STOP BECAUSE IT IS HYDRAULIC AND ABS BRAKE STOPED WORKING.

WHILE DRVING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE JUST QUITS. THERE IS NO STUTTERING, STALLING, OR ENGINE MISFIRES, IT QUIETLY JUST QUITS. THE RADIO, HEATER FAN, AND BRAKE LIGHTS STILL WORK. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN MORNING TRAFFIC GOING 70MPH AND THE TACHOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER WENT TO ZERO AND THE ENGINE QUITE. A SECOND LATER THE ENGINE RESTARTS. THIS HAPPENED TWICE ON THE FREEWAY. I ALSO HAVE TROUBLE RUNNING THE CAR. IT WILL START BUT NOT RUN. TO HAVE THE ENGINE CONTINUE TO RUN THE KEY NEEDS TO BE FORCED FORWARD. I NEEDED TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED AND THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO START MY CAR AND TOLD ME HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES IN HONDA'S AND ACURA'S. HE SAID THE IGNITION SWITCH IS FAULTY.*AK

Mileage: 147,000

MY 1994 HONDA ACCORD HAS THE SAFETY DEFECT PRESENT IN 1998 HONDA ACCORDS (REFER TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 02V120000). I WAS AWARE OF THE DEFECT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO BUT DIDN'T REALIZE THE ACCIDENT POTENTIAL UNTIL SEEING AN ARTICLE IN FEBRUARY 2004 CONSUMER REPORTS (PAGE 11). I BELIEVE A RECALL AND DEALER REPAIR MIGHT SAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR LOSS OF LIFE. *JB

Mileage: 83,975

ON TWO OCCASSIONS ( APRIL AND JUNE 2003) MY 1994 HONDA ACCORD EX ROLLED BACKWARDS FROM MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER SECOND EVENT VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE KEY LOCK CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE LETTING KEY RELEASE IN ANY POSITION. THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. EACH TIME THER WAS PROPERTY DAMAGE ALL WELL AS COST TO CURE THE DEFECT.

Mileage: 146,400

ON TWO OCCASSIONS ( APRIL AND JUNE 2003) MY 1994 HONDA ACCORD EX ROLLED BACKWARDS FROM MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER SECOND EVENT VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE KEY LOCK CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE LETTING KEY RELEASE IN ANY POSITION. THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. EACH TIME THER WAS PROPERTY DAMAGE ALL WELL AS COST TO CURE THE DEFECT.

Mileage: 146,400

ON TWO OCCASSIONS ( APRIL AND JUNE 2003) MY 1994 HONDA ACCORD EX ROLLED BACKWARDS FROM MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER SECOND EVENT VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE KEY LOCK CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE LETTING KEY RELEASE IN ANY POSITION. THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. EACH TIME THER WAS PROPERTY DAMAGE ALL WELL AS COST TO CURE THE DEFECT.

Mileage: 146,400

ON TWO OCCASSIONS ( APRIL AND JUNE 2003) MY 1994 HONDA ACCORD EX ROLLED BACKWARDS FROM MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER SECOND EVENT VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE KEY LOCK CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE LETTING KEY RELEASE IN ANY POSITION. THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. EACH TIME THER WAS PROPERTY DAMAGE ALL WELL AS COST TO CURE THE DEFECT.

Mileage: 146,400

I OWN A 1994 HONDA ACCORD. OVER THE PAST MONTH, WHILE DRIVING, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD FAIL - ALMOST AS IF THE ENGINE HAD BEEN SHUT OFF. OVER TIME THE SYMPTOMS BECAME MORE FREQUENCY AND THE ENGINE WOULD ALSO SWITCH OFF. THIS FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE'S ACCESSORIES INCLUDING POWER STEERING TO STOP FUNCTIONING AND ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. I LATER LEARNED THAT THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH WHICH THOUGH KNOWN TO AFFECT MANY HONDA ACCORDS DOES NOT COVER THE 1994 MODEL YEAR. REPLACEMENT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH, AT MY EXPENSE, HAS REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. *NLM

Mileage: 119,200

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR PER INVOICE, INTERMITTENT/NO START CONDITION OR STALLING. REPLACED-IGNITION SWITCH. *SCC

PROBLEMS STARTING UP VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH IN HIGH SPEED LANE, LOST ALL POWER TO CAR--HAD TO BE TOWED, DISTRIBUTOR AT FAULT--COST $682 TO REPAIR. SINCE LEARNED THIS IS THE ACHILLES HEEL OF HONDAS--NOT TOO HAPPY TO BE IN HIGH SPEED LANE AND LOSE ALL POWER--DANGEROUS.*AK

WHILE INTERSTATE DRIVING, CAR (ENGINE) SUDDENLY SHUTS DOWN . NOTICED RPM DROPS TO 0 AT THE INSTANT OF THE SHUTDOWN. LOST STEERING CAPABILITY (STEERING WHEEL HARD TO TURN IN ANY DIRECTION), LOST ACCELERATION POWER. HAD TO DRIFT OFF TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY. LUCKILY NO TRAFFIC IMMEDIATELY BEHIND. CAR TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER DETERMINED IGNITOR COIL, IGNITOR U AND ENGINE OIL SEAL ALL FAILED. LOST ALL OIL FROM ENGINE. DEALER REPLACED COIL IGNITOR, IGNITOR U, T-BELTS, OIL SEALS, WATER PUMP, COOLANT AND RUBBER, ACCORDING TO PARTS LISTING ON INVOICE. DAMAGE AMOUNTED TO $837.33. HONDA NOW RECALLING AND REPAIRING OIL SEAL BUT WILL NOT REIMBURSE FOR WATER PUMP, EXTERIOR BELTS OR THE TWO IGNITION/IGNITOR PARTS REPLACED. THIS WAS A MAJOR FAILURE THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH ON THE INTERSTATE. IF HONDA RECOMMENDS REPLACEMENT OF A PART TO PREVENT FUTURE FAILURE AS IN THE CASE OF THE WATER PUMP, THEN HONDA SHOULD REIMBURSE FOR SAME. *AK

ELECTRICAL PART OF IGNITION FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, THEN RECOVERED; FINALLY FAILED PERMANENTLY. EACH FAILURE CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STOP, SEVERAL TIMES IN TRAFFIC. *AK

ON VACATION. DRIVING CAR ENGINE STOPPED. HAD TOWED. MECHANIC SAID IGNITOR IN DISTRIBUTOR WAS BAD, AND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL OF ALL 94 HONDAS TO REPLACE THIS PART. HE SAID IT WAS THE ORGINAL PART AND WAS NOT REPLACED. COST $424.00 TO BE REPAIRED.

CONSUMER TRIED TO START VEHICLE AND ALL LIGHTS CAME ON, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THERE WAS AN IGNITION PROBLEM. *AK

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STARTER FAILED ONCE, AND IT MADE STRANGE SOUND AND FAILED TO START FIRST TIME AND THEN AFTER COUPLE OF TIMES IT STARTED. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES BEFORE THE STARTER DIED. I GOT IT REPLACE FROM DEALER WITH ORIGINAL PART. AFTER AN YEAR OR SO LOOKS TO BE I AM IN TROUBLE AGAIN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO FRONT RIGHT POWER WINDOW RATTLES AND DEALER MENTIONED IT NEEDS REGULATOR ($330). NUMEROUS TIMES THE OVERHEAD LIGHT IN THE CAR FAILS. I AM NOT SURE IS THERE ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM IN THE CAR ITSELF OR I AM UNLUCKY TO HAVE ALL. *AK

OIL LEAK AT DISTRIBUROR. DEALER SAYS DISTRIBUTOR IS COVERED IN OIL AND WILL FAIL. NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THERE CURRENTLY IS A RECALL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM FOR 1990 THROUGH 1993 MODELS.

WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH THE RPM METER SUDDENLY DROPPED TO ZERO, CAUSING TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. DEALER STATED THAT A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITHIN THE COILS/ROTORS AND WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH THE RPM METER SUDDENLY DROPPED TO ZERO, CAUSING TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. DEALER STATED THAT A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITHIN THE COILS/ROTORS AND WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH THE RPM METER SUDDENLY DROPPED TO ZERO, CAUSING TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. DEALER STATED THAT A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITHIN THE COILS/ROTORS AND WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE ELECTRICAL LINES UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE FROM THE CENTER TO THE REAR/MUFFLER/HUBS WERE CORRODED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED WHICH CAUSED NOISE AND DIFFICULTY DRIVING. MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. OWNER TOUCHED THE LINES IN THE COLD WEATHER, AND THE LINES BROKE IN HIS HANDS *AK *ML

STARTER FAILED.

OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR ELECTRO LOCK, CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE RECALL. PLEASE DESCRIBE.*AK

TWO HOURS AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. SUSPECTED TO HAVE ORIGINATED WITH THE IGNITION. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, FIRE DEPT. SAID POSSIBLE DUE TO ELECTRICAL SHORT THAT START IN. TT

HORN PERFORMS POORLY IN EMERGENCY SITUTATION DUE TO ITS DESIGN AND LOCATION. TT