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Thanks,
Deborah
Now at 2200 miles, I can feel the brake pedal very slowly move forward about 1/2 inch when stopped at a light. Then the pedal will pressurize and push back against my foot. This goes back and forth until I take my foot off the brake.
The guy at the Honda dealer told me this may be considered normal as the engine is pulling on the booster and the booster is connected to the brake pedal.
I've spoken to other people and they say it's the master cylinder.
I'm taking another trip to the service dept. Thursday and I'd like to be a little more knowledgable on how to deal with the service dept.
Does anyone have any experience with American Honda? I called them about 3 weeks ago and got a phone call from the case manager yesterday and he was quite rude, condescending, and confrontational with me on the phone. Now, I'm having difficulty at the dealership with the General Manager not speaking with me and the American Honda case manager being a jerk.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Sometime I feel the same thing too on my 03EXV6, but it does not go back and forth.
Does anyone's transmission shift smoothly up and down.
Have you ever been told that you can not come on Saturdays to fix major problems?
Has a dealer ever tell you they can not fix rattles if its raining?
Does anyone else's seat move forward and then back again when braking hard? They told me that's normal.
One other interesting issue:
On the Honda website it states that the rear defroster has a timer.
Mine does not turn off until I turn it off or shut down the car.
Corp Honda guy said that my ACCORD EX V6 2004 does not have a timer on the rear defroster.
So do I or don't I?
Does anyone's defroster turn off after a certain amount of time? Please let me know because I think they are lying to me. I never herd of a car not having this.
Anyway Honda is horrible at costumer service. I don't know how they are considered great cars. And I will never ever buy another HONDA or Acura again.
Thanks for your responses!
Can anyone clarify? Also, is this an interference or non-interference engine?
Thanks!
--K9Leader
2000 Subaru Outback
1998 Toyota Sienna
1994 Lincoln Mark VIII
The noise is not real loud, but loud enough to be a bother. It's definitely not wind noise.
Does anyone have this problem?
Does anyone hear this sound when starting the car?
As to your rattles you might try cleaning out the trunk, and I mean everything thing especially the spare and jack and what ever else is not nailed down. empty out the glove compartment and center console and then go for a drive and see if the rattles go away. If so then its something you took out otherwise could be exhaust system or suspension.
I thought I had a rattle deep in the dashboard but it turned out to be the cover for the CD holder. When opened no rattle when closed the door rattled. I took a business card and wedged it between the side of the dash and the CD door and the rattle/buzz is gone. Hope this helped. I traded an AUDI A4 on the Accord with no regrets and 10 grand more in my pocket.
When I hear this sound, it takes longer (longer than it already is) to start the car.
Change brands if there's a perceived loss of engine performance. Worked long enough in the oil business to know that there are many variables affecting the final quality of pump gas.
In fact, good gas at one outlet may not be true the following week. Fuel retailers could have more than one wholesale vendor who, in turn, may buy from various refiners.
Between the MB refinery and the MB gas pump on Main St. are 3rd parties in the supply chain, namely the a) barge companies and b) overland carriers.
Inadvertent and deliberate fuel dilution could occur at any of the 2 stages, from improper container condition to kerosone spiking.
An MB convenience store would probably be under greater pressure to maintain its quality reputation, but its uncontrollables are of the same magnitude as the Walmart and Costco stores.
Thus the advice not to be brand- or location-loyal.
PS Additives are put in at the refinery holding tanks, which serve both MB and off-brand channels (single-quality inventory is more economical to the refiner).
They specifically mentioned or a caller mentioned Speedway which is a subsidiary of a major brand which has facilites in Ohio as having had a bad bunch of gas in the Louisville area.
Re additives: A manager at a department store gas station here told me that the additives dumped into each tanker for delivery were the same for regular and plus. He pulled out delivery sheets to see and the same additives had been added to the tankers at the origination tank farm. That implied to me that certain additives may be in the large storage tanks but specific additives are put in before transport to the local station.
The program is Car Guys on wkrc 550 Cincinnati. I believe it can be heard on the Web site early Saturday afternoons.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Honda is digging themselves in deeper and deeper. i just did a search on brake issues on the NHTSA website....they are in some serious trouble with this stuff. i guess they know it since they have been instructed to not give out the name of the person ultimately responsible.
does anyone happen to have that info? if so, could you give it to me?
Thanks!
My wife came home on Friday with chipped up rim-she hit a curb, and wants me to replace it with a new one($180.00 ea.).
I live in Connecticut- so anyone from this here please direct me to a good wheel refurbisher.
i think that knob is right by the other knob that adjusts trip odometer setting.
if i am wrong about all this, please correct.
I have just joined Edmunds.com officially and wanted to thank you folks for making it what it is. Originally I was looking to purchase a Kia Sorento... yeah, I know! All of the issues other drivers were experiencing with their Kia's appeared in the one my friend rented. So that was the end of that! Looking on the Accord threads I felt a little more comfortable with a Honda. So here I am, with a new (new for me!) 2003 Accord. I got it in March 04 with 12,000 Km's on it (7450 miles) and a new car smell still. It's a 5 speed 4 door base model I4 with a supped up stereo (two 15" JBL subs and Alpines in the doors/rear deck) plus a spoiler... that's it. Oh and I have just put in a two way Compustar alarm. Rims are next
Since March 04 I have driven to LA and back to Vancouver Canada (5,000 km's) once and seem to average about 1,000 km's per week (I work 15 min from my house and sit @ a desk all day long?!) so I can safely say I drive it a lot
At the rate I am driving my warranty will expire in 10 weeks. So that brings me to the point of this long ramble...
I have a few issues with the car:
-A sulpher smell **I have seen the posts and am not worried about it** (or should I be?!)
-Squeaky front brakes while driving and braking (a little help on this one please! Is there a TSB on them?! They are making me nuts)
-A/C that is not cold. **I can hear the compressor kick in when it's "ON" but no change in temp. There is coolant and it's the right pressure. I'm totally lost?! **
Please please help if you can. I hate dealing with shops and would like to do it myself if there is a quick fix. If not, at least I will know if they are pulling my chain :P
Many thanks for reading all this.
luvmyaccord5sp> -A sulpher smell **I have seen the posts
luvmyaccord5sp> and am not worried about it** (or should I be?!)
I don't know if this is your problem but here is a TSB that seems to address it.
TSB-03-091
Sulfur Smell in the Interior
SYMPTOM
Sulfur smell in the interior (smells like rotten eggs.)
PROBABLE CAUSE
Unsealed body seams are allowing a sulfur smell to
enter the interior.
CORRECTIVE ACTION
Replace the catalytic converter, seal the body seams,
and install flap seals:
2003 Accord V6-ALL
Replace the catalytic converter only:
2003–04 Accord L4 - ALL (except vehicles
equipped with Mass Air Flow Sensor).
2004 Accord V6 - ALL
luvmyaccord5sp> -Squeaky front brakes while driving and braking
luvmyaccord5sp> (a little help on this one please! Is there a TSB
luvmyaccord5sp> on them?! They are making me nuts)
Same goes for this one:
TSB-03-69
Front Brake Noise or Judder
SYMPTOM
Front brake noise or judder while braking.
PROBABLE CAUSE
The front brake pads have caused a variation in brake
disc thickness.
CORRECTIVE ACTION
Refinish the front brake discs, and install new front
brake pads.
VEHICLES AFFECTED
2003 Accord 2-door:
L4 – From VIN 1HGCM7...3A000001
thru 1HGCM7...3A027433
V6 (A/T only) – From VIN1HGCM8...3A000001
thru 1HGCM8...3A036251
2003 Accord 4-door:
L4
Ohio-built – From VIN 1HGCM5...3A000001
thru 1HGCM5...3A101162
Japan-built – From VIN JHMCM5...3C000001
thru JHMCM5...3C081070
Mexico-built (VIN begins with 3HG) – ALL
V6 – From VIN 1HGCM6...3A000001
thru 1HGCM6...3A101604
i have tried Eagle 1 leather cleaner - the stains wouldn't come off. anyone recommend anything else? i want to take the black leather stains off, without taking the stain out of the beige leather as well.
Thanks!
Do you have AUTO mode on? If yes, turn it off and crank down the temperature settings and see if it's getting colder.
Those sound like them! I am just checking with the local shop and will get the work done. Thanks for the help and i'll post once all is well (cross'n my fingers here).
Chucko3,
I have a standard A/C system with only ON/OFF +fan/temp control. but no luck with getting any cold outa the darn thing.
I'm so sorry but I had the same noise. I was told by dealer that I have a defective transmission and they replaced it. Now it does not shift smoothly like it used too. Probably you got the same thing.
Hopefully it's something the service dept can figure out and fix quickly.
I have 70k miles on the car, and it's the first time I'm changing the pads (front only) I do mostly highway driving, and can't imagine, on the first set of pads my rotors are already below the service limit. Can someone look this up for me, or point me to the right place? Thanks very much!!!
- Mike
On a different note: Where can I find TSB's on the Accord? I would like to save time for everyone by looking for them myself.
I recently observed the same xact problem on my Honda Accrd EX 96 model, where the ABS light glows on continuously when
I start the engine. The problem started last week, where the first few
times when I started the engine, there was a cranking sound and now,
ther is no sound but nly theabs light glwing whenever I satrt the car.
What are the reasons for this. The dealer said that they have to
diagnoise the problem and it csts around $120 flr diagnostics.
Any ideas, hints?
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#7428 of 7634 95 accord ABS by kunk Apr 22, 2004 (1:17 pm)
When I start my 95 accord up I hear a weird whiny/griding noise that I believe to be comming from the ABS unit. This noise continues for 30 secs. to a minute after starting my car. Then the ABS light goes on and the noise stops. Any Ideas?
I recently observed the same xact problem on my Honda Accrd EX 96 model, where the ABS light glows on continuously when
I start the engine. The problem started last week, where the first few
times when I started the engine, there was a cranking sound and now,
ther is no sound but nly theabs light glwing whenever I satrt the car.
What are the reasons for this. The dealer said that they have to
diagnoise the problem and it csts around $120 flr diagnostics.
Any ideas, hints?
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#7428 of 7634 95 accord ABS by kunk Apr 22, 2004 (1:17 pm)
When I start my 95 accord up I hear a weird whiny/griding noise that I believe to be comming from the ABS unit. This noise continues for 30 secs. to a minute after starting my car. Then the ABS light goes on and the noise stops. Any Ideas?