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There were 2 recalls on the 99 accords that had to do with the ignition, one was the actual ignition, and the other was an electrical issue. I only did the ignition change, and the stalling problem was gone, but I was left stranded once because the car would start at all. The engine would turn but not catch. So, when I contacted Honda they realized that there was another recall (the electrical issue) that hadn't been done on my car, so that was the cause of my starting problem. Well, I didn't stick around to let them experiment, so I traded it in for a new car!
But, try to find if there were recalls for the ignition for the 2000 accords as well. I'm sorry I wasn't much help, but I now how frustrating this must be for you!
If you want to be safe have a mechanic who is familiar with honda belts to check it takes 15 min to take the valve cover off and top timing cover check the teeth and play
If you do the belt honda has a recall on the front balance shaft seal . It's a clamp or clip that holds the seal from popping out cost less than 5 bucks if they don't give it to you [very important weather you keep the car or not] although I can't figure out why you would want to sell it
I'm about to retire my old, old Accord ('87 LXi hatchback, 200,000+ miles). One of this beast's main jobs was hauling our (sea) kayaks from home to water and back. I use a Yakima rack (w/ the extender for more room between the crossbars). The boats ride in saddles (hull-side down), rather than on their sides. I use Yakima tie-downs front and rear on both boats.
Enough background ...
A wagon or car-based SUV would be ideal in many ways for this and similar uses, but the prices in comparison to the Accord just put me off. For instance, compare an Accord EX-V6 sedan to a Passat GLX-V6 wagon, and you'll get the idea (and a Subura is out, as I'm too tall for the interior arrangement).
So, to my real question ...
Would anyone care to share their experience with using Yakima (or Thule) roof racks on '03 / '04 Accord sedans?
The door seal seems to be pretty tight for the rack tower clips to fit w/o causing seal integrity (and eventual replacement) problems. Also, the position on the roof where the tower bottoms would likely sit looks to be a good bit inboard from the door top edges, making for a rather awkward angle for the clips to sit at.
FWIW, I normally leave the rack towers and crossbars on the roof from mid-Spring to mid-Fall. I may remove the kayak saddles to exchange them for my bike carriers. But the rack itself stays put.
Am I asking for trouble in doing this with the latest style Accord sedans? Ideally using a wagon with factory roof rack, plus Yakima accessories added to it (as I've set up on a relative's Outback) would be the more obvious approach, but it just doesn't appear to be in the cards. So, help me out and share your experience / advice.
Thanks for reading through the ramble :-)
The dealer did nothing with my noisy metal rubbing brake. It's even worse now. I hear the brakes work each and every time I step on it and the metallic rub happens more frequently than before. Yet, it's considered to be normal.
The clunky ABS self check is still clunking.
I have no choice but to live with a noisy car.
Asafonov, thanks for the service bulletin. I'll be sure to take it in with me next time I visit the dealer.
Good luck!
Have a shop do a "carbon blast" treatment on it. They will run strong solvents through the intake system.
Rislone works well too. You might buy a can of Rislone concentrate. Put it in the oil and take the car out for a HARD run. Don't be timid when you do this. Keep it in a lower gear and run it close to redline on the tach for a good ten minutes. I wouldn't have believed it, but Rislone really gets the job done!
I can never be absolutely sure that such a chunk of carbon was the culprit, but after a high RPM blast on my '91 Accord with a similar history to yours, I had a rewarding puff of smoke showing carbon burning, then the agony of the engine running so roughly that I barely made it to the repair shop. Good luck.
In the old days, mechanics used a spray bottle of water. Talk about scary! It did work very well at knocking the carbon out. A little too much water could shatter a piston.
We got the message ad nauseum!
The cars that carbon up are the cars that never get driven hard. Grandma putts around town and the tach neve hits more than 2000 RPM.
Point being, as any car ages and parts begin to wear and tire, some flushes, blasts and other approaches that work wonderfully with newer cars can sometimes have unforseen consequences with older cars. As Isell and greg alluded, some approaches to getting rid of carbon can be dangerous! Turns out that my car had more carbon than I suspected and I MIGHT have caused a problem by using my approach.
hydrogen sulfide check the catalytic converter I have an 03 Accord Ex-L i complained under warranty and was told to change gas I did change to Exxon from Coastal made no difference. At 8000 they put on a new catalytic converter and the problem went away for the most part 95% On the other hand it could something in car like a dead animal or you hit a skunk or something or bad upholstery
Shouldn't the CEL come on if something is wrong with the cat?
I am curious if your 89 still has the original cat.
Mine does.
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Just got my 04 accord v6 this weekend; was hoping I would not be posting to this board so soon, but oh well. I have been noticing a clunking "feel" when turning the steering wheel for the first time after the car has been sitting for at least a couple of hours. It's not a loud noise, it almost feels as if I drove over a small pothole or something like that. I believe it is originating from the front passenger's side, not positive about that though.
Any ideas? It only happens the first time I make a turn, but will reproduce if the car has been sitting for a few hours.
Wanted to be more informed before I get a dealer to take a look...
Thanks
As with many low-to-mid-priced cars, a larger engine is considered a luxury/tradeup item, just as are power seats, particularly on the passenger side. It's not that the two features have any specific dependencies or affinities, other than being features that most people, if they're looking to keep the price down, are willing to do without. And that people who decide to trade up would expect to find.
For the record, I agree that it would make sense for Honda to offer a 4-cyl model that provides most or all of the same features that the top line V6 model offers. But I certainly understand the rationale behind the accessories offered with different models, since the Accord has to span market segments from inexpensive affordable mid-sized sedan to entry-level luxury sedan. And I appreciate the efficiencies in their accessory packaging (vs. many individual options, a much more costly approach) that allows them to sell an Accord for less than a comparable Camry, Passat or Altima.
BTW, getting 6-way passenger power seats would have been difficult with the Accord, since NO current model offers them. The only power passenger seat available on the Accord is a 4-way, which doesn't add any adjustment options over the manual seat. It just adds power to the standard manual adjustments (seat fore/aft adjustment, seatback recline). For this reason, even though my Accord has it, I find little benefit in having the passenger side power seat. If they included height adjustment, that would be a different story.
And one more "for the record"... I'm on my second V6 Accord, and the engines have been outstanding. No problems with them whatsoever. And the cars are a blast to drive with all of that power.
I just feel fortunate that Honda still offers a manual transmission on their Accords, too bad not on V6 Sedan. I personally would not consider any vehicle with an automatic transmission.
A few years ago, some people were complaining they could hear the gas slosh around in Odysseys.
One quiet night, I was riding in the back of an Odyssey, and, sure enough, I heard it. To me, it wasn't a big deal. Nothing to get worked up about bt to others, this was a "problem".
No car is perfect, not even Hondas. People with problems, real or not tend to seek help in these forums.
As far as leather seating. It's real leather, but only on the actual seating areas and the seat backs. The rest is a good grade of vinyl that matches so well, it's hard to tell the difference.
If you hear someone say their interior is "all leather" they are mistaken.
The habit carries to the 03 Accord. The other day, I didn't pump the brake pedal on the 03 and pulled out the drive way I heard a clunking noise.
So if anyone experiences this clunking noise, try to pump the brake pedal a few times before pulling out of the drive way. If you don't hear the noise when you pull out of the drive way, then you know it's the ABS doing its testing as the others have thought.
It's just an idea.
Thanks you,
Rod Hoeks
I am experiencing sudden loss of power in the first couple of miles after starting the car. Doesn't happen every time I start the car, only most. This happens when I'm accelerating or just driving along. It feels like the engine gets stuck in a low rpm state. Pumping the clutch brings back full power for a split second before it loses power again. This lasts for about a minute. When this happens, switching to neutral and depressing the gas pedal all the way shows the tachometer stuck at like 2k or 3k rpm. It always goes away after a minute or so but it's a really bothersome problem.
I put a bottle of fuel system cleaner into the gas tank a couple of weeks ago. It seemed like it solved the problem but it came back in a few days. Any ideas?
Thanks,
enjoy
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Well, I think I have identified the real source of my problem. The other day I happened to turn on the air conditioner, to clear a foggy windshield (it was raining). The car make the most incredible high-pitched squealing sound and began to strain. I shut the A/C off immediately, and the problem stopped. I then waited a while, turned the A/C back on, and bingo! same problem.
I have an appointment at the dealer on Tuesday (May 11) to diagnose and fix the problem. But in the meantime, has anyone heard of (or experienced) this problem before? What is the cause, and what's going on?