1994 Honda Accord

WE PURCHASED OUR 1994 HONDA ACCORD WAGON NEW ON 4/10/94 FROM HONDA OF HAYWARD IN CALIFORNIA. AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OR SO MY WIFE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES FELT DIFFERENT BUT COULD NOT SPECIFICALLY STATE WHY. ON 7/19/96 WE BROUGHT OUR CAR INTO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE REAR BRAKES WERE SQUEALING. WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE WORN OUT AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. I QUESTIONED THAT THE REAR BRAKES WOULD WEAR OUT AFTER 18261 MILES AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. I WAS CHARGED $129.08 FOR THIS WORK. ON 11/26/97 WE NEEDED TO HAVE OUR HONDA SERVICED DUE TO A FAILED CAM BEARING SEAL. WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING SERVICED WE TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER JIM MCLAUGHLIN THAT THE BRAKES FELT STRANGE IN THAT THEY PULSED AND THE ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN THE CAR WAS DRIVEN ON TRIPS OF 100 MILES OR SO BUT WOULD GO OUT WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. WE WERE AGAIN TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY FOR THIS MODEL OF CAR. (WE WERE ALSO CHARGED BY THE DEALER FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SEAL AND HAD TO APPLY FOR A REFUND SEVERAL YEARS LATER WHEN THE SAFETY RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED) ON 11/17/98 I HAD TO HAVE BOTH THE FRONT AND THE REAR BRAKES REPLACED WITH THE ODOMETER READING 36198. THIS COST $166.49. ON 5/1/02 WE HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED AGAIN WITH 66246 MILES ON THE CAR. ALL DURING THIS TIME WE CONTINUED TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THIS COST $289.21 FOR THE REPAIRS. FINALLY ON 9/13/03 WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MIDAS FACILITY WHERE I EXPLAINED TO THE MANAGER WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HE CHECKED THE CAR AND THEN SHOWED ME THE SERVICE BULLETINS THAT WERE ON HIS COMPUTER FOR 94 ACCORDS WITH VIN NO'S STARTING WITH 1HGC. THE DEFECTIVE ACCUMULATOR WAS REPLACED ($1182.54). AFTER COMPLETING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ACCUMULATOR WE DROVE THE CAR AND NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL FADING INTO THE FLOOR AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

PROBLEMS WITH ABS SYSTEM AND AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR.*MR THE ABS FAILED WITH LESS THAN 80000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT IT WAS NOT REQUIRED FOR SAFE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER MOVED TO VIRGINIA, AND NOW THE VEHICLE WON'T PASS INSPECTION UNLESS THE ABS LIGHT IS OFF. THE A/C COMPRESSOR ALSO FAILED WITHIN THE FIRST THREE YEARS. *NLM

ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH FRONT DISC ROTORS. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ROTORS WARPED AND HAD TO BE TURNED SEVERAL TIMES. REPLACED AT 125000 MILES (2002) WITH HONDA PARTS AND THE NEW ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED AFTER 2000 MILES. NOW ABOUT 6000 MILES LATER THEY ARE BADLY WARPED AGAIN. STOPPING DISTANCE IS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED WHEN THE ROTORS ARE THIS BADLY WARPED. *JB