2000 Honda Accord Seats Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER FRONT SEAT FRACTURED AND COLLAPSED BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

SEAT WELDING LIKE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LISTED DID NOT HOLD UP. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I HEARD A NOISE AND MY SEAT FELL BACK. I ALMOST CRASHED WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GRAB THE TOP HANDLE NEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW AND PULL MYSELF BACK UP IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. CLEARLY THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT IS A FREAK ACCIDENT. THE PARTS CLEARLY HAVE NOT BEEN WELDED PROPERLY AND IT IS AMAZING THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT BY THIS. HONDA SHOULD OFFER TO FIX EVERY ONE OF THESE SEATS. THE FACT THAT A DRIVERS SEAT WELD COULD FAIL IN THE MIST OF JUST SITTING AND DRIVING YOUR CAR IS SCARY.

AFTER GOING OVER A SMALL SHARP SPEED BUMP IN A PARKING LOT THE LEFT FRONT DRIVERS SEAT "L" BRACKET BROKE, ALLOWING THE SEAT TO TILT BACK AND FORTH AND THE SRS LIGHT TO CAME ON. A HONDA DEALER TOLD ME , IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED OR POSSIBLY WELDED. COSTS RANGED ($300-$400) FOR WELDING OR NEW SEAT BRACKET ($1300 - $1500). *TR

FRONT DRIVERS SEAT CAME LOOSE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO SUDDENLY LEAN BACK AS MY WIFE WAS BACKING OUT OF OUR GARAGE. IT COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS IF OUR DRIVEWAY WASN'T AS LONG AS IT IS. IT TOOK HER A WHILE TO READJUST HERSELF (SEAT WAS MOVING UNDER HER) TO GET HER FOOT BACK ON THE BRAKE PEDAL - WHEN THE SEAT REARED BACK. UPON INSPECTION, THE MOUNTING BRACKET THAT ATTACHES THE DRIVER SEAT ASSEMBLY ON THE LEFT FRONT CORNER HAS BROKEN WHERE THE BRACKET BENDS UP TO MOUNT TO THE SEAT ASSEMBLY. IT LOOKS LIKE METAL FATIGUE. IT IS AMAZING HOW THIN GAUGE METAL WAS USED FOR THE MOUNTING BRACKET? WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THE CAR ; THE CAR HAS BEEN VERY WELL CARED FOR AND HAS NOT ENDURED ANY HARD CONDITIONS OR ACCIDENTS. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND COULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE DISASTROUS HAS SHE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACTUAL ACCIDENT. IT SCARES ME TO THINK OF HOW MANY 2000 HONDA ACCORDS MAY BE OUT THERE WITH THE BRACKET THAT HAS METAL FATIGUE AND WILL NOT HOLD UP IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION. I NOTICED THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET (EXACTLY THE SAME THING OCCURRING) AND THERE WAS A PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION DONE IN 2003 ( # PE02072), I BELIEVE THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE RE-OPENED ASAP, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW MANY OLDER HONDA ACCORDS ARE STILL ON THE ROAD. THIS FAILURE LOOKS TO BE A GRADUAL IN NATURE AND APPEARS DIRECTLY RELATED TO METAL FATIGUE OF A THIN GAUGE METAL USED ON THE BRACKET. THE HIGH LEVERAGE FORCES CAUSED BY PASSENGERS PUSHING BACK ON THEIR SEAT BACK ( E.G., GETTING IN THE CAR, OR PULLING SOMETHING FROM THEIR POCKETS WHILE SITTING) WILL TAKE A TOLL ON THE THIN METAL BRACKET; EVENTUALLY THE BRACKET IT WILL FAIL AND MOST LIKELY AT A TIME WHEN THE INTEGRITY OF THE BRACKET IS NEEDED MOST (DURING AN ACCIDENT) FOR PASSENGER SAFETY. *TR

THE SERVICE MANAGER FOR CONCORD HONDA IN 2007 RECOMMENDED THAT I FIX A BROKEN WELD ON THE DRIVER SEAT FRAME BY HAVING IT RE-WELDED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAD ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER TO TAKE IT TO HONDA OF AMERICA TO HAVE THE SEAT REPLACED EVEN THOUGHT IT WAS PAST THE WARRANTY PERIOD BECAUSE THE WELD SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED WITHIN A SIX YEAR TIME PERIOD. THE WELD ON THE SEAT HAS BROKEN AGAIN AND THE CURRENT SERVICE MANAGER SAID THEY WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THE REPAIR BOTH BECAUSE THE WARRANTY HAS PASSED FOR A REPAIR, BUT ALSO HE WOULD NOT REPAIR THE SEAT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL SERVICE MANAGER SHOULD NOT HAVE RE-WELDED THE FRAME AS IT WOULD NOT BE SAFE TO DO SO. I CALLED HONDA OF AMERICA TO TALK TO THEM THIS TIME AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM IN THE 2006/2007 TIME FRAME, BUT THAT THE CAR WAS NOW TO OLD NOW FOR THEM TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. WHAT IS BOTHERING ME IS THAT THEY ADMIT THE SEATS WILL NOT STAY FIXED TO THE FRAME IN AN ACCIDENT. NOR DO THEY SEEM TO CARE ABOUT EARLY FAILURE OF THE WELDS AND THEM NOT HOLDING. I HAVE HAD A CAR THAT WAS 35 YEARS OLD AND THE WELDS WERE STILL IN PLACE. THANK YOU *TR

AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE FRONT SEAT CAME UN-WELDED ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO TILT BACK AND FORTH. DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX IT, IT NEEDED TO BE WELDED. AUTO REPAIR SAID THAT IT COULDN'T BE WELDED, I NEEDED AT LEAST A NEW SEAT FRAME ($300-$400) OR POSSIBLY A WHOLE NEW SEAT ($800-$900).*TR

2000 ACCORD SEDAN, BRACKET THAT ATTACHES DRIVER'S SEAT BOTTOM TO SEAT BASE FRACTURED AT LEFT FRONT WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPY RAILROAD CROSSING, CAUSING SEAT TO LURCH BACK, NEARLY RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. NOW, SEAT LURCHES BACK WITH EVERY ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. HONDA STATES THAT THERE IS NO RECALL OR WARRANTY ACTION AVAILABLE AND STATES THAT NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE02072 IS INAPPLICABLE AS THERE IS NO RECALL CODE FOR MY VIN IN THEIR INTERNAL SYSTEM. THEIR ONLY PROPOSED CORRECTION ACTION IS A $ 1,500 PLUS REPLACEMENT OF THE SEAT TRACK, AT MY EXPENSE. *TR

DRIVER SEAT WELDING HAS LOOSENED REQUIRING A REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE SEAT INCLUDING THE SEAT MOUNT. I WAS ADVISED THAT IT COULD NOT BE REWELDED BUT WOULD NEED THE ENTIRE SEAT INCLUDING THE SEAT MOUNT COMPLETELY REPLACED. MY VEHICLE FAILED SAFETY INSPECTION DUE TO THE SEAT COMING LOOSE THEREFORE A BRAKE TEST CANNOT BE COMPLETED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE WELD IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT FRACTURED, WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO MOVE EXCESSIVELY WITHOUT WARNING. THE RISK OF A SERIOUS CRASH OR INJURY WAS INCREASED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED WELDER, WHO WELDED THE SEAT TO ITS PROPER POSITION. MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW SEAT ASSEMBLY AT THE COST OF $800. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE DRIVER'S SEAT TRACK IS NOT BOLTED TO THE GROUND OR THE SEAT; THEREFORE, THE SEAT MOVES BACK AND FORTH UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRACKING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT WAS LOOSE ON THE FLOOR BASE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE SEAT ADJUSTOR BRACKET THAT ATTACHED THE SEAT TO THE SEAT BASE WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE WELDED BACK ONTO THE BASE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT WILL NOT LOCK INTO POSITION. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN THROWN FORWARD IN THE SEAT WHEN STOPPING ABRUPTLY WITH THE SEAT BELT TIGHTENING TO A SEVERELY UNCOMFORTABLE STATE. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALER ON 2 OCCASIONS - EACH TIME THEY REPORT THERE IS NO PROBLEM. *NM

THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT BROKE FROM TRACK AND CAUSED DRIVER TO MOVE FREELY EVEN WITH SEAT BELT ON. THIS OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 54K ON MY ACCORD. IT BROKE WHEN MY FATHER (200 LBS) REACHED IN HIS FRONT POCKET TO RETRIEVE HIS WALLET. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND THEY REMOVED SEAT AND HAD TO WELD SEAT BACK. I HAVE SEEN OTHER ACCORD OWNERS WITH SIMILAR SEAT MALFUNCTION AND THE POTENTIAL INJURY THIS COULD CAUSE IF IN A COLLISION TO DRIVER. THE SEAT SHOULD NOT BREAK SO EASILY AND WITH ONLY 54K ON VEHICLE EITHER. *NM

PASSENGER SEAT DOES NOT LOCK INTO PLACE CAUSING SEAT TO FLY FORWARD WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED TWICE. THEY REPLACED THE TRACK THE SEAT SLIDES ON. THE SEAT STILL SLIDES FORWARD, AND THEY SAID THIS IS JUST NORMAL. I AM CONSIDERING A LAWSUIT. *JB

THE VEHICLE IS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE DRIVERS POWER SEAT BRACKET HAS BROKE. THIS IS THE FRONT LEFT CORNER. THIS IS A POWER SEAT. I THINK THE WELD FAILED. I WILL TAKE IT TO A SHOP FOR REPAIR AND REINFORCEMENT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS CONDITION AND WOULD CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH IN A COLLISION. I THINK THIS IS A PART THAT SHOULD NEVER FAIL. INCIDENTALLY, I AM NOT OBESE. I WEIGH 215 POUNDS AND AM A 6 FT TALL MALE.

DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT CONTINUED TO FAIL. THE SEAT LINK SUPPORT WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT HAS FOR 3 YEARS FAILED TO LOCK INTO PLACE AFTER THE FRONT SEAT IS MOVED FORWARD TO ALLOW ACCESS IN THE BACKSEAT. MY WIFE WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT AND UPON A ABRUPT STOP HE SEAT ACCELERATED FORWARD AND SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. EVEN WITH A SEAT BELT ON THIS DANGEROUS DEFECT COULD NOT PREVENT BODILY INJURY TO MY WIFE. THE MANUFACTUER STATES THAT EVEN AFTER LOOKING AT THIS SEAT SEVERAL TIME, IT IS OPERATIONAL AS EXPECTED.*AK

THE CONSUMER ENTERED THE VEHICLE TO DISCOVER THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT HAD COME OFF THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONSUMER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIR. *JB

BROKEN WELD UNDER DRIVER SEAT PERMITTED THE SEAT TO "ROCK" BACKWARDS DURING ACCELERATION WITH POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL.*AK

THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK IS LOOSE AND IS GETTING WORSE. I AM CONCERNED THAT IT WON'T HOLD IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT. THIS WAS FIRST NOTICED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.*AK

THE BACK OF DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT FELL OFF APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AGO. A BOLT WAS TIGHTENED AND THE SEAT SEEMED OK, BUT THEN BECAME LOOSE. CAR WAS AT DEALER FOR REGULAR SERVICING A FEW MONTHS AGO AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL. LAST WEEK SEAT BACK BECAME VERY LOOSE AND WHEN CAR WAS IN FOR REGULAR SERVICE I ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT IT AND WAS TOLD BRACKET WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF APPROXIMATELY $800. AFTER MUCH PROTEST, DEALER CLAIMED THEY NEEDED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. LATER THAT DAY THEY AGREED TO REPLACE AT NO COST AS "GOOD WILL" GESTURE AND SCHEDULED REPAIR FOR NEXT DAY. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON BOTH THE ACCORD AND CIVIC AND THERE IS A NHTSA PENDING. REF ACTION # PE02072. I ALSO OWN A SATURN AND IT WAS RECALLED FOR A SIMILAR SEAT BRACKET PROBLEM . HONDA SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM WITH A RECALL. *JB

VEHICLE WAS IN A REAR END COLLISION. THE DRIVER/PASSENGER BACK SEAT RECLINED BACKWARD UPON IMPACT. THE REAR SEAT WAS NOT OCCUPIED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT SO NO ONE WAS HURT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. PH

LEFT DRIVER SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED AFTER BEING HIT FROM REAR. SUSTAINED INJURIES TO BACK, NECK AND KNEE. WOULD LIKE FOR THIS AGENCY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AS TO A FAULTY OTR SEAT MANUAL ADJUSTER. PART IS BELIEVED TO BE 81660-884-A01

AFTER BEING REAR ENDED, FRONT SEATS BROKE AND FELL BACKWARDS, LAYING ON BACK SEATS. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SEAT DID NOT SUPPORT THE PASSENGERS NECK OR BACK, THE SEAT WAS DIFFICULT TO FREE FROM TRAPPED OBJECTS THAT WERE ON THE BACK SEAT. *SLC

IS THERE A LAW/REGULATION ON THE ACCEPTABLE SEAT HEIGHT OF A MOTORCYCLE? MY BIKE SEAT IS APPROX 38" OFF OF THE GROUND. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE HEIGHT WAS ADJUSTABLE AND IN FACT IT IS NOT. I REALLY FEEL AS THOUGH THE EXTREME SEAT HEIGHT IS A HAZARD WHEN RIDING THE BIKE ON THE STREET. I CAN ONLY TOUCH THE GROUND WITH MY TIP TOES. HOW IS IT THAT THEY CAN SELL ME A BIKE THAT IS WAY TO TALL FOR ME TO RIDE SAFELY? *AK

DRIVERS SEAT BROKE DURING VEHICLE COLLISION CAUSING A FRACTURED VERTEBREA IN THE NECK AND DAMAGE KNEES FROM HITTING THE DASHBOARD BENEATH THE STEERING WHEEL. NLM

DRIVERS SEAT BROKE DURING VEHICLE COLLISION CAUSING A FRACTURED VERTEBREA IN THE NECK AND DAMAGE KNEES FROM HITTING THE DASHBOARD BENEATH THE STEERING WHEEL. NLM

THE DESIGN OF THE DRIVERS SIDE TWO-WAY POWER SEATS SIT TOO HIGH UP IN THE "DOWN POSITION" CAUSING THE DRIVER'S RIGHT LEG TO SLAM AGAINST THE IGNITION AND STEERING DURING BRAKING.ET.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK