2002 Honda Accord Brakes Problems

DASHBOARD SHOWS: BRAKE LAMP PROBLEM. CAR WAS AT MY HOME AND WOULD NOT START. WHEN CHECKED BY MECHANIC CABLE UNDER BATTERY FRAYED AND WAS REPLACED. CAR WAS THEN ABLE TO BE DRIVEN HOWEVER GOT THE SAME MESSAGE TWO DAYS LATER.

I WAS AT HOME WENT TO CAR. CAR WOULD NOT START. DASHBOARD SHOWED PROBLEM WAS BRAKE LAMP. HAD ALREADY GONE TO MECHANIC WHO THOUGHT HE CORRECTED PROBLEM BUT OBVIOUSLY HADN'T.

REAR BRAKES DRAG WHEN CAR IS STARTED AND DRIVEN. *JS

2002 HONDA ACCORD LX, THE CONSUMER STATED, SOFT BRAKES CAUSED AN ACCIDENTS. UPDATED 02/18/15 *BF THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

I RECENTLY HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON MY HONDA ACCORD, ALONG WITH A LOWER CONTROL ARM REPLACEMENT AND CALIPER/ROTOR REPAIR/REPLACE. UPON PICKING UP MY CAR THE TECHNICIAN ASKED ME TO COME OUT TO THE GARAGE - MY CAR WAS ON A LIFT - HE SHOWED ME SOMETHING ALARMING....THE SUB FRAME IS RUSTING OUT - TOWARD THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. THERE IS ABOUT A 2" X 3.5" HOLE IN THE FRAME. WHEN I GOT HOME I GOOGLED THIS ISSUE AND FOUND QUITE A FEW COMMENTS/COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS BOARDS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE ON SIMILAR YEAR VEHICLES. MOST OF THE COMMENTS ALSO SAID THE COMPLAINANT FOUND OUT THAT IN THE MODEL YEARS 1998-2002 THE DESIGN ALLOWS THE AC CONDENSER OUTLET DRIP WATER ON THE SUB FRAME AT THIS EXACT POINT. THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING HONDA NEEDS TO ANTE UP TO REPAIR. I HAD PLANNED TO KEEP MY HONDA UNTIL AT LEAST 200,000 OR MORE MILES, NOW NOT SO SURE THAT IS A WISE IDEA. *TR

DURING A REGULAR OIL CHANGE AT A FIRESTONE AUTO CARE STORE ON 9/12/2009, THE STORE INSISTED THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE MY CAR BRAKE PADS REPLACED. THEN, ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE FIRESTONE STORE AFTER THE OIL-CHANGE AND BRAKE SERVICES, MY NEW BRAKES STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. FIRESTONE DID NOT TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED TO MY NEW BRAKES WHEN I RETURNED TO THE STORE NEXT DAY. I LATER ON LEARNED THAT 1) FIRESTONE HAD INSTALLED INCORRECT BRAKE PADS ON MY CAR ON 9/12/2009 AND 2) THEIR MECHANICS HAD KEPT THE INCORRECT BRAKE PADS ON MY CAR DURING MY RETURN VISIT ON 9/13/2009. THEN, IN MAY OF 2012, I STARTED HEARING NOISES FROM THE BRAKES AGAIN. FIRESTONE INSPECTED MY BRAKES AND INSISTED THAT THEY DID NOTHING WRONG DURING MY SEPTEMBER OF 2009 VISITS AND THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE 1) MY BRAKE CALIPER SYSTEM REPLACED, 2) THE ROTORS REPLACED, 3) THE 2009 FIRESTONE-INSTALLED INCORRECT BRAKE PADS REPLACED WITH THE SAME INCORRECT BUT NEW BRAKE PADS. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE HONDA DEALER AND LEARNED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKE CALIPER SYSTEM AND THAT THE INCORRECT BRAKE PADS HAD CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ROTOR. I REPORTED THESE ISSUES TO FIRESTONE'S CUSTOMER CARE DEPARTMENT AND THEY NEVER RESPONDED TO MY COMPLAINT. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND THE INCORRECT BRAKE PADS FIRESTONE INSTALLED IN 2009 ARE STILL ON MY CAR. SINCE 1600 FIRESTONE AUTO CARE STORES IN US SHARE THE SAME AUTO PARTS SYSTEM, THESE STORES MUST HAVE INSTALLED THE INCORRECT BRAKE PADS ON MANY CARS BETWEEN 9/12/2009 AND 6/2/2012 AND PUT MANY MOTORISTS AT DANGER. SINCE THEIR CUSTOMER-CARE DEPARTMENT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO INVESTIGATE AND RESPOND TO MY COMPLAINT AND NOT TO DO A GENERAL RECALL OF CARS WHOSE BRAKE PADS FIRESTONE HAS REPLACED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO PUT THEIR COMPANY'S PROFIT AHEAD OF MOTORISTS' SAFETY AND THEIR WELL BEINGS. CAN YOU HELP? *TT

I PUSHED ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. I WAS ONLY GOING PROBABLY 5-10 MILES PER HOUR AS I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN. AFTER PUSHING ON THE BRAKE SEVERAL TIMES, THE CAR SLOWED. AS I RECALL, THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE OVER A YEAR AGO. I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE BEEN WEARING TOO BIG OF SHOES AND NOT HIT THE BRAKE PROPERLY. IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY. LUCKILY, TRAFFIC WAS SLOW AS I WAS UNABLE TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 2002 HONDA ACCORD AT 30 MPH AND SLOWING DOWN TO 20 MPH TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE CONTACT TRIED TO STEP ON THE BRAKES, BUT THE PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS TURNED ON. THE CONTACT TURNED THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION THEN RESTATED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE VEHICLE DROVE LIKE IT HAD NOT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK THE ENGING SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. UPDATED 03/15/07. *JB

DT: WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE RAN GREAT UNTIL 57000 MILES, WHEN THE ABS SYSTEM FAILED. WHEN DRIVING 55 MPH, CAME TO A RAILROAD CROSSING AND APPLIED WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. BRAKES PRESSURE WAS FELT BUT BRAKES DID NOT GRAB AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WAS NEEDED, AND DRIVER TO ENGAGE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS OCCURED ON DRY PAVEMENT ON FLAT SURFACE. BRAKES WERE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS. THE ABS SYSTEM IS 4 WHEEL ANTILCOCK. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO FAILURE. NO PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES BEFORE. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE BRAKE PEDAL DID NOT FEEL ANY DIFFERENT THAN NORMAL. HAS HAD AN ESTIMATE FROM A DEALERSHIP, DEALERSHIP REPORTS THAT ENTIRE SYSTEM MUST BE REPLACED AND ALL LINES FLUSHED AT A COST OF 2,300. VEHICLE IS REGULARLY SERVICED WITH RECORDS AVAILABLE.

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. CONSUMER'S SPEED IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH. THE DEALER STATED THAT POWER ASSIST:VACUUM WAS DEFECTIVE. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.*AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT IT FAILED, AND VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED ANOTHER VEHICLE TO MERGE INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE LANE, RESULTING IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

DEALER HAS REPLACED REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES WERE SPONGY. WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, AFTER ABOUT 2-3 SECONDS, THE PEDAL MOVED, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO PRESS DOWN HARDER , TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THE BRAKES PERFORMED AS DESIGNED. *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES A CLICKING LOUD NOISE COMING FROM GEAR BOX, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPONG DISTANCE. *AK

CALIPERS ARE RUSTED CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE ROTORS AND BRAKES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 20 MPH AND COMMING TO AN STOP BRAKES LOCKED UP. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN NOTICED BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED 4 TIMES FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. BUT DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THESE ARE FAULTY BRAKES. SCC...*AK

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR WHEN CAR IS STANDING AND STILL MOTOR RUNNING, CAUSING TO PULL OUT OF THE ROAD. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

INITIALLY MY FATHER BORROWED THIS CAR AND CLAIMED THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND HE HAD DIFFICULTY DRIVING THE CAR. I DID NOT BELIEVE HIM AS I HAD NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS. THEN ON 7/20/02 WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE THE CAR DID NOT STOP AND I WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE CAR WHEN I WANTED TO MAKE A TURN. I TOOK THE CAR TO HONDA AND THEY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ON 8/12/02 AND THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK AND HONDA CLAIMED THERE WAS AIR IN THE BRAKE LINES WHICH THEY CLAIMED TO FIX. ON 8/26 THE BRAKES TOTALLY FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY AND I REFUSED TO DRIVE THE CAR. THEY PICKED UP THE CAR ON A FLAT BED AND VACUUMED THE BRAKE LINES. THE BRAKES ARE STILL SPONGY AND THERE IS LONG PLAY IN THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHEN THE BRAKES ENGAGE THEY DO NOT ENGAGE TOTALLY. SOMETIMES THE BRAKES ENGAGE AND THEN DISENGAGE TOTALLY. I HAVE SEEN THE HONDA REP WHO SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES AND THAT IT IS MY DRIVING. I REFUSE TO DRIVE THE CAR AND TRADED CARS WITH MY HUSBAND. YESTERDAY 10/20/02 MY HUSBAND WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN WHEN THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE. WE ARE TERRORIZED TO DRIVE THIS CAR AS WE FEEL WE MAY KILL SOMEONE OR OURSELVES. DT

WHILE DRIVING WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY DIDN'T HOLD, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK

WHILE BRAKING AND WITH NO WARNING BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR, AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR CONSUMER TO STOP. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK THE BRAKE PROBLEM BEGAN RIGHT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE CONSUMER RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR BRAKE SERVICE BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *YH

BRAKE WAS APPLIED AT 35 MPH, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, NO BRAKING ACTION. ON SECOND ATTEMPT BRAKE GRABBED. DEALER REPLACED ABS MODULATOR.*AK SERVICING DEALER CLAIMED THIS HAPPENS TO OTHER VEHICLES AS WELL. DRIVER VERY FRIGHTENED. *YD

THIS IS THE 3RD BRAKE FAILURE (2 PARTIAL/1 COMPLETE) THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE,ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP(TECHNICIANS, MANAGEMENT AND OWNER), AMERICAN HONDA, AND NHTSA. ON 4/22/02, ODOMETER 498/TRAVELING 25MPH/DRY PAVEMENT/SMOOTH ROAD, THE ABS AND TCS WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON AND REMAINED ON. I IMMEDIATELY PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH HAD SOFTENED TO A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF BEFORE ENGAGING. FRIGHTENED, I PULLED OVER USING MY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SAFELY STOP THE VEHICLE. AFTER STOPPING, I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND PUMPED THE BRAKE SEVERAL TIMES IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE BRAKE PEDAL TO RE-ENGAGE PROPERLY. IT DID NOT AND BOTH WARNING LIGHT INDICATORS REMAINED ON. BECAUSE I WAS 1 BLOCK FROM THE HOUSE AND THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, I DECIDED TO COAST HOME AT 5MPH USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. AT MY HOUSE, I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK, LEFT EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WITH A DETAILED DESCRIPTION AND A TOW TRUCK WAS DISPATCHED. IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A DISCONNECTED LEFT ABS SENSOR. I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS ACCURATE NOR IS IT CONSISTENT WITH THE BRAKING (AND ELECTRICAL) ISSUES THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED AND PREVIOUS REPAIR ATTEMPTS MADE BY THE DEALERSHIP. I REFUSED TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE ON THE GROUNDS OF THIS SAFETY DEFECT AND THE DEALERSHIPS INABILITY TO ACCURATELY DIAGNOSE IT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK BY THE DEALERSHIP AND WE WERE PLACED IN ANOTHER NEW ACCORD. I AGGRESSIVELY STATED TO PETER HEUY, HIS SALES MANAGER, SERVICE MANAGER, AND TECHNICIAN AND AMERICAN HONDA, THAT THIS VEHICLE CONTAINS A MAJOR SAFETY DEFECT IN ITS BRAKE SYSTEM THAT AN ENGINEER FROM AMERICAN HONDA NEEDS TO ISOLATE BEFORE PLACING THE VEHICLE BACK ON THE ROAD. ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT IS GROSS NEGLIGENCE. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS WOULD NOT BE DONE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD BE USED AS A DEMO.*AK

BRAKE PEDAL AND GAS PEDAL ARE DESIGNED TO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, WHEN HITTING THE BRAKES, CONSUMER ALSO HITS THE GAS PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME. *AK *YH

CONSUMER STATES HIS BRAKES DID NOT WORK, HE STATED THAT WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES YOU LOSE CONTROL OF THE AUTO. HE HIT HIS BRAKES, LOST CONTROL AND HIT A CONCRETE RETAINING WALL. HE ALSO STATES THAT HE WAS GOING ALL OVER THE ROAD, JUST BY HITTING HIS BRAKES. NO OTHER AUTO WAS INVOLVED. NLM CONSUMER INCURRED BRUISES AND PASSENGER FRACTURED KNEE CAP, DEALER NOTIFIED. *TT

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A NEW HONDA ACCORD TO BE USED BY OUR 21-YEAR OLD SON WHO IS ATTENDING COLLEGE AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY. ON SATURDAY, DEC. 15, 2001 HE ALONG WITH 3 OTHER COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE IN THE CAR ON THE FREEWAY. THEY WERE TRAVELING IN THE FAST LANE AT AROUND 70 MILES PER HOUR., ANOTHER CAR GOING THE SAME DIRECTION LOST CONTROL (REASON UNKNOWN), SPUN OUT ACROSS THE FREEWAY, HIT THE CENTER DIVIDER AND STOPPED DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF OUR SON. NATURALLY HE HIT HIS BRAKES, BUT IT HAPPENED SO FAST THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO EXCEPT HIT THE OTHER CAR HEAD-ON AT ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR. ALL FOUR OF THE PARTIES IN OUR CAR WERE WEARING THEIR SEAT BELTS, WHICH PROBABLY SAVED THEIR LIVES. HOWEVER, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. IT IS A MIRACLE THAT SOMEONE WASN'T SEVERLY INJURED. WHILE ALL OF THE PARTIES HAD SOME WHIP LASH, NO ONE HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. SOMEONE TOLD MY SON THAT BECAUSE HE HIT HIS BRAKES THE FRONT END OF OUR HONDA WAS LOWERED AND WENT UNDERNEATH THE BUMPER OF THE CAR THEY HIT, WHICH WAS A LARGER SUV AND THATS WHY THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. I THOUGHT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ON IMPACT TO PROVIDE THE PROTECTION THEY ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE. THE POLICE REPORT INDICATED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE SUV WHO SPUN OUT WAS AT FAULT. WHILE WE ARE REALLY GLAD THAT OUR SON AND HIS FRIENDS WERE NOT SEVERLY INJURED I HAVE CONCERN FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHO MAY NOT BE AS LUCKY. I HOPE THIS INFORMATION IS HELPFUL. I DID CONTACT HONDA MOTOR CARS TO FILE A COMPLAINT. ABOUT ALL THEY DID WAS TAKE MY INFORMATION, SEND ME INFORMATION ON AIRBAGS AND TELL ME TO CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY. SHOULD YOU LIKE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GIVE US A CALL. THANKS FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. *AK