Ignition Switch problems of the 1999 Honda Accord - part 1

Car intermittently stalls. It happened when I was driving on a highway and almost got hit by the incoming traffic. We took it to the Honda dealer and diagnosed it was the electrical portion of the ignition switch. I remembered they have a recall to replace the switch. It probably got replaced but needs to be replaced again. Is it time for another recall? Honda did not solved the problem.

The car stalls at any speed or temperature and sometimes refuses to start at all after sitting. The ignition switch recall was performed and replaced previously. Now years later the part failed again.

My vehicle quits running for lack of electrical current to the engine!!!!! this happens at random, while driving, after checking everything, including main relay, fuel pump pressure, injectors ect. . I found out that this happens to Hondas 1998 to 2001, Honda motors is aware of defect!!!! the ignition switch is the problem!!!!! the ignition switch hardness is the defect that needs to be replace!!!! Honda motors needs to recall these vehicles!!!!!!!.

Ignition switch recall on1999 Honda Accord causes the car to stalls while driving due to ignition switch that had a recall in 2004 before I bought the car. This recall is no longer in effect so the dealer wants to start with diagnostic test which I have had done and it does not show up on that. The first hour is $120. Recall number was 02v120000. Electrical contacts in the ignition switch degrades due to high electrical current passing through switch when vehicle is started. This stall has happened on freeway leaving me to be in a accident at any time.

1) Honda ignition switch: four times between end November and first wk of December: vehicle suddenly stalled while driving in city streets - so dangerous! I have to turn engine off and restart it. Need to wiggle ignition key to start engine. 2) -interior lighting does not work when opening doors. -light on clock does not work -panel light ok.

I was driving on the freeway going at highway speeds when all of a sudden, my engine stalls. I immediately put on my hazard lights and was almost hit by a car behind me as my car was coasting. Luckily, I was able to steer my car off to the shoulder as was able to start my car again. In doing some investigating online, it appears the main issue is with the ignition switch. There were a few recalls on the ignition switch which I had gone to the dealer to take care of (year 2002 and 2005). It appears the ignition switch that has been replaced is still faulty. I have around 143k miles on my car when the last incident occurred. I had this occurrence happen a few other times within the past few months, but at slower speeds. I want to report this because I believe this recall replacement part didn't fix the problem and can still endanger the lives of other drivers of this type of vehicle.

Car was in motion driving 70 mph and engine cut out, maintenance required light flashed, power steering locked, car jolted. It did this twice within a matter of seconds and restarted both times. I just purchased the car for my 17 year old and it happened two days after we bought it. I tried to replicate it but could not. I ran the VIN looking for recalls before purchase but found none for my vehicle. After this happened I saw all of the complaints regarding ignition switch problems. I took the car back to the used car dealer who has a mechanic onsite and I showed him the complaints I had found that were similar to what happened. I had him remove and inspect the ignition switch. He did find upon observation that it looked like there had been some electrical sparks and I believe he said some corrosion too, and that it was defective. I paid him to put in a new one as this issue is a serious safety issue. I am thankful the failure was only a couple of seconds and that the car restarted, otherwise I'm not sure my daughter would have been able to safely steer the car off the highway at such a high rate of speed and because she is not an experienced driver. The car has only 81,500 miles and I believe only had one owner prior to my purchase. I was so excited to get an Accord with low miles, but this is a serious issue and hazard.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced a loss of power. The vehicle was able to be restarted after numerous attempts. The contact noted that the hotter the vehicle was, the more frequently the failure occurred. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the ignition switch was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. Prior to the failure, the ignition was replaced per NHTSA campaign number: 02v120000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 230,000.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. While driving approximately 65 mph, the vehicle stalled but was able to restart after several attempts. The abs warning indicator illuminated. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 02v120000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 128,000.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. While driving at an unknown speed over a pothole, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the ignition switch was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was no longer eligible for repairs since it had already been repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 02v120000 (electrical system). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 178,000.

Recall order for ignition switch replacement was never brought to dealer to perform. Now that problem has occurred dealership repair claims to have done work on two recall items that were never brought in for repair. I. E. , fraudulent claim of replacement work was filed with Honda by dealership. Claim repair was done 1/28/2006. Have all repair records from 2000.

Tl the contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. The contact stated that the vehicle's power turned off without warning. The contact stated that the same failure occurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to Honda of olathe (1000 n rogers rd, olathe, KS 66062) where it was diagnosed that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was also contacted and stated that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 02v120000 (electrical system). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 138,000.

Is happening regularly! car is cutting off. Play with the ignition switch and car turns on. Daughter almost had accident today due to this issue. Checked VIN and was not on recall list! why?!.

Car cuts off at different speeds with no warning. Stop car cut off switch and it will start after 1 or 2 attempts. Honda had recalled this in 2004 and replaced the ignition switch on car but this one also went bad I. Replaced with new ignition switch and have not had this problem so far.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving 55 mph the vehicle lost power as unknown warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was placed into park and turned off. The vehicle was restarted three minutes later and resumed normal operations. The failure occurred on ten different occasions. The manufacturer was contacted and did not provide a remedy. A local mechanic diagnosis on the vehicle was that the ignition switch was faulty and needed to be repaired. There were no repairs completed on the vehicle. The failure mileage was 191,000 and the current mileage was 194,000.

Tl-the contact owns 1999 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was coasted to the side of the road. The vehicle did restart. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the ignition switch needed to be replaced to repair the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 161,000. Rg.

1999 Honda Accord was subject of a recall in may 2002 for ignition switch that the car would shut down unexpectedly. Repair was completed on subject auto and has not had any further problems with the switch until two week ago. The car would shut down and did at 65mph in traffic. Managed to steer to the roadside and restart the car. This could have been a major accident! the switch has again been replaced at my expense. This is not right.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving 45 mph, the vehicle stalled and the engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was able to restart after four attempts. After restarting the vehicle, the vehicle decelerated in speed and stalled. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 106,960 and the current mileage was 106,660.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving 70 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the ignition switch was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 150,000.

I have serious issues with my Honda Accord. First, the transmission has failed. It began with it slipping in higher gears when hot and finally failed when it wouldn't shift out of low gear. This transmission is the same transmission that is in the 00-04 Honda Accords that were recalled. Honda refused to offer any type of owner assistance. My expense to repair: $1516. 30 second issue: in 2002 the ignition switch was recalled. The car died on the freeway and had to be towed two days after I received the recall notice. Honda repaired the vehicle no charge for parts and labor but refused to pay for the towing expense. My cost: $75. Now the ignition switch has failed again and Honda has refused to replace it at no charge or with any type of owner assistance even though this same part was replaced as part of a recall. I have been given an "estimate" of $275 to repair. Freeman Honda of dallas replaced the switch under the recall. I've contacted john eagle Honda of dallas, on lemmon Ave, and left messages for mario villareall the service manager but have not received a return phone call. I spoke with a service consultant who point blank told me my car is out of warranty and they will do nothing to help me. I called Honda customer assistance and was told they would not participate in any type of owner goodwill or assistance with either repair. I understand parts fail but these two repairs are known product issues for Honda!.

The engine shuts-off at random times -- on freeway, city streets, stop signs/lights -- idling, accelerating, maintaining speed. Likely the ignition switch for which there was a recall, but the recall did not include this VIN -- I assume the "early" failure was addressed, but at what age/mileage is this no longer a safety issue? is there some standard age/mileage until which a vehicle should be designed for safety under normal maintenance and after which one should not assume such?.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the electronic ignition switch needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 03v423000 (electrical system). The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 132,000 and the current mileage was 133,000.

Tl- the contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord ex. The contact stated that while driving 35 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. After playing with the ignition switch for several moments, the vehicle was able to be restarted and all of the gauges were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic who inspected the vehicle and advised the contact of a recall related to the failure under NHTSA campaign id number: 02v120000 (electrical system: ignition: switch). The manufacturer was notified who advised that the contact's VIN was not included in the recall campaign. The failure mileage was 125,000. Kmj.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure occurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who diagnosed that ignition switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The approximately failure mileage was 110,000. D.

Ignition switch failed. Car repeatedly stalled. This was the same part recalled in 2000/2001. This switch was not replaced then (dealer said switch was ok).

The engine shut off twice on that day while I was driving. Fortunately, there was no accident but might have been in a serious accident. I searched the internet and found out some old Honda models had these kind of problems and it was caused by a defected ignition switch. I contacted a local Honda dealer but there was no active recall regarding of this problem. I got my ignition switch replaced in a mechanic shop.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. While driving approximately 50 mph, the engine stalled with the illumination of the warning indicator. The vehicle restated and resumed as normal. The failure recurred four times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated the malfunction was related to the ignition switch. There was a recall under NHTSA campaign id number 02v120000 (electrical system: ignition: switch). The manufacturer was notified and they informed the VIN was ineligible under the recall defect. The vehicle had not been repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord lx. The contact stated that while braking to a complete stop, the vehicle stalled with the illumination of all of the instrument panel warning lights. The contact was the able to turn the vehicle as it resumed normal operation. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where it was diagnosed as needing the ignition switch replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 147,000. Updated 05/11/lj updated 05/15/12.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly stalled while driving 50 mph. The contact had to pull over to the side of the road and restart the vehicle. The contact replaced the spark plugs, spark plug wires, distributor cap, and the fuel pump. None of the repairs remedied the failure. The contact did not take the vehicle to a dealer or mechanic. The contact noticed a recall associated with NHTSA campaign id number 02v120000 (electrical system:ignition:switch) and notified the manufacturer. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was not included in the recall due to the VIN number. The failure mileage was 105,000. Updated 06/06/12 the consumer stated that the car may start one day, but not start the next day. Updated 06/07/12.

My wife was in drive-thru at mcdonald's when the engine died suddenly. She was able to started back up right away by turning the ignition off and on to crank the engine. Later around 1pm on the same day, while driving on hwy 101 at 65 mph, the engine died suddenly, the 'key in ignition warning' came on that warns the driver not to forget to take the key out before leaving the vehicle. The car coasted with engine dead just a short distance and the engine started up again. The car ran fine after that until my wife got home. I googled '1999 Honda Accord engine shut off while driving' and found a dozen other drivers had posted about the similar problem with their Honda Accord. I found that the ignition switch is the cause of engine shut-off and there's Honda recall on them. The car had a problem with the ignition switch in November 2006 at 135,500 miles. While driving on the freeway, smoke came out of the steering column and the car started jerking. The ignition switch was replaced at a dealer after having the car towed there.

Tl- the contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. The contact was traveling 30 and 40 mph when the engine stalled. The vehicle was taken to the dealer four times. The dealer confirmed the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 140,000. Rds.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the contact was informed that the ignition switch failed. The contact was also made aware of a recall. The contact notified the manufacturer and was informed that the vehicle was not included in the recall associated with NHTSA campaign id number 03v423000 (electrical system: ignition: switch). The failure mileage was 178,000 and the current mileage was 205,000.

Honda needs to recall their recall of the ignition switch. At their suggestion I had the ignition switch replaced several years ago when it was not a problem. Just recently I had a problem with their replacement and had to have it replaced again. Why was the original switch a safety concern in their eyes but their defective replacement switch is not a safety concern. I feel they should be held accountable for the failure of their replacement switch.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. While driving approximately 75 mph the vehicle suddenly stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The contact informed the dealer there was a NHTSA campaign id number: 02v120000 (electrical system:ignition:switch) that stated the ignition switch would had to be replaced and may be related to the failure. The technician stated the VIN was not included in the recall and the repair would not be covered under the recall. The vehicle was included in the recall under NHTSA campaign id number: 05v025000 (electrical system:ignition:switch) for the redesigned interlock lever and was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 107,000.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Accord. While driving approximately 25 mph, the engine stalled. The contact coasted the vehicle to a safe location. The engine restarted and the vehicle resumed as normal. The failure recurred six times. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the ignition switch was replaced. There was a recall associated with the NHTSA campaign id number 02v120000 (electrical system: ignition: switch); however the VIN was ineligible for repairs under the recall. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was unavailable.