general problems of the 2000 Honda Accord - part 1

Samething wrong witherspoon the direction an brake lamp light. My car can not pass smog check.

Passenger side subframe rusted out near steering/suspension components causing my sone to lose control of vehicle and crash. This is a well know defect of this vehicle.

Car keeps going out of line when steering wheel gets lose after bumbs. Fixed rack n pinon and steering wheel pump 2x already!.

The engine cradle is rooting out from the ac unit is draining on it and it about to brake because of the way Honda did it I hope the recall is made on it.

Tl the contact owns a 2000 Honda Accord. While the vehicle was at an independent mechanic for routine maintenance, it was found that the front passenger side subframe was severely corroded. The air conditioning condensation line dripped fluid on top of the key suspension component, which caused the failure. The vehicle was deemed unsafe to drive. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted. The dealer was not notified. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 62,000.

Passenger side rear subframe rusted and broke off I heard a clunking sound when I was going down the street on the way to work I turned the corner and heard a loud clunk sound and got under my car and looked and the passenger side rear subframe is broke off.

The passenger side subframe is badly compromised by rust (some holes). Parts of the suspension and steering can be compromised is it fails while driving. The driver side is not badly rusted. Honda has relocated the air conditioning drip tube in later years which might be the cause of the problem.

My 2000 Honda Accord ex v6 has a few issues: 1. Front/rear struts, sway bar bushings, and sway bar links. This has caused my car to fail safety tests for the last 5 years. I have received an itemized estimate for these issues from a mechanic. 2. Electrical. The front instrument panel is not working properly. I can not touch any buttons on the dash or the lights on the panel will go off completely. Both of these are a huge safety issue and it is not safe to drive! no lights or warning of any kind regarding these issues!.

Subframe rot caused from the ac drain line. My frame is completely rotted through and broken because of this. Could've caused a crash.

Takata recall I bought this car with no air bag and also suspension is no good.

Just purchased a 2000 Accord on sat 8-22-15. Body looks great,runs shifts great,but when attempting oil change I realized passenger side front subframe is completely gone. Yes,gone. It's missing @4 inches of metal which has obviously rusted away,with surrounding metal rusted. Driver side looks perfect. Same part,two different places,acting completely different.

The a/c drain drips on the engine frame beam / cross member causing them to rust. They are now broken in two. Later models were supplied with a drain tube to re-route the condensation away from the beams eliminating this concern.

Car failed inspection due to corroded subframe on right hand side front passenger area. Seems to be a common problem, and potentially dangerous if component failed.

The arm broke into on my car. The welding was bad. Also the clear coat look awful, it was painted cheaply and , it a eye sore. I just want it fixed . I love my car, but should not have to deal with recalls.

I bought my 2000 Honda Accord 4cyl. About one month ago from an owner. Drove perfect for the first week. Then one morning my brake pedal got really soft. After checking all fluids and leaks found out that my brake lines were rusted. I took my vehicle to a small shop to get my brake lines replaced. I then got a call a few days later saying I should go down and check something they noticed on my car. Turns out the passenger subframe is rusted and rotted out. Everything else underneath the car is clean. The mechanic said it's weird that only the passenger side subframe is rusted. He told me it could break apart anytime. Being that it's no longer safe to drive I have to get it replaced now. The cost is going to be about $1200 with labor. When I got home I started doing some research and found that there are thousands of other people who are having the same problem as I do on their Honda Accords. Honda should do a recall on this being it's a structural component to car and safety issue. Hopefully Honda will recall this subframe problem and reimburse me later.

Routine maintenance revealed shocking finding: the r/f corner of subframe is rusted through and breaking. Dealer advises it should be replaced ASAP and that the car is dangerous and should not be driven. Obviously it makes no sense to spend the $2,500+tax that the dealer proposes, as the car is barely worth that much. This is a design flaw in 1998-2002 Hondas as the air conditioner drips right onto this part of the subframe. The incontrovertible evidence is the dozens of other complaints for subframe rust filed here with the NHTSA and elsewhere - all on the passenger side - as well as the fact that Honda changed the design on the 2003 models. I don't know why the NHTSA is waiting to force a recall?? what if I hadn't gotten the maintenance for another few months?? what could have potentially happened?? could I have lost control of the car as the bottom partially fell out?? this is a serious injury, if not death, waiting to happen! what are you waiting for!??? as for Honda, I will never buy another Honda again. They offered minimal goodwill assistance, and, through the dealer, basically said, it's an old car, parts fail. Disgusting the callousness and disregard for customer loyalty. This car is supposed to be worth approx $2,500 resale value given its mileage and condition otherwise. Now it's a heap of metal. Honda, I'll take my hard-earned money to your competitors.

I had a schedule oil change and the technician informed me that my subframe was rusting away. He informed me that it was not safe to drive the car. The subframe should not be in this condition as a result of normal driving condition. I do have photo's of this part.

I brought my car to a certified auto shop for routine maintenance and during the inspection the mechanic lifted the car and allowed me to take pictures of the rusted sub- frame on the passenger side. It is very clear that the air conditioning unit drains directly into sub-frame causing condensation along with a puddle of water sitting on the frame which caused a rusted hole in the sub-frame. The spout for the air conditioner should be extended to allow the water to go directly onto the ground. Due the faulty design several Honda owners will need to have their sub frame replace along with the bearing. This is a high safety risk while driving, the rusted frame could fall apart and potentially causing accident.

I went in for a routine oil change and the mechanic found that the subframe was rusted out on the right passenger side. From what he said and what I have been reading, this is quite common. With how serious this is, I don't understand why Honda does not recall vehicles for this issue. With the ac leaking right onto this spot and them fixing that defect after 2002, it is clearly their fault. It is potentially dangerous and an overall hassle for something that shouldn't happen, even in a 15 year old car.

The subframe on the passenger side of the vehicle is rusted out. The rust is below the ac drain hose. The vehicle is unsafe to operate. The dealer gave me an estimate of $1600 for the repair.

I noticed that during side wind or going over dips in highway the vehicle would wander and sway making steering quite difficult and so I had midas do a 4 wheel alignment which didn't help. The midas inspector told me that he wasn't able to guarantee the alignment, since he thought it had been wrecked and that the frame was out of kilter. However I researched online, and found that this was a typical design flaw on this year and model, where the a/c liquid discharge was right above the sub-frame and had rusted the rear cross member completely loose from the frame. Since I am on social security-disability, I am unable to pay to replace part #50200-584-a00-rr beam.

Sub-frame rusting: upon recent inspection this vehicle was determined to have rusting through the sub-frame on the front passenger side resulting in failure to pass inspection due to being unsafe. Cost to repair and replace the part and allow the vehicle to be safe to drive will be $1500. 00. No other sign of rust anywhere else on the undercarriage of this vehicle. Upon research into this serious and expensive defect we noted that there are significant numbers of Accord vehicle owners who have experienced the identical flaw. Additionally, our mechanic noted that the air conditioning weep hole drains directly onto this area of the vehicle contributing to the sub-frame rot.

During an oil change, my husband notice a crack in the rear beam of the front crossmember. Upon further investigation, he identified that the subframe had rusted through from the top down where the air conditioner drain was. The replacement part cost $530 (regularly $720 from Honda) and over $400 in labor to replace it. The part was completely rusted through, broken in several places, and would have eventually caused a steering problem, According to the mechanic who replaced the part.

State inspection found passenger side of front subframe has rusted through. No other rust is visible on frame. Mechanic claims failure from rust may be due to ac drain routed onto frame at this location. Another 2000 Accord was in in the shop at the same time for repair of the same damage.

Excessive rust on passenger side sub frame under air conditioner drain. Driver side is ok.

Tl- the contact owns a 2000 Honda Accord. The contact stated while having regular maintenance performed on his vehicle, the independent mechanic notified him that the subframe was corroded. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired and the VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileage was 97,000. Pmb.

During a routine maintenance visit at my dealership I was informed that the passenger side subframe of my 2000 Honda Accord with only 57,000 miles on it was rusted out and not safe to drive. The driver side was fine. I spent over $1,400 to have the car repaired only to see a report on the news that the problem was caused by a badly placed drain off for the air conditioning. I think the cars should be recalled to fix the problem and those who have had the subframe repaired already should be remibursed.

I would like to call to your attention abc's investigation into Honda Accords for dangerous rusted/rotted sub-frames. The center for auto safety in washington d. C. Is calling on Honda to issue a voluntary recall for one and one-half million 1998 through 2002 Honda Accords due to rust that is quietly eating away at a major structural component. The center for auto safety¿s executive director clarence ditlow said, "there's no question this is a safety concern. What you have are hundreds of thousands of owners driving the roads on a vehicle that may suffer catastrophic frame failure due to corrosion. " ditlow is calling on Honda to notify owners to have their vehicles inspected. "sooner or later," said ditlow, "someone is going to be killed, there's going to be a big product liability lawsuit and Honda very well may wind up paying more in litigation costs then in doing what they should be doing -- which is do a recall today. " records abc news obtained from national highway transportation safety administration detail similar complaints, including sub-frames that were described as "unsafe, failed inspection and in dangerous condition. " I believe that this dangerous situation needs to be brought to your attention. Honda will just try to wait out the situation and hope that it will go away if it does not get pressure from NHTSA and owners across the nation.

I had some suspension work(outer tierod ends) and an alignment performed today and was shocked when the technician called me out to the shop so he could show me the condition of the right front subframe member; it is totally corroded yet the left front identical part is fine. This constitutes a serious safety issue given the number and functionality of the associated parts that rely on the integrity of ther subframe to function properly. The fairly obvious causal factor is the routing of the ac drain hose explaining why the left side is fine at this time. In salt states the left side components often suffer corrosion failure before the right side due to road splash from oncoming traffic. In my professional opinion (37 years as a service manager) this is both a design flaw and a serious safety issue; I believt that a recall should be issued.

On Nov 12, 2011 I went to get my car inspected and the would not pass it because the front rear subframe is rotted. The driver side is in perfect condition . . . . The dealer says it will cost $1600. . I know it's old but it only has 72000 miles on it . . . . Im hearing that allot of people are having this problem . . . I am scared to drive it, and I don't want to put my grandchildren in the car. . . . I don't want to sell it because I don't want anyone else to get hurt. . . Honda should have a recall on this issue . . .

I took this Honda Accord dx (my2000) to the dealer for 120,000 maintenance in September 2011. They told me the front passenger side subframe rusted very badly. But the driver side subframe was normal with no rust. I thought underbody rust is normal for my car's age and did not pay much attention. But after one month, the front wheels began to make strange noise. I took it to an independent auto repair and they told me the subframe rusted through completely and began to crack. It is a safety hazard to continue to drive. They said it always happened on the passenger side on Honda Accord because the a/c condensation water drips down on this point. I am taking it to a dealer today to replace it. It will cost me $2000.

The struts on both front and back went bad about 7 years ago. I was driving down the street with my boyfriend at the time, who is a mechanic and heard some thumping and other noises. He looked in under my Honda and told me that my struts on both the front and back are bad and need replacing. It's gotten a lot worse, floating over bumps, having a difficult time keeping it under control while turning around any type of corner and if I happen to not see any kind of bump or whole in the road, it sounds as if my car is going to fall apart. I have taken exceptional care of my Accord, but can't afford to pay for all new struts!!.

Front subframe on 2000 Honda Accord rusting excessively causing a safety issue. The ac condensation line is designed wrong and Honda will not fix. All of us Accord owners need your help. The owner I bought this car from first began noticing the rust in 2007. Needed to be replaced this year after it completely cracked off.

When car is driven during hot days and you turn the car off, it will not start again tell the car cools off. This happens during the summer months. Now that the car is older, it will not start at all during some of the hot days. This include when I start the car for first time that day. Took the car in once years ago and they said they fixed it but I keep having the same problem. They wanted to charge me more money to try to fix it again. Front passage headlights always been foggy. Car also never hugged the road right. Dealership could never find the problem.

K frame has rusted out and needs to be replaced.