Frame Rust problems of the 2001 Honda Accord

Honda Accord 2001 4-dr sab: passenger side rear front engine support completely rusted away due to ac leak. Driver side rear front subframe is completely fine, no rust. Mechanic said car is too dangerous to drive unless I invest in new subframe for over $1,200. My car only has 70,000 miles on it and I'm very disappointed it hasn't been recalled for clearly a defective ac leakage. I have found many forums with the same problem including the article �center for auto safety requesting recall of 1. 5 million Honda Accords for rust issue in sub- frame and Honda Accords found with sub-frames rusted out by the nhou. I could have been seriously injured driving this car while I worked as a food delivery driver for grubhub. I deserve compensation, my passenger subframe is completely rusted out and hanging by a thread whereas my driver side subframe is completely fine. That doesn't just happen it should have been recalled.

Subframe completely rusted through underneath air condition. Car 18 years old but has always been kept in the garage. Also it has only 70580 miles and has been in florida for a few years, and used only 3 mos. Per year.

Takata recall I am writing you because I brought a car a little under a year ago. I was driving it 2 weeks ago and my breaks gave out it was my break line. I got the car looked at and my frame is rusted and caved in on my break line. I called the dealer the same day nomore then 30min after it happen. The father was not there which is the man who sold me the car at nehre service. He was on vacation he came home 5/16/18 which is 2weeks and a day of it happening. He told me that I need to call the Honda factory there was nothing he could do for me. I'm writing this complaint because by law you can not sale a car with a rusted, damaged or bruised frame. He refused to late me trade in when my payments was done which was back in September. I'm to the point where I don't know what to do. Please help me because I put 3000 dollars into this car at this man shop. Please get back to me, I almost lost my life because of this. Laquiesha otey.

While changing the front brakes on my car I noticed the right rear corner of my subframe was heavily rusted. Upon closer inspection the subframe has rusted through in several spots. Directly below the air conditioning drain tube I was able to put a finger through the metal with little to no pressure. The location of this drain tube allows water to drip directly onto the subframe. The opposite side of the subframe has barely any rust on it at all. Searching through the internet I found many reports and stories from owners of the 1998 to 2002 Honda Accords with the same issue. A walk through a local junkyard yesterday provides further proof that this is a design flaw and Honda needs to rectify this issue promptly.

Upon a standard oil change at 160,000 miles, I was informed that the front sub frame had rusted through on the passenger and driver side. I was told to talk to a body shop immediately because the car wasn't "road safe". Looked into this a bit and found that this is a common problem with Accords from this time period due to the placement of the air conditioning drainpipe (which empties right onto the subframe) . The car for the most part is reliable, minus the transmission that failed at 130,000 miles. But a frame shouldn't be "rusted through" after 15 years! sounds unsafe, considering the amount of these cars that are still on the road. Called Honda today and was informed the repair would cost over $1200 with no goodwill on their end. Figured this was the best alternative to the situation.

Subframe rust caused by mispositioned a/c drain pipe dropped my car off for her 200k tune in nh. The mechanic said the subframe underneath the front passenger seat was shot. I debated whether to spend $1100 for a used subframe and labor. Decided it was a gamble, but probably worth it. Dropped it off two days later and he showed me where. I grabbed the frame and it just crumbled. With the new subframe and tune, she runs like new, even at 200k. Later I did more research later and found that other people have had the same issue. I got the car up on a friend's lift and found the a/c drain hose. It was high up in the car and really short! it pointed directly at the subframe. I simply replaced the hose, clamped it on, then tied the end to a thingy further down, so that the opening pointed at the ground. Like $2 in parts and 20 minutes, and I'm an amateur. I'm disappointed that Honda never officially acknowledged this design defect. I get that they don't want to pay for subframe replacements - they're a business, yadda yadda. But it's such a basic oversight with an easy solution. Just a little bit more diligence on their part would have saved me over a thousand bucks. Subframe rust is a major safety issue. They deserve to be punished for such laziness and negligence. To nip this in the bud: yes, I live in new england. There's a lot of salt on the roads, but I wash the undercarriage regularly. And if it were general wear-n-tear, the entire subframe would have had similar levels of damage. However, the rot was localized directly under the a/c drain hose. Also, the dealership said nothing about subframe rust when I brought the car in for the airbag recall. Some 100 point inspection, huh?.

Subframe rusted, passenger side. Not sure how long I drove this unsafe vehicle with the bad frame.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Accord. The contact stated that the air conditioning hose drained on the front passenger side subframe, which caused the subframe to rust without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the frame needed to be replaced and that the failure was a common issue with Ford vehicles. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 192,000.

Tl- the contact owns a 2001 Honda Accord v6. The contact stated that while having the breaks repaired, it was discovered by a private mechanic that the front passengers side sub frame is rusted, and was hazardous to drive. The manufacturer was notified and offered no remedy was offered. The failure mileage was 137,000 and the current mileages was 137,010.

The rear engine beam rusted through on the passenger side of my 2001 Honda Accord ex 4 cylinder sedan rendering the vehicle un-drivable. Honda motor CO refuses to accept responsibility for this issue which is a design defect caused by the air conditioner drain line being placed so that it leaked onto the passenger side of the rear engine beam. The driver side of the beam is perfect, with no rust issue. I have been to 3 local metro detroit Honda dealerships and they refuse to replace the engine beam. Each of these local dealerships are also refusing to provide an explanation as to why they are refusing to replace the rear engine beam even though I realize I would be paying for it. I can only guess as to why, that being if the dealerships refuse to replace the rear engine beams, then if Honda is sued in a class action law suit, they can deny there being a problem because there would be no supporting repair documentation to subpoena. I bought this car new from Honda and have a file three inches thick with dealership maintenance and repair invoices. This is not an issue of owner neglect. There are many other complaints from other 2001 Honda Accord owners on the internet with this same complaint to which the NHTSA has so far refused to force a recall. I don't see how this design defect is any different from the Toyota trucks which were recalled several years ago for rusted frames which rendered those vehicles un-drivable. This same year vehicle also had a class action lawsuit for transmission issues. This particular vehicle has had 5 transmissions replaced of which I paid for the last one because of the faulty transmission design. This rusted area is next to the transmission, which means the dealership had to have seen this problem developing, but decided to remain silent about it. I have owned 4 Hondas and will never own another one.

I brought my 2001 Honda Accord, which is in pristine condition, with 158,000 miles in to my mechanic. Clunking noise in the right front passenger area. . . Figured it to be bad sway bars, cv joints etc, so normal wear and tear. I get a call later that day to hear it is a major subframe rusting issue and that the frame connection to the body is broken and the subframe itself is in mutiple pieces. He tells me you have to see this. . . Took pictures. . . Documented the problem. I too did some research online and found that this is a common problem with this year and that Honda recognizes this but fails to do anything about it. The air condition drain is positioned so that it is constantly dripping on to that part of the sub frame. This is a major safety issue and I was advised not to drive the vehicle until I had the part replaced. Honda needs to take responsibility for this before someone gets severely hurt and this turns into a class action lawsuit.