Five problems related to ignition have been reported for the 2001 Honda Accord. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Honda Accord based on all problems reported for the 2001 Accord.
Electrical power to the car just shuts off momentarily and then all the dashboard lights will come back on. Sometimes the car will not do anything when you put the key in the ignition to start it and then suddenly it works fine. Has shut down once while driving on the freeway.
The contact owns a 2001 Honda Accord. The contact stated that when the vehicle was in drive or neutral the key would come out of the ignition. Honda was contacted about NHTSA campaign id number: 10v364000, electrical system, ignition. Honda stated that his 2001 vehicle was not included in the recall and repairs would be at his expense. The vehicle was not repaired. The current and failure mileages were 150,000.
At times vehicle had problems starting. When turning the key to start the ignition it would take approximately 3 minutes to start whether in cold or warm temperatures. The cause of why this was happening was undetermined.
Defect in the ignition to transmission interlock allowing key to be removed while in drive. This is a very dangerous condition if you are not careful. This has been this way at least for 15000 miles. I took it to the dealer and he said he could replace the switch but I would then have a key for the ignition and a key for the door locks. I told them if they could not key the switch that I would not accept two different keys. It now has 57000 miles on it.
The 2001 Accord v6 has 18500 miles. One morning I had a great difficulty in starting the car, I checked the car battery but it was okay. From that time on the car will eventually start, but the difficulty in starting is there.