Three problems related to tire valve 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.
I bought 4 bridgestone weatherforce plus tires for my 2001 Honda Accord, size p19565r15. They performed well until the past month when, as of today, 3 of them went flat within a month of each other. In each case, the problem was the valve stem that broke. And it wasn't a small leak. Every time, the valve stem was practically torn from the rest of the tire. I was lucky that two of them went flat as I was parking the car, but the last one went flat while I was driving on a highway. It seems a little strange that all 3 would go flat in the exact same way in such a short time span, so I believe it is a defect with the tires. The tires have about 30,000 miles on them, but they are supposed to go for longer than this. Now, I'm just wondering when the fourth one will go and I hope it's not when I'm not close to home.
Two tires have gone flat, one in November 2008, the second January 30, 2009 due to failure of the rubber valve stems. In both cases the valve stem was split apart near the base at the entrance to the metal wheel rim. The split appeared to be separation of rubber parts, possibly at a seam, rather than a gross tear due to some kind of physical force. The split in the rubber was not visible until the plastic wheel cover was removed. The car was parked in a locked garage when tires lost pressure and there was no evidence of any vandalism or tampering. The valve stems were replaced with new tires purchased at national tire and battery store # 603, 2435 maryland road, willow grove, PA on March 3, 2007.
I bought set of yokohama tires in December 06 from tire kingdom. Soon after installation I had a "flat tire" on trip from florida to new jersey (my home). I found a tire kingdom store in the carolinas, luckily. They replaced the tire valve. In 2 year+ since then I have had at least 4-5-6 flat tires, always the valve, rather than a puncture. I don't know why it took me so long to put 2 and 2 together, but when most recent failure occurred (last week, again valve failure) I did some research and discovered the re-call of dill valves. I called dill to see what kind of compensation I can get. Not much ($ 4. 00/per incident !!! ) I don't know what I'm hoping to get. I am upset and disappointed about this, but I guess I'm lucky I didn't have serious accident during these many tire failures. Does NHTSA have any comment or recommendations?.