general problems of the 2003 Honda Accord - part 2

I purchased a brand new Honda Accord v6 on 4/26/03, since this date my car has been back into the dealership for a pulling to the right 5 times. I have filed a complaint with american Honda corp, better business bureau, California bureau of automive repairs and spoke to a lemon law attorney. After reading all of the complaints on this web site for the same issue with these cars, I truely believe I bought a lemon!! the rep. From Honda sounded puzzled when I explained what my car was doing. I have had no resolution to the problem, the dealer's service dept. Has "tried everything they can" and "do not know what is causing the problem". I was told by another rep. At Honda that this is a common issue they are having with the new v6 Accords, and the dealer has done all they can do at this point, I need to wait until they come up with a solution and they will contact me. I just paid $25,000 for this car 4 months ago and they want me to wait!! my car has also had other issues, such as a a loud scraping noise in the gas pedal when first accelerating int he morning. I have also seen this problem listed in the complaints on this web site. I have been told on 3 occasions by the dealership that this is the anti-lock break system warming up! I would think that is a safty issue!!! my passenger side air bag also split open after having the car for 2 months and I was told that "it was from the heat" and "that it's just cosmetic" by the service dept at elk grove Honda in sacramento, CA.

Vehicle pulls to the right. I have taken car in for a wheel alignment a week after I bought it. Again, after 2 months since it was services, same problem arises.

Consumer was having problems with the steering while driving, it caused a car accident. Manufacturer was not contacted at the time of this call. Dealer was contacted, and stated they could not find anything wrong with the vehicle. The consumer's wife was driving the vehicle when suddenly the steering wheel could not be controlled, the vehicle had gone back and forth and caused her to hit the tires of the semi.

Vehicle drifts to the right. Dangerous on interstates when traveling @ 70mph. Must constantly hold vehicle in lane. Also problems with brakes grabbing when stopping. Dealer adjusted subframe and replaced brakes. Vehicle is still extremely sensitive to road crowning. Dealer said the drift is better but not perfect. I'm still concerned with safety of vehicle.

I purchased this Honda Accord 2003 in April 2003. From the very beginning I noticed a rambling noise on the engine, foul smell, vibration on the steering wheel and squeaking brakes. Also when I brake the car seems to accelerate like the idle is too fast. I reported it immediately to my Honda dealer and they told me to take it to any Honda dealer. I took it to Honda in gleandale and after inspecting it they told me there was nothing wrong with the car. However the problems continued to I kept taking the car to different Honda dealers but none could come up with a solution. When I asked them to replace the vehicle they told me that they all had the same problems and that I had to learn to live with it. ! I feel totally frustrated by this situation and very unsafe driving this piece of crap.

I have a '03 Accord. At 776 mi noticed car pulling to the left. Penske Honda in ontario, CA said it the front tire is bad. Had the tire replaced by a tire dealer. Came back at 2251 mi to report car pulling to the right. Penske Honda just adjusted all tire pressures. Went back at 2693 mi to complain rear wheels visibly misaligned and also vibration at the steering wheel when idling. Penske Honda performed 4 wheel alignment. Idle found normal. Came back at 3036 mi. Reporting difficulty keeping the car straight, either pulling left or right. Reported again vibration on the steering wheel when idling. Technician advised the car drove straight while idling adjusted to base idle. Dealership had the car all day and noticed that the car wasn't driven far enough as shown by the mileage out at 3038 mi. Had to request technician, ron campbell to ride with me to show the pulling on either side. Seen it, felt it but thinks its normal blaming it on the road although he took me to a good stretch of flat road. Nevertheless, he asked to leave the car for further test on Monday being late Saturday, mileage in at 3042. Had the car all day Monday, was advised late afternoon that they did the alignment check, drove the car some more, checked the ride height and everything is to spec. The only problem is, the alignment print-out was made @ 4:04 pm and was called by the service advisor at 5:40 pm. Which makes it apparent that they spent little time to test drive and look for the problem. Next visit is to take the service manager for a ride to experience the problem. Mileage out at 3047 mi and drove it home but the problem is still there. There are similar complaints reported by other consumer on this website about the steering problem, vibration at steering wheel when idling and the car pulling forward or reversing fast on its own with less or no pressure at the gas (ref 10039029). Are these things normal or design flaws waiting for accidents to happen? and we haven't heard from nhsta.