1994 Honda Accord: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Jul 15, 2004 · Tires · 200,000 miles · CA

The consumer purchased four new tires five months ago. Three of the tires have suffered sudden air loss, not due to punctures. The consumer have exchanged two of the defective tires and now the third one is flat. *la third tire failure was did not ruin the tire which was re-inflated with a different value, and now working fine thus far. Consumer was wondering if the value originally on tire were not genuine. In each of the three incidents, consumer was traveling between 45 MPH to 65 MPH.

Filed Nov 4, 2003 · Engine · 101,000 miles · CA

Re: honda balancer shaft defective oil seal and blowout problem. I recently and suddenly experienced this problem with 94 honda accord. My family and I had been on a trip to l.a. And back on several freeways, the seal blewout and the oil was drained within minutes. It could have caused the engine to freeze up and created a terrible accident. I called honda customer service, they had a very indifferent attitude, they said they made a public offer to correct the problem but that offer has now "expired". "it wasn't offically a recall so we don't have to fix anything". "it wasn't offically pegged as a safety issue, so no recall was imposed." trust me, losing your oil suddenly at high speeds can very easily become a' safety ' issue! I would like to ask the n.h.t.s.a. To reconsider the problem and make it a recall ! Let's take the indifferent attitude away from smugg automakers that are very aware of "safety" problems, they know that they have defective parts that were not corrected. A $5 retainer (that should have been there in the first place ) would avoid this problem! Please enforce a recall on honda and make them responsible for their error in design. Thank you, tom ross.

Filed Sep 7, 2003 · Tires · VA

I had 2 different goodyear regatta tires blow out on my car. Both incidents occurred within 2 months of each other. The first occurrence was the passenger rear, which blew out while traveling aprox 60 MPH. There was no warning signs and the air pressure was aprox 34psi. The second occurence was the driver front on the same car. This time my wife was driving and was traveling about 35 MPH. Again air pressure was fine, ~35psi, because I had checked it a week earlier. The tread was still good on both tires and the car had recently passed a state safety inspection which includes tread wear.

Filed Aug 6, 2003 · Tires · TX

While traveling on the highway tires had three blowouts . On separate occasion twice on the driver's side and once on the rear passenger's side tire tread separated from the wheel.

Filed Aug 31, 2002 · Tires · VA

After about three years and 50,000 miles, tire had at least half its tread left but sidewall disintegrated causing tire to blow out at 60-65 MPH on highway. Driver narrowly avoided catastrophic loss of vehicle. No pre-existing damage to sidewall was evident. Inspection took place one day prior to incident.

Filed Aug 20, 2001 · Tires · OK

P195/60r15, dot vd, replacement equipment with 30000 miles on a 1994 honda accord. Consumer states while driving 75 MPH the front passenger tire had tread separation, causing $ 4000.00 damage to vehicle. No accident. Consumer states that three of these tires are showing some defects, dot number vdv9jbb 233 and 238, firestone firehawk.

Filed Jul 11, 2001 · Tires · GA

185 70 r14, replacement tires 55k miles, mounted on a 1994, honda, accord. Consumer had a blowout while travling on expressway. Before blowout, left front tire had a bubble.

Filed Feb 22, 2000 · Brakes, Engine · NH

The gaskets wore out causing the crank and balance shafts to blow out resulting in oil spill from the engine. Yh

Filed Dec 4, 1999 · Engine · OH

The front balancer shaft oil seal blew out, causing rapid oil loss, and the oil pressure warning light to come on. We were in heavy traffic, 20 miles from home. The car needed to be towed. The dealer knew of this seal problem and sold me a retainer (not made by honda) the timing belt and balancer belt had to be replaced due to oil damage, along with the water pump, which a dealer would replace at timing belt replacement. Parts alone were $123.00. If I had been notified by honda that this seal may blow out, I would have installed the retainer when the timing belt was replaced at 90,000 miles. The oil coated much of the underside of the car, and posed a fire and pollution hazard. I believe honda should be more forthcoming about this problem.

Filed Sep 28, 1999 · Tires · NY

When driving over potholes , tires, size 195/60r15, will develop bubble which could cause tire to blow out. Consumer is replacing 2-3 tires within one year.

Filed Sep 22, 1997 · Airbags, Tires · NY · crash · 1 injury

Tire blow out caused the air bag to deploy. Driver was unable to see where she was going, resulting in a head-on collision. Driver died after 5 days, passenger an infant, was severely injured by air bag, but survived.

Filed Feb 20, 1996 · Brakes · MA

Abs: while driving, 65 MPH, rear tire blew out; applied brakes, no response; pedal went to floor; pumped brakes/pedal to floor several times, brakes kicked in.