Balancer shaft seal leak in the engine; full timing belt, water pump, other belt, belt compressor to be replaced at cost of $750.
1996 Honda Accord engine complaints
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Didn't know that oil was leaking out from engine until oil light came on. Checked oil. Was completely empty. Put in a quart to get to service station and it to leaked out. Lucky, that there was no major damage to engine. Very expensive repair. Was told by mechanic that, this was the 4th one they fixed so far this year and that there is a fix to prevent this from happening and that only dealers and service stations were notified. Why not the owners? From reading the complaints, it should be recalled for this safety issue.
Balance shaft seal went bad.engine lost oil,causing major damage to the engine.honda dealer recommends replacing the engine.
While driving engine check light started flashing. Consumer exited freeway, and stopped at a mechanic, and vehicle was completely out of oil, mechanic put in 4 quarts of oil. Consumer drove a block and parked vehicle. Another mechanic checked it, and oil shot out everywhere. Took to mechanic and they said it was the balancer shaft seal, which is prone to shrinkage in these vehicles and will shoot out oil.
This is ridiculous that a car with only 39,500 miles idles, acts like it is always going to stall!! I bought honda for it's quality and what I got was a lemon with only 39,500 miles on it! Checked to see if it had been slavaged but no records found?
A few minutes after leaving a retail business, the businessman called me on my cell phone to advise me there was a large amount of fresh oil where I had parked. I immediately pulled over on the freeway only to find oil gushing out of my engine. I immediately exited the freeway and went to the 7-11 at the top of the exit ramp. I added 4 quarts of oil and drove straight to the honda dealership approximately 5 miles away. By the time I arrived at the dealership all the oil had gushed out again. The dealership said the seal on the front balancer shaft had become dislodged. They said it would cost $750 to repair. The timing belt was full of oil so it too had to be replaced. If it wasn't for the alert businessman and the fluke that I had given him my phone number, I never would have been aware of the problem until either the engine seized up and/or caught on fire. The dealership and the manufacturer seemed unfazed by the potential disaster that I narrowly averted simply by a fluke of chance. This problem should result in a recall to prevent others from getting killed if the car catches on fire and seizes up while driving at highway speeds!!
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Timing belt,drive belts and water pump replaced. Yh
While driving engine check light came on, and the vehicle stopped running due to the engine overheating. Mechanic said it had no oil . Dealer had just changed oil.
Lost engine oil. Blance shaft seal popped out. Required replacement of seal, timing belt and balance shaft belt.
Balance shaft seal popped out of engine and oil soaked entire engine incld. Timing belt,aux.belt,spark plug rings. Informed by both honda dealearship and an independant shop that this has been a problem and is a manufacture defect. Honda refused to assist with payment. Took car to an independant a
Oil pump seal blew while the car was in motion causing all the oil to immediately drain from the car causing damage to the car's timing belts and and requiring replacement of the time belt. If the car hadn't been immediately stopped the engine would've seized. Honda is aware of the problem as they have issued an upgrade kit to fix the problem. But they have not notified car owners. This is a major problem and owners should be notified so they can get it fixed before it blows and causes additional damage.
The car suddenly lost all of oil as result of rupture of engine seal. This in turn caused damage to timing belt and crankshaft belt. Spoke with wrecker operator (former contractor for honda) and mechanic and both indicated this to be a recurring problem in honda's of this particular model.
My mother passed away and gave the car to her grandson. He was driving to work when the engine light began to blink. He proceeded to pull off the road when the engine stopped. The speed at engine stop was approximately 35 MPH. He had to push the car off the road. There is a service bulletin 961001b, the federal safety agency id #sb049981, issued 1096, listed in the federal safety agency database on the balance shaft seal which appears to have failed. The car is now at jack ellena honda in lawrence, ks (785) 843-0550 with a blown engine. American honda doest not believe that they should cover the burden of a new replacement engine, though they have agreed to a 50% replacement cost of a remanufactured engine. The car is just 2000 miles over the warranty period.
Engine block - had previous old leaks from oil pan gasket, tooken to dealer 4 times for repairs and on the fourth time they discovered a cracked block. They advised me it was my responsibility and I should be lucky I have a extended warranty to pay for the repair. Also I was told my honda world where the car was repaired somewhat and my american honda that they have known about this problem and it is caused by a manufacturing defect (porous engine block). Dealer and manufacturer takes no responsiblity both has stated I bought the car and know it is my problem. On the window regulators they have a bulletin and know they go out prematurely but they state it can be fixed at my expense. Again the manufacture knows they have problems but still believe the consumer should pay for their short doings. Please help them understand the consumer should not have to pay for there errors in manufacturing.
The car has leaked oil since 20,000 miles and at 45,000 dealer found a cracked engine
Oil light came on after the oil had been changed three days prior to driving. When checking oil, there was no oil. Dealer stated the cam seal was blown and replaced timing belt/balancing belt/oil and seals, with various others.
Vehicle overheated, causing the ignitor to burn out and the vehicle was smoking. Also, when driving the engine check light will come on.
While driving the crankshaft broke at 64,000 miles which caused oil to leak, may cause a fire. Cause unknown. *ak
Vehicle after sitting for a while hesitates to start or turn over. Dealer contacted,and states the engine is flooded for the fourth time of incident happening, ran a psmif test and no problem. Cannot duplicate the problem.
Engine overheats and has made noise since ownership, overheats even when gauge does not indicate. (attorney for consumer).
Enigne makes ticking noises.
Check engine light comes on then gear indicator begins flashing and vehicle will not go above 25 MPH. Vehicle will eventually attain higher speeds but with sluggish performance.
Engine valve cover gasket failed.
Check engine light continues to stay on, in for repair ,after driving about 80 miles light come on again.
Engine lugs at 2000 RPM, causing engine to resonate.
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