Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without any warning. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed that the ignition switch was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included in any recalls. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 150,000. Updated 08/28/12*lj updated 08/29/12
1999 Honda Accord electrical complaints
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Ignition switch failed. Car repeatedly stalled. This was the same part recalled in 2000/2001. This switch was not replaced then (dealer said switch was ok).
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without any warning. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 02v120000 (electrical system:ignition:switch). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 113,900 and the current mileage was 118,000.
As you are driving the engine just shuts off. After pulling over the engine will restart most of the time. The problem appears to be in the ignition switch.
The engine shut off twice on that day while I was driving. Fortunately, there was no accident but might have been in a serious accident. I searched the internet and found out some old honda models had these kind of problems and it was caused by a defected ignition switch. I contacted a local honda dealer but there was no active recall regarding of this problem. I got my ignition switch replaced in a mechanic shop.
Car has intermittent stalling issues while driving. Car has been serviced in leesburg honda, only known thru carfax report. Leesburg honda could not verify if ignition switch was repaired from recall status. Verification came from charlottesville brown's honda that switch was replaced but not by who. Told if key was shook while running and car stalled then it was ignition switch. Car still persists intermittently in shutting off with no warning signs. Sometimes, after stall, it takes several turns of key to finally get car started. Stalling can happen at any time and has in fast lanes of highways making car a little hard to steer of the road. Only hazard lights work to send warning sign of car trouble.
I was driving on the interstate. My car started trying to go out on me like it wasn't getting the fuel it needed or something. I was going 65mph and then also when I stop at a light it tries to idle out or it does go out.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord. While driving approximately 50 MPH, the engine stalled with the illumination of the warning indicator. The vehicle restated and resumed as normal. The failure recurred four times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated the malfunction was related to the ignition switch. There was a recall under the federal safety agency campaign id number 02v120000 (electrical system: ignition: switch). The manufacturer was notified and they informed the VIN was ineligible under the recall defect. The vehicle had not been repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord. While traveling 62 MPH the vehicle began to decelerate independently. Moments later the failure had corrected itself. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact called the manufacturer and was advised that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 02v120000 (electrical system:ignition:switch). The vehicle was not repaired. The current and failure mileages were 168,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled while driving 35 MPH. The failure occurred on an intermittent basis. The contact was able to successfully restart the vehicle whenever the failure occurred. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, but the failure was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in the recall associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number 02v120000 (electrical system:ignition:switch). The failure mileage was 121,000.
My honda1999 barley has 79,000 on it, im second owner. I bought it when it had only 37,000 mil. On it. The car is already having transmission problems. It jerks when driving and coming to a stop, like a pop jerky feel. My cooling system had problem in 2010 oil going into my radiator. And know I have electrical problem. The car at times would go off. 79,000 I cant believe it. You would think this my car was a ford with their older modules. Known to have engine problems after 70,000. This is crazy. I have all papers from first owner, never realized till reaching the chaos of my engine. That my car as well was a recall. I have the documents.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly stalled while driving 50 MPH. The contact had to pull over to the side of the road and restart the vehicle. The contact replaced the spark plugs, spark plug wires, distributor cap, and the fuel pump. None of the repairs remedied the failure. The contact did not take the vehicle to a dealer or mechanic. The contact noticed a recall associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number 02v120000 (electrical system:ignition:switch) and notified the manufacturer. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was not included in the recall due to the VIN number. The failure mileage was 105,000. Updated 06/06/12 *bf the consumer stated that the car may start one day, but not start the next day. Updated 06/07/12
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled while driving 70 MPH. The contact safely coasted to a stop and was able to restart the vehicle. The failure occurred a total of three times. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. Both the dealer and manufacturer informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in the recall associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number 02v120000 (electrical system:ignition:switch). The failure mileage was 160,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord lx. The contact stated that while braking to a complete stop, the vehicle stalled with the illumination of all of the instrument panel warning lights. The contact was the able to turn the vehicle as it resumed normal operation. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where it was diagnosed as needing the ignition switch replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 147,000. Updated 05/11/12*lj updated 05/15/12
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord. The contact stated that while driving approximately 10-50 MPH, the vehicle would stall sporadically and without warning. The vehicle would restart after several minutes. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where they advised the contact that the ignition relay failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired for the ignition relay. A few months later, the failure had recurred and the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired a second time. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 230,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the contact was informed that the ignition switch failed. The contact was also made aware of a recall. The contact notified the manufacturer and was informed that the vehicle was not included in the recall associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number 03v423000 (electrical system: ignition: switch). The failure mileage was 178,000 and the current mileage was 205,000.
My wife was in drive-thru at mcdonald's when the engine died suddenly. She was able to started back up right away by turning the ignition off and on to crank the engine. Later around 1pm on the same day, while driving on hwy 101 at 65 MPH, the engine died suddenly, the 'key in ignition warning' came on that warns the driver not to forget to take the key out before leaving the vehicle. The car coasted with engine dead just a short distance and the engine started up again. The car ran fine after that until my wife got home. I googled '1999 honda accord engine shut off while driving' and found a dozen other drivers had posted about the similar problem with their honda accord. I found that the ignition switch is the cause of engine shut-off and there's honda recall on them. The car had a problem with the ignition switch in november 2006 at 135,500 miles. While driving on the freeway, smoke came out of the steering column and the car started jerking. The ignition switch was replaced at a dealer after having the car towed there.
While driving down the high way, my car just turned off and had to pull over the right side of the road. Luckily it was not busy, but it has been happening a lot lately. That means I don't have a car. I looked online and they have a faulty ignition switch. At first I changed the main relay to a brand new one from honda. But it still did the same thing, till it didn't start again.
Honda needs to recall their recall of the ignition switch. At their suggestion I had the ignition switch replaced several years ago when it was not a problem. Just recently I had a problem with their replacement and had to have it replaced again. Why was the original switch a safety concern in their eyes but their defective replacement switch is not a safety concern. I feel they should be held accountable for the failure of their replacement switch.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled while driving 55 MPH in increment weather. The contact lost power steering and the vehicle crashed into a pole. There were no injuries. A police report was filed. Prior to the failure, the dealer replaced the ignition switch under the recall associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number 02v120000 (electrical system:ignition:switch). The dealer stated that the failure was due to the ignition defect addressed in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired a second time. The failure mileage was 153,000 and the current mileage was 157,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Car would just shut off without warning while driving creating dangerous situations. Would usually restart afterwards and run fine. There was a recall for this problem in 2002 which I had performed. Apparently remains a problem as the vehicle ages as I just had the recall performed for a second time 9 years later.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord. While driving approximately 25 MPH, the engine stalled. The contact coasted the vehicle to a safe location. The engine restarted and the vehicle resumed as normal. The failure recurred six times. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the ignition switch was replaced. There was a recall associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number 02v120000 (electrical system: ignition: switch); however the VIN was ineligible for repairs under the recall. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was unavailable.
1999 honda accord ex-v6. Consumer states vehicle engine quit and would not restart and gear shift would lock *tgw the consumer stated after waiting for about five minutes; she was able to restart the vehicle and continue as normal. The dealer was unable to find a problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning but was able to restart the vehicle without difficulty. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number: 03v423000 (electrical system: ignition switch) and took the vehicle to the dealer. The contact was told by the dealer that the vehicle was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was unknown, but the current mileage was 139,000. Kmj
1999 honda accord. Consumer states vehicle had a power surge and RPM, speedometer and oil gauges went to zero then flickered back on *tgw the consumer stated after having the distributor replaced, the same problem happened again one day later, only the vehicle stalled. The consumer stated with no where to pull off, she placed the gear in neutral, tapped the reverse and completely damaged the reverse gear. The repairs were made to the vehicle. However, the vehicle stalled again. The consumer did some research and discovered a recall, but it was supposedly fixed once before. An inspection revealed the ignition switch was faulty. The consumer stated there was nothing ever wrong with the distributor or the reverse gear, but it was the ignition switch that was the problem all along.
At times, engine suddenly dies out when coming to a stop (traffic light; stop sign). The car has automatic transmission. I can easily put the car in "park" again and restart with no problem. The car has 80k miles and is well maintained. After a few of these scary experiences, took the car to a local honda dealership in atlanta ga. Cost of $160 (description - routine maintenance - bg fuel service all - cleaned throttle body). Assumed this would have corrected the issue. I was wrong. In two more occasions - had the same problem again. The last time it happened, the car suddenly stopped while slowing down to stop at a "stop sign". The car started again (takes a while in an automatic transmission though). I was lucky a car behind me had enough space to stop. This time, I researched the web and noticed many owners have similar problems with honda accord 1999. I was one of the lucky ones though (the car had not yet stopped while driving in a busy traffic). At 20,374 mile, the same honda dealership performed the "2002 safety recall - accord ignition switch" - "electrical ignition switch fp number : 3510-s84-305 (switch e 79530)", this was done on 12/03/02. Took the car back to the honda dealership on 10/28/11. I asked the service technician to look into the 2002 ignition switch recall ; customer complaints & what else was performed to correct it. I don't believe this service adviser was aware of this major safety issue with honda accords (1999). This time the dealership surprised me with replacing ignition switch again. This was a $405 repair. The fp number is 35130-s84-a01 (switch s 79530). I assume there are two parts in the ignition switch. I am not certain why the 2002 safety recall did not advice the dealerships to replace both parts (e & s switches). The dealership advised me the "s" switch is behind the ignition switch.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 honda accord. While driving approximately 75 MPH the vehicle suddenly stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The contact informed the dealer there was a the federal safety agency campaign id number: 02v120000 (electrical system:ignition:switch) that stated the ignition switch would had to be replaced and may be related to the failure. The technician stated the VIN was not included in the recall and the repair would not be covered under the recall. The vehicle was included in the recall under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 05v025000 (electrical system:ignition:switch) for the redesigned interlock lever and was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 107,000.
I have had incidents with my honda accord for months. Many times, particularly when the weather was extremely hot, it would take as long as 15 minutes to get it started. But worse, it would just simply die when I was driving it. Sometimes this was in my neighborhood which wasn't scary, but a couple of times it was in major traffic and once on a busy highway. I took it to my honda dealer (where it has been regularly serviced since the day I bought it!) and explained the issue. They charged me $100 to tell me they couldn't find anything wrong with it. My sister found this website and thought it could have been the ignition switch. It continued to have issues, so I took it to an independent mechanic and told him to check the ignition switch. He charged me $40 to tell me there was nothing wrong. I took it to another independent mechanic who said the ignition switch looked fine, but maybe it was the fuel switch. He replaced that and I still had issues. I took it back to the last guy and told him to replace the ignition switch anyway. The car feels great! It hasn't run this well in a year. My point is that if you have these symptoms, and they tell you it looks fine, insist on the switch replacement. This guy charged me $180 (and that included an oil change) and it would have saved me time, money and some very scary situations had honda done that to begin with!
I was driving my 1999 honda accord on the highway and all of a sudden all the electrical system cut off and I was forced to pull over and restart the car. This has happened several times before and I took it to my mechanic who said there is a problem with honda's with the electrical switch and it was recalled..this is very scary and could cause a major accident. Is there anything one can do to rectify this problem because I was told to pay for it myself..thank you
The federal safety agency should be aware that honda has failed to notify many accord owners of a potentially dangerous problem, namely, an ignition switch that may cause their cars to quit at any time and at any speed. The federal safety agency recall 02v120000 of may 16, 2002 included the 1997-1999 accords; however, honda claims many of these accords, including ours, were excluded due to their vins and will not replace the switches without charge. Our 1999 accord ex recently experienced this problem and examination of the old switch (photos included in a letter to the federal safety agency) showed that deterioration of the switch contacts caused the switch to reach a temperature sufficient to melt the solder on the v+ white wire/switch bond. Replacement of the switch remedied the problem. When the switch fails the car quits immediately and the driver is left with no option other than to pull to the side of the road -- which at high speed and in congested traffic may lead to a serious/deadly collision. Updated 08/17/11.
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