2001 Honda Accord: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Dec 7, 2007 · Airbags, Brakes · 95,874 miles · NY

In april 2001, I purchased new honda accord ex from its dealer, planethonda in union, nj. The car had been sore for the last three years. The car was recalled because of faulty transmission. The faulty transmission affected the engine and brakes. Not only, honda should have replaced the faulty transmission, but also the engine should have been replaced. The faulty transmission made the car run in the low gear, damaged the engine. My car engine is burning more motor oil and I have to add one quart of oil for every 700-800 miles. I also had to replace the brakes, rotor/drum,brake shoe pads every 6-8 months because of faulty transmission. My car has the side air bag and ABS lights on since 30000 miles. I was advised by the federal safety agency to send the complaint to the federal safety agency. Please forward the copy of the complaint to the appropriate department, so that they can look into the matter. Thanks....... Ashok kumar

Filed Dec 28, 2006 · Brakes · MI

On numerous occasions, the ABS warning light has illuminated for no apparent reason. To honda's credit, they have looked over the vehicle a number of times and pulled codes, but no obvious defects were found. The codes were reset. The problem presents more in colder weather. Recently, however, the issue has come with the red brake warning light. No obvious issues (leaks, fluid level, spongy feel, etc.) have been detected. The light can be coaxed into going off by restarting the vehicle (sometimes) and other times it will go off by itself - usually leaving the ABS warning light on. The problem, again, presents itself more in cold weather, and appears to be electrical. While the brakes appear to work and look excellent mechanically, it is unnerving that the issue has thus far been undiagnosed and resolved by honda.

Filed Mar 2, 2004 · Acceleration, Brakes · 30,000 miles · NC · crash

Customer lost control of vehicle, resulting in a crash while attempting to disengage cruise control with foot brake w on wet surface. Rear tires completely locked when customer tapped the foot brake to disengage speed control,causing vehicle to skid. Customer attempted to "stomp-and-steer" vehicle, (as is implied with ABS), brakes became unresponsive and pedal travelled to the floor. Customer then applied full throttle to try to pull the vehicle out of the skid, which was unsuccessful due to the traction control overpowering customer's attempt to steer and accelerate out of the skid (the tcs automatically applies front brakes to limit wheel spin at speeds below 20 MPH. Even though vehicle was travelling at 70, computer must have registered under 20 at that point). Vehicle violently spinned out of control off the highway down a 40 foot embankment.

Filed Aug 20, 2003 · Brakes · 54,000 miles · CA

I bought the 2001 honda accord v6 in june, after a year I had intermittent ABS light on and off, I had this ABS light on/off since aug 2002 (which is still under warranty period), had the dealer checked and they found no problem until recently in june of 2003, the same problem occurred again and this time I took it to a different dealer to diagnostic (which I have to pay $100 since the warranty expired), they consulted with american honda, and had the ABS module replaced under customer assist warranty, the symptom was gone for a day but with sponge brake and have to bring back to dealer to re-bleed the brake again, with sponge brake pedal the brakes completely bled, and ABS light was on. Techician diagnostic with no dtc on the scanner but the ABS light was on, guess what...they reset it and let me drive home and told me drive safely. In aug 10th 2003 (which is less than a month) the ABS light is on/off again, I called up the dealer that perform the repaired and they request I let them had the car a day to find out what's going on, aug 19th and they returned the car to me un repair and saying I have an electrical issue on the ABS brake, they want me to pay 2-3 hours of labor to tear apart my car to find out the problem, I called up american honda again...no help because of the warranty is expired and they will see if the problem is their then they will cover the repair under warranty. I was totally upset about this situation. This is my 1st and will be my last honda, I will get rid it soon. So far...I visited the dealer 5 times for the same problem.

Filed Jan 15, 2003 · Brakes · 20,000 miles · OH

2001 honda accord lx v6 with ABS. Brake went bad at about 8500miles, master cylinder was replace by matt castrucci honda covered by warranty. The brake failed again at 20000 miles 12/02. There was almost no brake at highway speed. And needed triple the distance to stop the car at red light. Again, it was checked and I was told that the brake master cylinder and ABS margulater had gone bad. It was fixed by local matt castrucci honda (937‑439‑7470) under warranty. Who knows if it is really fixed or not. I bought the car paid thousands extra for safety, now I am a "test driver" of honda. Totally disapointed.

Filed Jul 24, 2002 · Brakes · MD

Abs warning light will come on and stay on, and will not shut off. Contacted dealer.