I recently purchased a 2003 honda accord v6 6speed. Overall, I feel the car has been very nice but there are a few problems that I have noticed with the car. I seem to have a "hard" start problem every so often where the car will crank it just wont turn over. I also noticed a popping sound every time I start to go after the car has been sitting for a while. I'm very skeptical on the quality of the accords now as I'm a former owner of a 2000 accord.
2003 Honda Accord electrical complaints
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I have a 2003 honda 4door accord v6 and sometimes it won't start on the first crank.
The vehicle was parked in the driveway with park brake engaged when the vehicle rolled out into the street due to a faulty ignition.
Intermittently vehicle will hesitate to start. It will have a hard start. Dealership cannot locate cause.
Vehicle has hard starts. Will occasionally turn the key several times before engine will start.
Key is extremely hot after removing from ignition--enough to leave a small burn on my skin. This happens in both hot and cold weather, both with and without the A/C or heater on.
Feel a grinding noise when starting to move the car (under 10 MPH) after starting the engine. The problem does not happen thereafter for other stops and starts at red light. This is only only occurs when engine is off, then starting up and driving away from park.
Keys are extremely hot when removed from the ignition switch. The entire unit also gets hot even if the vehicle is turned off.
Bought 2003 honda accord ex-v6 on 6/2/03. While traveling out of town on 6/7/03, the cd changer stopped and would not play any more cd's. The console was very hot, as was the cd. Returned to dealer who is in process of replacing changer.
Vehicle will not start on occasion. It will take 3-4 attempts at starting before it will ever start. After it starts it runs very rough like it is flooded and trying to get rid of excess fuel in the cylinders. This has happened off and on since new.
2003 honda accord. The consumers vehicle only 3500 miles and has been serviced 5 times for the same ignition problem. The consumer was told nothing can be done and the consumer would have to live with the vehicle not starting. The cabinet door under the radio had to be replaced because it began vibrating audibly, the sunroof had to be re-greased and shimmied.
Only three days after having purchased a new 2003 accord, I noticed that the console was overheating. When I put my fingers under the console, it was so hot that it could blister skin. There was also a horrible intermittent burning smell. After the car makes this terrible burning smell, I get a headache. This burning smell is an indication of an extremely dangerous problem, that could cause the vehicle to catch on fire. Upon my second visit, the dealership acknowledged the problem and replaced the console. On the way home, the new console overheated again. Also, the horrible intermittent burning smell is still present. Honda america has refused to replace my vehicle or give me a refund. The sales manager at the dealership, hendrick's honda cars of hickory, has given me misinformation about my state's lemon law by telling me they are entitled to 10 repair attempts when the nc lemon law says they are only entitled to 4. The dealership now says that they are trying to reduplicate the problem. Further, even though three people at the dealership, including a mechanic, have witnessed the overheating and burning smell, the "master mechanic" has told me that if something was burning or overheating that I would have equipment failure. This is not true and any good mechanic should know this. It appears to me that they are trying to deny that the problem still exists. The company claims that no one else has reported this problem.
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