2003 Honda Accord: windshield wiper failure

Filed Sep 30, 2019 · Visibility · 10 miles · MI

Wind shield wiper stops working in rain while in motion, stops functioning during commute, started working fine next day morning, later quit working when it rained again.

Filed Mar 6, 2018 · Visibility · UT

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda accord. While driving at an unknown speed, the windshield wipers failed to operate. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the windshield wiper motor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign number: 08v169000 (visibility). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unavailable.

Filed Apr 24, 2017 · Visibility · 170,000 miles · GA

Wiper motor in my 2 door is not on recall but the 4 door is. Honda will not replace it even though it is the same issue that the 4 doors have. It is dangerous driving down the road in a torrential downpour when the wipers quit on you because you have zero visibility. I was forced again to stop on the side of the road on the way home in the dark so that I could be safer then driving. The rain is coming down hard and fast and the wiper motor gets wet then shorts out no matter what speed or what type of road. The recall is a shield placed on it unless it is corroded already then replaced. I want something done. Tired of stressing over all the poor quality issues honda has had with this car. Including the recall on the recall for the airbag I just found because I came to see if my wiper motor had finally been recalled. This was an issue my son had when he owned the car also. The mileage on this vehicle just keeps going up and up because it has been an issue for years and nothing will be done about it. I am going to have to take it in for repairs and pay out of pocket because I just can't trust when it will not work again. Please help me I am disabled and don't have money for all this.

Filed Jan 4, 2017 · Visibility · 101,200 miles · WA

Windshield wiper motor stopped working. Driving on interstate 5 in seattle. Dark and rainy, wipers just stopped working. Car already had a recall to prevent this from happening. But still it happened. Failed recall. Had to replace motor for windshield at dealership. I have the old part. This shouldn't have had to happen. Really scary going 60 MPH at night, with rain fall to suddenly lose the car wipers. Thank you god im alive and keep my glass clean.

Filed Dec 1, 2016 · Airbags, Electrical · 97,746 miles · MD · crash

My 2003 honda accord lx crashed on 10/01/2016 about 18 months after I had my airbag serviced at a local honda dealer 4/7/2015. When I got my car back from the dealer, the driver door had no power and could not be opened remotely or with the power lock control on the driver door. More importantly, no safety signals came on when the car started. I called the dealer and they told me I had to pay $80 to have it checked; I then called american honda customer service, who only documented the complaint and took no action to remedy mechanical mistake by honda dealer. I was driving on a downhill curve on a wet road after a rain. When I saw a slower car ahead of me, I gently applied the brake to maintain a constant following distance. The car drifted to the left toward oncoming traffic. But when I tried steer to get back to the right lane and tried to press on the brake, it locked up, then the car went into neutral and I had no brake and steering resistance was completely lax. My car went off road and crashed into the woods. The airbag did not deploy. I was confined in bed with pain one whole day. My transmission had locked up, then went into neutral, twice before on 1/14/2015 in the middle of traffic, and on 9/15/2016 in my driveway. We never received a letter from honda for the transmission recall; however, we did receive letters regarding the airbag recall, the ignition switch recall, and the wiper motor recall. A year ago, the recalls came up using my VIN#. The database now shows no recall for my vehicle at all. After my car crash, I had it towed to honda dealership on 10/4/2016 for repair estimate. I left my car and title with dealership; less than 48 hours later I called to get car back for crash investigation and lawsuit, the car had been destroyed by honda dealer closing all further inquiries. American honda took no responsibility when I contacted them.

Filed Aug 10, 2016 · Steering, Visibility · 220,000 miles · NM

I was driving in heavy rain and my windshield wipers stopped working and I could not see a thing. I was lucky enough that other cars went around me on the highway. I called my local honda dealership and they stated that their is not a recall on my vehicle and wanted to charge me an outrageous amount to replace the wiper motor. There is currently a recall on this for 2003 honda accords no. Q78 when the motor gets wet it stops working but for some reason it does not include my vehicle VIN number. Also I had a leak in my power steering and took it in for the recall and they said it was the pump and ended up charging me $500.00 to fix but it is still leaking.

Filed May 11, 2015 · Visibility · MS

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda accord. The contact stated that the windshield wipers failed to activate. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the windshield wiper motor failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and informed that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 08v169000 (visibility). The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Apr 7, 2015 · Lights, Transmission · MA

I have piece of crap people calls honda I call today 04/07/2015 visibility problem windshield wiper and headlamps low I can't see night time during drive and transmission is skip but piece of crap(honda) customer said you no have recall or warranty that's really mess I got mistake to buy piece of crap(honda) please please please I suggest don't buy that like piece of crap( honda) thanks

Filed Apr 18, 2014 · Visibility · 199,000 miles · FL

This is actually the second time that the wipers have stopped working. First time occurred over 2 years ago and had to have the wiper transmission changed. Again in middle of rain storm, wipers stopped. The motor was replaced last year because of recall, but they never replaced the wiper transmission. When the transmission was checked, the arm connection was off so the wipers would not work.

Filed Apr 15, 2014 · Visibility · MD

My wife was driving her 2003 accord coupe to work today in heavy rain. All of a sudden the wipers did not work. My wife tried to adjust the speed from high to low and then intermittent but no luck. By the grace of god, she did get to work safely. I called honda us and spoke to [xxx]. I was told that there was a recall for the wiper motor on the 4 door accord, but not the coupe about the issue. I asked to speak to a supervisor in honda customer service but I was told that there was no supervisor available and that someone will call me within 24 hours. I would like honda to fix the issue. I went on honda forums and a lot of people have complained about the exact same problem with no possible solution. My question is why is the coupe model excluded from the recall? If there's a different motor used, why wasn't the representative more informative about the situation? It sounded like the representative was in a hurry to get me off the phone. My wife's safety is off paramount importance and I need a resolution on this matter as soon as possible because we're expected to have more heavy rain over the next few weeks. Thank you. 'parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).'

Filed Mar 31, 2014 · Steering, Suspension · 129 miles · PA

Someone please help me!!!!!!!!!!!! On the above date, I started my car & proceeded to clean rain water from the windshield. The wipers would not come on, nor would the radio. This is just a couple of ongoing things that I've experienced with this car, since I've purchased it. My mechanic says the wipers are factory defects. Whew, not again!!!! Ugh! When's it going to end. I'm one of those people who depend on my car fro everything because of my college student so, I'm anal on the maintenance. We just put in new ball joints and he tells me the suspension is faulty so, it will cause me to replace the joints again in the future. I opted for the lesser of the two because, it's a factory issue. I've received a couple of recall notices however, upon taking the car to the dealer, once they kept it& claimed to fix the steering issues however, they still exist. I took it a second time, they had the car all of 20 mins. And told me that this issue was fixed previously. I'm continuously having issues with the steering whining, no matter how many times I service the fluids. My radio & electrical systems in the car, is constantly on the blink or not working. Now the passenger window decides not to go up. One day, as I was exiting the vehicle (turned off!) it decided to roll backwards.luckily both feet were not out the car and I could catch it! I've invested so much money in keeping this car running until my mechanic knows what going wrong before the recalls come out. He's serviced so many "03" accords, until he's thinking of becoming a specialist for hondas. I just want honda to correct all recalls on my vehicle. My student depends on it.! How are these car manufacturers allowed to keep robbing its customers??? My address has changed since my last complaint. See below.

Filed Jan 4, 2014 · Visibility · 136,135 miles · TN

Over the last 4 months I have experienced intermittent windshield wiper stoppage but was able to restart. However, while traveling on the interstate from work, it was raining with 20 / 25 MPH cross winds, after traveling 30 miles @ 70 MPH the wipers stopped working and did not restart. I pulled over on the side of the interstate due to poor visibility and called for someone to come and pick me up. We picked up the car the next day (was not raining).