I got out the driveway and made a right turn. The ignition key jump out of the ignition key hole and broke the key handle ( plastic with remote doors/trunk opening. The car stalled and stop. I put the key ( the metal part) in but the engine did not start. I tried super glue the metal and plastic back together and turn the ignition key. The engine was on normal. I took the key out, and tried to turn it with the metal part again. The car did not start. I did not realize the serious of the problem until I read the worcester telegram gazette ( saturday 8/13/05) and found the honda acura rsx has the same problem to other and it locked him three times. I may get kill if the key jump out of the ignition and stall on the highway. Please alert honda about these problems: could be bad ignition lock, shift interlock mechanism, or steering column or the anti-theft. Please help and investigate this serious safety device.
2004 Honda Accord electrical complaints
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I have a 2004 ex v-6 accord coupe. I have had the vehicle in the shop numerous times. I had the car for 1 week it had 175 miles on it and the check engine light came on. All six pistons were misfiring. I have had the car in 3 times now for excessive noise on the drivers side window. The dealership fixed it once and told me that some noise is normal.. (my 76 honda civic doesn't even make as much noise as this car does) the check engine light comes on and blinks and goes off has done this numerous times. Dealership resets it and says that it is ok. I have also had the car in 2 times because it won't start. Dealership says to turn key to first click to let the fuel injection lines fill with fuel. It doesn't work. I am taking it back to the dealership once again tomorrow because the trunk doesn't latch correctly.. What a dissappointment this car has been and its not even a year old.. I will never buy another honda again. The quality has gone severely down hill.
Car struck deer, damaging front left headlight. Within minutes car caught on fire and completely burned out.
Honda accord 2004, noise from brakes while driving forward and reverse. *bf after numerous times of trying to correct the brake problem, the consumer was finally told the noise was a characteristic of the vehicle. The battery was replaced.
While driving at 35 MPH consumer smelled an odor of smoke. After pulling off to the side of the road consumer went to open the hood and was unable to to do so because the vehicle was consumed with flames.
2004 honda accord lx 4 cyl. Automatic 4 door 4533 miles ey will not come out of the iginition. This has happened four times. Each time I called the dealership to inform them of this event. I was told to bring it in, but they need to see the key not come out of the car to diagnose the problem. If it came out then bring it in the next time you have the problem. Each time I was successful with key removal after about 20 minutes of play. I would be able to turn the car off and on. I would drive around, come back park, play with key,giggle key up and down, side to side, and still not be able to get my key out. I made sure that I was in park, back up go forward, and park, pull up e-brake. I risked my car being stolen because I couldn't get the key out at 11:30pm on 12/5/2004. I put my jacket over my wheel to cover it up and locked the car with my spare key. I took it into the dealership, and after 24 hours of being stuck- it came out in the service drive. Honda has had 12 complaints up to date. No recall has been formatted, nor has there been a successful solution to fix this problem.
Numerous problems, braking system, transmission, problem starting the car. Recall notice for a part to be changed in the transmission. *bf campaign id number : 04v176000 gear failure could result in transmission lockup, which could result in a crash. The consumer stated that underneath the car sounds like it going to fall apart. The vehicle sways while being driven.
While driving vehicle caught on fire. There was no warning. Vehicle was towed to the dealer, where a technician found that a piece of insulation started the fire. Manufacturer stated they will make only the repairs necessary.
Could not start car on 2 occasions months apart. Originally thought steering wheel was locked hard against switch. This time switch easily turned but car seemed to have dead battery. Both times no further indication of battery problems.
I had purchased my 2004 honda accord ex on 7-16-04 with 145 miles on it. Two days later I was attempting to accelerate and the car went dead, no power,steering or brakes. I hit the guard rail with my new car. It has about 202 miles on it. So far the dealer said this is the first time this has ever happened from other articles posted here, I see its not. Also on other sites, the end result is always honda finds no problem. I am afraid to drive a car with 202 miles on it. If they choose to repair it. I hope not...
I had purchased my 2004 honda accord ex on 7-16-04 with 145 miles on it. Two days later I was attempting to accelerate and the car went dead. No power,steering or brakes. I hit the guide rails with my new car. It has about 202 miles on it. So far the dealer said this is the first time this has ever happened from other articles posted here, I see its not. Also on other sites. The end result is always honda finds no problem. I am afraid to drive a car with 202 miles on it. If they choose to repair it. I hope not.
I was driving on 1995 expressway at 65 MPH, when the car completely died, I managed to coast it into a breakdown lane. I called the police thinking I had a computer chip problem that happened to a previous honda. Finally noticed that the radio was working and there had been a key symbol on the dashboard before it went out. I was able to start the car up and then realized that the ignition key had slipped forward into the off position while I was driving. I had not touched it, nothing jarred it and I cannot repeat it by hitting or leaning on the other items on the key chain. I noticed that the key has a lot of room to jiggle in the igniition switch. Checked your the federal safety agency to see similar problems with honda. Very concerned. Honda will not see the car until next week, they claimed of hearing about it in older cars but not newer.
Purchased car with 10 miles on it. Failed to start upon leaving dealership. Apparently loose wire. Salesman wiggled with cable and car started. Every day since the purchase of car, I would have a false start requiring a second or even third try to start the car. 25 days later, 1200 miles later, the car died and was towed to the nearest honda dealer. Apparently, the battery was not installed properly and all cables surrounding the battery was loose and the headlamp cover was loose also. There is clunk noise when you initially put the car in drive and was told by the dealer that this is normal noise. There is a metallic rub when depressing on the brake and there is loud brake noise also. Dealer said this was normal also, but I'm not so sure of this.
I was driving my 2004 honda accord ex-l navi sedan and went to get gas. As I finished pumping the gas and went to start the car the car would not start. The car had to be towed to the closest honda dealership. They looked at the car the next day and said that the starter had malfunctioned and needed to be replaced.
Intermittently my v6 ex 2004 accord is difficult to start, and requires several attempts to get started. The dealer tell me that this is "normal" for this make and is related to the computer chip in the car. It seems that this was also a problem with the 2003 accords. It appears that no resolution is possible.
My 2004 honda accord ex v6 occasionally has issues starting. My honda only has 1600 miles on it. It acts as if it's flooded; everytime I've had to remove the key and try again. I had the same exact issue (along with many others) with my 2003 honda accord ex v6 -- so many that the dealer bought the vehicle back from me (before I could lemon law it) and put me in the 2004 -- because "honda's are good cars".
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