2005 Honda Accord: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Sep 4, 2017 · Airbags, Steering · 152 miles · AZ · fire · 1 injury

The line for power steering began leaking and caught fire and I had to replace the line at my expense. I could not get help from the dealer at that time. I have my receipt for the line that was about$149.00 to replace.

Filed Nov 23, 2015 · Engine, Suspension · 120,000 miles · CA

Owner:I hit a dip with this accord 3.0 with vtec engine was driving down street when car made funny noise and the steering got hard to turn. Pulled over and found power steering was leaking. Drove it to shop ordered hose then dropped hose with fluid at repair shop. Technician: power steering hose broke hard and old leaking fluid everywhere causing cerpintine belt come off. The hardened power steering hose broke due to fact that breaking of 2 passenger side motor mount to bracket bolts in bracket causing engine to raise during acceleration and pulling on hoses. Car drove in ok. After replacing bracket and hose noticed water leaking from behind timing belt and removed top cover. Found water pump leaking weep hole and found idler pulley and bolt came loose and fell off.(idler pulley has a special bolt with washer end that if dont wiggle the pully while tightening can tighten pulley tweaked and not complete also use loctite) also found the harmonic balancer bolt to be over torqued making it near impossible to remove without special octagon holding tool. Of course customer doesn't understand how so many things are wrong when all he saw was broken power steering hose.(which when fluid leaks can also catch car on fire) now we suggested replacement of water pump and timing kit but customer wants vehicle immediately and feels we created these other problems on purpose which left me no choice but to do labor for free just to prove im not! The lift of engine and fluid leak caused several bushings to come apart. He must have hit dip hard.

Filed Sep 22, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 34,000 miles · IL · fire

My vehicle was parked in the parking lot of a grocery store. I was on my home from work and had stopped to purchase a few items. The engine was turned off. I had been in the store for about 10 minutes when I heard the loudspeaker asking for the owner of a 2005 gold honda accord to come to the customer service counter. When I approached the person behind the counter, he asked me to look outside to see if the vehicle on fire was, in fact, my car. Smoke was coming from the engine of my car and two vehicles from the fire department were trying to put out the fire. The car was totaled. Honda insisted it was my fault, but I found out much later that engine fires had occurred in other 2005 accords. State farm gave me the replacement value for the vehicle, but it wasn't enough to purchase a car of equal value. The honda accord was still under warranty. I felt I should have been compensated for the entire cost of the car. Plus, if the fire had occurred while I was driving, I might not be here writing this letter to you. I was just recently made aware of some of the recalls from honda for this exact problem. I believe honda should take ownership of this problem and compensate me fairly for my loss. I have the VIN number and all of the paperwork from state farm, including photos of the damage to car taken after the fire.

Filed Apr 3, 2015 · Transmission · 161,000 miles · CA

Driving on the freeway and entered caldecott tunnel in berkeley, ca. All of a sudden the car would not go and the rpms shot up to 6500. I had nowhere to go as I was in a 2 lane tunnel. I put my flashers on and slowed to a stop. This freeway has a very high volume of traffic and I was lucky not to get creamed by someone. There was no warning light that came on. There was a burning smell. I was "pulled" out of the tunnel by a very nice man who stopped to help me. Had the car towed to my mechanic who tells me that the transmission is done. This is a 2005 honda accord v6 and after researching, I see that there are numerous complaints about the transmission. I plan on calling honda to see what they plan to do. I could have been seriously injured.

Filed Mar 17, 2015 · Airbags · 162,000 miles · VA

Driving south on I 81 at approximately mm 167.3. Heard a very loud noise, thought I might have had a blow out. There was a burning smell so I thought my car was on fire and I pulled off on the left hand side of the interstate. No flat, nothing burning, no damage to car. Got back in my car and realized passenger side airbags from front to back had deployed, that is what I was smelling but at the time I did not realize my airbags had deployed. I was alone but there is a child car seat in my backseat and if one of my grandchildren had been in the car seat or a passenger in the front seat they could have been badly injured. My car is currently at the honda dealership and they have provided me a loaner vehicle at no cost to me. They did call this morning to verify that I had not ran over anything or hit anything. There is not damage to my vehicle. The honda dealership told me they would give me a call once they figured this all out. I am now waiting to see what the outcome will be.

Filed Nov 28, 2007 · Seats · 470,548 miles · TX · fire

I was using my heated seats this morning on my way to work. I set the driver's side seat on the low setting and within a few minutes my left thigh began to burn. I looked down and saw smoke coming from the seat and noticed the leather beginning to discolor. I immediately turned the heat off and snuffed out the smoke with my fingers. I am now in the process of notifying honda.

Filed May 17, 2007 · Engine · 34,000 miles · IL · fire

Tl-caller owns a 2005 honda accord. Failure mileage 34000. Wife parked vehicle and went into store. Ten minutes later she was paged and informed that her vehicle was on fire. Fire department extinguished fire and insurance company had it towed to do an investigation. The insurance findings are not available as of yet. He believes the fire started in or near the engine. Ktf

Filed Jul 11, 2006 · Electrical · 14,500 miles · TX

Dt*: the contact stated that when the vehicle is started, there is a zapping noise coming from below the steering wheel, accompanied by a smell of burning plastic. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer where the dealer was unable to determine the problem.

Filed Oct 3, 2005 · Electrical · 3,800 miles · MI · crash · fire · 1 injury

Dt: the consumer's vehicle was struck by another vehicle while approaching a red light at 10 MPH. The vehicle was struck on the left front passenger's side by the headlights and tire area. This was a minor accident. The consumer exchanged license and insurance information and got back into the vehicle. The consumer was planning to drive away. While on the cell phone a pedestrian waved alerting the consumer that the car was on fire. The left front headlight area had black smoke coming from where it had been previously struck. The smoke later turned into flames. The fire department came and put out the fire. The vehicle was towed to the dealership from where it was purchased. No explanation as to why this fire began. The fire department, the police department, the insurance company, and dealer could not offer an explanation at this time. An insurance investigator, fire inspector, and a representative from american honda came to inspect the vehicle. No report was issued, but the consumer wished to file a compliant. No corrections or repairs were done. No final determinations will be made until after inspections. The consumer was injured as a result of the accident but not the fire.