Honda Reviews

I took my automobile to Honda of Escondido to investigate an oil leak. Upon examination, the oil leak was caused by stripped out oil pan threads. The only way to repair the leak was to replace the oil pan at the cost of $333.84. The cause of the damaged threads was due to the over torquing of the drain plug during my last oil change at Express Tire. The evedence showes that the employee realized that the threads were stripped and applied a thick tar like substance to keep the drain plug in place and stopped any leakage. My automobile oil change was not due, however, the loss of oil required this repair. I have docmented paper work from Honda, that identifies the problem.

It's very difficult to see much of the road with the type of head lights they are using, which are about 2-/12 inch enclosed circular units. On roadways in the country, with hills and turns, these lights on low beam cast a shadow on the side and creates a sort of hypnotic effect. When cresting a hill to climb another, visibility is reduced to approximately 25 to 40 feet until you begin to assend again and you lose visiblity until the vehicle's nose if downward again. These are like small spot lights and act as such and are not safe to drive at night with in a country setting. Side visibility is not more then 15 to 30 feet and it's not lit up well at all. I explained the problem to the service person and mechanic, both of which have not driven a 2008 at night nor do they own one. The mechanic could understand the problem, but nothing he could do about it unless Honda has a recall to replace the headlights.

My car honda type R was in an accident sent it for repairs and theres no parts available. One part is due at the end of the month and dont know about the other.I am a businessman and need a vehicle daily. Im currently receiving shocking customer service since no calls of mine have been returned. i've been informed that if honda does not have parts available they would fly parts over or give a certiousy vehicle which neither is happening.There has been little or no help for my problem.

Situation Background I own 2001 Acura Integra GSR. The car has been driven to and from work 99% of its life, just regular wear and tear. Currently there is 75000 miles on this car. The car has had its oil changed at Acura dealer ship for its entire life every 3 thousand miles. Mid 2007 I suddenly noticed that my engine warning light turned on. I immediately stopped to investigate. It turned out that oil was low. I have contacted dealer and run oil burning test to see if engine was burning oil. All it is, you drive 1000 miles and check oil level. It was measured that my engine is burning 2 quarts of oil every 1000 miles. I was shocked to say the least because after our family bough many Honda vehicles over 20 years I have never seen Honda engine burn oil. Two quarts of oil per 1000 miles is huge amount. I contacted Acura Customer service to find out if they can help with this matter as it sure looked like something that should not be happening. Customer Service Response Customer service told me that they do not have to help me because my warranty expired but if they are to provide any kind of assistance I need to have a dealer and only Acura dealer determine what the problem is first. I spoke with Service manager at Acura dealer and I was told it will cost me $1000 up front and maybe more to make a determination whats wrong with the engine. This is not even the costs of repair, which is likely to bring the total cost to be more then if I would just buy a brand new engine. So I was supposed to spend all this money just to find out if Acura would render some kind of assistance to help with my problem. I have decided to consult with a friend of family a Honda mechanic with 25 years experience with Honda cars. He works for Honda dealer. He assured me that Honda engine can go 200000 miles without burning any oil and there are only two possibilities why my car is burning oil this soon. 1. Manufacturing defect of engine. 2. Oil was not changed properly by the dealer. (McGrath Acura 400 E Ogden Ave Westmont, IL , 60559) Conclusions I have thought about it, and called Customer Support again to tell them that I do not believe I should have to spend any money to fix something that is clearly not my fault. They replied that there is nothing they can do for me then. Im truly shocked and disappointed that Acura is expecting their customers to throw away a car after 75000 miles. Im also shocked that the dealership would not offer me some kind of discount on labor they wanted to charge me to determine whats wrong with the car. When you think about it, they are partially responsible for this situation as they have failed to notify me the engine is burning oil when they were doing oil changes. You would think the dealer might want to mention to you that the extracted oil form engine was much lower then expected, but I guess this must be against their interests. They check your tire pressure but fail to inform you about such an important fact as low oil level during oil change. I do not understand why a manufacturer with much worse reputation like Hunday is warranting their power train up to 100,000 miles, but Acura turns their back on long term loyal customer when they know their equipment should not break this soon? It is not like I took my car to Jiffy Lube. My car was maintained only by Acura dealer for its entire life. Acura you leave me no choice. I have decided that I have no choice but to stop buying Honda made cars and to share my experience with as many people as possible on Internet. Let this be a warning to anyone who thinks Acura and Honda is a guarantee of excellence. Nothing could be further from the truth. Regards A very disappointed customer.

At 11:30 on Saturday, January 26th at the Washington Auto Show in the Washington Convention Center in D.C., I approached a Honda salesman. I inquired as to why you don't sell Manual Transmissions for the CR-V or have the option to order one. He said people don't wan't Manuals and to get used to it. I told him I bought a Suburu instead even though I was a Honda owner for years because I drive a Manual and he said he didn't care. At least teach your salesmen to pretend to care but with his attitude, he needs to find another job other than customer service. I don't know the individual's name but he was the only male on the floor at 11:30 on that day.

I have had many many problems with 1999 Oddssey as well. Transmissions (two) doors stick problem, door switches Ignition Switch Fuel injectors

I purchase a 2002 Honda SE brand new, and my car has been dealership service for six year. Now at 152,000 miles my transmission has to be replaced and I am very upset. The dealership told me that my car has been maintain very well and suggested that I replace the Transmission instead of purchasing a new car, which will not be a Honda. So in telling me that, why do I need a new transmission knowing that my car has been maintain very well by Honda. If Honda is having problems with their transmission then they need to do right by their customers and replace the transmission.

I purchased a (used) 98 Honda CR-V from a local Honda dealership. When my battery died, I looked for the code to reset my radio. It turns out I was never given the code card because my dealer never had the info. They tell me they need to remove the radio to find the serial number. I called the national Honda customer service line and asked them if it would be possible to track down the number via the VIN. They said they couldn't. I find that EXTREMELY hard to believe since, as far as I know, every vehicle has an assembly tree where the serial number of each and every part, tests conducted, etc. are noted. (Otherwise, how could they notify the customer if there is a defective batch of radios where installed into vehicles?)

I took my car in on Monday November 5 because the car heated up on my way to work. When I arrived the service adviser informed me that in order for them to determine the cause they needed to conduct some tests and it would take a few hours.

I have a 2006 Honda Ridgeline Truck. Honda was highly recommended to me by my friends who own them. Well, I am extremely frustrated because my truck which has 61,000 has a front left head gasket which is blown. I was told by the dealer that I would need to pay $1400 to look at the vehicle to tell me what was wrong with it. That is would be approx. $4500 to fix my truck.

In Jan 2005 the transmission on my Honda Passport was replaced at 52,000 miles with me paying my insurance deductible of $500.00. Now, Sep 07, I find my transmission going out again with only 82,000 miles. I have currently contact the BBB representative.

On Friday 10/05/07 my 2 children and I was involved in a 5 car pile up. We were on Hwy 75 going home when the two cars in front stopped because of road construction. While coming to a stop the car behind me hit me at 65-70 mph slamming me into car in front. Then car behind him hit him. I was pushed into steering wheel. Were I have chest and neck pain with head aches. My 13 year old son was in passanger seat. Which thank the lord he was not hurt.

I took my car for service on 9/15 the check engine light was staying on. I was informed that same day the the problem was that one of the oxygen sensor was mad. I gave the permission to replace the oxygen sensor, they stated that the price including labor about $500.00. Late no I was contacted my the manager to inform me that while the were trying to remove the sensor they damaged the catalytic converter.

I purchased this car brand new in Dec 2006, In July 2007 suddenly I lost the cooling of the AC as I was traveling across Saudi Arabia desert with my family. I had therefore to have the AC checked, the nearest city to my location was Haferelbaten.

I have a 2003 Odessey. It will allow me to take the key out without being in park. I parked in my garage coming home from work one evening without closing the garage door. The next morning my van had rolled out of the garage, tore out a retaining wall and was lodged against a tree, which kept it from hitting my neighbors house.

My 2001 Honda caught fire as I was driving. Smoke started seeping through the vents in the dashboard. I was fortunate to escape through the window because there was an electrical failure and I could not unlock the electric locks. Fire shot out through the dashboard soon after I escaped the vehicle. Had I been trapped I am certain I would have died.

I accidentally did not place my honda odessey in park resulting in my mini van to roll backwards. The van ran over my mother resulting in injuring of road rash, scrapes and bruises. Nothing was broken. I am 8 1/2 months pregnant and I had to run and dive into the moving vehicle b/c my 1 year old daughter was asleep in her car seat in the back of the van. I slammed the shifter in park and it came to a stop. I became dilated and began contracting every 3minutes. things have slowed now and I have not had my baby yet. Why does this van not have a beeping sound when the shifter is in drive and the door opens. It constantly beeps if you do not wear a seat belt but nothing sounds if you accidently leave the shifter in gear and open the drivers side door. And why did it roll backwards?

they replace the a/c condensor for 801.they would not cover it under the warrinty said the debree hit it.

What it seems to us and from the diagnosis received from the dealer is that our car has transmission problem. This problem is a well know problem and issued as recalled item by Honda Manufacture. This has been posted on Honda Web site given a specific symtom and issue which matched exactly to our case. In our case, they are refusing to pay for labor charge for fixing this problem, because they claimed that it has been previously put in a adjustment valve to prevent this to happen when they first announced the recalled. To us, this device obviously is not working because our transmission is dying just like any other Honda Odessey with this same issue. We have spoken to many Honda owners and all of them had been taken their car in for a transmission replacement. We have 4 Honda Odessey in our family and at least 3 have been identify with transmission problem. Whether they all been fixed by Honda or not is another case.

My 17 year old son was involved in an auto accident that nearly took his life. the airbags did not deploy on the sides and my son suffered traumatic brain injuries on all parts of his brain, collapsed lung, laserated liver and then needed a blood transfusion b/c he had lost so much 010707. No one has paid a dime, not the insurance or any of the defendants that I have filed claims against that could have prevented all this I need a lawyer for the faulty airbags, and someone that can help me to get what my son deserves b/c he will suffer now for the rest of his life due to negliagence.

Transmissions went out on my 2003 Honda Odessy.

Transmission failed at 125,000 miles

2005 Acura RSX-S. 178 Miles out of warranty, shift linkage breaks. Dealership tells me acura will not do warranty work on car. Contact Acura, confident that they will take care of the problem, as in the last 4 years I've bought two cars from the same dealership and traded in two cars. 5 days after first contact, acura denies goodwill coverage and warranty coverage. Have been a LOYAL acura/honda customer for over 12 years. I WILL NEVER BUY A HONDA PRODUCT again in my lifetime. No one in my family will purchase anything that deals with honda. I will tell my friends and my friends friends how honda refuses to warranty something that would cost them $400 dollars but they want to charge me $800 dollars. Never again. From now on, its BMW or Toyota

We were in a car reck Saturday night. We were hit from behind. We were stopped at a red light when a mini copper hit us going pretty fast. The dirver was 17 and did not have on his glasses, he was alone in the car. When the police came his mom who had arived stated that he had his contact in. The doy did not even get a ticket because the airbags did not pop. The Van was moved and the air bags did not pop. I was in the car with My husband driving and our 4 children. When I ask Honda why didn't the airbags pop they stated you were not hit right, the engine mount was broken, the metal in the rear bumper is sticking out and the electrical system was missed up. It should not matter were you are hit the air bags should have opened and the reason why is bogis.

i have a 2005 Honda CR-V..has 59 Thousand miles on it..brought it in sunday for a 45 thousand mile check up...took it home a day later I'm experiencing what feels like a big nail in my tire when I take off and it stopes when I reach about 40 MPH...took it back to Honda World and they told me that the car I purchased a little more than 2 years ago, a car I have NEVER had off-roading..a car with 59K Miles on it needs NEW AXLES..the front LEFT and RIGHT AXLES need to be replaced..that's why the car feels funny when I take off..it's actually moving from side to side..the service person I spoke to said since the warrent has already expired there is nothing they can do..new axles are about 1350 and Honda will pay half and that is all..my question is if it is a defective part whey shouldI pay anything at all..Honda cant be serious about a consumer expecting to buy new axles after 2 years...calling Honda gets me nowhere.

When driving at 50-60 miles per hr recently, the shut off completly. This has happened 8-10 times ovet the past two-three weeks. I have also ,in the past two encountered a clunking noise when backing up the car. Yesterday I heard a loud whirring sound when I put the car in reverse and tried to back up. The car would not move/engage the reverse gear. It appears that I now have a transmission problem even though the car only has 74k miles.

There was a recall on airbags on my vehicle, in which we took the vehicle in at time of recall. I recently was involved in an accident, in which I had barely started to move forward at a stoplight, but was unable to make a complete stop before rear ending the car in front of me. There was a police officer at the scene, which is why the accident occured as the car in front of me stopped to avoid hitting the police officer.

I have reported that the New Hybrid I baought has a problem and the IAM ligh goes on and many times loses power. This is particularly so on the freeway. I had the car checked by two Honda dealers and they have not were not able to check it because it did not happpen when I took it. One dealer in particular told me I had to go back to the dealer I bought it from. Now, Thursday I took it to another dealer and the problem did not come on, and on Friday my son had a problem with the car. Furthermore, I do not get more than 32-34 miles on the freeway. I also think the milage is not recorded right. I am not familiar with this cars, I am not sure if other people have the same problem.

Supposed to deliver 19 MPG city and 26 MPG country - barely get 15 and just under 20 - dealer says depends on how I drive - am 75 year old retired NYS Police Captain and pretend to know a little on how to get good mileage - wife is a nurse and very careful driver - service man trying to tell me this is only an estimate and is consistent with mileage figures (they put this is SMALL letters under mileage you should be getting on sticker) - Honda doing a mileage consumption test today but doubt will get any satisfaction - car also vibrates and makes noise from engine or transmission - they say it's NORMAL - looking to have them sign a paper today verifying it is normal - have found numerous similar on line complaints that I made copies of - looking for more - do not intend to accept this mileage and will join any class action suit that may handle such matters unless Honda does something for me - please respond with contact info in the probable event they do not address the problem (s) - also should note Honda wants about $2200 for extended warranty - thank you

4-10-07 my wife was in a accident and the air bag did not pop out!

drive belt broke after 49 hours. then i was told it wasn't covered under warranty. i only have 250 miles on it .i'm being told this is a ware out part which i have to pay for. the belt looks almost new and was probly defective when i bought it

I took my car to the dealership on Thursday February 22nd 2007 to replace a timing belt. Before I took the car to this location I had no problems from my power steering. When I picked the car up later that evening I started hearing grinding noises when I would turn my wheel. I called the c/o and left a message on the voicemail explaining the problem.

Just received a letter stating there are two lawsuits against Honda (automobiles)for having inaccurate odometers. It states that the odometer is 4%-6% off. Actual mileage is lower than what the odometer. This is affecting warranties; and, if the case is won, Honda will extend the warranty mileage limits. But, doe this odometer problem also mean that their cars are getting lower MPG than stated for each model?

My Honda (CR-V EX-L 4 by 4 SUV)does not meet the MPG as advertised 22/28 by Honda. It can only reach 21.x MPG at best. Now the car has 5000 miles on it. Unually I drive from home to work and 80% highway and 20% load, it stays on 21.x MPG. I had driven car for 100% highway for full load of gas couple times, the MPG did not improve at all.

I bought my son a 2006 Honda TRX250 for 2005 Christmas. About 4 months ago while riding with friends on a flat dirt road the atv suddenly pulled to one side and started flipping. Thank God that he wasnt traveling at high speed. I took the atv to Rick Case Honda where the atv had been purchased and told them exactly what my son explained happened. It was the opinion of the Service Manager and a Representative of Honda that my son must have hit something.

Driver seat belt will either not engage, or not open at all once engaged. I'm left trying to decide if it's safer to wear it and not be able to get out in an emergency, or not wear it and get out, but maybe squashed. Honda has been telling me since November,2006 that the part is not available. They've made it a critical request, but I still can't get any help with getting this part replaced. It IS a safety issue.

On 11/30/06, my husband was at lunch and returned to the parking lot to find his 2006 Honda Ridgeline burned and fire fighters just finishing up with extinguishing the engulfed truck.

I had an accident on the 29th Oct this year. I was driving on the highway when the traffic infront of me slowed down and i slowed down when the guy coming from behind rear ended me with a severe high impact causing me to rear end the car infront of me (causing entensive damage to thr front), and that car infront of another. Was a 4 car accident. I was the only one who was taken to the hospital and was diagnosed by minor head injury and neck strain. I still have head ache, neck pain and feel nausea, body is sore.The car is a total loss concluded by my insurance company. The front is all smashed and the air bags did not deploy. When they are suppose to deploy? It was my luck that i survived. My seat belt kept me in place otherwise i could be thrown out of the car.

I was in a single car accident in Ely, NV. My car was totalled and I had a broken neck resulting in an anterior fusion of C5-6-7. The driver side air bag didn't deploy but the passenger side did. I was off work for 3 months, I am still in Therapy.

I was recently in an accident, where my front end was struck by and oncoming vehicle at a T. Her airbags deployed. Mine did not. My seat belt was the only thing keeping me in place. I suffered a bruised should from hitting my side window, and some whiplash. I am most concerned about the reliability of the airbag system.

I got into a car accident last Friday and the front of my car is completely totaled. The problem is: my airbag did NOT go off and it should have. The police questioned this as well. I'm pretty worried as to why an airbag would not deploy during a head on collision. So far, my neck and lower back hurts. My car will be in the shop for 3-4 weeks and I want to know how I can go about discussing this with Honda, as I am not content with the non-deployment of my airbag.

In what should have been a simple fender-bender where both parties drove away, my wife was injured by the deployment of her '97 Honda CR-V's airbag. This was very low-speed impact that caused minor damage to both cars involved. My wife suffered severe 2nd degree burns to both arms, in addition to bruises and abrasions to her face.