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Complaint for Honda Accord 1998

Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Consumer Complaint:
MY 1998 HONDA ACCORD HAD THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL PERFORMED WITH THE RECALL CAME OUT. IN NOVEMBER 2008, I STARTED TO NOTICE STARTING ISSUES. THE DASH LIGHT WOULD FLICKER. AFTER TRYING A COUPLE OF TIMES THE CAR WOULD START. THE CAR RAN FINE UNTIL AROUND JANUARY 2009 WHEN THE CAR ENGINE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING WHILE STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. THE CAR WAS ABLE TO START BACK UP IMMEDIATELY. ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE IN FEB. 2009, THE ENGINE RPM STARTED DROPPING AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE TO GET MORE SPEED. I PULLED INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND STOPPED THE CAR WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL ON AND IN DRIVE POSITION. ONCE I STOPPED, I COULD ACCELERATE AGAIN. ANOTHER TIME THE DASH LIGHTS FLICKER WHEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR. THE CAR DID NOT START UNTIL AFTER A COUPLE OF TRIES. EACH TIME, THESE PROBLEMS OCCURRED, I CHECK IF IT WAS RELATED TO A CERTAIN CONDITION (WEATHER, TEMPERATURE, ETC). THE PROBLEMS HAPPENED RANDOMLY. AFTER READING VARIOUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE AND OTHER SITES, I STARTED TO TRY TO REPRODUCE THE DASH BOARD FLICKERING JUST BY TURNING THE CAR ON BUT NOT STARTING THE ENGINE. I WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE FLICKERING BY SLOWLY TURNING THE KEY TOWARD THE OFF POSITION. I TALKED TO HONDA HEADQUARTERS AND THEY TOLD ME THE RECALL WAS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED AND THE MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. MY CAR NOW 142250 MILES. I TALKED WITH THE DEALERSHIP THAT I HAD THE RECALL DONE AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I TALKED WITH ANOTHER DEALERSHIP WHERE I GET MY MAINTENANCE DONE NOW. THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE $100 TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC ON THE CAR. I TOLD THEM WHAT WOULD GUARANTEE ME THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE FOUND IF THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE AT THE TIME. I WILL BE REPLACING THE IGNITION SWITCH ON I FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO THE WIRING SINCE HONDA WILL HELP WITH THIS ISSUES. THIS SWITCH IS PUTTING ME IN UNSAFE SITUATIONS WHEN DRIVING. *TR

Date of Incident:
20081129