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Complaint for Honda Accord 1999

Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Consumer Complaint:
FOR THE LAST 4 TO 5 YEARS MY 1999 HONDA ACCORD HAS STALLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON OR WOULD NOT START UP RIGHT AWAY. I HAD TAKEN MY HONDA TO SEVERAL PLACES FOR CHECKUPS, I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND A SENSOR SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK INDICATED THAT I LIKELY HAD AN IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM, THAT REPAIR COMPANY REFERRED ME TO MY HONDA DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASE THE VEHICLE NEW AND THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. YESTERDAY MY WIFE HAD THE CAR ON THE CITY OF MEMPHIS BUSIEST STREET WHEN IT STALLED WITH HER IN THE CENTER LANE WITHOUT ANY WARNING BY THE INDICATOR LIGHTS. SHE CALLED ME FRANTIC TELLING ME THAT ALMOST EVERY CAR PASSING HER NEARLY HIT HER. I CALLED THE POLICE TO HELP GET TRAFFIC CONTROL TO HELP HER. SHE AS A FEW OTHERS HAVE INDICATED COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO SHIFT GEARS TO NEUTRAL WHILE STALLED. FINALLY AFTER SITTING 10 MINUTES SHE WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AND MY WIFE WAS REAR ENDED WITH MY 19 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR, I WOULD HAVE LIKELY GONE NUTS ON HONDA. INSTEAD THIS MORNING I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER WHO KEPT THE CAR RUNNING FOR A WHILE WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO STALL (OR SO THEY SAY). THE DEALER SWITCHED OUT THE IGNITION SWITCH AT A COST OF $300 ON TOP OF THE $75 DIAGNOSTIC AT THE DEALER ONE MONTH AGO AND A $49 DIAGNOSTIC AT A SMALL SERVICE STATION NOT TO MENTION THE SENSORS THAT WERE SWITCHED OUT THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ALREADY FILED A COMPLAINT WITH HONDA INDICATING THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE WHICH THEY SHOULD REPLACE FREE OF CHARGE. IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN I WILL LIKELY SEE A LAWYER I JUST PRAY THAT MY FAMILY IS NOT INJURED OR WORSE. THIS MORNING THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD ALSO BE THE MAIN RELAY BUT SINCE THEY WERE ABLE TO SUPPOSEDLY ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THEY REPLACED ONLY THE IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE IS INVOLVED IN LITIGATION TO GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED AND RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT. *TR

Date of Incident:
20090325