1999 Honda Accord defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1999 Honda Accord. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• IGNITION-PARK INTERLOCK
  Preliminary Evaluation PE05002 · opened Jan 13, 2005 · closed Feb 2, 2005 · led to recall 05V025000

  The above failure report counts are for model year (my) 1999 - 2001 honda accord models that were not within the scope of a related honda recall action (nhtsa 03v423); these vehicles were investigated by odi under defect petition (dp) 04-006.complaint information for other models and model years was not obtained by odi…

• IGNITION-PARK INTERLOCK
  Defect Petition DP04006 · opened Oct 8, 2004 · closed Jan 13, 2005

  The office of defects investigation (odi) produced an information request (ir) letter dated october 14, 2004 which defined the subject vehicles as model year 1999 - 2001 honda accord vehicles which were not within the scope of prior recall action (03v423) honda conducted to resolve an interlock defect.honda submitted r…

• IGNITION-PARK INTERLOCK
  Engineering Analysis EA03017 · opened Sep 9, 2003 · closed Dec 17, 2003 · led to recall 03V423000

  Six of the odi complaints are duplicative of honda complaints, as well as four of the crashes.the one injury occurred when a rollaway vehicle struck the exiting operator who had inadvertently parked the vehicle in an unsecured state (not in park, brake not engaged).honda identified the warranty claims from complaint de…

• IGNITION-PARK INTERLOCK SYSTEM
  Preliminary Evaluation PE03014 · opened Apr 15, 2003 · closed Sep 5, 2003

  Six of the odi complaints are duplicative of the manufacturer complaints, as well as four of the crashes.the noted injury occurred when a rollaway vehicle that had been inadvertently parked in neutral struck the exiting operator.the warranty claim count shown for other represents incidents where honda's analysis of cla…

• SEAT FRAME BRACKET FAILURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE02072 · opened Oct 2, 2002 · closed Mar 28, 2003

  This pe was opened based on 10 consumer complaints in the odi database alleging that the power assisted seats were failing in certain 1998-2002 honda accord vehicles.failures are concentrated in the 1998-99 model year vehicles.the bracket that attaches the seat bottom to the seat base is fracturing due to: 1-the weld c…