2006 Honda Accord Wipers & Visibility Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SUN ROOF GLASS HAD SHATTERED AND LEFT A HOLE DIRECTLY IN THE CENTER OF THE GLASS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER STATED THAT AN OBJECT STRUCK THE SUN ROOF AND CAUSED IT TO FRACTURE; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT DISAGREED WITH THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN MY ROAD AND NOTICE MY CAR KEEPS STALLING BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR, IF I HIT THE BRAKE IT STOPS AND I CAN GO ON. I TOOK IT FOR RECALL LAST YEAR AND IT STARTED DOING BETTER BUT LAST MONTH IT IS STALLING AND JERKING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 30-45. IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. ALSO MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WHEN I TRY TO ROLL IT UP WITHOUT HOLDING THE BUTTON IT WILL GO ALL THE WAY UP AND THEN ROLL BACK DOWN. I ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWING HOT AIR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IF I TURN IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHERE IT SAYS LO AND A FEW MINUTES LATER TURN IT UP TO WHAT IT IS SET ON THEN IT WILL BLOW CORRECTLY FOR A DAY OR TWO,SOMETIMES A COUPLE OF WEEKS BUT HAVING TO KEEP DOING THIS DEFEATS HAVING CLIMATE CONTROL OPTION. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER BLEW HOT AIR ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND COLD AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHILE THE DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL WAS ACTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MODE CONTROL HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY IN APRIL 2012 FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND ALSO OFFERED TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR COSTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR FLIPPED DOWNWARD, THE VISOR WOULD CONSTANTLY COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND OBSTRUCT THE CONTACT'S VISION OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

2006 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER STATES DEFECT WITH VEHICLE WINDOWS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE WINDOWS WOULD OPEN AT ANY TIME WITHOUT COMMAND FROM THE REMOTE, EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS OFF AND PARKED. SEVERAL COMPONENTS WITHIN THE WINDOW PANEL WERE REPLACED, BUT THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB

2006 HONDA ACCORD EX-L FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKING. FIRST INCIDENT 11-01-06. REPLACED BY DEALER. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW RATTLES. THE DEALER LUBRICATED THE WINDOW. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER DOES NOT BLOW COLD AIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE AIR WAS NOT COLD BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS BLACK AND THE FILTER WAS CLOGGED. THE VIN AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5.

SAME ANNOYING GLASS WITHIN THE INSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR OCCASIONALLY STARTS MOVING RAPIDLY UP AND DOWN WITHIN THE PLASTIC HOUSING WHILE DRIVING AND EVEN OVER THE SMALLEST PARKING LOT SURFACE CRACKS. THIS IS CONSTANT FOR A FEW MINUTES OF HALF OF THE ENTIRE TRIP. MAKES THE REARVIEW ALMOST USELESS AND ALSO THE DRIVER POSSIBLY DIZZY. SURPRISED THAT MAKING THE REARVIEW UNEXPECTEDLY USELESS ISN'T ENOUGH OF A SAFETY ISSUE TO DRAFT SOME ATTENTION. MY DEALER LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY AND DENIED ANY POSSIBILITY OF HOW THIS COULD BE TRUE, INTERMITTENTLY. ZONE REP USELESS. I FOUND THIS SIMILAR COMPLAINT, THANK GOD I AM NOT ALONE - AND LOOK SAME MODEL AND YEAR ! - CUT AND PASTED IT HERE : COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10159064 SUMMARY: DURING HOT WEATHER THE MIRROR SECTION OF THE INSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR BECAME LOOSE AND BEGAN TO VIBRATE, I PUSHED ON THE MIRROR SECTION AND IT MOVED BACK AND FORTH IN THE PLASTIC HOUSING. IT BECAME VERY DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING, AND ALSO THE VEHICLES I COULD SEE IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WERE DISTORTED AND NOT CLEARLY SEEN. I TOLD THE DEALER, THEY IN TURN CALLED THE ENGINEERS, WHO TOLD MY SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, TO FIX THE PROBLEM THE DEALER SAID THEY HAVE TO INSTALL SOME SPACING MATERIAL TO STOP THE MIRROR FROM VIBRATING. THE ENGINEERS SAID HEAT CAUSE THE SPACER HOLDING THE MIRROR EXPANDS DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. WHEN THE CONTACT ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND SHUT THE DOOR, THE REAR GLASS SHATTERED. THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS APPROXIMATELY THIRTY TO FORTY DEGREES. THE CONSUMER STATED SHARDS OF GLASS WERE ALL OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE - DASHBOARD, FRONT AND BACK FLOORS, THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED GLASS WAS IN HER HAIR, NECK AND BACK OF SHOULDERS. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE AND THE INVOICE FOR REPAIRS. UPDATED 05/21/07 *TR

BOUGHT 2006 ACCORD SEDAN IN AUG 2006. UPON TAKING CAR HOME NOTICED 'ORANGE PEEL' LIKE DISTORTION IN WINDSHIELD. TOOK BACK TO DEALER. THEY FIRST CLAIMED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, FINALLY AFTER MUCH ARGUING THEY ADMITTED IT WAS THERE AND REPLACED IT. NEW WINDSHIELD IS WORSE. IT HAS WAVY PATTERN IN THE GLASS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE OUT OF. WENT BACK TO DEALER, THEY SAW IT, THEY THEN CALLED IN FACTORY REP. HE SAYS "THEY ALL HAVE IT" AND REFUSED TO TAKE ACTION. FACTORY LINE IS THAT ALL HONDA'S SINCE 1990 HAVE THIS PROBLEM. TOLD HIM THAT'S BULL SINCE THIS IS THE 3RD HONDA I'VE BOUGHT SINCE 1990 AND NONE OF THE OTHERS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. NEITHER DOES ANY OTHER BRAND (TOYOTA, VOLVO) CARS THAT I OWN HAVE IT.*JB

PASSENGER OUTSIDE MIRROR EXPLODED WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IF THE PASSENGER WINDOW HAD BEEN DOWN IT WOULD HAVE HIT MY DAUGHTER IN HER HEAD. WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED I STOPPED THE CAR AND PICKED UP THE MIRROR, THERE WAS NO OTHER CARS OR NOTHING AROUND THAT COULD HAVE HIT THE MIRROR, IT MADE A VERY LOAD NOISE BUT NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS DONE OTHER THAN MIRROR CAME FLYING INTO IN THE SIDE WINDOW AND THEN HIT THE GROUND. ALL OTHER PARTS ON THE MIRROR ARE IN PLACE AND FINE, ONLY THE CENTER MIRROR PARTS FELL OFF THE CAR. I TOOK IT BACK TO HONDA TO TELL THEM THE MIRROR FELL OUT AND THE SERVICE MANAGER LEFT ME STANDING THERE AND DIDN'T COME BACK, HE NEVER GOT MY NAME. I ASKED THE DESK BOY WHERE HE HAD GONE AND HE PAGED HIM AND THE SAID THAT HE WOULD CALL ME, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS, MY NAME OR WHO THE OWNER OF THE CAR WAS SO HOW IS HE GOING TO CALL ME. BRAND NEW, ONLY HAD THE CAR 2 WEEKS. *JB

2006 HONDA ACCORD WINDSHIELD IS WAVY AND DIFFICULT TO SEE OUT OF. THERE WAS ALSO A TIRE BLOW OUT. *KB THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. THEY BOTH CLAIMED THE WAVY WINDSHIELD WAS DUE TO THE AERODYNAMICS. *NM

DURING HOT WEATHER THE MIRROR SECTION OF THE INSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR BECAME LOOSE AND BEGAN TO VIBRATE, I PUSHED ON THE MIRROR SECTION AND IT MOVED BACK AND FORTH IN THE PLASTIC HOUSING. IT BECAME VERY DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING, AND ALSO THE VEHICLES I COULD SEE IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WERE DISTORTED AND NOT CLEARLY SEEN. I TOLD THE DEALER, THEY IN TURN CALLED THE ENGINEERS, WHO TOLD MY SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, TO FIX THE PROBLEM THE DEALER SAID THEY HAVE TO INSTALL SOME SPACING MATERIAL TO STOP THE MIRROR FROM VIBRATING. THE ENGINEERS SAID HEAT CAUSE THE SPACER HOLDING THE MIRROR EXPANDS DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT. *JB

PURCHASED A 2006 HONDA ACCORD COUPE ON MARCH 15TH 2006, WAS TRAVELING NO THE HIGHWAY WITH NO VEHICLE IN THE FRONT OF ME AND ON MARCH THE 17TH TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASED MY SUN ROOF SHATTERED. TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP, MANUFACTURER AND THEIR REPLY WAS ITS NOT A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THEREFORE ITS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I HAD TO PAY $602.00 AT ANOTHER HONDA DEALERSHIP OUT OF TOWN FOR THE SUN ROOF TO BE REPLACED. *NM