1991 Honda Accord

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED. THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT OR FASTEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER STATED THAT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST HAD TO BE PERFORMED TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 246,000.

1991 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SEAT BELTS AND MOTOR *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A SEAT BELT PROBLEM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDED WITH A LIFETIME WARRANTY, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE MOTOR THAT OPERATED THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE LIFETIME WARRANTY. *JB

I HAVE A 1991 HONDA ACCORD EX AND MY SEAT BELT REACTORS NEVER WORKS LIKE ITS SUPPOSED TO! I WENT TO THE HONDA PLACE HERE IN CARTERSVILLE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT SEAT BELTS FOR MY CAR ISN'T COVERED AND I KNOW SEAT BELTS ARE APART OF A LIFETIME WARRANTY. IM NOT GONNA PAY $110 JUS FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT AND TELL ME WHY ITS NOT WORKING, JUST FIX THE [XXX] THING!! THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ALOT OF HONDAS THAT'S IN THE 90'S. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT ON MY 1991 HONDA ACCORD LX SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. I TALKED TO A SERVICE MECHANIC AT THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AND HE SAID THAT THE LIFETIME WARRANTY ON SEAT BELTS DD NOT COVER AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A LAPBELT ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO PROTECT A PASSENGER IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION. CURRENTLY I CAN NOT AFFORD THE COST THAT THEY QUOTED FOR REPAIR AND I AM DRIVING THE CAR WITHOUT A FUNCTIONAL SEAT BELT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE SEAT BELT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE CAUSED THE SEAT BELT LIGHT TO TURN ON. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,382 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 123,800. UPDATED 01/13/11*BF UPDATED 01/24/11*JB

FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS, BOTH THE DRIVER'S AND FRONT PASSENGER'S SHOULDER SEATBELTS SIMULTANEOUSLY BEHAVE ERRATICALLY. SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR, THE FRONT SHOULDER BELTS HAVE DONE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING, THEN HOURS OR DAYS LATER RETURNED TO NORMAL. ----- (A) FAILED TO DISENGAGE WHEN CAR STOPPED AND DOOR OPENED, AND REMAIN PERMANENTLY ENGAGED FOR SEVERAL HOURS OR SEVERAL DAYS. ----- (B) FAILED TO ENGAGE WHEN I ENTERED AND STARTED THE CAR, THEN REMAINING PERMANENTLY UNENGAGED FOR SEVERAL HOURS OR DAYS. ----- (C). DISENGAGED WHILE I DROVE THE CAR, SENDING THE SHOULDER BELT OVER MY ARM. ----- WHEN THE SEAT BELT REMAINS DISENGAGED, I MUST EITHER PUSH THE SHOULDER BELT BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL OR DISCONNECTED IT. AFTER A FEW YEARS OF THIS, THE MECHANISM CEASED BEEPING, AND THE DUMMY LIGHT CEASED LIGHTING FOR THIS PROBLEM. ----- HONDA TOLD ME THESE SEAT BELT PROBLEMS ARE NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. THREE YEARS LATER, I WAS TOLD THE SEAT BELT CONTROL UNIT WAS THE PROBLEM AND WOULD COST $730. NUMEROUS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE SAME PROBLEM, AND BECAUSE OF THE HIGH $700 COST DISCUSS HOW TO DISABLE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM, HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/HONDA-ACCORD/TOE3QOLCUR8BQTB4P. *TR

SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT AND WARNING BUZZER SOUND CONTINUOUSLY. PASSENGER SIDE SHOULDER SEAT BELT REMAINS LOCKED IN REAR POSITION AND WILL NOT TRAVEL. HONDA REFUSED TO HONOR LIFETIME WARRANTY ON SEAT BELT OPERATION STATING THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE "ELECTRONIC" AND NOT SEAT BELT WARRANTY ISSUES. PARTS AND LABOR TO CURE THESE PROBLEMS ESTIMATED AT IN EXCESS OF $1,000. DUE EXPENSE, ONLY SOLUTION IS TO DISCONNECT SEAT BELT WARNING SYSTEM AND DISABLE PASSENGER SIDE SHOULDER BELT. *TR

IN NOVEMBER 2005, THE DRIVER SIDE AUTOMATIC SEATBELT ON MY 1991 HONDA ACCORD COUPE (EX) STARTED MALFUNCTIONING AND WOULD NOT RETRACT TO THE DRIVING POSITION. THERE WAS AN ANNOYING BEEPING SOUND ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MALFUNCTION. THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER (IN ST. THOMAS VI) INFORMED ME THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, AND QUOTED 4 PARTS COSTING OVER $1,411.62, AND THEY COULDN'T GUARANTEE ME THAT THESE REPLACEMENTS WOULD WORK. SO THEY DISCONNECTED THE SEAT BELT MOTOR (UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT), MANUALLY MOVED THE SEAT BELT INTO THE DRIVING POSITION, AND ALSO DISCONNECTED SOME OTHER SEAT BELT ELECTRONIC PART BEHIND THE DRIVER SEAT NEAR THE HANDLE AND STORAGE COMPARTMENT OF THE BACK SEAT, BEHIND A SORT OF PANEL IN THAT AREA. OVER TWO YEARS LATER IN 2008, THE DRIVER SIDE LAP BELT RELEASE BUTTON BROKE AND FELL INSIDE THE SEAT BELT CLIP PREVENTING ME FROM LOCKING THE SEAT BELT IN PLACE. I STARTED RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM ON LINE AND FOUND THERE WAS A VOLUNTARY HONDA RECALL FOR THAT PROBLEM. I HAD TO FIGHT WITH THE DEALER TO GET THEM TO ADMIT THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM THEY SHOULD FIX, AND THEY DID; BUT FORCEFULLY STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC SEATBELT PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED. IN LOOKING IN THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM, I REALIZED THAT THEY HAD MISREPRESENTED THAT "I CHOSE NOT TO FIX THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT PROBLEM" IN 2005. I REFUTED THE ACCURACY OF THE STATEMENT. I WAS BILLED $26.38 AND RECEIVED NO SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS SO I DEMANDED A QUOTE TO FIX IT. THAT'S WHEN I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST OVER $630 FOR THE PART AND $50 OR $75 FOR THE LABOR. I HAD TO INSIST THAT THEY GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE WITH THE PART NO. IN CHECKING WITH ANOTHER DEALER, I WAS ABLE TO BUY THE PART FOR $362 (INCL. S/H). I PAID THE LABOR TO DEALER TO HAVE IT PUT IN, AND THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. ABOUT APRIL 2009, I STARTED GETTING OCCASIONAL BEEPS AND STICKING OF THE SEATBELT AGAIN, BUT IT WOULD RESET ITSELF. SINCE LAST WEEK, AROUND DEC. 2, 2009, IT'S STICKING CONSTANTLY. I CAN'T PAY FOR THIS AGAIN; HONDA SHOULD PAY. *TR