1995 Honda Accord

VEHICLE ABS STARTED MAKING NOISE AROUND 90,000 MILES AND WAS SLOWLY LOSING FLUID. LIGHT CAME ON PERMANANTLY AT 100,000 MILES AND ABS MALFUNCTIONED. AMERICAN HONDA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TSB 96-05 WAS ISSUED. DEALER STATED IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THE MODULATER COSTS IS APPROX. $1,100. NO RECALL WAS ISSUED KNOWING THE PLUGS ON THE ABS MODULATOR WERE NOT PROPERLY TIGHTENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIPPED FROM THE FACTORY. THIS CAUSED A LEAK OF BRAKE FLUID FROM THE SYSTEM, WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE MASTER CYLINDER PRESSURE IN THE MAIN BRAKING SYSTEM. CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR AND A NEED TO BE PUMPED TO OBTAIN PRESSURE IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM. HONDA CLAIMS IT IS DUE TO THE AGE OF THE CAR BUT THE TSB 96-050 CLEARLY IDENTIFIES LIABILITY OF THE ABS SYSTEM SHIPPED WITH IMPROPERLY TIGHTEN PLUGS. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRING OWNERS TO TAKE THE CAR BACK AND PAY FOR. *AK

ABS BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON. PROBLEM HAD BEEN FIXED (SEAL REPLACEMENT) A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, 9-10-99 TO BE EXACT, BUT ABOUT A YEAR AFTER THAT REOCCURED. SINCE THEN I HAVE FILLED THE ABS RESERVOIR EACH TIME THE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. NOW THAT DOES NOT HELP ANYMORE EITHER. THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND I THOUGHT AT LEAST THAT THEY WOULD HAVE FIXED IT THE FIRST TIME THIS PROBLEM CAME UP. *AK

THE FIRST INCIDENCE OCCURRED IN JULY 1999 AND THE DEALER ATTENDED TO THE ABS LIGHT ON DEFECT BY R&R ACCUMULATOR AND ABS PUMP & REPAIR LEAK, BLEED ABS SYSTEM & RESET ECU. THE ABS LIGHT REMAINED OFF THEREAFTER. TOTAL REPAIR COST WAS $193.0. THE PROBLEM HOWEVER CREPT UP AGAIN IN NOVEMBER 2000, AND THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS INTERNAL FAILURE IN ABS MODULATOR. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE MODULATOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND WOULD COST $1200. HONDA WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED TO PAY 20% OF THE REPAIR COST. *AK