1995 Honda Accord

ON THURSDAY MAY 10, 2001 AROUND 12:05 PM, THE STARTER ON OUR 1995 HONDA ACCORD (@76,000 MILES) ENGAGED WHILE NO ONE OR THE KEY WAS IN THE CAR. MYSELF AND AT LEAST TWO OTHER PEOPLE WITNESSED THE CAR CLIMB A FOUR INCH CURB AND MOVE APPROXIMATELY 35 FT WITH THE PARKING BRAKE APPLIED. THE CAR WAS STOPPED WITH FOOT BRAKE. IT STARTED TO SMOKE. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HOOD WAS RAISED TO FIND THE STARTER AND CABLES IN FLAMES. A HAND HELD CO2 FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS USED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE TWICE. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND UNHOOKED THE BATTERY. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO RICK WOODSON HONDA, PETERS CREEK ROAD, ROANOKE, VA. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN WRECKED. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY WORK DONE ON THE STARTER. IT HAS NEVER FAILED TO START NOR HAS THE STARTER SYSTEM EVER REQUIRED CHECKING. OTHER THAN MOTOR OIL AND A BATTERY REPLACED ON NOVEMBER 4, 1999, EVERY MAINTENANCE PART HAS COME FROM HONDA. ONLY A HONDA DEALER OR MY HUSBAND HAS EVER HAD THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HOOD UP ON THIS CAR. IT HAS NEVER REQUIRED A JUMP-START NOR HAS IT JUMP STARTED ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE DRIVEN 95% OF THE MILES ACCUMULATED ON THIS CAR. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM CLEVELAND VILLAGE HONDA, CLEVELAND TENNESSEE ON JUNE 24, 1995. THE CAR HAD SLIGHTLY OVER 6,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BY THE SERVICE MANAGER.*AK

WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED WHICH FORCED THE VEHICLE FOWARD TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE TWO FRONT PASSENGER SEATS COLLAPSED DURING THE FIRST PORTION OF THE COLLISON FORCING THE TWO FRONT OCCUPANTS TO BE LYING DOWN FLAT AS THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO COLLIDE WITH THE VEHICLE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF IT, ALL THREE OCCUPANTS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES (DAUGHTER ON BEHALF OF MOTHER). *JB

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. CAR WAS IN DEALERSHIP FOR NINE DAYS. THE NEXT DAY SRS WARNING LIGHT WENT ON, AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALER SAID IT HAD NEVER BEEN RECALLED, AND IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. I PAID OVER $600 TO HAVE REPAIR DONE, SINCE I WAS ADVISED THE AIRBAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY IF THE REPAIR WAS NOT DONE . RESEARCH ON NHTSA WEBSITE FOUND OVER 50 COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO FOUND INDICATIONS THAT RECALL NOTICE 96 V 317000 ADDRESSED A PROBLEM WITH THE SRS. I NEVER RECEIVED THIS NOTICE. I HAVE CALLED ZONE OFFICE FIVE TIMES AND LEFT MESSAGES. NO ONE HAS RETURNED A CALL. ALSO ASKED THE HONDA OF LISLE SERVICE MANAGER TO CONTACT ZONE OFFICE FOR ME, WAS NOT DONE. SERVICE MANAGER WOULD NOT GIVE ME THE NAME OF THE DEALERSHIP'S OWNER TO CONTACT TO TRY TO RESOLVE.*AK