1996 Honda Accord

WHILE DRIVING-OIL INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHING. INDICATION OF LOSS OF ALL OIL. ABLE TO MAKE IT TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHY THIS WOULD HAPPEN. DISCOVERED THAT BALANCE SHAFT SEAL & CAM SHAFT HAD POPPED OUT. RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL OIL IN ENGINE> THIS IS FRONT BALANCE SHAFT. ALL BELTS AND FLUIDS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $483.22. WHICH HAS NOT BEEN PAID. QUESTIONED THE SERVICE MANAGER REGARDING THIS AS A FACTORY PROBLEM. TOLD NO. EVEN THOUGH SERVICE BULLETINS HAVE BEEN ISSUED REGARDING THIS PROBLEM FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS. A CLIP IN NEEDED TO BE PLACED ON THESE SHAFT SEALS TO PREVENT THE PROBLEM FROM CONTINUING TO OCCURR AGAIN. UNFORTUNATELY WHEN REVIEWING THE WORK ORDER THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE CLIP WAS APPLIED. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER SAID THEY KNEW A PROBLEM EXISTS BUT WOULD NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR COST AND POSSIBLE PERMANENT DAMAGE TO ENGINE VEHICLE. THEY REFUSED TO SUPPLY ME WITH THE COMPLETE BULLETIN REGARDING THE PROBLEM.ONE SERVICE MGR AT ANOTHERDEALERSHIP SAID THIS PROBLEM IS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND HONDA WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE FACTORY DEFECT. *AK

RE-SUBMIT//STATE REPORTED INCORRECTLY. WHILE DRIVING OIL LIGHT INDICATOR CAME ON/LOST ALL OIL IN ENGINE. NO PRIOR WARNING. ABLE TO MAKE IT TO DEALER TOLD THAT BALANCE SHAFT SEAL POPPED OUT AND ALSO CAM SHAFT SEAL POPPED OUT AT SAME TIME. REQUIRED TO REPLACE BOTH SEALS AND ALL FLUIDS/ALL BELTS REPLACED -COST - $483.22. DEALER CLAIMED NO KNOWLEDGE OF PRIOR NOTIFICATION FROM MANUFACTURER OF PROBLEM OR OFFER TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER FOR PAYMENT AND COST RESPONSIBILITY. ABLE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM THIS SITE THAT SERVICE BULLETINS ISSUED ON BOTH 1995/1996 HONDA ACCORDS WITH THIS PROBLEM. DISLODGED SEAL ON THE FRONT BALANCER SHAFT. DATED 10/96. BILL NOT PAID. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AT FIRST ACKNOWLEDGED DEFECT AND REMEDY BUT REFUSES TO CONFIRM IN WRITING. CLIP IS NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED ON VEHICLE WHICH WILL ENABLE PROBLEM FROM OCCURRING AGAIN. CLIPS ARE BEING INSTALLED NOW AS PART OF MAINTENANCE WHEN BELTS ARE CHANGED AT 90,000 AND ABOVE BUT MANUFACTUER WILL NOT INSTALL CLIPS ON CARS WITHOUT CUSTOMER TAKING FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. ONE DEALER WHOM I CONTACTED INDICATED THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND BROUGHT CAR IN BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THIS PROBLEM EXISTS ON BOTH 1995 AND 1996 ACCORDS BUT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO SUPPLY ME WITH COMPLETE SERVICE BULLETIN AND HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE UNAWARE OF SUCH A BULLETIN IN EXISTENCE. I HOPE THAT THIS INFORMATION IN ABLE TO BE POSTED IN IT'S ENTIRETY SO THAT OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN OR WILL EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM KNOW OF THE CONDITION AND THE MANFACTURER'S POSITION.I*AK

WHILE DRIVING OIL INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON -LOST ALL OIL IN ENGINE. BALANCE SHAFT SEAL POPPED OUT ALONG WITH CAM SHAFT SEAL RESULTED IN LOSS OF ALL OIL NO PRIOR WARNING. COST 483.22 REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP. ALL BELTS REQUIRED TO BE CHANGED. MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESP FOR COST. DEALERSHIP DID NOT INFORM OF SERVICE BULLITEN NOTIFICATION DTD 10/96. CLIP NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED TO AVOID RE-OCURRANCE.NHTSA SHOULD BE MADE AWARE THAT THESE CLIPS ARE BEING INSTALLED ON CARS WHEN BELTS ARE CHANGED FOR MASINTENANCE AT 90,000. BUT WHAT OF THE OWNERS WHERE THEIR ENGINES ARE DESTROYED BECAUSE HONDA REFUSES TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIR BEFORE PROBLEM OCCURRS. THEY REFUSE TO SUPPLY ME WITH COMPLETE COPY OF SERVICE BULLETIN. I HAVE NOT PAID THE BILL AND WILL NOT BECAUSE THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS EVEN ON 1995 MODELS. I HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER POSTING THIS ENTIRE MESSAGE FOR OTHER OWNERS.

DIDN'T KNOW THAT OIL WAS LEAKING OUT FROM ENGINE UNTIL OIL LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKED OIL. WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY. PUT IN A QUART TO GET TO SERVICE STATION AND IT TO LEAKED OUT. LUCKY, THAT THERE WAS NO MAJOR DAMAGE TO ENGINE. VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT, THIS WAS THE 4TH ONE THEY FIXED SO FAR THIS YEAR AND THAT THERE IS A FIX TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AND THAT ONLY DEALERS AND SERVICE STATIONS WERE NOTIFIED. WHY NOT THE OWNERS? FROM READING THE COMPLAINTS, IT SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *AK