2000 Honda Accord Suspension Problems

The engine cradle is rooting out from the AC unit is draining on it and it about to brake because of the way Honda did it I hope the recall is made on it

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SUBFRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSATION LINE DRIPPED FLUID ON TOP OF THE KEY SUSPENSION COMPONENT, WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

My 2000 Honda Accord EX V6 has a few issues: 1. Front/rear struts, sway bar bushings, and sway bar links. This has caused my car to fail safety tests for the last 5 years. I have received an itemized estimate for these issues from a mechanic. 2. Electrical. The front instrument panel is not working properly. I can not touch any buttons on the dash or the lights on the panel will go off completely. Both of these are a huge safety issue and it is not safe to drive! No lights or warning of any kind regarding these issues!

TAKATA RECALL I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH NO AIR BAG AND ALSO SUSPENSION IS NO GOOD

JUST PURCHASED A 2000 ACCORD ON SAT 8-22-15. BODY LOOKS GREAT,RUNS SHIFTS GREAT,BUT WHEN ATTEMPTING OIL CHANGE I REALIZED PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SUBFRAME IS COMPLETELY GONE. YES,GONE. IT'S MISSING @4 INCHES OF METAL WHICH HAS OBVIOUSLY RUSTED AWAY,WITH SURROUNDING METAL RUSTED. DRIVER SIDE LOOKS PERFECT. SAME PART,TWO DIFFERENT PLACES,ACTING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

THE A/C DRAIN DRIPS ON THE ENGINE FRAME BEAM / CROSS MEMBER CAUSING THEM TO RUST. THEY ARE NOW BROKEN IN TWO. LATER MODELS WERE SUPPLIED WITH A DRAIN TUBE TO RE-ROUTE THE CONDENSATION AWAY FROM THE BEAMS ELIMINATING THIS CONCERN.

CAR FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO CORRODED SUBFRAME ON RIGHT HAND SIDE FRONT PASSENGER AREA. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM, AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IF COMPONENT FAILED.

THE ARM BROKE INTO ON MY CAR. THE WELDING WAS BAD. ALSO THE CLEAR COAT LOOK AWFUL, IT WAS PAINTED CHEAPLY AND , IT A EYE SORE. I JUST WANT IT FIXED . I LOVE MY CAR, BUT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH RECALLS.

CLICKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM FRONT SUSPENSION AREA. CAR WAS INSPECTED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC AND STATED THAT THERE WAS A WATER LEAK FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRONT SUBFRAME. AS A RESULT, THE SUBFRAME FRACTURED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS RUSTED AND FRACTURED. THE FRONT SUBFRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SEVERE INJURIES/DEATH. CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA ON 7-15-15 TO GET A GOODWILL REPAIR SINCE THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH OTHER OWNERS AS A RESULT OF MANUFACTURE DEFECT. AMAL, THE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PRODUCT CONCERNS DEPARTMENT STATED THAT IT IS HONDA'S POLICY NOT TO ISSUE GOODWILL SINCE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IS 15 YEARS OLD. HONDA - NOT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD BRAND NEW CARS!!! YOUR REPUTATION HAS BEEN TO PRODUCE SAFE, DEPENDABLE VEHICLES, BUT YOUR LACK OF ACTUAL "CUSTOMER SUPPORT" SHOWS OTHERWISE. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT IN 2012 THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION INCLUDING THE SAFETY REGULATORS, HTTP://WWW.NEWSNET5.COM/NEWS/LOCAL-NEWS/INVESTIGATIONS/CENTER-FOR-AUTO-SAFETY-REQUESTING-RECALL-OF-1-5-MILLION-HONDA-ACCORDS-FOR-RUST-ISSUE-IN-SUB-FRAME. I URGE NHTSA TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND REPRESENT US CONSUMERS BY HAVING HONDA ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ASAP BEFORE PEOPLE GET HURT AND WE HAVE ANOTHER FIASCO, I.E., GM IGNITION, TAKATA AIRBAGS.

PASSENGER SIDE SUBFRAME RUSTED TO THE POINT OF BEING DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE ISSUE IS CLAIMED TO BE DUE TO WATER DRAINING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER ONTO THE SUBFRAME SECTION WHERE THE SWAY BAR MOUNTS. THE DRIVERS SIDE IS FINE WITHOUT RUST. THE RUST IS VERY BAD AT THIS POINT AND HAS BROKEN THROUGH. THE REST OF THE SUBFRAME AWAY FROM THIS AREA IS FINE WITHOUT RUST OR SURFACE RUST WHICH CAN BE BRUSHED OFF TO EXPOSE GREY METAL IN GOOD SHAPE. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM I.E. RUSTED SUBFRAME UNDER THE AC DRAIN HOLE.

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE REVEALED SHOCKING FINDING: THE R/F CORNER OF SUBFRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH AND BREAKING. DEALER ADVISES IT SHOULD BE REPLACED ASAP AND THAT THE CAR IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN. OBVIOUSLY IT MAKES NO SENSE TO SPEND THE $2,500+TAX THAT THE DEALER PROPOSES, AS THE CAR IS BARELY WORTH THAT MUCH. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW IN 1998-2002 HONDAS AS THE AIR CONDITIONER DRIPS RIGHT ONTO THIS PART OF THE SUBFRAME. THE INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE IS THE DOZENS OF OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR SUBFRAME RUST FILED HERE WITH THE NHTSA AND ELSEWHERE - ALL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE - AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT HONDA CHANGED THE DESIGN ON THE 2003 MODELS. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE NHTSA IS WAITING TO FORCE A RECALL?? WHAT IF I HADN'T GOTTEN THE MAINTENANCE FOR ANOTHER FEW MONTHS?? WHAT COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY HAPPENED?? COULD I HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AS THE BOTTOM PARTIALLY FELL OUT?? THIS IS A SERIOUS INJURY, IF NOT DEATH, WAITING TO HAPPEN! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!??? AS FOR HONDA, I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER HONDA AGAIN. THEY OFFERED MINIMAL GOODWILL ASSISTANCE, AND, THROUGH THE DEALER, BASICALLY SAID, IT'S AN OLD CAR, PARTS FAIL. DISGUSTING THE CALLOUSNESS AND DISREGARD FOR CUSTOMER LOYALTY. THIS CAR IS SUPPOSED TO BE WORTH APPROX $2,500 RESALE VALUE GIVEN ITS MILEAGE AND CONDITION OTHERWISE. NOW IT'S A HEAP OF METAL. HONDA, I'LL TAKE MY HARD-EARNED MONEY TO YOUR COMPETITORS. *TR

I HAD A SCHEDULE OIL CHANGE AND THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THAT MY SUBFRAME WAS RUSTING AWAY. HE INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THE CAR. THE SUBFRAME SHOULD NOT BE IN THIS CONDITION AS A RESULT OF NORMAL DRIVING CONDITION. I DO HAVE PHOTO'S OF THIS PART. *TR

I BROUGHT MY CAR TO A CERTIFIED AUTO SHOP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND DURING THE INSPECTION THE MECHANIC LIFTED THE CAR AND ALLOWED ME TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE RUSTED SUB- FRAME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT DRAINS DIRECTLY INTO SUB-FRAME CAUSING CONDENSATION ALONG WITH A PUDDLE OF WATER SITTING ON THE FRAME WHICH CAUSED A RUSTED HOLE IN THE SUB-FRAME. THE SPOUT FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO ALLOW THE WATER TO GO DIRECTLY ONTO THE GROUND. DUE THE FAULTY DESIGN SEVERAL HONDA OWNERS WILL NEED TO HAVE THEIR SUB FRAME REPLACE ALONG WITH THE BEARING. THIS IS A HIGH SAFETY RISK WHILE DRIVING, THE RUSTED FRAME COULD FALL APART AND POTENTIALLY CAUSING ACCIDENT. *TR

THE SUBFRAME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IS RUSTED OUT. THE RUST IS BELOW THE AC DRAIN HOSE. THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE. THE DEALER GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $1600 FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

I WENT IN FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS RUSTED OUT ON THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE. FROM WHAT HE SAID AND WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING, THIS IS QUITE COMMON. WITH HOW SERIOUS THIS IS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HONDA DOES NOT RECALL VEHICLES FOR THIS ISSUE. WITH THE AC LEAKING RIGHT ONTO THIS SPOT AND THEM FIXING THAT DEFECT AFTER 2002, IT IS CLEARLY THEIR FAULT. IT IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND AN OVERALL HASSLE FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN, EVEN IN A 15 YEAR OLD CAR. *TR

I NOTICED THAT DURING SIDE WIND OR GOING OVER DIPS IN HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE WOULD WANDER AND SWAY MAKING STEERING QUITE DIFFICULT AND SO I HAD MIDAS DO A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT WHICH DIDN'T HELP. THE MIDAS INSPECTOR TOLD ME THAT HE WASN'T ABLE TO GUARANTEE THE ALIGNMENT, SINCE HE THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN WRECKED AND THAT THE FRAME WAS OUT OF KILTER. HOWEVER I RESEARCHED ONLINE, AND FOUND THAT THIS WAS A TYPICAL DESIGN FLAW ON THIS YEAR AND MODEL, WHERE THE A/C LIQUID DISCHARGE WAS RIGHT ABOVE THE SUB-FRAME AND HAD RUSTED THE REAR CROSS MEMBER COMPLETELY LOOSE FROM THE FRAME. SINCE I AM ON SOCIAL SECURITY-DISABILITY, I AM UNABLE TO PAY TO REPLACE PART #50200-584-A00-RR BEAM. *TR

HEARD A NOISE WHEN BREAKING, TURNING, OR GOING OVER BUMP. TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC & FOUND THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION SUB FRAME (REAR CROSS MEMBER) WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. SWAY BAR IS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. $1600 REPAIR & HE CAN NOT EVEN FIND A PART AS HE HAS SEEN SO MANY OF THIS SAME PROBLEM IN LAST COUPLE YEARS. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO AC DRIPPING ON THE FRAME IN THAT SECTION. DRIVER SIDE IS SOLID. HONDA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE! *JS

TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC TO INSPECT WHEEL NOISE. INSPECTION RESULTED IN REPLACEMENT OF BALL JOINT. INSPECTION ALSO REVEALED 80-85% RUST-OUT OF SUBFRAME ON PASSENGER SIDE. NO OTHER UNDERCARRIAGE RUST IS EVIDENT AND THE VEHICLE IS OTHERWISE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS IS THE SAME AREA OF THE SUBFRAME WHICH HAS BEEN REPORTED AS A 'DEFECT' DUE TO FACTORY PLACEMENT OF THE A/C DRAIN HOSE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION WAITING TO HAPPEN. *JS

SUB-FRAME RUSTING: UPON RECENT INSPECTION THIS VEHICLE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE RUSTING THROUGH THE SUB-FRAME ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE RESULTING IN FAILURE TO PASS INSPECTION DUE TO BEING UNSAFE. COST TO REPAIR AND REPLACE THE PART AND ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO BE SAFE TO DRIVE WILL BE $1500.00. NO OTHER SIGN OF RUST ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THIS VEHICLE. UPON RESEARCH INTO THIS SERIOUS AND EXPENSIVE DEFECT WE NOTED THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF ACCORD VEHICLE OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL FLAW. ADDITIONALLY, OUR MECHANIC NOTED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING WEEP HOLE DRAINS DIRECTLY ONTO THIS AREA OF THE VEHICLE CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUB-FRAME ROT. *TR

DURING AN OIL CHANGE, MY HUSBAND NOTICE A CRACK IN THE REAR BEAM OF THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, HE IDENTIFIED THAT THE SUBFRAME HAD RUSTED THROUGH FROM THE TOP DOWN WHERE THE AIR CONDITIONER DRAIN WAS. THE REPLACEMENT PART COST $530 (REGULARLY $720 FROM HONDA) AND OVER $400 IN LABOR TO REPLACE IT. THE PART WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH, BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES, AND WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY CAUSED A STEERING PROBLEM, ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE PART. *TR