GVWR: Class 1C: 4,001 - 5,000 lb (1,814 - 2,268 kg)
Make: HONDA
Manufacturer: HONDA OF AMERICA MFG., INC.
Manufacturer Id: 988
Model: Accord
Model Year: 2006
Other Restraint System Info: Seat Belt (Rr center position)
Plant City: Marysville
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Ohio
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Manual/Standard
Trim: EX
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY.CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK
2006
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, HE NOTICED A FIRE HAD STARTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND ALSO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE WITHOUT INJURIES. THE POLICE WERE CONTACTED AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. A FIRE AND POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED AS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V222000 (STEERING) ONE MONTH AFTER THE FIRE, WHICH ADVISED CONSUMERS THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE DEFECT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN UNDER-HOOD FIRE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 62,000. *TR