1995 Honda Accord Brakes Problems

ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP VEHICLE AT A STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP, SPONGINESS OCCURRED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THEN FAILURE. CAR WENT THRU INTERSECTION BEFORE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER MECHANIC NOTICED SLOW LEAK ABS MODULATOR/ACCUMULATOR SYSTEM, AND RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT. ABS UNIT REPLACED AT 71,035 MILES. 8/2010. COST FOR REPAIRS $1600, MUST REPLACE BOTH AS 1 UNIT, DESPITE NO FAILURE WITH ACCUMULATOR. AT 104,000 MILES, 6/2014, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON, AND BRAKES WERE EXAMINED AT BRAKE, TIRE, FRONT END, AND ALIGNMENT SHOP, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY MAINTAINED. AN EXAMINATION WAS DONE AND NO SIGNS OF UNUSUAL WEAR OR DAMAGE TO FRONT OR REAR BRAKES, TEST DRIVE DONE BY TECHNICIAN. RECOMMENDED ABS UNIT BE DIAGNOSED. DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED AT SHOP, DETERMINED THAT ABS MODULATOR NEEDED REPLACEMENT AGAIN. IT HAD BEEN 32,965 MILES SINCE THE ORIGINAL ABS MODULATOR WAS REPLACED. CHECKED IN WITH DEALER AND THE ABS MODULATOR WAS ONLY COVERED FOR 12,000 MILES. ABS UNIT NOT REPLACED. AT 117,141, 3/2016, THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN. WHILE BACKING UP AND APPLYING BRAKES THEY BECAME SPONGY, WENT TO FLOOR, DESPITE PUMPING, AND FAILED AGAIN, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BACK INTO WOODEN BENCHES, DAMAGING CAR PAINT. DEALER ESTIMATION FOR ABS UNIT REPAIRS IS $2300. PRESENTLY, ABS UNIT NOT REPLACED. THESE OVERWHELMING COMPLAINTS, FROM VEHICLE OWNERS, REGARDING THE ABS MODULATOR UNIT, ALONG WITH TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS, REGARDING THE 1995 HONDA ACCORD, SUPPORT A RECALL BEING ISSUED FOR THE 1995 HONDA ACCORD ABS UNIT. THIS DEFECTIVE ABS MODULATOR IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BE WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO COUNT ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM WORKING, WHEN IT IS VITAL TO THE STOPPING OF THE VEHICLE, AND SAFETY OF OTHERS ON THE ROAD!

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 HONDA ACCORD. WHEN SHIFTING, THE VEHICLE BANGS INTO GEAR AND THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MEINEKE DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THAT THE MUFFLER AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND THE RIMS WERE BENT. THE UNDERBODY OF THE VEHICLE HAS AN INCH AND A HALF GAP, IN WHICH THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE CAN BE SEEN. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HONDA AND THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION, REAR BRAKES, ROTORS, MOTOR MOUNT, AND AIR BAGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE RIMS WERE BENT. THE SPEED AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,027 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,806.

BRAKES FAILED BUT ENGINE REVVED UP. HARDER I PUSHED THE BRAKES, THE CAR INCREASED SPEED. ON MOST OCCASIONS, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP OR USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. IN THIS INSTANCE, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT HOLD AND CRASH OCCURRED. DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM WHEN INFORMED OF BRAKING ISSUE. IT WAS AN INTERMITTENT ISSUE BUT VERY SCARY. *NM

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

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE ABS CONTROL MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *MR

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BECAUSE FUEL WAS LEAKING. DEALER REPLACED TWO FUEL LINES, TWO BRAKE LINES, AND ONE VENT PURGE LINE. *AK *NM

MALFUNCTIONING ABS MODULATOR AND ACCUMULATOR WERE REPLACED FOR $1400.00 AT 93700 MILES. 1995, HONDA, ACCORD V6 SEDAN.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY FAILED. VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP COMPLETELY AND COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSE HA NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK

MY ABS HAS GONE OUT. THE BRAKES STILL WORK BUT, I DO NOT HAVE THE SAME BRAKING ABILITY.

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

ABS LIGHT CONTINUES TO STAY ON NO MATTER WHAT I DO. BRAKES FEEL HESITANT. BRAKE PADS ARE FINE, BRAKE FLUID LEVEL IS FINE. THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ALL HONDA MOTOR COMPANY KEEPS DOING IS DUCKING AND DODGING AND ITS TIME FOR THE PROPER AUTHORITIES TO DO SOMETHING. I FEEL RIPPED OFF. *JB

HONDA ACCORD 95. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, COST TO FIX: $2000. HONDA CAR NOT RELIABLE. HAD OTHER PROBLEMS, REPLACEMENT PART: $700. DEALER CAN'T BE TRUSTED! BRAKES PULSATING, FIXED AT PEP BOYS: $200. BRAKE PROBLEMS! POWER DRIVER'S SEAT COST FOR FIXING: $200. CONSTANT PROBLEM! STILL A PROBLEM, STILL NOT WORKING WELL! TIMING BELT CHANGE : $500. COSTS MORE THAN OTHER CARS TO GET THIS DONE! ABS LIGHT CAME ON, I HAVE TO REPLACE MODULATOR THAT IS LEAKING, $1400. I WANT HONDA TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT. HAVE ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS. EVERY TIME IS SOMETHING ELSE! ENOUGH! I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GET A NEW CAR! I CAN'T GET A NEW CAR AND USED CARS ARE NOT RELIABLE EITHER!!!!! *JB

POWER WINDOW KEEPS RUNNING OFF THE TRACK. IT NEEDS A NEW ROTATOR ON ALL FOUR WINDOWS. ABS MODULATOR HAS A LEAK IN IT. I AM INTERESTED IN A CLASS ACTION, LESS THEY WANT TO FIX MY CAR. I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS FAIR THAT WE PUT SO MUCH MONEY INTO THESE CARS WITH THE TUNE-UPS, AND THEY STILL BREAK DOWN

ABS SYSTEM NOT WORKING, TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE MODULATOR WAS LEAKING AND THAT POSSIBLY OTHER ABS COMPONENTS WERE BAD BUT THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $70 TO CHECK IT OUT. WAS QOUTED "ANYWHERE FROM $300 TO $3,000" TO FIX AND AFTER TELLING THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT I HAD READ THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 95 ACCORDS, HE CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS BUT SAID "IT'S REALLY NO BIG DEAL YOU STILL HAVE REGULAR BRAKES". I BELIEVE A PROBLEM LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT OCCUR ON A CAR WITH ONLY 50,000 MILES AND HAVE READ OF MANY, MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MODEL\YEAR HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK HONDA SHOULD REPAIR THE PROBLEM AT NO CHARGE SINCE IT IS AN IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE.*AK

ABS LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY CONTINUOUS PUMPING OF THE MODULATOR ASSEMBLY. THE DEALER QUOTED $1600 TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART. NLM

HONDA ACCORD HYDRAULIC CYLINDER SPLIT ON HIGHWAY. BRAKES FAILED. THANKFULLY, WAS ABLE TO MANUAVER THE CAR TO A SAFE.

THIS SEEMS TO BE A PERSISTENT ISSUE FOR 1994 THROUGH 1998 HONDA CARS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

ABS LIGHT COMES ON AFTER ROUTINE SERVICE. SERVICE MECHANIC SAYS LEAKAGE AROUND SEALS OF ABS UNIT. PAID $150 TO HAVE SEALS REPLACED--MOSTLY LABOR. AFTER SERVICE, BRAKES MUSHY AND ABS LIGHT STILL COMES ON. BASED ON MECHANIC RECOMMENDATION HAD MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED AND SYSTEM BLED AGAIN. PROBLEM STILL NOT FIXED. ABS PUMP WILL WORK FOR FIRST FEW MINUTES WHILE DRIVING, BUT THEN RUNS CONSTANTLY AND QUITS, CAUSING ABS WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON AND SYSTEM TO SHUT DOWN. MECHANIC SAYS NEXT STEP IS TO REPLACE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY AT $1200+. FOR A SYSTEM THAT IS HARDLY USED, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. IT SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR!*AK

THE MODULATOR AND ACCUMILATOR NEEDS REPLACING ,AND REPORTED TO COST $1500. IF THE PART COST THIS MUCH, I WOULD THINK THAT IT SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR OF THE ROTORS. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB