Problems · by component
2000 Honda Accord seats problems
36 owner complaints to NHTSA about the 2000 Honda Accord cite seats, 3% of all 1,193 complaints for this model year.
Complaints
36
3% of all complaints
Crashes
4
Reported by owners
Fires
0
Reported by owners
Injuries
7
Reported by owners
What owners say about the seats
Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first
“I HAVE A 2000 HONDA ACCORD COUPE V6 THE WINDOW LATCHES AND DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAVE COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AGAIN THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE PAID OUT OF MY POCKET 500$ FOR A DOOR THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED YEARS AGO CONSIDERING ALL THE VIDEOS I HAVE SEEN OF THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS EXACT SAME YEARS AND MODELS I'M SERIOUS ABOUT CONSIDERING A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST HONDA FOR IGNORING THIS ISSUE AND NOW YET AGAIN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR HAS LOCKED UP AGAIN THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED THERE'S THOUSANDS OF CARS SAME YEAR SAME PROBLEM AND YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING TO RIGHT THIS WRONG ALSO THE FRAME BRACKET OF THE SEAT IS UNSTABLE”
“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER FRONT SEAT FRACTURED AND COLLAPSED BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.”
“WAS IN AN ACCIDENT, CAR WAS TOTALLED. NO AIRBAGS WENT OFF EXWCT THE PASSWNGER SIDE AIRBAG,WHICH NO ONE OR ANYTHING WAS IN THE SEAT. WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION. WAS MOVING ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. COMUNG TO A STOP”
“SEAT WELDING LIKE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LISTED DID NOT HOLD UP. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I HEARD A NOISE AND MY SEAT FELL BACK. I ALMOST CRASHED WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GRAB THE TOP HANDLE NEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW AND PULL MYSELF BACK UP IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. CLEARLY THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT IS A FREAK ACCIDENT. THE PARTS CLEARLY HAVE NOT BEEN WELDED PROPERLY AND IT IS AMAZING THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT BY THIS. HONDA SHOULD OFFER TO FIX EVERY ONE OF THESE SEATS. THE FACT THAT A DRIVERS SEAT WELD COULD FAIL IN THE MIST OF JUST SITTING AND DRIVING YOUR CAR IS SCARY.”
“AFTER GOING OVER A SMALL SHARP SPEED BUMP IN A PARKING LOT THE LEFT FRONT DRIVERS SEAT "L" BRACKET BROKE, ALLOWING THE SEAT TO TILT BACK AND FORTH AND THE SRS LIGHT TO CAME ON. A HONDA DEALER TOLD ME , IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED OR POSSIBLY WELDED. COSTS RANGED ($300-$400) FOR WELDING OR NEW SEAT BRACKET ($1300 - $1500). *TR”
“FRONT DRIVERS SEAT CAME LOOSE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO SUDDENLY LEAN BACK AS MY WIFE WAS BACKING OUT OF OUR GARAGE. IT COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS IF OUR DRIVEWAY WASN'T AS LONG AS IT IS. IT TOOK HER A WHILE TO READJUST HERSELF (SEAT WAS MOVING UNDER HER) TO GET HER FOOT BACK ON THE BRAKE PEDAL - WHEN THE SEAT REARED BACK. UPON INSPECTION, THE MOUNTING BRACKET THAT ATTACHES THE DRIVER SEAT ASSEMBLY ON THE LEFT FRONT CORNER HAS BROKEN WHERE THE BRACKET BENDS UP TO MOUNT TO THE SEAT ASSEMBLY. IT LOOKS LIKE METAL FATIGUE. IT IS AMAZING HOW THIN GAUGE METAL WAS USED FOR THE MOUNTING BRACKET? WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THE CAR ; THE CAR HAS BEEN VERY WELL CARED FOR AND HAS NOT ENDURED ANY HARD CONDITIONS OR ACCIDENTS. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND COULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE DISASTROUS HAS SHE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACTUAL ACCIDENT. IT SCARES ME TO THINK OF HOW MANY 2000 HONDA ACCORDS MAY BE OUT THERE WITH THE BRACKET THAT HAS METAL FATIGUE AND WILL NOT HOLD UP IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION. I NOTICED THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET (EXACTLY THE SAME THING OCCURRING) AND THERE WAS A PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION DONE IN 2003 ( # PE02072), I BELIEVE THE…”
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