CarComplaints.com Notes: The 1998 Honda Accord suffers from widespread transmission failure, peeling paint, & subframe rust. We recommend avoiding this model year like the plague.
The transmission begins slipping & eventually has to be replaced, typically soon after 100,000 miles & with a repair cost of over $2,000.
Peeling paint has also been a huge issue for these Accords. Most of the complaints are with darker paint colors -- especially green & blue.
Subframe rust near the front passenger side wheel has become a problem recently, due to the poorly positioned A/C drain hose directly above that area. Repair cost to the subframe is over $2,000.
Sometime Between May 2014 to Nov 2014, I had 3 Crashes.
a) 1 Side Swiped with this Vehicle hitting Curb/Median with force - and the Air Bag did not deploy.
Shortly after, b) 1 Rear End Collision with force on this same Vehicle - and the Air Bag did not deploy.
Shortly thereafter, unfortunately, c) Another Rear End Collision, on the same vehicle, resulting in more serious injuries, whereby this vehicle got pushed into other vehicle in front, occurred frontal damages as well= again AirBag did not deploy.
I'm just curious as to WHY the AirBag DID NOT deploy at all.
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Have a '98 Honda Accord - 2 Door Coupe to date.
Sometime Between May 2014 to Nov 2014, I had 3 Crashes.
a) 1 Side Swiped with this Vehicle hitting Curb/Median with force - and the Air Bag did not deploy.
Shortly after, b) 1 Rear End Collision with force on this same Vehicle - and the Air Bag did not deploy.
Shortly thereafter, unfortunately, c) Another Rear End Collision, on the same vehicle, resulting in more serious injuries, whereby this vehicle got pushed into other vehicle in front, occurred frontal damages as well= again AirBag did not deploy.
I'm just curious as to WHY the AirBag DID NOT deploy at all.
- Raju K., Surrey, BC, Canada