1985 Honda Accord
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Recalls
1 recall names the 1985 Honda Accord. Newest first.
If the plastic coating of the fuel filler and/or breather pipe IS damaged, salt water may accumulate between the plastic coating and the steel pipes, and the accumulation could cause corrossion which would eventually rust through the affected pipes, allowing gasoline fumes and fuel to leak.
Risk and remedy
Risk
Gasoline fumes and/or fuel leakage through the filler orbreather pipes could result in a fire when exposed to a source of ignition.
Remedy
Corroded filler or breather pipes will be cleaned and recoated or replaced as needed.
Owner complaints
13 complaints3 involved a crash1 involved a fire3 injuries1 deaths
What owners report most
Latest complaints
- Fuel system, other · Seat belts › Rear/other
Honda accord going 45 mph was struck on left rear by another car going also forty 45 mph hitting gas tank located behind left back passenger door. Car ingnited under car as car was spinning for at least one minute. Fire burned thourgh backseat igniting seat and seatbelt tennsioniers.car doors did…
Honda accord going 45 mph was struck on left rear by another car going also forty 45 mph hitting gas tank located behind left back passenger door. Car ingnited under car as car was spinning for at least one minute. Fire burned thourgh backseat igniting seat and seatbelt tennsioniers.car doors did not open but windows were down. One adult two children were passengers,one child suffered second and third degree burns from being in back seat. Older brother extricated grandmother and younger sister from backseat of burning car out of right frnot passenger window.ak
- Suspension › Front
Consumer states while driving the front suspension cradle bolts snap, and causes loss of steering control. dealer notified. mr photos attached. *tt
- Tires › Tread/belt
Tire tread separation on two jupiter yp-701 tire made by woosung. 3/14/01, rear passenger side, tire did not deflate when the tread separation occurred, tire was not bald but still had an estimated 10,000 or more treadlife. 6/28/01, rear drivers side,tread separation, 37,000 miles on tire, traveling 50-55 mph when he tire failure occurred without any advanced warning.
- Exterior lighting › Turn signal › Switch · Power train › Clutch assembly
Multifunction switch failed. nlm
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine · Engine and engine cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Belts and associated pulleys · Unknown or other
While driving oil light came on due to the engine leaking oil also, dealer replaced seals and belts. *ak
- Structure › Body › Door · Visibility › Power window devices and controls
18-Year old son drowned because the vehicle went into a canal and the power windows/power locks were inoperable. *ak
- Seat belts › Front › Anchorage
Seat belts in rear did not work properly. parked vehicle, took tire off & noticed that rear seat belt came detached from anchor attachment. Will be taken vehicle to dealer. *ak
- Vehicle speed control
High speed involuntary excelleration, resulting in crash. *ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Foundation components › Disc › Rotor · Suspension › Front
Replacement rotors became warped after six months and less than 6000 mph; also, front of vehicle makes noise after front bushings were replaced. *ak
- Visibility › Defroster/defogger/hvac system
In the morning when opening up the trunk there's over condensation of water because there may not be any air circulation. please describe detail. *ak
- Fuel system, gasoline › Delivery
Fuel leakage due to rusting of the gas line. Please describe in more detail. *ak
- Fuel system, gasoline › Storage › Tank assembly › Filler pipe and cap
Sun west honda in colorado springs refused to perform recall for filler neck due to owner not being in service area. Please describe details. tt
- Fuel system, gasoline
Rusted fuel tank filler pipe recall repairs refused due to wrong address (92v-028). *ak
Defect investigations
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.
- Honda high engine speed
Honda high engine speed
- Sudden acceleration
Summary of information from manufacturer:information from honda relevantto this pe was provided by letter dated 8 september and a presentation tonhtsa on 2 october.honda has issued no technical service bulletins orother notifications to dealers relating to fuel flow and delivery, throttlecontrol, or engine…
Summary of information from manufacturer:information from honda relevantto this pe was provided by letter dated 8 september and a presentation tonhtsa on 2 october.honda has issued no technical service bulletins orother notifications to dealers relating to fuel flow and delivery, throttlecontrol, or engine malfunctions that may result in unintended suddenacceleration.the affected vehicles are equipped with a carburetor designwhich, according to honda's evaluation, will not permit engine rpm toexceed a fast idle condition of 2000 rpm without driver actuation of thethrottle. Test data were provided to show that an engine speed of 2000 rpmwith the transmission in the park position would, when shifted intodrive, yield a vehicle speed of 8 mph after approximately 10 seconds.other test data were provided to support honda's position that failedengine mounts would not contribute to sudden vehicle acceleration asalleged in this pe.analysis:the following are considered significant observations and/oranalytical assessments of the facts in this pe file: othe alleged incidents are similar to those from other pe/ea filesin that they tend to emphasize occurrence of the phenomenon whenthe transmission IS shifted from park into another gear. Oa high percentage of the reported occurrences also involveaccidents,but the relatively low percentage of injury accidentssuggests that most are low speed collisions. Ohonda has not identified, and odi's analyses have not discovered,a trend of mechanical or electrical component failure with acausal relationship to the alleged occurrences.in addition to the above, analysis of the rates of alleged incidents,accidents, and injury accidents with respect to the total vehiclepopulation of 746,000, shows that the honda accord compares favorablyto other vehicles reported to have experienced similar occurrences.this analysis, together with other information acquired, shows that nodefect trend exists to justify continuation of investigative activity.proposed action:close this preliminary evaluation.===
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