1992 Honda Accord Electrical system Problems

“I am the second owner of the 1992 Honda Accord. I have experienced automatic transmission failure on this vehicle that will generally require overhaul or replacement of the transmission. After several on-line researches on Honda accords 1990 to date, I find numerous problems, I.e., acceleration failure. When engine gets hot, the car has acceleration failure. Even further research reveals ?certified transmission mechanics revealed that this known premature automatic transmission failure is due to an engineering design flaw. …”

“1992 Honda Accord ex with 149380 miles. Traveling along highway at 60 mpg at 0545 in the morning car then dies in traffic. Able to coast to the right and stopped until wrecker showed up. Weather was 16 degrees and car was running great until then. At the dealer, notice the hood was burnt. Service person stated it was a bad wire in the coil and/or ignition. Replaced wires, coil, ignition,breather tube. I was lucky. I noticed several other people had the same issue so I'll voice my concern about the 92 coil/ignition fires on-line. Used parts were burned. …”

“Engine will not start (even turn over) when the temperature in the interior of the car gets too hot. This occurs on all hot days. I currently have to leave all the windows completely down, the sunroof cracked (hot air rises), and my silver sunshade on the outside of my windshield so that no sun can even penetrate the windshield glass. If I don't do this, I will be stuck where ever I'm parked until sun down. If car won't start, I have to open all doors including hatchback and wait for interior cabin temperature to cool down.”

“A faulty transmission control unit, caused the vehicle to at random shift in to an improper gear or into neutral at or during take off from stop. This resulted in loss of power when trying to join traffic, or once already in traffic. Tcu would also fail to lock or unlock t/c when it was designed to. On one occasion the tcu locked the t/c at a stop light, stalling the engine in traffic. Tcu failed to alert the driver of a problem through the d4 or check engine lamps, and produced non existent codes when put into diagnostic mode.”

“Horn is designed poorly which has caused several close calls because I was unable to honk my horn at a crucial time. Instead of being able to press the center of the steering wheel to honk the horn, there are two small buttons at the 9 and 3 position that appear to be positioned to press with your thumb- if your hands are at the 9 & 3 position. In an emergent situation, the first inclination is to hit the middle of the steering wheel to activate the horn, not to search for either of the two little horn buttons. …”