At rest stop on nj turnpike while pulling into fillup a gasoline pump my motor began racing and i could not stop the car, a 1994 honda accord. i hit a large van/small motor home in front of me and sustained $4187 in dammage. no one was hurt and the airbags did not deploy. *ak
I was recently denied assistance in the repair of what i consider a safety concern on the 1994 honda accord. the fuel gauge malfunction is a safety related concern. i learned the bulletin pertaining to this wasn't released until 1995. when the dealer was called during the first months of ownership to ask if they were aware of any concern with the fuel gauge not reading properly naturally they said no. because of this the car was never bought into a dealer for repair. here are excerpts from my letter to honda: re: vin # [xxx] my fianc is the original owner of this vehicle. her accord now has about 150,000 miles on it. when my fiance started a new job and began driving the accord more frequently(over 500 miles/ week) i inspected the vehicle. for the most part it only required some minor maintenance. the one issue that i did discover however was that the fuel gauge does not read full when the tank is full. i asked my fianc about it and she said that it was like that since the day she first purchased the vehicle. i decided to find out if there were any bulletins from honda to address this concern. i learned about bulletin no. 95-013, which specifically addresses the fuel gauge concern. last week i asked my fianc to take the car to a honda dealer to see if they could provide some assistance in repairing this concern. the bulletin even mentions that repairs might be eligible for goodwill consideration after warranty expiration. my fianc was disappointed when the service advisor basically blew her off saying that with the mileage she had on the vehicle there wouldn't be any assistance. the bulletin states it's an issue with the electrical resistance in the sending unit. to me this says that it wasn_x0019_t working right from the beginning when the car was first produced. the owners of this car should've been issued a recall notice to have this potentially dangerous concern repaired.*ak information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr
Gas gauge on instrument panel operates erratically and does not show the correct level of fuel. a private mechanic diagnosed vehicle with having a faulty "sending unit" which was causing this problem. please provide any additional information / attachments. *ak
Have spoken to numerous others with the same gas gauge problem. *ak