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A review on my accord is posted! Under the handle 4runnering. 
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Replying to: enchilada (Aug 24, 2005 5:25 pm) Good for you!! |
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Replying to: enchilada (Aug 24, 2005 1:35 pm) I do not know if your problem is somehow related to your cell phone. One way to check it is turning off your cell phone while driving your car. Do that for a while and see if airbag light comes or not. If not, then start to drive your car with your cell phone turned on. If the light comes, it is the cell phone for sure. Again, particularly in Europe all drivers are required to drive with their cell phones turned off! yes, it is like that. I don't know why nobody inlcuding car manufacturers and government do not care about this issue in US. Somebody is wrong, but who? BTW maybe a car's airbag light does not come on but who knows if the airbags will be deployed if the driver talks on the cell phone while getting involved in an accident. Drive safely.
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For those that give their valet key to the service dept or a valet driver, there is more then one lock you need to check. I have the EX-L model, which has the rear seat pull down armrest with the flip-down access door to the trunk. You may want to check the lock on the door to make sure it is locked!!. My car came with it unlocked!!. Although the valet key will not work in all 4 locks for the trunk, if that access door is unlocked, you can simply reach thru it, pull the latch and fold down the rear seat back giving access to everything in the trunk. I cant believe they didnt make the back seat release latch in the trunk unreachable from the back seat. Mrbill |
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"I cant believe they didnt make the back seat release latch in the trunk unreachable from the back seat." That's why they put a lock on the pass-through. |
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Hello! First post here:-) Some owners of 2003 and early 2004 Accord 4 cylinder models complained of vibration during idle when stopped at a light, for example(air con on,D drive,stepping on brake). Has this been solved completely for 2005 models? Thanks |
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| automatic (purchased September 2003) and I had no vibration at idle. I would test drive the car extensively to make sure the vibration level at idle is acceptable to you. | |
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The vibration is normal with the AC engaged. The added load on the engine is the source of this. It does not affect the vehicle mechanically or performance wise and should be acceptable since you should not be sitting in gear with your foot on the brake for extended periods of time. The trunk-release in the trunk being accessible from the passenger compartment is actually a requirement. There is no "unlocked while closed" state for the rear seats or the pass-through. It is either latched or un-latched and this state can only be changed with the key, and will only remain changed for the period of time that the key is in the and mechanism is turned. If you were able to pull your back seats forward without the key then it is because your back seats were not in their full back position and were not latched into place.
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Replying to: srobak (Aug 26, 2005 8:40 am) I have never heard of a requirement for the release be accessable from the passenger compartment. The only requirement I know if is to be able to open the trunk from the inside of the trunk(for someone that was locked in the trunk). If that was true, then wouldn't it be a requirement for ALL cars to have a rear seat that does fold down?? There is no "unlocked while closed" state for the rear seats or the pass-through. I rechecked my 04 Accord and mine WILL stay unlocked while closed after the key is removed. The lock does not spring return to the locked position. What year is your Accord? Maybe they made a change to it?? As I stated in my first posting, you can (at least my car can) open without a key (if it was left in the unlock position) and reach into the trunk through the small fold down pass through. OK you can't fit much through there, but if you reach in, you can pull the (non required) latch and fold down the rear seat to get access to larger items. If they would have moved the latch farther from the access door, or blocked it so it's only accessable when you reach in from the trunk I would not have any complaints. Mrbill |
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Although the headrests suit me fine in my 04 EX-l, my friend would buy an 05 (06?) today if it wasn't for their forward tilt. The rest of the seat felt fine to her, its just the headrests that gave her problems. She thought the LX/DX models didn't have as great of a forward tilt to them, but she wants an EX-L. When you look at the seats from the side, it is suprising how much they do tilt forward. I guess she must have a straighter spine then most people. That was something my 83 Camry delt with by having headrests with adjustable tilt. Has anyone found the same problem, and a solution for it? Turning them around just reversed the problem, she needs something in between. I guess there is always the chance ordering a headrest for a LX/DX, but she would be getting cloth ones instead. Mrbill
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