Honda Accord transmission problems

VEHICLE WITH 47,000 MILES HAS DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION THAT HESITATES/SHIFTS HARD WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. HONDA CORP ACKNOWLEDGES ISSUE YET SAYS IT'S VIN SPECIFIC AND WILL NOT HONOR ANY TYPE OF EXTENDED WARRANTY OR GOODWILL REPAIR. THE COST TO INSTALL A REBUILT UN IT IS $2600-$2800. WITH OVER 100 COMPLAINTS SPECIFIC TO THIS ISSUE, NHTSA SHOULD FORCE HONDA TO IMPLEMENT A RECALL. *TR

GOT A CAR TUNE-UP DONE BY A HONDA DEALERSHIP. THE GEARS SHIFTED A LTTLE DIFFERENT BUT I ATTRIBUTED IT TO THE TUNE-UP. IT PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORST SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED. AFTER THEIR ANALYSIS, THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A "BAD DIFFERENTIAL" AND IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CAR ONLY HAD 78,000 WHEN IT WAS AT THE DEALER FOR THE TUNE-UP THE END OF MAY. DO I HAVE ANY RECOURSE THROUGH THE MANUFACTURER???

MY CAR IS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD AND THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. THE CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD! I BOUGHT IT NEW AND IT GETS REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND OIL CHANGES. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/HONDA/ACCORD/2003/TRANSMISSION/TRANSMISSION_FAILURE.SHTML. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS REPORTED THIS TO NHTSA. *TR

MAKE : HONDA MODEL : ACCORD YEAR : 2002 SE MANUFACTURER : HONDA (ANDERSON HONDA IN BALTIMORE, MD.) DATE OF FAILURE: AUG. 25, 2008 COMPONENT: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SUMMARY: ONE YEAR AND 10 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING I NOTICED THE JUMPY TRANSMISSION. ANDERSON HONDA DEALERSHIP DECIDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND I AM STILL WAITING TO RECEIVE MY VEHICLE AFTER 3 DAYS NOW. I CAME TO THIS WEB-SITE AND NOTICED ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS AND WILL BRING THIS INFORMATION TO THEIR ATTENTION. I AM REQUESTING THE GOVERNMENT PUT OUT A RECALL AND HONDA BE MADE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE TOO MANY COMPLAINTS FOR YOU NOT TOO AND BELIEVE IN OUR GOVERNMENT TO HELP US IN TIME OF NEED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT HEARD LOUD NOISES COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). FOUR YEARS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN AT THE COST OF $2,376. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,999 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,010.

2002 HONDA ACCORD LX 4 CYLINDER WITH 108,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND CLUNKING, PRIMARILY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP, THEN CATCH SUDDENLY CAUSING CAR TO LURCH FORWARD WHILE DRIVING. ONCE CONDITION STARTED, IT WAS CONSTANT, BUT WORSE WHEN ENGINE WAS WARM. TRANSMISSION WAS EVALUATED BY A SPECIALIST AND REPAIRED. THE PROBLEM WAS A TORQUE CONVERTER THAT WAS BAD. IT CAUSED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT AT A COST OF $2,671.10.*TR

TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING NOR SHIFTING INTO GEAR PROPERLY . WHENEVER I START THE ENGINE AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT, THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T PICK UP SPEED NORMALLY. NOW WHENEVER I START THE CAR AND DRIVE OFF, THE RPMS GO UP FAIRLY QUICKLY, BUT THE CAR ACCELERATES SLOWLY AND LURCHES FORWARD WITH A THUD. AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND THE D4 GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT IS BLINKING GREEN. I ONLY HAD 119,500 MILES WHEN THIS LEVEL OF SYMPTOM MANIFESTED ITSELF... NOW I'M AT 120,000. YESTERDAY (08/25/2008) I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA 1-800-999-1009 TO COMPLAIN OF THE ISSUES I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING. AMERICAN HONDA SAID THAT I HAD TO BRING MY CAR INTO A DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THEM DIAGNOSE IT. (FYI - I'D ALREADY SPENT OVER $660 AT ANOTHER REPUTABLE SHOP TO HAVE THE PROBLEM REPAIRED WITHOUT RESOLUTION...BUT, THEY DID SAY THAT GIVEN ALL THE WORK THEY'D DONE, IT COULD ONLY BE THE TRANSMISSION). IRONICALLY, DURING THE CALL THE REP COULD HEAR THAT THE CAR WAS REVVING AT HIGH RPMS BUT WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO D4. FEARFUL OF A FIRE OR BLOWN TRANSMISSION, I HAD TO PULL OVER, TURN OFF THE ENGINE, AND RESTART AFTER 5 MINUTES. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT IT WOULD STILL BE A MANDATORY $89 CHARGE TO DIAGNOSE SOMETHING BOTH THEY AND I ALREADY KNOW. THE VOLUNTARY EXTENSION OF THE WARRANTY FROM 100K TO 109K IS RIDICULOUS. I SUSPECT THAT THERE IS A VERY LARGE CONTINGENT OF HONDA OWNERS WHO HAVE, ALREADY HAD, OR WILL SOON HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. LIKE MANY OTHERS HERE THAT I'VE READ, WE GOT A HONDA BASED ON THEIR REPUTATION OF THEIR TRANSMISSIONS LASTING OVER 200K+ MILES. UP UNTIL THIS, I'D BEEN MOSTLY HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT DROVE (DESPITE THE LIFELONG AND MODERATELY ANNOYING TENDENCY FOR THE CAR TO "JUMP" INTO GEAR FROM DEAD STOPS DESPITE GRADUAL APPLICATION OF THE GAS PEDAL). I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT POSTING HERE HELPS RESULT IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. IT'S ME (HOPEFULLY US) AGAINST THE BIG CORPORATION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS FOR LONGER THAN 30 MINUTES, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE RPM'S WERE HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION MECHANIC AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 108,000. UPDATED 09/25/08 *BF THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 09/26/08. *JB

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE TCS LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. THE GREEN LIGHT AROUND THE D STARTED BLINKING. I BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BUT BEING THAT MY CAR ONLY HAS 60K MILES ON IT, I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHO STATED THAT I WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT IT WOULD COST ABOUT $2500 TO REPLACE. I'VE JUST READ THROUGH A FEW WEBSITES WITH DISCUSSION BOARDS REGARDING THE 2002 ACCORD AND IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE 2002 ACCORDS HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED BUT I ALSO READ THAT THE 2001 ACCORDS WERE RECALLED DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, CANNOT AFFORD A NEW TRANSMISSION AND I FEEL THAT HONDA SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FEAR FOR OUR SAFETY AS WELL AS OTHER'S SAFETY WHEN HONDA CLEARLY HAS A PROBLEM HERE. *TR