Honda Accord transmission problems

I BOUGHT MY 99 HONDA ACCORD ON JUNE 28, 2003 FOR 16,000$ ODOMETER READOUT 56,000 MILES. I HAVE SINCE NOTICED NOISES AND JERKY LIKE MOVEMENTS UPON ACCELERATION ALSO WHEN LETTING OFF THE GAS PEDDLE WHEN THE CAR IS TRYING TO IDOL DOWN. AS IF TO BE STUCK OR REVVING IN THE GEAR IN WHICH ITS LEAVING AND ENDS WITH A JERK ONCE IT GETS TO THE GEAR ITS CHANGING TO WITH A REV OR JUMP ESPECIALLY IF ON A HILL. NOW AT JUST OVER 130,000 MILES AND IN THE YEAR 2008 THE PROBLEM IS WORSE AND WORSE. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN TEMP. MADE BETTER WITH FLUSHING OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON THERE IS NO CHANGEABLE TRANSMISSION FLUID FILTER. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY HONDA THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. WHAT! 130,000 MILES AND IT ALREADY NEEDS REPLACING, THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE A HONDA,, HONDA ONCE MEANT RELIABILITY, BIGGEST MILEAGE ECT. I HAVE NOT AS OF TODAY WHICH IS JULY 15, 2008, REPLACED MY TRANSMISSION, AND IM HOPING THAT WITH A LITTLE PRAYER GOD WILL HAVE MERCY ON ME AND MY DUMB CAR, BECAUSE I CANT AFFORD A NEW TRANSMISSION, AND YES I AM WILLING TO BET THAT THEY HAVE THIS PART IN STOCK EVEN!! HONDAS GOOD TO HAVE THOSE ODD PARTS THAT BREAK , LETS YOU KNOW THAT YOUR NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH PROBLEMS ON THOSE PARTS. THEY LIKE TO SCREW YOU ONCE YOU DRIVE UP AND TELL YOU LOTS OF THINGS YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO TO YOUR CAR JUST TO TAKE EVERY DIME YOU HAVE TO YOUR NAME. I ONCE SAW A HONDA OUTSIDE THE SHOWROOM WHERE I BOUGHT MY CAR,, IT WAS ON SHOWCASE FOR ITS MILEAGE OF OVER 600,000 MILES! IM THINKING THEY DIDN'T HAVE TRANNY PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY REACHED 200,000 MILES! *TR

I CONTINUE TO GET THESE E-MAIL UPDATES AND MY PROBLEMS WITH MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD SOUND SO EERILY FAMILIAR. I HAD 2 MAJOR ISSUES WITH MY HONDA BEGINNING WELL BEFORE 70,000 MILES. I TOO WAS METICULOUS ABOUT MAINTAINING MY VEHICLE EVERY 3 MONTH AT THE DEALER. FIRST I EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THEY "REPLACED" IT UNDER THE RECALL...WITHIN 3 WEEKS THE "REPLACED" TRANSMISSION FAILED. THEY "REPLACED" IT AGAIN; I THEN FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS "REPLACED" WITH A "REBUILT" TRANSMISSION AND NOT A NEW ONE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, I EXPERIENCE ALL KINDS OF "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CODES. IT WAS NEVER ENDING FOR 6 MONTHS...OF COURSE EVERYTHING WAS MY FAULT. THE DEALER INSISTED THAT I REPLACED MY OWN RADIATOR FLUID AND THAT MY RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TRUST ME, I AM NOT MECHANICAL WHATSOEVER. IT WAS ALWAYS SERVICED BY THE DEALER...FINALLY I GOT CALIFORNIA INVOLVED AND AFTER ALOT OF HUBABALOO IT WAS DECIDED THAT I MIGHT NOT NEED A RADIATOR AFTER ALL AFTER AN EXPERIENCED TECH CAME OUT TO "LOOK AT THE ENGINE AND COOLING SYSTEM". LONG STORY SHORT, CALIFORNIA CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT MY RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THEY WERE CERTAIN THAT THE ENGINE ISSUES WOULD GO AWAY. THIS WAS ALL AT 70,000 MILES. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW FROM THE VERY SAME DEALER. I FIND IT IRONIC THAT OTHER FOLKS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AND ARE BEING JERKED AROUND IN THE SAME MANNER. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF AN AUTISTIC CHILD LIVING IN THE NE; I COULD NOT AFFORD THE CAR FAILING ME ON A COLD WINTER DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE. I TRADED IT IN AND PURCHASED ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH HONDA'S FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY LIFETIME! *TR

APPROXIMATELY MARCH-2008, AT ABOUT 80,000 MILES, MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD 4DOOR 4CYLINDER TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLAMMING INTO FIRST GEAR AND SLIGHTLY SLIPPING IN 1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD GEARS. I CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, USING HONDA ATF-Z1 FLUID, FOUR TIMES OVER THE PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS. THE FLUID WAS CLEAR AND RED EACH TIME. THE PROBLEM SLOWLY PROGRESSED. IN EARLY JUNE-2008, MY WIFE, MYSELF, AND OUR TWO CHILDREN (AGE 5 AND 2) WERE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SEVERELY SLIPPING. THE DANGER WAS THAT I HAD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE 20 - 25 MPH IN A 45MPH ZONE MAJOR ROAD (WHERE CARS REALISTICALLY TRAVEL 10 -15 MPH FASTER THAN THE SPEED LIMIT) AND CARS WERE SWERVING AROUND US. MY HAZARDS WERE ON, BUT DID NOT SEEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I HAVE REVIEWED A WEBSITE WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND NOTED IT SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN WITH THE 2002 ACCORD. I TOO RECEIVED A QUOTE FROM A DEALER TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. IT'S STILL PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY BECAUSE IT'S TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPAIR IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. WHEN SHE DROVE OVER 50 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AND ALIGNED; HOWEVER, THAT DIDN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WASN'T INCLUDED IN RECALL 04V176000. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH. THE CLUTCH WAS NOT REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. RECENTLY, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,754 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,100. UPDATED 08/18/08 *BF UPDATED 08/19/08

I DRIVE A 2002 HONDA ACCORD SE AND I'M HAVING A TRANSMISSION ISSUE. MY CAR ONLY HAS 69,000 MILES. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID MY CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE, ALTHOUGH I HAVE READ THERE IS A RECALL ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS FROM 2000-2002 HONDA ACCORD AND THAT THE WARRANTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 7YEARS OR 100,000MILES. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH HONDA, I THOUGHT HONDA'S WERE GREAT CARS. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER HONDA AGAIN. *TR

MY HONDA COUPE V6 HAD 67,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS, I CANNOT SAFELY MAKE LEFT TURNS AS THE CAR WON'T ACCELERATE IMMEDIATELY AND PASSING IS NOT SAFELY DONE EITHER. I DO NOT DRIVE IT NOW EXCEPT TO WORK, 2 MILES AWAY, AND LOCALLY. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND THE COST WILL BE BETWEEN $2,500 TO $3,000. I HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED YET. *TR

I TOOK MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD LX TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP IN MY TOWN TO GET ITS 97,000 MILES SERVICE BUT TO LATER FIND OUT THAT I NEED TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION WHICH WILL COST AT ABOUT $3,100. THE CAR JERKS OFF WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND REVERSE TO DRIVE. I WAS TOLD THAT HONDA VEHICLES ARE VERY RELIABLE AND GOOD ON THE ROAD. I DID NOT EXPECT THAT I WILL REPLACE THE CAR TRANSMISSION THIS EARLY. I ASKED THE SERVICE ADVISOR AT THE HONDA DEALERSHIP HERE IN MY TOWN ABOUT WARRANTIES AND APPARENTLY WARRANTIES ARE ONLY COVERED FOR 36,000 MILES OR 3 YEARS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT EVEN WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, IT WILL NOT COVER TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. $3,100 IS A LOT OF MONEY TO PULL OUT OF THE POCKET. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH HONDA. *TR