Honda Accord transmission problems

WE BOUGHT A NEW HONDA ACCORD EX-L IN 2002 WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT NOW HAS 45,000 MILES. WE TOOK GREAT CARE OF THE CAR, MAINTAINED IT AT THE HONDA DEALER, AND DROVE IT CAREFULLY. TWO WEEKS AGO, WE NOTICED THAT THE CAR JERKS AND MAKES A NOISE WHEN CHANGING GEARS. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS PRACTICALLY A NEW CAR AND WE SHOULD NOT EXPERIENCE THIS. HONDA IS NOT RELIABLE, THIS CAR IS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE AND HONDA SHOULD EITHER EXTEND THE WARRANTY OR RECALL THESE CARS. HONDA REFUSES TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY OR RECALL ALTHOUGH SO MANY CONSUMERS COMPLAINED ABOUT SIMILAR TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THEIR CORPORATE CUSTOMER SERVICE INSISTS THAT THEY NEVER RECEIVED SUCH COMPLAINTS ALTHOUGH THE INTERNET AND CONSUMER WEBSITES ARE FULL OF SUCH EXAMPLES. I AM REQUESTING THAT YOU INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE AND FORCE HONDA TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR DEFECTIVE CARS . THANKS, NAJAT KBAIT *TR

THE SAME YEAR, MAKE & MODEL LKE MY CAR HAD BEEN RECALLED A FEW YEARS BACK. THIS YR 2008 MY CAR HAD BARELY REACHED OVER 100,000 MILES AND I STARTED NOTICING MY CAR MAKING A SOUND AND THE CAR JUMPING SLIGHTLY AT TIMES WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE. I DID MY TUNE UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND CHEVRON MECHANICS SAID THAT MY TRANSMISSION HAD A LEAK IN BETWEEN AND THE MOTOR. THEY INFORMED ME ABOUT THE RECALL AND TO CHECK WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SO I DID AND THEY GAVE ME A SO CALLED EXTENSION TO 109,000 WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THEM AT ABOUT 108,000 MILES. THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND TOLD ME THEY CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION OIL AND RAN TESTS ON IT AND FOUND NO LEAKS OR ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I THOUGHT MAYBE WHEN THEY DID THE TRANSMISSION OIL CHANGE IT MIRACULOUSLY FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT A FEW DAYS LATER I HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR AND I HAVE BEEN CHECKING MY TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR OIL EVERY 3 TO 5 DAYS AND REFILLING BOTH CAUSE IT SEAMS BOTH ARE LEAKING. I FEEL THAT THE MANUFACTURER DIDN'T PUT THE TIME OR EFFORT TO CHECK WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION CAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS IN FACT LEAKING OIL. I WONDER IF THEY EVEN CHECKED MY CAR OR DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE EXPENSES IF IT INDEED FALL UNDER THE RECALL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. PLEASE HELP ME AND INFORM ME ABOUT WHAT I CAN DO TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON INVESTIGATING IF IT IS A RECALL AT ALL. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT I HAVEN'T CAUSED MY CAR ANY DAMAGES OR NEGLECTS THAT WOULD MAKE ME AT FAULT FOR THE PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE. I ALWAYS KEPT MY CAR UP TO DATE WITH OIL CHANGES, TUNE UPS, ETC. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. IT BEGAN JERKING AS IF THE TRANSMISSION HAD SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND THEY REPLACED IT WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THERE HAD BEEN NO FURTHER OCCURRENCES SINCE THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

I'VE HAD MY 02 ACCORD EX-V6 FOR ABOUT 3 YRS NOW. IT PRESENTLY HAS ABOUT 96K MILES ON IT (MY WIFE DRIVES IT). I STARTED NOTICING HARD SHIFTING, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO AND COMING OUT OF PARK, APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO. MY WIFE HASN'T NOTED ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT YET, BUT I'VE DEFINITELY NOTICED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. I HAVEN'T TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER YET BECAUSE ALL OF THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE REPORTS THE SAME THING...THE DEALERS ARE DENYING THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM FOR THE MOST PART. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPLAINT I HAVE. OTHER THAN THIS ISSUE, THE CAR HAS BEEN ROCK-SOLID AND EXTREMELY GOOD TO US! IN FACT, I WAS SO PLEASED WITH ITS OVERALL PERFORMANCE THAT, WHEN MY 89 ACCORD WAS REAR-ENDED AND TOTALED (AT 262K MILES), I WENT AND BOUGHT ANOTHER 02 ACCORD SE! MY "NEWER" ACCORD IS SHOWING JUST THE SLIGHTEST OF HESITATION IN SHIFTING, BUT ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. LIKE ALL OTHER ACCORD OWNERS (ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE VOICED THEIR CONCERNS IN THIS FORUM), I PURCHASED MY CARS FOR ONE MAIN REASON...THE RELIABILITY HISTORY OF THIS VEHICLE! I, TOO, AM VERY CONCERNED BY THE NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PERFORMANCE ISSUE. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL DEALER ON FRIDAY (6 JUNE 2008). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. IN JULY OF 2004, THE GEARS SHIFTED FROM FIRST AND SECOND GEAR, THE FLUID WAS VERY DIRTY, AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS WHINING. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CHANGED. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND, WITHOUT THE CONTACT'S KNOWLEDGE, THE TRANSMISSION WAS INSPECTED. CURRENTLY, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ILLUMINATING AND THE CODES INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS MALFUNCTIONING. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD ALREADY BEEN INSPECTED IN REGARDS TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE SHOT BACKWARDS INTO THE STREET AT 45 MPH. SHE THEN ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE ONCE AGAIN, BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE SPED FORWARD. SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE, BUT DID NOT KNOW THE ORIGIN. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HOME, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED AGAIN ON A MAIN ROAD WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC. SHE AIMED THE VEHICLE TOWARD THE NEAREST CURB AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. POINTED IN THE DIRECTION OF A CURB, SHE WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE TOWARDS THE CURB WITH ONE JERK. THE PREVIOUS WEEK, THE CONTACT NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION BANGING INTO GEAR WHEN SHIFTING. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE SIMILAR. OTHER FAILURES INCLUDE THE ABS SENSOR LIGHT, CD PLAYER, AIR COMPRESSOR LEAKAGE, TRUNK RELEASE NOT FUNCTIONING, AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AS INSTRUCTED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND A LOCAL MECHANIC ALSO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 60,446. UPDATED 07/29/08. *LJ UPDATED 08/05/08. *JB

HONDA 2003 ACCORD I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM DETROIT ONE DAY WHEN MY CAR STARTED "JERKING". AT FIRST IT WAS VERY MILD AND I THOUGHT IT WAS MY IMAGINATION. IT PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE. I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN MY CAR STOPPED IMMEDIATELY AND LUNGED ME FORWARD INTO THE STEERING WHEEL HITTING MY HEAD. IT WAS AS IF SOMEONE HAD HIT ME FROM BEHIND. I WAS ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC. I AM NOT SURE HOW I WASN'T INJURED MORE. HONDA SAID THE REPAIR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND NOT COVERED. THE CAR HAD AN EARLIER RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION AROUND 20,000 MILES FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THEY TRIED TO SAY THEY WOULDN'T COVER IT. THE CORPORATE OFFICE WANTED TO KNOW IF I PLANNED ON BUYING A HONDA AGAIN. WHEN I SAID NO, THEY SAID "WE MIGHT WAS WELL STOP RIGHT HERE AS THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY FOR LOYAL HONDA CUSTOMERS" (I HAD BOUGHT 3 HONDA'S PREVIOUSLY, AMAZING WHAT THEY CALLED "LOYAL") TWO DAYS LATER HONDA CALLED BACK AND SAID THE TRANSMISSION AND PART OF THE CAR RENTAL WOULD BE COVERED. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS MODEL YEAR HONDA FOR THE TRANSMISSION, BUT YET IT SEEMS HONDA IS NOT GOING TO RECALL THE TRANSMISSION. I AM CONCERNED THERE COULD BE AND MAY HAVE BEEN SERIOUS IF NOT DEADLY ACCIDENTS RELATED TO THIS MALFUNCTION, THAT MAY NOT BE RECOGNIZED AS SUCH. I AM WONDERING IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND ALREADY INVESTIGATING CRASHES INVOLVING THE HONDA 2003 ACCORD. *TR