Honda Accord transmission problems

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FOUR YEAR OLD IN THE CAR, GOING ABOUT 70/HOUR ON THE FREEWAY WHEN MY CAR VIOLENTLY DOWNSHIFTED ON ITS OWN TO ABOUT 30/HOUR. IT FELT AS IF WE HIT A BRICKWALL. LUCKILY NO CARS WERE BEHIND, OTHERWISE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. WE WERE ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT MY 2003 ACCORD NEEDED A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION. A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOUND HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, MANY OF WHICH OCCURRED IN THE SAME DANGEROUS MANNER. HONDA IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, BUT HAS FAILED TO ISSUE A RECALL. THE CORPORATE OFFICE COVERED 25%, AND I WAS STILL OUT OF POCKET $2300 FOR A REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION, WHICH I FEAR WILL ALSO FAIL AT A LATER DATE...SEEING AS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THIS COULD HAVE LEAD TO A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AND WE WERE VERY LUCKY. IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE, SOMEONE WILL BE KILLED. *TR

I HAVE HONDA ACCORD 2000SE, 125,000 MILEAGE, HARDSHIFT- 1ST TO SECOND GEAR, HONDA SAYS IT NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION. $2600 TO REPLACE IT. ARE THERE ANY HELP FROM HONDA ABOUT THIS, THEY EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS PROBLEM TO 100000MILES, BUT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN ONLINE RE: THIS PROBLEM- IT ALWAYS HAPPEN AFTER 100,000. IS THERE ANYWAY YOU CAN HELP HONDA OWNERS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM? MY CAR IS WELL MAINTAINED AND SO IM EXPECTING MY CAR TO LAST LONGER. PLEASE HELP US. THANKS SO MUCH. *TR

WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE ON RAMP THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD BEGAN TO SLIP IN AND OUT OF GEAR. THE CAR LOST ACCELERATION AND I HAD TO TAKE EMERGENCY ACTION TO QUICKLY PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO AVOID BEING HIT IN THE REAR AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE BY DRIVING ON THE SHOULDER AND TOOK LOCAL ROADS BACK TO MY HOME. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP WHERE THIS PROBLEM WAS CONFIRMED. THIS IS THE SECOND COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN THE LAST 25 MONTHS. THE FIRST INCIDENT ALSO RESULTED IN A NEAR ACCIDENT. THIS ISSUE IS WELL DOCUMENTED AND WIDESPREAD ACROSS SEVERAL MODEL YEARS IN THE EARLY 1990'S. HONDA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE, HOWEVER, BUT FOR QUICK DRIVER REACTION THIS DEFECT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE. AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE (IN DEC. 2007) HONDA AGREED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION REQUIRING ME TO PAY FOR 1/3 OF THE COST. (THE CAR HAD 58,000 MILES AND WAS NOT IN ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY). AFTER THIS FAILURE HONDA IS OFFERING TO PAY 50% OF THE COST. (THE CAR HAS 110,000 MILES). SO IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY 50,000 MILES OR SO THIS TRANSMISSION WILL SUFFER COMPLETE FAILURE. HONDA HAS EXTENDED THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY FROM THE ORIGINAL (3YR/36000) TO (7YR/100000). MY VEHICLE IS NOW 7 1/2 YR OLD AND 110000 SO HONDA SAYS THEY WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY (EVEN THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS ONLY 2 YRS OLD AND 53000 MILES) I BELIEVE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE THAT THESE MECHANICAL DEFECTS ARE CAUSING SAFETY ISSUES AND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY LEAD TO INJURY OR DEATH BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM IS SO WIDESPREAD. HONDA HAS IMPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE TO OFFER SOME REMEDIATION. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS SAFETY HAZARD IS NOT BEING PREVENTED ONLY ADDRESSED AFTER CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. *TW *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX. WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 65 MPH THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. HE ASSUMED HE WAS REAR-ENDED BUT THERE WAS NO FOLLOWING VEHICLE. HE CONTINUED AT 40 MPH AND NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS IDLING VERY HIGH AND CONTINUED TO SHAKE EXCESSIVELY INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER ADVISED REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION AT HIS EXPENSE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THE WARRANTY WAS NOT VALID. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 130,000.

THE PROBLEM THAT IS OCCURRING SOUNDS THE SAME AS THE OTHER COMPLAINTS. MY HONDA ACCORD 2003 V6 (133K) THAT I JUST BOUGHT A MONTH AGO WILL NOT SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THE RPM ON THE CAR GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO 5 OR 6 BUT THE CAR IS NOT MOVING ANYWHERE IT IS JUST STUCK LIKE AT 20MPH. WORRIED ABT THIS TRANMISSION FALIURE AND NOT USING IT. I GOT THIS CAR UNDER A BANK LOAN AND I DONT THINK I CAN AFFORD THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. I DONT THINK I HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMEONE'S MISTAKE. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS. *CN

THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AND THE ENGINE KEPT REVVING AT A HIGH SPEED. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE PRESSED IT BARELY SLOWED DOWN. WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR AT A FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. IT CONTINUED TO REV WHEN THE GEAR WAS PLACED IN "PARK." THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED, AND THE ENGINE WAS STILL REVVING AT A HIGH SPEED. A TOW TRUCK TOOK IT TO THE HONDA PLACE AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. EVIDENTLY THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER MOVED THE PEDAL AROUND AND THE DEALER SAID HE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT. *TR

THIS SAFETY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE OF MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD EX 3.0 V6 THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS ABOUT 90K. RECENTLY I FELT THE TRANSMISSION HAD DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING GEARS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP. ON JANUARY 15, 2010, MY WIFE DROVE THE CAR ENTERING INTO A HIGHWAY AND FOUND IT VERY HARD TO SPEED UP AND THE CAR BEHIND HER HAD TO BRAKE TO AVOID A CRASH. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OF THE CAR WAS ON, AND D4 LIGHT STARTED TO BLINK. THE MECHANIC I WENT TO POINTED OUT (AND HONDA DEALER LATER CONFIRMED) THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BURNT OUT AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS A FAILURE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. FROM MY EXPERIENCE, I BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS THE FAILURE HAPPENS MOSTLY WHEN THE CAR START TO ACCELERATE FROM STOP OR LOW SPEED AND CAN LEAD TO CRASH IF THE CAR CAN'T SPEED UP TIMELY AND THE CAR IN BEHIND DOES NOT HAVE TIME TO RESPOND. I FOUND ALSO MANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM, WHICH SUGGEST TO ME THIS IS AN INHERENT PRODUCT PROBLEM FOR HONDA ACCORD FROM YEAR 2000 TO 2003. *TR