Honda Accord transmission problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD WHICH WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN DECEMBER 2003. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 30 MPH AND SLOWING DOWN, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE NEXT DAY, WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 50 MPH, SHE NOTICED THE RPMS DROPPED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE THEN BEGAN TO SLOWLY PICK UP SPEEDS. SHE IMMEDIATELY DROVE OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HER LOCAL DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO DATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 123,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. SHE HAD TO DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO AN AUTO SHOP. A MECHANIC STATED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE HONDA MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A CLAIM WAS FILED. CONTACT FILE A CLAIM AND THEY SHOULD BE GIVING HER A CALL BACK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

HAVE A 1998 HONDA ACCORD. WAS DRIVING SLOWLY UP A HILL IN CONGESTED TRAFFIC AND THE CAR ACTED LIKE I HAD PUT IT IN NEUTRAL. AT THIS TIME THE CAR RPMS JUMPED UP AND THE CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS ALMOST ROLLING INTO A CAR BEHIND ME. THE CAR THEN JUMPED INTO GEAR AND LURCHED FORWARD ALMOST HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE CAR STARTED TO RUN FINE AFTER THAT BUT SINCE IT HAD FIRST HAPPENED IT HAS RE-OCCURRED A NUMBER OF TIME, JUST NOT ON A HILL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON AND A READING OF THE CODE WAS A PO740 WHICH IS A FAILURE OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER. I'VE CHECKED ON THE WEB TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM AND I'M SURPRISED TO SEE THAT IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ACCORD MODELS FROM 98 TO ABOUT 2002. THERE WAS NO ONE HURT OR DAMAGE TO ANYTHING BUT I CAN SEE WHERE IT COULD REALLY BE A SAFETY ISSUE AROUND UNEVEN ROADS WITH SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC OR, AROUND MALL TYPE PARKING LOTS WHERE THERE ARE USUALLY A NUMBER OF PERSONS WALKING AROUND AND THRU TRAFFIC. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP TO BE REPAIRED FOR $2,000 AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,092 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 162,000. UPDATED 02/23/10. *LJ UPDATED 08/11/10*JB

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING. WITHIN 2-3 MILES THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR. I CALLED TOW TRUCK AND WHEN HE ARRIVED I TRIED AGAIN AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN TURNING THE CAR AROUND. I FOUND ON THIS SITE A REFERENCE TO A RECALL NOTICE BUT HONDA DOESN'T SHOW ANY RECALLS FOR MY CAR. ONE REPAIR SHOP WANTS TO PUT IN ANOTHER TRANSMISSION EST. $3,000. I AM PLANNING ON TAKING TO HONDA DEALER AND TRY AGAIN IN PERSON. *TR

DRIVING HONDA ACCORD ON SH 121, PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND ENGINE STARTED REVVING BUT CAR WOULDN'T GO. TRIED SHIFTING INTO OTHER DRIVES AND BACK INTO DRIVE THINKING THAT MAYBE IT WAS STUCK IN BETWEEN GEARS (EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN AUTOMATIC) AND THE CAR WOULD GO FOR A BIT THEN DO THE SAME THING. I EVENTUALLY HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON HOPING I WOULDN'T GET REAR ENDED. CALLED AND HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER. FIRST THE KEYS WERE LOST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE TOW TRUCK AND THE DEALERSHIP, THEN THE DEALER FIRST COULDN'T REPLICATE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND AFTER WE TOLD THEM TO LET THE CAR WARM UP SOME MORE, THEY DID REPLICATE IT. SO WE WENT FROM "THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR CAR" TO " YOU NEED THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION REPLACED". THIS FOR A HONDA THAT DOESN'T HAVE 100K ON IT YET. CHECKED WEBSITES AND SEEMS THIS ISN'T AN UNCOMMON THING WITH THIS CAR AND STILL WAITING TO HEAR WHAT, IF ANYTHING HONDA WILL DO TO CORRECT THEIR PROBLEM. THE CAR HASN'T HAD ANY SYMPTOMS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN SERVICED AT THE DEALER AND HAD ITS SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE PERFORMED. I BOUGHT A HONDA SO I WOULDN'T HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. I FEEL RIPPED OFF. *TR

2005 HONDA ACCORD LX (4DR, 4 CYL) SHAKES/SHUDDERS VERY BADLY WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE BETWEEN THE SPEEDS OF 55 AND 65 MPH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHILE MERGING ON FREEWAY. DEALER SAYS TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 46 K MILES. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY STOP CAUSING A CRASH. THE SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED FOR 2003 AND 2004 HONDA ACCORDS TOO. *TR

IN 2003, I BOUGHT A 2001 HONDA ACCORD FROM PRIME HONDA (THEN KNOWN AS CLAIR). AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR LESS THAN A MONTH, I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WASN'T SHIFTING OUT OF GEAR PROPERLY. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. THE GEAR SHIFTING/SLIPPING CONTINUED AND EVERY TIME I WENT IN FOR SERVICE AND TOLD THEM, THEY CLAIMED THEY COULD NEVER FIND THE PROBLEM. I EVEN MENTIONED TO THEM THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY ASSURED ME THAT THERE WASN'T. THEY KEPT TELLING ME THAT THEY DROVE THE CAR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. AROUND DECEMBER 10TH OF 2009, I ONCE AGAIN TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND MENTIONED THAT SHIFTING OF GEARS. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT LOOKED OVER THE CAR AND AGAIN FOUND NOTHING. ON DECEMBER 17TH, I TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE IS IN DEED A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT IT COULDN'T BE FIXED. *TR