Honda Accord transmission problems

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 70K MILES ON THE HONDA ACCORD V6. HAD TO GET THE COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REPLACED FOR A FEW THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THIS APPARENTLY IS A COMMON ISSUE AS EXPRESSED BY MANY HONDA OWNERS ON SEVERAL WEBSITES. HOWEVER HONDA CORP DENIES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND THE CONSUMERS ARE BEING RIPPED OF THOUSANDS. HONDA HAS RECALLED TRANSMISSIONS AND/OR ACCEPTED THAT TRANSMISSIONS WERE DEFECTIVE ON 2001 MODELS, THE 2002 MODEL CARDS WHICH ARE VERY SIMILAR TO 2001 COULD HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION AND COULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLY PRODUCED IN 2001 TOO AND HENCE COULD BE FACING THE SAME ISSUE. HOWEVER 2002 OWNERS ARE BEING TURNED DOWN BY THE HONDA CORP. *TR

AT 87,000 MILES, MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD V6 SEDAN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS HAVING MORE AND MORE PROBLEMS FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. THERE ARE STORIES ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS WITH MANY PEOPLE FILING COMPLAINTS WITH THE NHTSA. APPARENTLY, HONDA WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIRS. AT BEST, THEY OFFERED TO PAY ONE OWNER $1300 TOWARD THE $3700 REPAIR COST, BUT ONLY IF THE WORK WAS DONE AT A HONDA DEALERSHIP. WHAT HAPPENED TO HONDA WHO WAS ONCE KNOWN FOR RELIABLE CARS AND HONESTY? *TR

CAR BEGAN JERKING ON HIGHWAY AS MY WIFE WAS DRIVING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRANSMISSION DRIVE LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING. TRANSMISSION WAS CHECKED AND DIAGNOSTIC CODE P0740 WAS DISPLAYED. TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED AND SHORTLY AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THE CAR WAS CHECKED AT A DIFFERENT SHOP AND DIAGNOSTIC CODE P0740 WAS AGAIN DISPLAYED. THE MECHANIC STATED THE NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS ALREADY BURNT AND PRINTED HONDA HOTLINE ARCHIVES THAT DOCUMENTED TRANSMISSION DEFECTS IN PRIOR YEARS, AND A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THAT EXTENDED TRANSMISSION WARRANTIES FROM SEVERAL PREVIOUS YEARS THROUGH 2001 TO 100,000 MILES. A HONDA DEALER VERIFIED THIS CODE AND I WAS GIVEN A 15% DISCOUNT ON THE REPAIR, A REBUILT TRANSMISSION WITH A 36,000 MILE WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH THIS CAR HAD 73,000 MILES,WAS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED WITH RECORDS AND DRIVEN BY A MIDDLE AGED COUPLE EXCLUSIVELY. TOTAL OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES WERE GREATER THAN $2,600.00. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP WITH A JERKING MOTION AND EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TRANSMISSION REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,00. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE NOT CRASHES OR INJURIES HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE HONDA VEHICLE I OWN, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEFECTS ON THE VEHICLE WHICH ARE A CAUSE OF SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS. I HAVE A 2002 HONDA ACCORD WITH ABOUT 131,000 MILES WHICH HAS HAD THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: 1. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AROUND 60,000 MILES AND WAS REPLACED BY HONDA. AT AROUND 100,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO EXHIBIT SAME SYMPTOMS. I TOOK THE CAR IN, BUT, OF COURSE, HONDA DEALER SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. THEN AROUND 116,000 MILES A HONDA MECHANIC SAID THAT MY MODEL OF A CAR HAS AN ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSIONS AND THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE IS BAD ENOUGH TO HAVE A WEBSITE DEDICATED TO IT. WHILE A TRANSMISSION FAILING IS NOT NECESSARILY A SAFETY ISSUE, LOOSING VEHICLE CONTROL AND DRIVABLE ON THE HIGHWAY COULD BE. 2. NOW THE VEHICLE STARTS TO VIBRATE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DESPITE HAVING NEW AND BALANCED TIRES ON IT. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO GET NEW STRUTS. SINCE THEN I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC OF VERY HIGH INTEGRITY (NOT THE HONDA DEALER) AND THEY SAID THAT UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROBLEM MAY SIMPLY BE ?IMPOSSIBLE? TO FIX SINCE EVERYTHING THEY COULD SEE INDICATED THAT CAR SHOULD BEHAVE NORMALLY, I.E. THE TIRES WERE FINE, THE ALIGNMENT WAS FINE, AND THE CV JOINTS WERE FINE. THIS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF THE ISSUE AND INDICATES A POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW WITH THE VEHICLE. 3. THE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE ARE HORRIBLE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT SERIOUSLY IMPAIRS THE VEHICLE DRIVABILITY. 4. THE RAILS FOR THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAD TO BE REPLACED AROUND 32,000 MILES AND NOW (AT AROUND 130,000 MILES) THE SEAT SEEMS TO WOBBLE AGAIN. THIS COULD BE A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE AS IT SEEMS THAT THE SEAT COULD SIMPLY DETACH IN THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. *TR UPDATED 05/07/10.*JB

PURCHASED 2003 HONDA ACCORD USED FROM TOYOTA DEALERSHIP OCTOBER 2005. NOTICED STRANGE SOUND COMING FROM VEHICLE AND GEARS WOULD SHIFT STRANGELY WITHIN A YEAR LATER. TOOK HONDA ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICING AND QUESTIONED SOUND SEVERAL TIMES, HONDA INSIST IT WAS OTHER ITEMS THAT WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE BUT NEVER REFERENCED TRANSMISSION. GEARS ON CAR STARTED SLIPPING AND THE SHIFT CHANGING GOT WORSE AS IF IT DID NOT WANT TO SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR. AS I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE, CAR STOP PULLING AND WHEN I WOULD PUSH THE GAS, THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP AND THE RPM WOULD BASICALLY GO OFF THE METER (HIGH). CAR WOULD NOT PULL IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. WHEN CHECKING TRANSMISSION FLUID, IT WAS GREATLY DISCOLORED (BLACK). I TURNED CAR OFF AND RESTARTED CAR AND WAS ABLE TO GET CAR TO PULL BEFORE JERKING STRONGLY THEN GOING BACK IN THE REV ENGINE/NOT PULLING STATE. BECAUSE THE FAILURE DID NOT OCCUR NEAR DEALERSHIP AND DEALERSHIP MECHANICS WAS CLOSED, I HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS CHIPPING IN THE TRANSMISSION (THE DARK DISCOLORATION) AND OVERHEATING WHICH IN TURN CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT, AND THE TORQUE, PUMP AND OTHER TRANSMISSION PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST DID STATE THAT THE RECALL WAS EITHER NOT DONE, PARTS WERE FAULTY, OR SERVICE WASN'T SUFFICIENT AND DID CAUSE THE LONG TERM TRANSMISSION FAILURE *TR

I DRIVE A 1998 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 WITH 140,000 MILES. AS OF THE END OF DECEMBER, 2009; THE VEHICLE'S GEARS WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN PUTTING IT INTO 'DRIVE'. THE CAR WOULD ROLL FORWARD FOR ABOUT 100-200 YDS; IF YOU TRIED TO PUSH ON THE ACCELERATOR IT ACTED AS IF YOU WERE IN NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE WOULD JUST REV. AFTER THAT, IT WOULD JUMP/JERK AND KICK INTO GEAR. I HAVE 2 CHILDREN, AGES 2 & 7 THAT ARE IN THE CAR DAILY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A HONDA DEALER THAT W/O AT $3,500 REPLACEMENT OF MY TRANSMISSION THE VEHICLE WILL LIKELY LEAVE ME STRANDED ON THE ROAD. I AM ALSO SCARED TO DEATH WHEN PULLING OUT ON A MAJOR ROAD AND MY CAR WON'T GO OVER 3-5 MPH. I'M SITTING CROSSWAYS IN TRAFFIC HOPING THAT IT WILL EVENTUALLY KICK INTO GEAR. I HAVE COME CLOSE TO CAUSING A FEW ACCIDENTS B/C MY CAR WON'T MOVE. THE HONDA TRANSMISSION HAS A DESIGN FLAW; YET HONDA WON'T COVER ANY OF THE REPAIRS AND THERE IS NO RECALL. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY ISSUE AND MY CAR SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. SHE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING SHE CAN HEAR THE ENGINE ACCELERATING WHEN THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO GO INTO GEAR AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. A MECHANIC STATED THAT SHE NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120000.