Honda Accord transmission problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. HER ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL. ALSO WHEN DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD INTERMITTENTLY SLIP GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT AN EXPENSE OF $3500.00. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 111,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE DEALER ADVISED HER THAT SHE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT SHE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE REPAIR COST. THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS OR WARRANTIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 12/01/09 *BF UPDATED 12/03/09

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BROUGHT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE CODE INDICATED A TORQUE CONVERTER CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION. DEALER SUPPOSEDLY CHECKED AND ROAD TESTED AND SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY RESET THE WARNING LIGHT AND SAID THE TRANSMISSION MAYBE GOING BAD. I WAS CHARGED THEIR TYPICAL OUTRAGEOUS LABOR COST. I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE WHO COULD HAVE TOLD ME THE SAME THING FOR FREE. BUT I THOUGHT THEY WOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEIR CARS THAN AN AUTO PARTS CODE READER, I WAS TOTALLY WRONG. THE WARNING LIGHT CAME BACK ON DURING MY DRIVE BACK HOME FROM THE DEALER. ALL THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY THE DEALER SINCE THE TIME I BOUGHT IT NEW. THE CAR HAD AROUND 98,000 MILES WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT FIRST APPEARED. I BROUGHT IT TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP NEXT AND THEY REPLACED THE LINEAR SOLENOID AND CHECKED THE OTHERS WHICH WERE ALL FINE, BUT THE WARNING LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THE TRANS. SHOP SAID THIS IS A PREDOMINANT PROBLEM WITH 99 AND 2000 ACCORDS, BUT THE MFR ONLY RECALLED THE 2000 MODELS. I KNOW THIS IS TRUE BECAUSE I ALSO OWN A 2000 ACCORD WHICH WAS RECALLED BY THE FACTORY FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT HONDA SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THIS MODEL YEAR ALSO SINCE THE 99 AND 2000 MODELS WERE ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL. NOW THE ONLY RECOURSE IS TO OVERHAUL OR REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WHICH WILL COST LOTS MORE MONEY. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD RECALL THE 99 ACCORDS AS WELL OR AT LEAST SHOULDER HALF OF ALL THE EXPENSES BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. I HAVE OWN SEVERAL VEHICLES OTHER THAN HONDAS AND I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED ANY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND ALL HAVE GONE OVER 150,000 MILES. GOOD BYE HONDA! ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL SURELY KNOW ABOUT THIS. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION IN MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD V6 STAYS IN FIRST GEAR FOR SOME TIME BEFORE VIOLENTLY KICKING INTO SECOND. MY PROBLEM IS THAT I LIVE ON BUSY STREETS AND WHEN I PULL OUT ONTO ONE OF THESE STREETS, I AM UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AT THE RATE OF SPEED THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC IS GOING. THUS, CARS ARE SLAMMING ON BREAKS TO AVOID SLAMMING INTO THE BACK OF ME. SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS. NO ACTION TAKEN YET SINCE I HEARD HONDA DOES NOTHING FOR YOU AND I AM UNABLE TO AFFORD THE COSTLY REPAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE RPMS BEGAN TO INCREASE,AND THEN THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD INTO A GUARD-RAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT AN EXPENSE OF $4000.00. HOWEVER IN YEAR 2005, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO RECALL # 04V176000( POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 85,000. UPDATED 12/07/09. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HONDA REIMBURSED HIM $1600. UPDATED 12/08/09

WHILE PARKING MY CAR IN MY GARAGE, I HAD PUT IT IN PARK AND TOOK MY FOOT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL, MY 2007 HONDA ACCORD SEDAN LUNGED FORWARD HITTING MY DRYWALL, SOLAR WATER HEATER, WASHER AND DRYER THEN IT JUMPED BACK AND STOPPED. I WAS SO STUNNED AS I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE. INSTANTLY THE CAR DECIDED TO GO IN REVERSE AT AN ACCELERATED RATE DOWN THE HILL OF MY DRIVEWAY HITTING THE CONCRETE SIDE OF MY NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE, THEIR CAR AND BOUNCED FORWARD UP THE HILL TO HIT MY HOUSE AGAIN AND STOPPED AT THE CREST OF THE HILL. THE CAR IS TOTALED. STATE FARM INSURANCE HIRED AN INVESTIGATOR SEA THAT DECIDED THAT THERE ARE NO DEFICIENCIES YET THEY FAILED TO LOOK AT THE TRANSMISSION, ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE, POWERTRAIN ONLY REVIEWED THE BRAKES, TIRES, THROTTLE. CAN YOU HELP ME. AFTER REVIEWING AN ARTICLE OF THE TOYOTAS AND HOW THEY AND OTHER MANUFACTURERS HAVE GONE TO A NEW ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE WHICH HAS RESULTED IN THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM, I ACCELERATED AS MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE THE WHOLE TIME AND THE SHIFT GEAR WAS IN PARK. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER . POSSIBLE NEW RECALL. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER INCIDENTS LISTED ON THE HONDA MALFUNCTIONS COMPLAINT PAGE UNDER 2007 HONDA ACCORDS WITH THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS, CARS BEING TOTALED AND WHAT RECOURSE DO WE HAVE AS CONSUMERS? OBVIOUSLY STATE FARM ISN'T GOING TO PURSUE IT WITH HONDA JUST CHARGE TO ME AS AN ACCIDENT AND PROBABLY DROP ME AND RAISE MY RATES SKY HIGH. I NEED HELP ON HOW TO PURSUE THIS FURTHER. $10,000 DAMAGE TO MY HOUSE, CAR TOTALED @ $18,000+, AND $19,000+ DAMAGE TO MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. LUCKILY NO CHILDREN WERE OUT AND NO DEATHS OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THIS. THE ONLY AIR BAG THAT DEPLOYED WERE THE SIDE CURTAINS NOT THE DRIVER'S SIDE EITHER. *TR

WEDNESDAY NOV 4, 2009 MY WHEELS LOCKED UP WITH CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE OF MY 2003 ACCORD V6 AUTOMATIC AT FREEWAY SPEEDS ON HWY 90 IN SAN ANTONIO. THE TRUCK FOLLOWING ME WAS ABLE TO BRAKE WITHOUT HITTING ME, I HAD MY SEATBELT ON OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN INTO THE WINDSHIELD. IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE HAD SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. I REALIZED SOMETHING WAS DRASTICALLY WRONG WITH THE CAR SO I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL. BY THEN I WAS COASTING AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR, CARS WERE HONKING AND PASSING ME ON BOTH SIDES AND I WAS 'LOCKED IN' ON THE FREEWAY. WHEN I PUT THE CAR BACK IN DRIVE AND ACCELERATED TO TRY TO MERGE THROUGH TRAFFIC TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY, THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED UP AGAIN, THIS TIME WITHOUT AS MUCH FORCE, IT ONLY SLOWED ME DOWN 5 MPH OR SO. IT LOCKED UP 2 TO 3 MORE TIMES, EACH TIME WITH LESS FORCE AS I TRIED TO MAINTAIN ENOUGH SPEED TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER. THIS EVENT WAS PRECEDED BY SEVERAL MONTHS OF INTERMITTENT HARD DOWN SHIFTS AND ANOTHER 2 HARD DOWNSHIFTS IN A PERIOD OF A FEW HOURS TWO DAYS EARLIER. I HAD ALREADY MADE ONE DEDICATED DEALER SERVICE CALL FOR THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE AND ANOTHER WHERE I MENTIONED IT AND BOTH TIMES I WAS TOLD HONDA KNEW OF NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND I WAS ADVISED NO REPAIRS WERE NEEDED. SINCE THE EVENT I'VE LOOKED AT HONDA OWNER WEB FORUMS AND THE NHTSA SITE AND DISCOVERED THAT OTHERS WITH THE 2003 YEAR MODEL HONDA ACCORD HAVE DESCRIBED THE SAME CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THEIR TRANSMISSION WITH LOCK-UP. IT APPEARS THAT AMERICAN HONDA HAS PAID PART OR ALL OF THE REPAIR COSTS FOR SEVERAL PEOPLE. HONDA HAS AGREED TO PAY 50% OF MY REPAIR AND I AM IN DISCUSSION WITH THEM FOR MORE COVERAGE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I HAD SOUGHT SERVICE FOR THIS ISSUE AND HAD BEEN TOLD THERE WAS NO REPAIR NEEDED. I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE DATA THAT THE NHTSA HAS OR THAT AMERICAN HONDA HAS BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT OTHER 2003 ACCORD DRIVERS MAY HAVE DANGEROUS TRANSMISSIONS THAT COULD RESULT IN A DEADLY ACCIDENT. *TR