Honda Accord transmission problems

1) WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF A 2003 HONDA ACCORD, WHICH HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WE HAD NO NOTABLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS UNTIL LAST WEEK, AT 91,000 MILES, THE CARD SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, NEARLY CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND PROPULSION OF THE DRIVER TOWARDS THE WINDSHIELD. AT THE REPAIR SHOP, A TEST DRIVE LED TO A SIMILAR FAILURE AT 55 MPH, NEARLY CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE EJECTED THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. 2) THE TRANSMISSION FAILURES OCCUR ONLY AFTER THE CAR WARMS UP THROUGH DRIVING ABOUT 30 MIN. ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS INCLUDE FAILURE TO GO INTO REVERSE, LURCHING AS CAR DELAYS ITS ENTRY FROM PARK TO DRIVE, AND DIFFICULTY REMAINING IN A GEAR - SEARCHING FOR A GEAR WHILE AT A CONSTANT SPEED. 3) WE ARE PAYING FOR A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION TO BE INSTALLED BY A NON-HONDA SHOP USING A HONDA-REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THE HONDA DEALER TOLD US THAT HONDA DID NOT HAVE A GOODWILL POLICY FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM AND THAT WE SHOULD PAY THE REPAIR OURSELVES. *TR

PURCHASED "CERTIFIED" 03 HONDA ACCORD IN 04 WITH 41K MILES. TOOK TO PENINSULA HONDA, OCT 16 2009, HAMPTON FOR SERVICE ON RECALL FOR WINDSHIELD, CAR STARTED TO ACT FUNNY, WOULD NOT SHIFT IN GEAR, WAS TOLD I HAD A "FAULTY" TRANSMISSION AND WOULD COST ME ABOUT $4,000 TO FIX ALONG WITH OTHER ITEMS. CAR WAS WORKING FINE UNTIL THAT DAY. CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA WAS TOLD BY FIRST REP THAT MY CAR WAS COVERED AND WAS TOLD ABOUT A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION. SHE TRANSFERRED ME TO SOMEONE ELSE TO FILE MY CASE AND IT HAS GONE DOWNHILL SINCE. WAS TOLD THAT MY "NEW CAR" PURCHASE/WARRANTY WAS NOT COVERED. I HAVE DOCUMENTS FROM HONDA CORP THAT SAYS 7 YEARS OR 100K MILES ON WARRANTY GIVEN BY DEALERSHIP WHEN PURCHASED CAR. TOOK WARRANTY BACK TO DEALERSHIP, MANGER TOOK PAPERWORK TO THE BACK FOR OVER 35 MINUTES WHICH HE WAS IN THE BACK WHILE WAITING I OVERHEAD TWO WORKERS (POSSIBLE MANAGERS) TALKING ABOUT IT LAUGHING AND SAYING SHE EVEN GOT A LAWYER BUT IT ISN'T COVERED, WHILE MANAGER, CHRIS WAS IN BACK WITH PAPERWORK. UPON HIS RETURN, HE SAID IT WASN'T COVERED AND GAVE IT BACK. I TOLD HIM THAT MY ATTORNEY WOULD CONTACT HIM AND GAVE HIM THE ATTORNEYS CARD, HE SAID WELL YOU DO WHATEVER AND WALKED OFF. ONE OF THE GUYS WHO WAS LAUGHING EARLIER WALKED UP WITH THE CARD AND TOLD ME THAT I DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE LAWYER TO CALL CHRIS, MANAGER AND WAS GIVING ME THE CARD BACK. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR A WHOLE MONTH, I HAVE BEEN CATCHING RIDES TO WORK (WHILE PAYING PEOPLE FOR THEIR GAS BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT GAS IS EXPENSIVE), I HAVE BEEN A BURDEN TO OTHERS. I APPLIED FOR A LOAN, CANT GET ANOTHER CAR, THIS HONDA WILL BE PAID OFF NEXT YEAR AND HONDA DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELLING ME A VEHICLE WHICH WAS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT, IT IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD AND THE TRANSMISSION IS OUT. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND AS A CONSUMER, I NEED HELP. PLEASE HELP I WAS TREATED WITH RESPECT WHEN THEY WERE SELLING ME THE "CERTIFIED HONDA BUT NOW THEY ACT LIKE THEY DON'T CARE! *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE, CAR ACCELERATED WITHOUT PRESSURE OF GAS PEDAL. WHEN BRAKES, APPLIED CAR SHOCK VIOLENTLY AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP. WHEN SAFE TO ATTEMPT TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, I HAD TO :STAND ON THE BRAKES, PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND CRUISED UNTIL THE CAR STOP. THE POLICE CAME TO MY ASSISTANCE AND SAW NOTHING WAS STUCK ON THE GAS PEDAL AND ALSO LOOKED TO SEE IF MY ACCELERATOR CABLE APPEARED TO BE STUCK. IT WAS NOT. WHEN I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR IN PARK, THE ENGINE REVIVED AS THOUGH THE GAS PEDAL WAS COMPLETELY DEPRESSED. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. I BARELY MISSED CRASHING INTO A POLE. IF THERE HAD BEEN A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, I WOULD MOST LIKE HAVE STRUCK IT AS MY CAR ACCELERATED TO OVER 70 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. SHE APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH CAUTION. THE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 94,000.

2003 ACCORD EX V6 TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE CAR SHAKES VIGOROUSLY DUE TO FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND THE PEDALS PULSATE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALER SAYS THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BUT THE CAR ONLY HAS 120,000 MILES! I'VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR REPORTS AND HONDA SHOULD BE LIABLE TO REPLACE THEIR FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

MY NAME IS EARLENE BELSEY AND I AM A 79 YEAR OLD WIDOW. I OWN A 2001 HONDA ACCORD. IN 2002, THE HONDA MOTOR COMPANY SENT OUT A NOTICE NOTIFYING ALL HONDA ACCORD OWNERS THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THIS MODEL'S TRANSMISSION AND THE COMPANY WAS GOING TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY FOR AN ADDITIONAL "SEVEN YEARS OR 100,000 MILES, WHICH EVER COMES FIRST." THEY DID NOT RECALL THIS MODEL CAR TO OBVIOUSLY SAVE MONEY.THEY STATED THAT "IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH YOUR TRANSMISSION DURING THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY PERIOD,JUST BRING YOUR CAR AND THEY WOULD REPLACE IT AT NO COST." PROBLEMS THAT COULD OCCUR ARE " ABNORMALLY LOUD NOISES...EXTREMELY SLOW OR DELAYED GEAR ENGAGEMENT...ABNORMAL GEAR SHIFTING...ERRATIC HARSH SHIFTING...HARD SHIFTS WHEN ENGINE IS COLD" WHICH IS JUST A FEW OF THE ISSUES LISTED. I ALWAYS KEPT THIS IN THE BACK OF MY MIND AND HOPED THAT NOTHING WOULD OCCUR. SINCE THEY DID NOT TAKE ACTION TO RECALL THE CAR, I JUST HOPED A SAFETY ISSUE WOULD NOT ARISE. EVEN THOUGH THE MANUFACTURE SUGGESTS YOU DUE TRANSMISSION SERVICE AT 60,000 MILES, I ACTED CONSERVATIVELY KNOWING THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE, SO I SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION AT 30,000 MILES, AND AGAIN, HOPED THERE WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE. ABOUT A WEEK AGO, MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING ERRATICALLY. I HAVE JUST 66,000 MILES ON THIS CAR, BUT THE SEVEN YEAR PART OF THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED ON THIS DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. I ASKED MY SON IF HE COULD RESPOND TO THIS PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. HE AGREED AND WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO THE HONDA DEALER AND WAS ALMOST KILLED ON THE FREEWAY BY A SEMI-TRUCK WHEN THE CAR FAILED TO SHIFT. HE TOOK THE CAR TO THE HONDA DEALER AND THEY SUGGESTED TO FILE A CLAIM WITH CORPORATE WHICH HE DID ON FRIDAY, OCT 30TH. ON MONDAY NOV 2, 2009 CORPORATE OFFERED A "HYPOTHETICAL OFFER OF A 25% DISCOUNT ON THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANS, WHICH WILL COST $3,000. I WANT 100%, REPLACEMENT AND THEY REFUSED. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME? MY CASE # WITH HONDA IS N012009-10-3000303. PH 800 999-1009. *TR

TL* THE OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING OVER 60 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THEY SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $3521.00 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION SINCE THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL . THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 81000. UPDATED 11/12/09 *CN UPDATED 11/16/09 *JB