Honda Accord transmission problems

2004 HONDA ACCORD WITH 44K MILES NEEDS TRANSMISSION REPLACED. CONTACTED HONDA CUSTOMER CARE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR SOME 2004 ACCORDS FOR FAULTY TRANSMISSION THAT COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT (NHTSA: 04V176000). HONDA SAYS OUR VIN DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR RECALL. CAR WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW FROM HONDA DEALER AND ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE AND ALL WORK DONE BY HONDA DEALERSHIP. THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR A BRAND NEW CAR, WITH ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WORK COMPLETED, TO REQUIRE A TOTAL TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT WITH ONLY 44 K MILES. HONDA HAS AGREED TO PAY 60% OF THE REPAIR COSTS. HONDA IS AWARE OF THE MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS (IE, THE RECALL). THE DEFECT INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO ADDITIONAL HONDA VIN'S AS THERE IS OBVIOUSLY MORE CARS WITH FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS THAT COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURIES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR. DAYS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 59,000. UPDATED 8/28/09 *CN UPDATED 09/04/09.*JB

YESTERDAY, I HAD NOTICED A COUPLE OF ROUGH SHIFT CHANGES EARLIER IN THE DAY. LATER, THAT AFTERNOON, THE CAR DID NOT WANT TO SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE AND BACK AGAIN, BUT FINALLY IT SLIPPED INTO GEAR. I CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, WHICH WAS FINE. THAT EVENING, I GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AND ENTERED THE FREEWAY, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ENOUGH TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. THE RPMS WERE HIGH, BUT COULD NOT GET MUCH ABOVE 40MPH WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO 65MPH. VERY DANGEROUS, AS FREEWAY TRAFFIC WAS BARRELING DOWN ON ME -- I USED THE HAZARD LIGHT TO GET TO THE FIRST AVAILABLE EXIT. AS THE CAR SLOWED DOWN FURTHER, IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED MOVING ALTOGETHER AS I ENTERED A PARKING LOT NEXT TO THE FREEWAY. I WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET IT BACK INTO GEAR AT THAT POINT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO SAID THE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT AND NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED. RECEIVED A QUOTE OF $3500 MY REGULAR DEALERSHIP, WHICH HONDA REQUIRES FOR ANY POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION OF LIABILITY, AND WILL TAKE 5 DAYS. OPENED CASE #N012009-08-0500964 WITH HONDA OF AMERICA. WAITING FOR A RETURN CALL, WHICH CAN TAKE 2 DAYS. ON STANDBY TO SEE IF A DIFFERENT DEALER CAN OFFER A BETTER PRICE. MY REGULAR DEALER IS OUTSIDE MY TOW MILEAGE RANGE, SO TRYING TO MITIGATE EXPENSES. *TR

I WAS MERGING ONTO AN EXPRESSWAY AND I SHIFTED INTO 3RD GEAR TO ACCELERATE TO THE SPEED OF (HEAVY) TRAFFIC. THE TRANSMISSION POPPED OUT OF GEAR AND I WAS NEARLY REAR-ENDED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER (THAT WAS GOING TOO FAST). I HAD TO SWERVE OVER TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID THE COLLISION. THIS POPPING OUT OF GEAR, AND DIFFICULTY SHIFTING INTO GEAR HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THREE YEARS AND OCCURS 3 OR 4 TIMES A MONTH. AFTER THIS NEAR MISS, I TOOK THE CAR INTO GET IT SERVICED (THIS WAS IN 2006). I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THIS WAS NORMAL FOR THIS TRANSMISSION AND THAT THERE WAS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY CLOSE CALLS (AS BAD AS THE FIRST ONE) SINCE, BUT I HAVE LEARNED TO FORCE THE CAR INTO 3RD GEAR EVERY TIME. I HAVE ALSO HAD MY SHARE OF HORNS DIRECTED AT ME DUE TO DELAYED ACCELERATION. RECENTLY, I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH ON "3 GEAR ACCORD 6 CYLINDER MANUAL" AND ONE OF THE RESULTS WAS HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 08-020. THIS BULLETIN COVERS MY 06 ACCORD AND IS FOR "TRANSMISSION GRINDS WHEN SHIFTING INTO 3RD GEAR, POPS OUT OF 3RD GEAR, OR IS HARD TO SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR, NOTE: THESE SYMPTOMS CAN BE INTERMITTENT AND SOMETIMES MORE NOTICEABLE IN COLDER CLIMATES. FAULTY 3RD GEAR SYNCHRONIZER OR SHIFT SLEEVE" SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE MY PROBLEM SO I WENT TO THE DEALER TODAY TO HAVE IT CORRECTED. THE DEALER WENT FOR A TEST DRIVE AND COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM (IT CAN GO FOR OVER A WEEK WITHOUT SHOWING UP), HE SAID HONDA'S POLICY WAS UNLESS THEY COULD SEE THE PROBLEM HONDA WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE ANY REPAIRS TO BE MADE. SO HONDA HAS FOUND A PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION (THE ONE THAT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE A COLLISION), RELEASED A SERVICE BULLETIN ON HOW TO FIX IT, BUT REFUSES TO DO ANY REPAIRS UNTIL THIS 3 OR 4 TIMES A MONTH INTERMITTENT PROBLEM STARTS TO FAIL OFTEN ENOUGH FOR IT TO FAIL WHILE THE DEALER IS ACTUALLY DRIVING THE CAR. MEANWHILE EVERYONE WITH THIS TRANSMISSION IS PLACED IN HARMS WAY. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 HONDA ACCORD SE. THE AUTO TRANS STARTED JERKING WHEN CHANGING GEARS WHEN THE CAR REACHED 82K MILES. WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, NEUTRAL OR DRIVE (OR FROM DRIVE/REVERSE/NEUTRAL TO PARK) IT JUMPS AND JERKS EXTREMELY HARD. WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE WITHOUT JERKING AND RPMS SHOOTING UP. I HAVE DONE ALL OF HONDA'S SUGGESTED MAINTENANCE, AND I HAVE ALL OF THEM DOCUMENTED. TOOK CAR TO MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION SHOPS, ALL SAID THAT I NEED A "NEW TRANSMISSION" FOR AROUND $3,200. I HAVE BEEN AN AVID OWNER OF HONDA'S BUT THIS CAR REALLY MAKE ME RECONSIDER MY PREFERENCES. I ALSO HEARD FROM TWO OTHER 2002 HONDA OWNERS THAT THEY HAD TO GET RID OF THEIR CAR BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION ISSUE. AFTER LOOKING ON THE WEB AT SO MANY COMPLAINS, I WONDER IF/WHEN HONDA WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS' LOYALTY TO THEIR PRODUCTS... *TR

2002 HONDA ACCORD LX AUTO TRANS STARTED JERKING WHEN CHANGING GEARS. WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, NEUTRAL OR DRIVE (OR FROM DRIVE/REVERSE/NEUTRAL TO PARK) IT JUMPS AND JERKS EXTREMELY HARD. WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE WITHOUT JERKING AND RPMS SHOOTING UP. OCCASIONALLY, THE CAR WILL STAY IN PLACE WHEN GIVING GAS, WILL NOT MOVE. THEN IT WILL CATCH AND JERK. TOOK CAR TO MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION SHOPS, ALL SAID "NEW TRANSMISSION REQUIRED". I AM CURRENTLY WEIGHING MY OPTIONS. BOUGHT CAR 1 1/2 YEARS AGO AND HAVE KEPT UP WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE/CARE. ONE OWNER PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT FROM SECOND INTO THIRD GEAR. AS A RESULT, THE RPM'S INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT INTO THE CORRECT GEAR AFTER A COUPLE OF SECONDS. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR, AND ALSO BANGS WHEN SWITCHING INTO REVERSE. THE DEALER SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY OFFERED THE CONTACT 50% OFF THE TOTAL BILL, WHICH WOULD AMOUNT TO $1,508.73. THE CONTACT REFUSED AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION), BUT THE FAILURE HAS RECURRED. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,500. UPDATED 08/19/09 *BF ALSO, THE LIGHTS FOR THE TEMPERATURE, RADIO AND DEFROSTER WERE OUT. UPDATED 08/20/09.*JB

2002 HONDA ACCORD 62000 MILES V6..TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING..HAD TO PULL OVER QUICKLY ON AN INCLINE.. THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT WITH NO WARNING..WENT TO THE DEALER..CONFIRMED TRANSMISSION FAILURE..CALLED HONDA USA "NO RECALL, NO REPLACEMENT" THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE COMPLAINTS ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL..WHAT WILL IT TAKE? WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO DIE? *TR