Honda Accord transmission problems

I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH. ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE CAR JERKED AND FELT LIKE IT DOWNSHIFTED AND THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY SLOWED FROM 65 MPH TO 30MPH IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT A CAR DIRECTLY BEHIND ME AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. IF THERE HAD BEEN SOMEONE DIRECTLY BEHIND ME THEN THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A BAD ACCIDENT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO ANYONE WHO WAS ON THE ROAD WITH ME. *TR

I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AT 95,000 MILES BEGAN MAKING A WHINING NOISE WHEN GOING UP GRADE. IT IS NOW AT 99,000 MILES AND THE NOISE IS HEARD AT ALL SPEEDS. THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP HAS INSPECTED THE CAR AND SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS IT MAY FAIL AT ANY TIME. I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THE ACCORD IS NO LONGER COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SO THEY WILL NOT COVER ANY PORTION OF THE REPLACEMENT. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THE TRANSMISSION WAS BUILD WITH DEFECTIVE MATERIALS OR WORKMANSHIP AT TIME OF MANUFACTURING. I DID NOT HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED BECAUSE I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. I WILL MOST LIKELY SALVAGE THE CAR. *TR

PULLING ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND THE ACCELERATION STOPPED AS IF THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. NO PRIOR WARNING OR ENGINE LIGHT. ALMOST WAS REAR ENDED BY A TRUCK GOING ATLEAST 55 MPH. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO PRINCETON HONDA WHERE I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE CAR. SINCE THE CAR HAD 98,563 IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY DESPITE THE GEAR 2 RECALL IN 2004. PRINCETON HONDA QUOTED $4200 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND AMERICA HONDA WOULD OFFER 25% AS A GOOD FAITH DISCOUNT BRING THE PRICE TO $3,600. THE CAR WAS WORTH $7,200 ON KELLEYS BLUE BOOK AS A TRADE AND HONDA PRINCETON WHO SOLD BE THE CAR WAS ONLY WILLING TO OFFER $4,000 AS A TRADE IF I BOUGHT A CAR OFF THE LOT. I HAD FEW OPTIONS AND SETTLED AT A TRADE VALUE OF $5,000. SO MUCH FOR HONDA'S HAVING A GREAT RESALE VALUE! *TR

MY CAR STARTED MAKING A GRINDING NOISE WHEN IM GOING INTO SECOND GEAR AND THEN FINALLY ON SUNDAY 10-7-2010 I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND ALMOST GOT HIT BY AN 18 WHEELER BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND MY BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP THE CAR. I WAS RIGHT BY AN EXIT SO I COASTED OFF AND THANK GOD THERE WAS NOT A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY CAR WAS TOWED FROM A GAS STATION THROUGH MY EMERGENCY ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE AND DELIVERED TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER IN RIDGELAND, MS. I WAS ON MY WAY FROM LA TO TN FROM AN ARMY TRAINING. THE DEALER CALLED ME THE NEXT MORNING TO LET ME KNOW THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS HEATING UP SO BAD THAT IT WAS SPITTING OUT THE FLUID AND THAT'S WAS ANOTHER REASON MY BRAKES LOCKED UP BECAUSE OF THE HOT TRANSMISSION FLUID GOT INTO MY BRAKE PADS. I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, THE DEALER QUOTED ME A PRICE OF 3880.00 TO REPAIR MY CAR AND 300.00 TO REPLACE THE BRAKES. I COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS LIFE THREATENING ACCIDENT AND ALMOST WAS BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I WAS ALSO TRAVELING WITH MY 7 AND 8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS. I THINK THAT HONDA SHOULD RECALL THE TRANSMISSION FOR THE 2003 ACCORD EX OR AT LEAST PAY TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *TR

I AM AN OWNER OF THREE HONDA VEHICLES DUE TO THEIR RELIABILITY. I BOUGHT THE 2002 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS (DEC 26TH, 2009). I BOUGHT IT FOR MY TWO SONS TO USE (AGES 17 AND 18). A LITTLE OVER A MONTH OF OWNING THE VEHICLE, MY YOUNGER SON REPORTED TO ME THAT WHILE HE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, SEVERAL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD WENT OFF INCLUDING THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT, THE TCS LIGHT AS WELL AS THE D4 LIGHT. HE SAID THAT THE CAR STARTED ACTING WEIRD AND THAT THE ENGINE FELT LIKE IT WAS STUCK IN THE SAME GEAR. THIS WAS WHILE HE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE ENGINE STARTED RACING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SEVERAL SHOPS INCLUDING AAMCO AND THEY ALL INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A HARD CODE AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. COST FROM AAMCO WAS BETWEEN $2,500 AND $3,000 DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY FIND WHEN THEY TAKE THE TRANSMISSION APART. THE VEHICLE HAD ROUGHLY 92,000 MILES WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND BARELY HAD 1,000 MILES WHEN THE ISSUE POPPED UP. THE CAR REMAINS SOMEWHAT DRIVABLE BUT THE ENGINE SEEMS LIKE IT IS GOING TO EXPLODE BECAUSE THE GEARS SEEM TO BE STUCK AND THE CAR RACES ESPECIALLY WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY. AGAIN, THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FOR MY TWO SONS DUE TO THE SUPPOSED RELIABILITY OF THE HONDA VEHICLE. RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ON LINE, I'VE COME ACROSS SEVERAL SITES EXPOSING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THESE HONDA ACCORDS. I'VE CALLED HONDA AND THEIR ONLY RESPONSE WAS THAT THEY DO NOT HANDLE RECALLS, NHTSA DOES AND UNTIL THEY DETERMINE THIS IS AN ISSUE, HONDA CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I THINK THAT IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT NHTSA DOES THE RIGHT THING BY THESE HONDA OWNERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES THAT I AM HAVING WITH MY TRANSMISSION! *TR

I AM A NAVAL OFFICER, SINGLE PARENT, FAITHFUL TAX PAYER, AND A FOSTER MOM. I COME TO YOU TODAY WITH A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY HONDA ACCORD AUTOMOBILE (2002 EX V6 ENGINE) TO WHICH I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER, AND THE SERVICE I RECEIVED FROM AMERICAN HONDA AND HOEHN HONDA OF CARLSBAD CA. UP UNTIL THIS POINT, I HAVE NOT HAD MANY ISSUES WITH MY HONDA. MY HONDA ACCORD 2002 WAS A WONDERFUL CAR, MY VERY FIRST NEW CAR, WHICH I WAS THE ORIGIONAL OWNER, FINANCES, AND SO ON. I DROVE THIS CAR OFF THE LOT WITHOUT EVEN 1 MILE ON THE DASH, AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME BY LAW THEY HAD TO PUT AT LEAST 1 MILE ON THE DASH, IN ORDER TO SELL THE CAR, AND THEY ALLOWED ME TO PUT THAT 1 MILE ON THE DASH. I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH THE INTENTIONS OF KEEPING WELL PAST 400K MILES, AND POSSIBLY PASSING IT ONTO MY SON AS HIS FIRST CAR, WHICH WOULD OF GIVEN ME THE SECURITY THAT I WAS PASSING HIM SOMETHING RELIABLE, AND SOMETHING I KNOW HE WOULD HAVE LITTLE TO NO MAJOR OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES FOR, AND CLEARLY AT THE TIME THAT WAS THE REPARTITION THAT HONDAS HAD'NOW, I WOULD NOT GIVE THIS CAR TO ANYONE, KNOWING WHAT I KNOW. BEFORE ALL OF THIS OCCURRED, I WAS BASICALLY DRIVE MY HONDA TO AND FROM WORK, TO AND FROM MY KIDS SCHOOL, AND IN AND AROUND DAILY TRAVELS, WITH EXCEPTION TO OCCASIONAL FAMILY OUTINGS. I RECENTLY PAID THIS CAR OFF, AND SINCE THIS TIME, I HAVE COME OUT OF MY POCKET WITH ALL KINDS OF UNFORESEEN EXPENSES AND ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD'S TRANSMISSION OCCURRED WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND THE CAR BUCKED IN ONGOING TRAFFIC AND COMPLETELY STALLED. I WAS AMAZED BECAUSE, MY CAR HAD NOT DID THIS BEFORE, AND IT WAS TERRIFYING CONSIDERING I HAD MY KIDS AND 2 OF THEIR FRIENDS IN THE CAR, AND IT DID A NUMBER ON OUR NECKS. NOW, MY HONDA ACCORD 2002 NOW BEGINS TO SLIP EVERY TIME I PULLED OFF AT THE LIGHT, STOP SIGN, AND SO ON. HONDA'S TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR, JERKING, AND WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 45-60 MPH MY CAR WOULD START TO INCREASE SPEED. *TR

2003 HONDA ACCORD WITH APPROXIMATELY 99878 MILES WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE BRONX RIVER PARKWAY IN WESTCHESTER @ APPROXIMATELY 45MPH, WHEN THE CAR STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND KNOCKING FROM THE REAR, THE CAR BEGAN SWERVING AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, I SAFELY PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND THEN COULDN'T REVERSE THE VEHICLE. THEN SHIFTING GEARS THE CAR WOULD VIOLENTLY GO INTO GEAR. THERE ARE MANY LOGGED PROBLEMS WITH THE HONDA ACCORD TRANSMISSION AND AS THESE VEHICLES GET NORTH IN MILEAGE THEY ARE GONNA CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I PRAY SOMEONE LOOKS INTO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE A FATALITY OR SERIOUS INJURY HAPPENS BECAUSE HONDA DOES NOT TO ISSUE A PROPER FACTORY RECALL. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED ON A NARROW HIGHWAY @ OVER 40 MPH, SPEED WHEREAS SERIOUS INJURY CAN OCCUR ! THE DEFECTIVE HONDA TRANSMISSION IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

2003 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE TRANSMISSION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY MALFUNCTIONED AS IT SHIFTED UP AND OR DOWN THROUGH SECOND GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP AND NOT ENGAGE INTO THE NEXT GEAR. POWER TO THE WHEELS WOULD BE LOST AND THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP TO ABOUT 5500 RPM. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, AN ABRUPT SHIFT WOULD SOMETIMES OCCUR WHEN APPLYING SLIGHT ACCELERATION/DECELERATION. IN GENERAL, SHIFTS IN LOWER GEAR SOMETIMES DID NOT SEEM TO BE AS SMOOTH AS NORMAL, EITHER TAKING TOO LONG TO MOVE FROM ONE GEAR TO THE NEXT OR SOMETIMES SHIFTING ABRUPTLY. THE CONSUMER STATED A RECALL WAS ISSUED REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION. REPAIRS WERE MADE ON OCTOBER 5, 2004, BUT IT APPEARED THE REPAIRS DID NOT PERMANENTLY RESOLVE THE DEFECT. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED ONLY AN OIL JET KIT WAS INSTALLED AS A TEMPORARY FIX. THE SECOND GEAR OF THE TRANSMISSION HAS SINCE FAILED. HONDA REFUSED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THEY STATED THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. UPDATED 12/13/10*JB

NORMAL DRIVING OF THE CAR HAS LEAD TO A TRANSMISSION FAILURE THAT IS KNOWN BY WIDELY BY OTHER VICTIMS OF THE PROBLEM. 2002 HONDA ACCORD EX, TRANSMISSION IS KNOW TO FAIL DUE TO 2ND GEAR SLIPPING, AND OTHER GEARS 'JERKING' AROUND. THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS STARTED. WHEN CAR GOES INTO SECOND GEAR IT LUNGES FORWARD OR FEELS LIKE SOMEONE HIT YOU FROM THE REAR. ALSO JERK VIOLENTLY WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE. WHEN TRANSMISSION IS ON IT'S LAST BREATH , IT DOES NOT GO INTO GEAR, MEANING IF YOUR TRYING TO GET ON THE MAIN ROAD FROM A SIDE STREET, YOU MIGHT BE HIT ON THE SIDE IF YOUR LEAN YOUR CAR OUT TO GO WHEN TRANSMISSION DOES NOT GO INTO GEAR, LEAVING YOU VULNERABLE ON THE ROAD. A TRANSMISSION REBUILD DUE TO CLUTCH PACKET, A TRANSMISSION SWAP, OR TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT ARE THE ONLY CHOICES A VICTIM HAS. PRICING FROM $6,000(TRANSMISSION SWAP FROM ACURA CL-S TYPE S)-$1,500(TRANSMISSION REBUILD). HONDA ACCORD DRIVERS CAN NOT AFFORD THIS DUE TO HONDA IGNORANCE OF IT'S CUSTOMERS SAFETY. *TR