Honda Accord transmission problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED ON AUGUST 21, 2007. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT FROM 2ND GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. HE DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE, SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED IT. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THEY NEEDED TO KEEP THE VEHICLE OVERNIGHT TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED; HOWEVER, THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WERE NOT COMPLETE. HONDA MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 10/27/10. *LJ

ON SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2010, I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD (APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES) ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH WHEN IT SUDDENLY SLAMMED ITSELF INTO LOW GEAR AND SCREECHED TO A STOP. THE CAR THEN SHIFTED ITSELF BACK INTO DRIVE AND I ATTEMPTED TO GET ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. IT SLAMMED INTO LOW TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET ON THE SHOULDER AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. I PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND DROVE DOWN BACK STREETS AT 20 MPH TO GET HOME. THE NEXT DAY, A FRIEND DROVE THE CAR TO THE CAR DEALER (I PURCHASED THE CAR LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AGO) AND THOUGH HE WAS ONLY DRIVING 25 MPH, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIM TWICE. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP SINCE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH AND FINDING THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM, I SPOKE WITH THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP. HE AGREED THAT THE ONLY SAFE REPAIR WAS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A 2005 AS THAT YEAR DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE THIS SAME MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. HOWEVER, I AM BEING REQUIRED TO PAY 50% OF THE LABOR AND PARTS FOR THIS REPAIR. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE DUE TO THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME I'VE OWNED THE CAR, NO REVELATION ON THE PART OF THE DEALER REGARDING THIS DEFECT, THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT AND THAT I WAS INJURED DUE TO THE PROBLEM IT CAUSED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN EXHIBITING SEVERE JERKING WHILE IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. THE DEALER ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

2003 HONDA ACCORD, V-6, AUTOMATIC. FIRST OWNER, ALL SERVICES (BUT FOR LAST TWO OIL CHANGES (BY ME) DONE BY HONDA. AT 81,000 MILES, TRANSMISSION OFTEN FAILS TO UPSHIFT FROM 2-3D GEAR, WILL ALSO DOWNSHIFT ABRUPTLY TO 2ND GEAR, CAN APPROACH ENGINE OVERSPEED AND DIFFICULTY WITH CONTROL OF THE CAR AS THE FRONT WHEELS WILL TRANSIENTLY LOCK-UP IN THIS EVENT. THE CAR WAS ONLY DRIVEN TO THE DEALER AFTER THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED. VIRTUALLY EVERY 2-3 SHIFT NOT CORRECT, USUALLY WITH SLIPPAGE TO 4000RPM, WOULD EVENTUALLY UPSHIFT TO 3RD, BUT RANDOM TIMING. DANGEROUS WITH APPROACHING CARS FROM BEHIND. STARTED LAST WEEK, CURRENTLY IN SHOP, IN GERMANY, AS I AM IN THE US MILITARY HERE. HONDA NA CONTACTED, WILL REVIEW THEIR ADDRESS OF THE PROBLEM AFTER I HAVE THE CAR REPAIRED. I HAVE READ OVER 300 COMPLAINTS THIS MODEL, THIS YEAR WITH EXACTLY THE SAME DESCRIPTION. THIS CAR WAS SUBJECT OF 2004 RECALL FOR OVERHEATING OF 2ND GEAR. THAT RECALL PERFORMED (AN INSPECTION AND OIL JET WE WERE TOLD. *TR

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE SAFETY COMPLAINT THAT I SUBMITTED YESTERDAY. I JUST HAD AN UPDATE FROM THE TRANSMISSION SHOP ABOUT MY VEHICLE. IN THE INITIAL INSPECTION, THEY MISSED THE FACT THAT A BARING SPUN OUT AND SAID THIS WAS THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT AND THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. THE BARING PART WAS 91007-PCJ-003. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE SECONDARY IDLE GEAR WAS ANOTHER MAIN COMPONENT THAT WAS PART OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING A HONDA ACCORD V6 2003 ON A HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, SUDDENLY TCS INDICATOR CAME ON AND THE CAR STOPPED. THERE WAS NO WARNING EVER AND THE CAR HAS BARELY 80,000 MILES ON IT AND HAD BEEN MAINTAINED VERY WELL AND WAS DRIVING PERFECTLY UNTIL THIS SUDDEN MOMENT. WAS LUCKY TO PULL OVER THE SHOULDER WITHOUT ANYBODY READ ENDING ME. GOT THE CAR TOWED TO NEAREST HONDA DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE FRONT SEAL OF THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION OIL HAS DRAINED OUT. THEY CHARGED $700 FOR REPLACING THE SEAL (ONLY $15 IN PARTS VALUE). WE WERE STRANDED IN A TOWN MORE THAN 300 MILES AWAY FROM HOME AND SPENT 3 DAYS WAITING FOR THE CAR TO BE REPAIRED. NEXT DAY, THE CAR STARTED MAKING VIOLENT JERKS WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS AND THE ENGINE WILL REV UP AND DOWN AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS. IT WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON FREEWAYS. TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER AND HE SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND IT WILL COST $4000. WHILE READING ONLINE, FOUND THAT MANY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH 2003 HONDA ACCORD AT SIMILAR MILEAGE AND HONDA NEVER ISSUED A RECALL FOR IT EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IN THIS MODEL. THEY ARE NOT OFFERING ANY GOODWILL REPAIR OR COMPENSATION AND ARE DECLINING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE THAT MANY PEOPLE COME TO THEM EVERYDAY WITH THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL OF HONDA ACCORD. II WILL BE $4,700 DOWN JUST FOR OWNING A HONDA ACCORD MODEL WHICH HAPPENED TO HAVE A FAULTY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. I AM CONSIDERING FILING A LAWSUIT. *TR

I JUST PURCHASED A CAR FROM A THIRD PARTY AND THE CAR DROVE NICELY BUT IT HAD SOME DASHBOARD LIGHTS ON SO I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY. HE WENT THROUGH THE CAR AND CHECKED THE CODES. THE CODE THAT CAME UP WAS THE TC (TORQUE CONVERTER) SOLENOID. HE RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION OIL TO SEE IF THAT MIGHT KNOCK OFF SOME CRUD OFF THE SOLENOID. THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO GET IT SERVICED AND NOTICED ON MY WAY TO THE MECHANIC THAT MY CAR SEEMED TO COME TO A DEAD STOP WHEN I STOPPED INSTEAD OF HAVING THE FEELING LIKE IT WAS STILL IN GEAR AND READY TO MOVE FORWARD. I TOLD MY MECHANIC ABOUT IT, HE DID THE SERVICE AND SAID TO DRIVE IT AROUND TO GET THE NEW FLUID MOVING THROUGH THE SYSTEM. I IMMEDIATELY STARTED HAVING WORSE ISSUES, THE CAR WAS NOT GOING INTO FIRST GEAR WHEN I HIT THE GAS, THE RPMS WOULD GO UP AND THEN THE CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD INTO SECOND. I FELT THIS WAS NOT SAFE BECAUSE I COULD RAM INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME IF I WASN'T CAREFUL. WHEN I WOULD STOP AT A LIGHT, I WOULD STOP SEVERAL FEET BEHIND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME TO ALLOW FOR MORE ROOM TO LURCH AHEAD, AND I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT PARKING MY CAR IN THE GARAGE IF IT MIGHT UNEXPECTEDLY LURCH INTO THE WALL. BY THE TIME I GOT HOME, MY D4 LIGHT WAS FLASHING. MY MECHANIC RECOMMENDED NOT DRIVING UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION WAS CHECKED OUT. I WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHOP SAID I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION ... AT 81,700 MILES!?!?. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS A CLUTCH DRUM AND SOMETHING ABOUT A CEILING RING BEING WORN DOWN. THEY DID A SOFT PART OVERHAUL AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER, CLUTCH DRUM AND LINEAR SOLENOID. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR A SIMILAR ISSUE FOR THIS TYPE OF CAR IN A PREVIOUS YEAR. I THINK THIS YEAR SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 20-35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED HESITATION IN A JERKING MOTION. THE FAILURES OCCURRED INTERMITTENT AND PROGRESSED TO A PERMANENT CONDITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE EVENT THAT LED UP TO MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD TRANSMISSION FAILURE. DURING SOME COLD DAYS (EST. 12-20 DAYS) OVER THE PAST TWO WINTERS, THE CAR FAILED TO SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD IN THE MORNING. ONCE WARMED UP, THE CAR WORKED FINE. I WAS CAREFUL TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID PER THE MANUAL, AND EVEN A FEW THOUSAND MILES EARLY. I ALWAYS NOTIFIED MY MECHANIC OF THIS SYMPTOM BUT WAS TOLD NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY ON A WARM SUMMER MORNING WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. THE TRANSMISSION PREVIOUSLY NEVER SLIPPED DURING WARM WEATHER. THE FAILURE WAS QUICK, UNEXPECTED, HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED, AND COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY TO MYSELF OR OTHERS. THE FAILURE HAPPENED AFTER I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL, AT WHICH POINT ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS HAPPENED ON MY WAY HOME: 1) ACCELERATE AS EXPECTED (I.E., NO FAILURE); 2) SLAM INTO A LOWER GEAR AND DECELERATE; OR 3) COAST AT CURRENT SPEED WHILE THE ENGINE REVS UP (WHICH MAY END WITH THE CAR SLAMMING INTO GEAR AND JERKING THE CAR FORWARD). TO CORRECT THIS FAILURE, I FIRST WAS VIGILANT IN REPLACING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ALL BUT BEGGED MY MECHANIC TO FIND THE UNDERLYING CAUSE. THAT DIDN'T WORK. NOW THE TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED. MY FINAL CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE TO BUY ONLY GERMAN ENGINEERED CARS GOING FORWARD. HOPEFULLY, THEY HAVE MASTERED THE CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GAS PEDAL AND RELIABLY GOING FASTER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATE SPEEDS OF 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWN SHIFTED AND ABNORMALLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. THE CONTACT RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION UNTIL THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE DEALER ADVISED THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE ENGINE MOUNTS. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE HE WAS ADVISED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 92,287. UPDATED 08/13/10. *LJ UPDATED 08/23/10*JB UPDATED 12/02/10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE PAID FOR THE REPAIRS AT HIS EXPENSE. UPDATED 12/07/10. *JB