2002 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TRANSMISSION SKIPS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND AND NEEDS REPLACED. ONLY 112,000 MILES AND I HAVE DONE EVERY SERVICE RECOMMENDED - ALL BUT ONE WERE DONE BY THE DEALERSHIP! THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE JERK THERE WHEN ACCELERATING BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS FINE. *TR

WHEN WE PURCHASED THIS 2002 HONDA ACCORD EX IN MARCH OF 2010 THE CLOCK BACKLIGHT DID NOT WORK. ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO THE GEAR SHIFT CONSOLE BACKLIGHT WENT OUT. THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW AT NIGHT WHAT GEAR WE ARE IN IS TO VIEW IT ON THE DASH. NOW THE BACKLIGHTING FOR THE CLIMATE CONTROLS HAS GONE OUT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS NOW AND THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE POSITIVE HELP FROM HONDA. TO GET THIS FIXED I UNDERSTAND THAT THE WHOLE RADIO MUST BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE INTERLOCKING ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AT A COST SOMEWHERE AROUND $1000.00. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN ACCELERATING PAST 20MPH OR WHEN PUTTING IT IN REVERSE. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND OUT THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2002 HONDA ACCORDS YET IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE SINCE A LOT OF DRIVERS APPEAR TO BE HAVING THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *TR

HAS BEEN MAKING A HARD SHIFT SINCE ABOUT 65000 MILES, REALLY NOTICEABLE YESTERDAY AT 94600 MILES. SOMETIMES LOSE ACCELERATION WHEN DRIVING. *TR

2002 HONDA ACCORD TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH HONDA TRANSMISSIONS IN THAT THERE ARE OVER 600,000 REPORTED FAILURES. HONDA ADMITS TO THE PROBLEM AND OFFERS TO PAY 50% OF THE REPAIR IF IT IS DONE IN A HONDA DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE DEALERSHIP PRICE IS DOUBLE WHAT OTHER ASE REPAIR FACILITIES WOULD CHARGE FOR THE SAME REPAIR SO IN EFFECT HONDA IS OFFERING NOTHING. ATTEMPTS TO GET THROUGH AN APPEAL TO HONDA WITH LETTERS TO OFFICERS OF HONDA HAVE YIELDED NOT RESPONSE FROM THEM. IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET AROUND THE "CUSTOMER SERVICE" FIREWALL. NO DOCUMENTATION HAS EVER BEEN RECEIVED FROM HONDA NOT EVEN THE REPAIR QUOTE. IT IS ALL VERBAL WITH NOT CONCERN FOR THIS DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD EX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ROLL FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 205,000.

TURNING A CORNER OF A BUSY INTERSECTION THE CAR MADE A LOAD WUMP THUNK SOUND AND STOPPED WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING. LUCKILY, NO ONE REAR-ENDED ME OR KNOCKED ME INTO THE POLICEMAN IN THE ROAD CONDUCTING A LICENSE CHECK. *KB

2002 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE TRANSMISSION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING ABOUT 90 DAYS AGO AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND A DIAGNOSIS REVEALED A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. *JB

2002 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER STATES PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE . *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND EVENTUALLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE SECOND TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO DEFECTIVE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. IN JUNE 2011, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AGAIN. WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THE 2ND GEAR PRESSURE SWITCH HAD AN ERROR, ALONG WITH ANOTHER ERROR WHICH WAS A CODE FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE, WHICH WERE RESET. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHOWN TO BE OVER-FILLED APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF ONE QUART. THE CONSUMER LEFT THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUED TO SLIP. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SRS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY CONFIRMED A SEAT BELT MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,358 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 157,000.