1998 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

1998 HONDA ACCORD V6 LX SEDAN WITH 80,000 MILES NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $3500. VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AT PROPER INTERVALS USING HONDA ATF. OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM ON HONDA FORUMS, THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW. HONDA SHOULD PAY FOR THIS REPAIR, NOT ME.*AK

MY 1998 ACCORD EX V-6, WITH 62,000 MILES AND PERFECT MAINTENANCE, NOW REQUIRES A NEW "REBUILT" TRANSMISSION FOR OVER $7000, AS EXPLAINED BY A SALES PERSON FOR HONDA. AT MY LAST SERVICE, THE TECH MENTIONED THE TRANS FLUID LEVEL WAS FINE BUT IT SEEMED DIRTY SO I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY HONDA DEALER WHERE I WAS GIVEN THE NEWS. SIDENOTE: THEY WANTED TO SELL ME A NEW 04 ACCORD, SAID MY CAR WAS "A WASH" AND HAD NO VALUE!*AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. HAD CAR CHECKED, WORK COMPLETED, LIGHT STAYS ON. *NM

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT ON INTERMITTENTLY IN MY 1998 HONDA ACCORD EX-L 4 CYLINDER FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF THOUSAND MILES. I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME READING UP ON IT AND THERE ARE SO MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND I HAVE REACHED THE CONCLUSION THAT HONDA SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO TO FIX IT.*AK

BEARINGS IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REMOVED AND TAKEN APART TO REPLACE THE BEARINGS. REPAIR COST WAS $1113. CAR HAS ONLY 61,000 MILES AND IS MAINTAINED REGULARLY.*AK

THE CAR MAKES A BUMPING NOISE WHEN BACKING UP, IT ALSO SLAMS INTO FIRST GEAR WHEN THE CAR IS COLD.*AK

QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THE DEALERSHIP HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHARGE $90.00 TO REMOVE WIRES FROM AN EXISTING ALARM SYSTEM TO PERFORM THE RECALL. *PH *SC

JOIN THE CLUB, I HAVE A 1998 ACCORD WITH 120,000 AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE FREEWAY. I WAS ALMOST RAN OVER BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. THIS CAR HAS HAD A CLUNKY TRANSMISSION SINCE 80,000 MILES AND I WOULD GET THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED AND IT WOULDN'T HELP. I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THIS CAR AND THE TRANSMISSION IS DEAD. I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A HONDA? I THOUGHT HONDA'S WERE RELIABLE? AMERICAN HONDA WILL NOT HELP, THE DEALER WILL NOT HELP SO BASICALLY I'M SCREWED. USED TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT ESTIMATES ARE $1700-2500. THIS IS TERRIBLE, WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL? SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. I ALMOST DID. HONDA KNOWS SOMETHING IS WRONG. THIS IS EVEN LISTED ON CARPOINT.MSN.COM THAT THIS CAR HAS A BAD TRANSMISSION. I AM GOING TO FIX IT AND SELL IT AND GO BACK TO TOYOTA, I WILL NEVER EVER BUY ANOTHER HONDA AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN NEW 1998 AND HAVE MAINTAINED A PERFECT SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE RECORD WITH DEALERSHIP. TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AT 70,000 MILES AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE DISCOVERED OVER 100 SIMILAR CASES INVOLVING TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THE 1998 HONDA ACCORD ON THIS SITE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING SPEEDOMETER FAILED. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT SPEED THE VEHICLE WAS GOING. *AK