2003 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR AN UNRELATED ISSUE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE FAILING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.....UPDATED 07/05/16 *BF UPDATED 07/11/16.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD COUPE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE AND THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT. AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE MECHANIC AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 35MPH IT STARTED SLIPPING AND JERKING THEN SUDDENLY SLAMMED INTO SECOND GEAR. WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE ACCELERATING AND MERGING ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY. THE MOTOR RPMS WENT UP BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEING POWERED. THIS CREATED A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MY FAMILY AND I. AFTER THE INITIAL INCIDENT, THE TRANSMISSION HAS SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR ON NUMEROUS OTHER OCCASIONS. MY MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS IN NEED OF A REBUILD. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 59425 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. *TR

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING FUNNY AT LOW SPEEDS - HAVING TROUBLE DOWNSHIFTING TO SPEED UP THE CAR (I.E. GOING ABOUT 25 AND THEN TRYING TO SPEED UP - IT WOULD JUST FEEL LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL AND THE CAR WOULD REV BUT NOT SPEED UP).THE BIGGEST ISSUE THEN WAS THAT, AT HIGH SPEEDS, THE CAR WOULD VIOLENTLY SHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR - THUS CAUSING THE CAR TO SUDDENLY AND SEVERELY SLOW DOWN. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY, AND EACH TIME I BARELY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT - LUCKILY NO ONE WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME EITHER TIME IT HAPPENED. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, IT LOOKS LIKE '03 HONDA ACCORDS WITH THE V6 HAVE MAJOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES - AND IT APPEARS MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE.... BUT I WAS NEVER MADE AWARE OF IT. MY CURRENT CAR IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I CALLED HONDA AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WITHOUT THE VEHICLE BEING SECURED IN PARK. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE AN UNKNOWN REPAIR WAS PERFORMED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR THE IGNITION KEY: INTERLOCK SWITCH. THREE DAYS LATER AFTER THE RECALL REMEDY WAS PERFORMED, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROPRIATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,116.

CAR STRUGGLES TO GAIN SPEED AFTER STOPPING OR SLOWING DOWN TO TURN. THE RPM WILL INCREASE BUT THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE. IN ORDER FOR CAR TO ACCELERATE I WILL HAVE TO PLACE THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL AND THEN SHIFT TO DRIVE. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. MY CONCERN IS THAT IT MAY BE RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH HAS PREVIOIUSLY BEEN RECALLED ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENDLY ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT ENAGED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. AFTER A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 165,000.

I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH AND SUDDENLY IT FELT LIKE MY CAR HAD DOWNSHIFTED. MY CAR DIDN'T MOVE AND THE RPMS WENT UP TO ABOUT 4,000. I TRIED TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE AS I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THREE LANE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND THE CAR STRUGGLE TO MOVE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A SHOP NEARBY AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. IT WAS REBUILT IN JULY OF 2009. FOUR DAYS AGO, ON 11/22/12 I WAS DRIVING THE SAME CAR, WHICH HAS BEEN KEPT UP AND WELL MAINTAINED, AND A SIMILAR ISSUE OCCURRED- THIS TIME WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS COMING OFF A RAMP AND THE CAR ONCE AGAIN FELT LIKE IT WAS DOWNSHIFTING. THE ONLY WAY I CAN EXPLAIN IS IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE HIT THE BRAKES WHILE I WAS DRIVING. LUCKILY- I WAS MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY SO I WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE SHOULDER AND GOT OUT OF THE WAY AS SOON AS I COULD. HAD I BEEN TRAVELING AT 65 MPH I FIRMLY BELIEVE THIS WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MAJOR COLLISION. I HAVE THE CAR AT THE SAME SHOP THAT REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION, AND IT TURNS OUT THIS WAS DUE TO ANOTHER TRANSMISSION ISSUE, ALTHOUGH IT DIDN'T FAIL THIS TIME. *TR

THIS CAR HAD RECALLED FOR TRANSMISSION . I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2006. I GOT TOLD THE RECALLED HAS BEEN FIXED IN 2004. I GOT PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION AGAIN IN 2007 WHEN MY CAR REACH 45000. THEY FIXED THIS PROBLEM USING MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. NOW SINCE LAST 2 YEAR I STILL GETTING THE PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION . AND THE DEALERSHIP SAYING THEY CAN'T FIX THIS TIME BECAUSE THEY HAVE FIXED THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. I CAN'T PASS THE INSPECTION WITHOUT FIXING THIS PROBLEM. FIXING THIS PROBLEM COSTING ME MORE THAN WHAT MY CAR WORTH, ABOUT $5000. PLEASE HELP. *TR