2003 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAIL. WHEN WARM TRANSMISSION WON'T STAY IN GEAR AND SLIPS.D REBUILT HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A SHOP AND REBUILT. *TR

FIRST NOTICED DIFFICULT STEERING AND NOISE. MECHANIC FOUND POWER STEERING HOSE LEAKING AND REPLACED IT ($400 PARTS & LABOR). LATER SAME DAY, MECHANIC FOUND POWER STEERING PUMP WAS ALSO LEAKING AND REPLACED IT (ANOTHER $400 PARTS & LABOR). STEERING STILL DIFFICULT AND STILL MAKING NOISE, SO BROUGHT CAR BACK TO MECHANIC A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. MECHANIC REPLACED RACK & PINION (AN ADDITIONAL $800 PARTS & LABOR). IT APPEARS THE 4 CYLINDER ACCORDS (2003) ARE NOT A PART OF THE CURRENT HONDA RECALL FOR POWER STEERING HOSE LEAKS, BUT LOOKS LIKE THEY SHOULD BE. ALSO, NOTE THE ADDITIONAL PARTS FAILURES (AND FINANCIAL COSTS) AS A RESULT OF THE LEAKING HOSE. *TR

THE PAINT BEGAN FADING AND PEELING. NOTICED ON MY HONDAS THAT ARE THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP GEARS AND THEN FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESUME IN OPERATION AFTER WAITING FOR ONE HOUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO INTERNAL DAMAGE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,892. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST THE CONSUMER WITH REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION, BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER. UPDATED 03/21/13

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION WAS STARTED AND THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTINUOUSLY. THE MALFUNCTION WOULD ALSO OCCUR WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE PART NEEDED FOR REPAIRS WAS ORDERED. THE NAME OF THE PART WAS UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE CENTER CONSOLE WENT OUT. I NOW HAVE NO LIGHTS TO CONTROL THE FUNCTIONS OF THE HEATING, AND DEFROST AT NIGHT. THE IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE I AM UNABLE TO ADJUST SETTINGS WHEN WINDOWS START TO FOG. *TR

AS PER NHTSA RECALL 12V-222 THIS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KINGS HONDA IN CINCINNATI, OH ON NOV 6 2012 AND REPAIRED ACCORDING TO THIS RECALL. ONE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS REPLACED AND FLUID WAS ADDED, HOWEVER SEVERAL DIFFERENT HOSES WERE LEAKING AND IT WAS NOTED BY THE MECHANIC THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING AT THE POWER STEERING RACK AND PUMP. BOTH HONDA AMERICA AND KINGS HONDA REFUSE TO REPLACE THESE PARTS UNDER THIS RECALL BECAUSE IT ONLY REQUIRES THEM TO REPLACE THE ONE C-HOSE. THIS SITUATION IS STILL A DANGER AND POWER STEERING FLUID IS STILL LEAKING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *TR

AFTER ABOUT 45 MINUTE RIDE OUT OF MY CITY ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, MY CAR VIOLENTLY DOWNSHIFTED FROM 65 MPH TO 0 AND WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF FIRST GEAR THEREAFTER. THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERYDAY AFTERWARDS THAT I DRIVE MY CAR AT LEAST 20 MINUTES. IT SEEMS AS IF ONCE A MECHANISM INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION HEATS UP OR GETS HOT, THIS HAPPENS. I ALWAYS SERVICE MY VEHICLE AS REQUIRED, I AM WORRIED. THIS IS A MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I HAVE READ WHERE OVER 200 OTHER HONDA OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE IN THE PAST BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE ADVISE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE MOTOR WAS SEVERELY CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMAPIGN ID NUMBER 08V169000 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER: MOTOR). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.

VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED IN LOW GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEED ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. TOOK TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY SAID TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACEMENT. TRANSMISSION SHOP HOOKED UP TO DIAGNOSTIC AND READ THE FOLLOWING CODES: PO747 A/T CLUTCH PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE A STUCK ON AND PO752 SHIFT SOLENOID VALVE A STUCK ON . TRANSMISSION SHOP STATES THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR