2003 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

I BOUGHT MY HONDA FROM THE DEALERSHIP 06/23/12, 1 OWNER COMPLETELY SERVICED THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP THEN TRADED IN AT SAME DEALERSHIP. WHEN BOUGHT IT HAD 101,793 MILES, TIMING BELT WAS DONE AT 90K AND POWER STEERING PUMP. NOT EVEN MONTH LATER I HAD TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODY. I'VE ALWAYS FELT SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AFTER BOUGHT CAR. ON 11/10/2012 OUT OF NO WHERE WHEN I WAS GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY MY CAR STARTED TO DOWN SHIFT REALLY HARD, WAS JERKING WHILE DRIVING AND THEN WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR, LUCKILY I WAS LESS THAN A MILE FROM MY HOUSE SO I DROVE HOME THEN PARKED IT AND NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ON. THE NEXT MORNING (TODAY) CALLED A FRIEND WHO WORKS ON HONDAS AND HE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS VERY DIRTY AND PRACTICALLY GONE. DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK TWICE AND TRANSMISSION WAS WORKING FINE. THEN LATER DROVE ABOUT 8 MILES AND STARTED HARD DOWN SHIFTING AND WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. THEN PARKED AND TRIED TO PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE AND IT NOT MOVE ACTED LIKE WAS IN NEUTRAL. PUT IT IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF THEN STARTED IT AGAIN AND PUT IT INTO REVERSE, REVERSE NOW WORKED. AFTER THAT I HAD MY FRIEND LOOK UNDER THE HOOD AT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND IT WAS PRACTICALLY EMPTY AGAIN. SO I WENT TO THE STORE GOT MORE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND PUT SOME IN AND TRIED TO DRIVE BACK HOME. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 8 MILES THEN IT STARTED TO HARD DOWN SHIFT ALL OVER AGAIN. AFTER ANOTHER 3 MILES THE CAR COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON ALONG WITH THE ABS, TSC, AND THE LIGHT SHOWING I WAS IN DRIVE STARTED FLASHING. SO I PULLED OVER AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND EVERYTHING WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING, INCLUDING THE LIGHT INDICATING I WAS IN DRIVE EVEN THOUGHT I WAS IN PARK AND THE PARK GEAR LIGHT WAS ON. SO I TURNED OFF MY CAR, SAT FOR A MIN THEN RESTARTED. DRIVING SLOW NEEDED TO STOP AND BRAKES STARTED TO GO OUT. *TR

CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR OVER 40 MILES/HOUR. TOOK TO HONDA SERVICE CENTER IN ANAHEIM, CA, AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION. CAR CANNOT SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND I MIGHT GET STRANDED ANYWHERE. *TR

THIS CAR HAS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT AND THE CLEAR COAT IS COMING OFF. IT WILL NEED TO BE REPAINTED. *TR

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 68 MPH ON INTERSTATE 5 WHEN CAR FELT LIKE THE BRAKES HAD BEEN APPLIED, HARD. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC BEHIND ME BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY QUICK DEACCELERATION TO 30MPH AND A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP ALONG THE FREEWAY WITH MY FLASHERS ON AT 35MPH, TOP SPEED, UNTIL I COULD GET OFF OF THE FREEWAY. WHEN I WAS PUTTING THE CAR ON THE TRAILER DOLLY WE REALIZED THAT I HAD NO REVERSE GEAR. THE NEXT MORNING, THE CAR REENGAGED WITH REVERSE WHILE TAKING THE CAR OFF OF THE CAR TRAILER. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AT 106,000MILES. WE HAD TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE HONDA DEALER FOR THE 2004 TRANSMISSION RECALL REPAIR. I HAD NO PREVIOUS WARNING THAT THERE WAS ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION UNTIL THIS FAILURE. *TR

COMING TO A STOP SIGN, SLOWED CAR DOWN TO A STOP. PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT GO INTO GEAR, FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL, BUT THE SHIFTER WAS SET TO "D". I HAD TO PUT THE SHIFTER INTO "2" TO GET IT TO MOVE. IF IT WAS A YIELD SIGN INSTEAD OF A STOP, AND I HAD SLOWED DOWN AND THE CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE, I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN HIT. CAR ALSO HAS PROBLEMS SHIFTING FROM 2ND GEAR INTO 3RD GEAR. THE RPMS JUMP BETWEEN SHIFTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED AND REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). AFTER THE REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION WHEN THE CONTACT NOTICED THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT ENTERED THE VEHICLE, APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND INSERTED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR WAS IN REVERSE. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY WITHOUT THE VEHICLE BEING IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE CONTACT SMELLED SULFUR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE SMELL WAS EMITTING FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE SMELL WAS NORMAL. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVER THE VEHICLE WITH THE SULFUR SMELL SINCE NO REMEDY WAS PROVIDED BUT THE SMELL WAS BECOMING TOO HARSH TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS MAKING A TURN AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY DETECTED THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE POWER STEERING HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED PREVIOUSLY BY THE DEALER. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 12V222000 (STEERING: HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST: HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS); HOWEVER THE VIN WAS INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MERGE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE HOUSING FOR THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME AND WAS LATER DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE AIR CONDITION OR HEATER WAS BEING USED AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF, IT WOULD BECOME HESITANT TO RESTART. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO SIT FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE ENGINE COULD BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED THAT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TEST DRIVEN HOWEVER, THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.