2003 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

GOING TO WORK YESTERDAY CAR SUDDENLY JERKS AS IF DOWN SHIFTING OR SOMETHING, RPMS GO CRAZY AS IF I HAVE MY FOOT ON GAS WHILE IN NEUTRAL, JERKS ALONG UNTIL NOTHING HAPPENS NO GEARS AT ALL. PULL OVER KILL IT THEN WAIT RESTART AND GET ANOTHER HALF MILE ALONG AND HAVE TO KEEP DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN ALL THE WAY TO WORK. HUSBAND GETS IT HOME THE SAME WAY. DEALER CLOSED TODAY(4TH OF JULY) OR AT LEAST I GOT NO ANSWER WHEN CALLING. STARTED SURFING THE WEB WITH THIS ISSUE AND HAVE BEEN HORRIFIED WITH ALL I HAVE READ ABOUT MY CAR. SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING, STILL OWE A YR ON IT, CANT AFFORD TO FIX IT...HOPING THE DEALER WILL DO SOMETHING WHEN WE GO SEE THEM TOMORROW. THOUGHT I HAD THE BEST CAR EVER WHEN I GOT IT IN 08, HAVE HAD NO OTHER PROBLEMS, AND WAS TOLD BY HONDA WHEN I GOT IT WHAT A GOOD DEAL I WAS GETTING BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD JUST TRADED IT BACK AND THEY HAD ALL SERVICE HISTORY WITH THEM ETC... YET NO MENTION ABOUT ANY OF THIS, AND THEY HAD TO HAVE KNOWN BY THEN THAT THIS MODEL WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JS

WE HAVE A 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 AUTOMATIC. WHILE ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS, CAR LURCHES VIOLENTLY. IT APPEARS TO OCCUR WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THIS HAS BEEN VERY ALARMING, ESPECIALLY WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR. ALSO, THE CAR DOES NOT GO INTO REVERSE SOMETIMES, UNLESS TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND ON AGAIN. *JS

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON ACCORD 2003 V6, VIOLENT SHIFTS, SLIPPAGE FROM 2ND TO 3RD. I HAVE NOT REACHED COMPLETE FAILURE BUT STOPPED DRIVING CAR AFTER READING THAT FAILURE CAN LEAD TO SUDDEN DECELERATION AND POSSIBLE ACCIDENTS. *TR

THE CAR AFTER BEING DRIVEN TO WORK BY MY WIFE WOULD HESITATE GOING INTO GEAR. AFTER SPEAKING TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP,AND HONDA AMERICA WE WERE TOLD IT TO FAR OUT OF WARRANTY TO BE COVERED. WE HAVE OWNED SEVERAL HONDA CARS AND NOW WE ARE TOLD THEY WILL NOT COVER ANY OF THE COSTS INVOLVED. I THOUGHT HONDA WAS BETTER THAN THIS. *TR

SUBSEQUENT TO GETTING A REBUILT TRANSMISSION ON JUNE 6, 2012, WITH 82,905 MILES ON THE CAR, I FOUND OUT THAT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ARE EXTREMELY PREVALENT IN 2003 HONDA ACCORDS. IN FACT, THERE WAS A RECALL IN 2004. I BOUGHT THE CAR 1/30/2006 FROM THOUSAND OAKS (CA) HONDA. I TALKED TO HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE (800-999-1009) TODAY AND MY CASE IS BEING REFERRED TO A CASE MANAGER. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS . . . *TR

LAST YEAR, I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD, AND I LOCKED MY CAR AS I WAS RIDING. UPON REACHING MY HOME I TRIED TO UNLOCK MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT UNLOCK MANUALLY, BY PUSHING THE BOTTOM, OR WITH THE KEYLESS ENTRY. WHEN I TRIED TO USE THE INTERIOR BUTTON TO UNLOCK THE CAR, IT LOCKED ALL OF THE DOORS AND THE DRIVER DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK MANUALLY, HOWEVER, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET A PASSENGER DOOR UNLOCKED MANUALLY. IT SEEMED LIKE I WAS IN A HORROR MOVIE BECAUSE THE PASSENGER DOORS WOULD APPEAR TO UNLOCK, BUT THEY WOULD INSTANTLY RELOCK. THIS HAPPENED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES AND I WAS TERRIFIED TO DRIVE IN FEAR OF A ACCIDENT AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT I HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR UNLOCKED WHEN I WENT OUT IN PUBLIC. TODAY, THE ISSUE STARTED AGAIN. I TRIED TO HOLD THE KEYLESS ENTRY DOWN SO THAT THE WINDOWS WOULD ROLL DOWN AND I COULD GAIN ACCESS THAT WAY, BUT IT WAS TO NO AVAIL. I TRIED USING THE KEY, BUT THAT DID NOT WORK. I JUST SO HAPPEN THAT WHILE TRYING TO UNLOCK IT WITH THE KEY I TURN IT (THE KEY) IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND HELD IT AND THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN WHICH ALLOWED ME TO UNLOCK A PASSENGER DOOR MANUALLY AND CLIMB IN TO MY CAR. I STILL CAN NOT UNLOCK THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR REGARDLESS OF METHOD. *JS

NOTICED WHEN ACCELERATING GENTLY, CAR MORE QUICKLY ACCELERATED THAN USUAL TO THE NEXT GEAR. THEN THE RPMS SHOT UP VERY HIGH AND VERY SLOWLY AND DROPPED SUDDENLY WHEN CAR ACHIEVED 35 MPH, CAUSING CAR AND ME TO LURCH AND SLING ME BACKWARD INTO THE SEAT. THE NEXT DAY, AT 117,699 MILES, I DROVE VEHICLE TO MY DEALERSHIP, ECONOMY HONDA ON CHAPMAN RD, IN CHATTANOOGA TN. THEY DROVE IT, AND AGREED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY HAD REPLACED MY FIRST TRANSMISSION IN SEPTEMBER 2008 UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY AT 67,618 MILES BECAUSE IT DID THE SAME THING. LATER I FOUND OUT THE FIRST ONE WAS RECALLED ANYWAY IN 2004. AMERICAN HONDA COMMUNICATED WITH ECONOMY HONDA FOR A DEAL: ME TO PAY $2650.08 INSTEAD OF $3886.50 TO REPLACE THIS CURRENT TRANSMISSION, WHICH HAS NOT EVEN MADE IT TO ITS FIRST FLUID CHANGE (NOT UNTIL ABOUT 17,000 MORE MILES). THIS IS A TWO-FOLD ISSUE. THE FIRST BEING THAT THIS CAN QUICKLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY TURN INTO A DEADLY ISSUE, AND THE SECOND BEING THAT A LARGE CORPORATION IS BEING ABUSIVE TO ITS CONSUMERS. MANY PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THE OPTION OF REPAIRING, TRADING IN, OR LEASING A NEW VEHICLE. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LOCKED IN WITH HONDA, AND HAVE PUSHED THEIR VEHICLES TO THE LIMIT EVEN THOUGH THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE IS GOING ON BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT AFFORD TO MAKE THEIR VEHICLE SAFE? IF I DRIVE MY HONDA, IS SOMEONE GOING TO REAR-END ME ON THE HIGHWAY AND KILL ME AND MY CHILDREN BECAUSE MY TRANSMISSION IS FAILING AND MY CAR WON'T MAINTAIN PROPER SPEED BECAUSE OF A FAULTY JOB THAT HONDA DID ON MY SECOND TRANSMISSION? HONDA TOLD ME IT WAS SAFE ENOUGH TO DRIVE HOME UNTIL THEY FIGURED OUT HOW MUCH TO CHARGE ME, SO IT WILL BE JUST FINE, I'M SURE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S SPEED DROPPED FROM 70 MPH TO 25 MPH VERY QUICKLY ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN AUTO REPAIR CENTER. THE REPAIR CENTER STATED THAT THERE WERE METAL SHREDS EVERYWHERE AROUND THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE SHOULD NOTIFY NHTSA AND FILE A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

IT WILL NOT SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR,AND NOW IT IS NOT WANTING TO SHIFT IN TO THIRD,WHEN THE CAR IS COLD,IT SEEMS TO HAVE A VACUUM LEAK. *JS

DRIVING UP A SLIGHT HILL. CAR STARTED JERKING AND REVVING UP. CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. HAD TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD AND PULL OFF. PROBLEM WAS A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VERY LOW MILEAGE AND TRANS MISSION HAD ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. COULD OF BEEN MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE SINCE TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY AND CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN SLOWED DOWN AND CAUSED A STOPPING OF TRAFFIC. *TR