2004 HONDA ACCORD Complaints

2004 HONDA ACCORD V6 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ISSUE. TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING. WAS FORTUNATE NOT TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT AS MY CAR HAD NO POWER WHILE TRAVELLING UP A GRADE ON I-5 IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. *TR

2004 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 4DR, ORIGINAL OWNER 88.7K MILES NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION PER THE DEALER. YOU HAVE TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES! THERE SEEMS TO STILL BE AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMOTIVE 5 SPEED TRANSMISSIONS IN THESE CARS STEMMING 2000!! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION, THE SRS AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SPONTANEOUSLY REGARDLESS IF THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION OR AT START- UP AND WHETHER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED OR UNOCCUPIED. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A RECALL WHICH COULD POSSIBLY BE RELATED TO THE SRS DEFECT, RECALL 07V001000 (AIR BAGS: FRONTAL: SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE). THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000. UPDATED 5/2/11 *CN UPDATED 05/19/11

DRIVING 35 MPH ON VEHICLE WITH 115000 MILES. ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES AND SPEED UP IN ORDER TO PASS SLOW MOVING VEHICLE, ENGINE REVVED UP TO 6,000 RPM WITHOUT ACTUALLY CHANGING GEARS OR MOVING FASTER. TRANSMISSION PUMP & TORQUE CONVERTER FOUND TO BE FAULTY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING GEARS WHILE IN MOTION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE RPM DECREASED TO 20. WHILE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION, SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FORWARD BUT THE VEHICLE STALLED; THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO RECALL 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO DRAINED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND CLEANED METAL FROM THE PLUGS BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 134,257.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 HONDA ACCORD EX-V6 ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BY PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR DID NOT GO ANY QUICKER NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED. I PRESSED DOWN HARD A FEW TIMES AND THEN BEGAN TO MOVE OVER TO THE RIGHT LANES IN CASE IT GOT WORSE. THE RPM'S WENT A THE WAY TO ALMOST THE RED BUT THE CAR WAS NOT GOING AND WAS SOWING DOWN. THEN OUT OF THE BLUE IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND CAME TO A STOP LIGHT. WHEN I STARTED TO GO IT STARTED TO MOVE, GOT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, THEN DID IT AGAIN, RAVING REAL LOUD BUT NOT MOVING. I HAD CARS COMING RIGHT AT ME AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. THEN, THE PERSON I CALLED TO HELP ME, SHOWED UP RIGHT BEHIND ME IN HIS TRUCK AND PUSHED ME OUT OF THE INTERSECTION JUST IN TIME. HONDA ALMOST GOT ME KILLED. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER BECAUSE I JUST HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED DUE TO THEIR RECOMMENDATION. THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE AND WOULD NEED A NEW ONE. THEY SAID I SHOULD CALL HONDA CARE BECAUSE THIS HAS HAPPENED A LOT LATELY AND THEIR ARE RECALLS ON THIS TRANSMISSION AS WELL. HONDA TOLD ME TOO BAD, WE CAN'T HELP YOU. I PAID $3,800 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL MODEL AND NOW IT GIVES ME ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS AND I FEEL VERY UNSAFE IN THIS HONDA. I BOUGHT A HONDA BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE. IT SEEMS HONDA DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF ITS OWNERS AS MUCH AS IT MAY SEEM. *TR

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON MY 2004 HONDA ACCORD SUDDENLY FAILED CAUSING ME TO COMPLETELY LOSE POWER ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. *LN

BRAKES ARE OVERLY SENSITIVE, PARTICULARLY DURING HIGH IDLE WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES QUICKLY WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL FEELING AS THOUGH IT'S GETTING SUCKED DOWN DURING A SLIGHT APPLICATION. ONE MUST BE VERY CAREFUL AND START APPLYING THE BRAKES INCREDIBLY SLOWLY BEFORE THEY WISH TO START STOPPING. THUS, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO STOP QUICKLY WITHOUT THE BRAKES BEING HEAVILY APPLIED AGAINST ONE'S WILL. DURING AN EMERGENCY BRAKING SITUATION, WHICH LUCKILY I HAVE NOT COME ACROSS WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, I SUSPECT IT'D BE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE SLOWING DOWN, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE VEHICLE HAS ABS. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE CAR WAS NEW. UPON RESEARCH ON MANY DIFFERENT WEBSITES, I HAVE FOUND OTHER DRIVERS OF 2004 HONDA ACCORDS THAT COMPLAIN OF THE SAME ISSUE. ONE COMPLAINT EVEN CLAIMED THAT THEY APPLIED THEIR BRAKES NORMALLY ON AN OFFRAMP, AND THE ISSUE CAUSED THEIR VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND COMPLETELY, LUCKILY NOT STRIKING ANYONE OR ANYTHING. OTHERS SAY THAT THEY HAVE COMPLAINED TO THEIR DEALERSHIPS, BUT WERE JUST TOLD THAT THEY NEED TO GET USED TO THE BRAKES. I FEEL THAT A LIKELY PROBLEM MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH THE POWER BRAKE SYSTEM PROVIDING TOO MUCH ASSIST WITH EVEN LIGHT APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. I'M NOT SURE WHETHER ANY ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED DUE TO THIS ISSUE, OR IF THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE OF ANY ACCIDENTS. NEVERTHELESS, IT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

WINDSHIELD WIPER DO NOT WORK PROPERLY WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN. I LIVE IN SAN DIEGO AND IT RARELY RAIN HERE SO I RARELY HAD TO USE MY WIPERS. EVERY TIME I USE MY WIPERS IN THE RAIN IT WOULD STOP WORKING AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES - THE WIPER WOULD START MOVING SLUGGISH AS IF GETTING STUCK THEN IT WOULD ACTUALLY STOP MIDWAY ON THE WINDSHIELD. I HAD TO TURN THE WIPERS OFF AND ON A FEW TIMES TO GET IT WORKING AGAIN AND THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I NO LONGER DRIVE THIS CAR IN THE RAIN FORTUNATELY IT DOES NOT RAIN VERY OFTEN IN SAN DIEGO. IT WORKS FINE WHEN NOT RAINING (WINDSHIELD FLUID CLEANING WINDOW). I CHECKED THE RECALL FOR HONDA AND FOUND THAT THE 2003 ACCORD WAS RECALLED FOR DEFECTIVE WIPER MOTOR AND THIS RECALL WAS ISSUE ON 4/17/2008. I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER HOW MANY OTHER ACCORD YEARS WERE AFFECTED WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE WIPER MOTOR ISSUE. HONDA ACCORD 2003-2007 ARE BASICALLY THE SAME BODY STYLE SO IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE SAME TYPE OF WIPER MOTOR DEFECT EXIST IN ALL THESE MODELS. I WAS GOING TO IGNORE THE PROBLEM HOWEVER LAST MONTH, SAN DIEGO HAD A HUGE RAIN STORM AND I HAD TO USE MY ACCORD AND NEARLY GOT IN AN ACCIDENT SINCE I WAS UNABLE TO SEE. I AM GOING TO GET THIS WIPER FIXED NOW SINCE IT IS TOO MUCH OF A RISK NOT TO (I HAVE A SECOND CAR SO IT IS RARE THAT I USE THE ACCORD WHEN IT RAINS - WHICH TOO IS RARE IN SAN DIEGO). *LN

LOSS OF CRUISE CONTROL WHILE DRIVING, RESULTING IN UNEXPECTED CHANGE IN SPEED AND OPERATOR DISTRACTION. *TR