7.0
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$2,600.00
Average Mileage:
150,000 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints
Most common solutions:
- replace transmission (2 reports)
transmission problem
Helpful Websites About 2000 Honda Accord loss of power
2008Dec 03
Accord
- Automatic transmission
- 158,000 miles
The car failed to accelerate on an ordinary morning outing. Halfway up a short hill on my street, the engine light came on and i drove immediately to my local Honda dealer. After waiting one hour for a technician to look at my car, I was told that the car's transmission was gone. They proceeded to tell me about the cost of the repair and I was beside myself that I would have to give up my car for the next few days and that the repair would cost over 2,500.00! I had never experienced any malfunctioning of the car and to think that it is accepted fact that a transmission can go so easily. When I contacted Honda America for a goodwill repair, I was made to feel that this program was for people who had a hard time to pay their bill. My understanding was that Honda valued you as a customer and would assist in the cost of the repair. When I googled the transmission failure I was amazed to find the number of people who have experience the same type of transmission failure as I had. Honda America very pleasantly explained that due to my car's age and mileage, it would be hard to find a reason to grant me a good will repair. Before they would even consider my case, I needed to furnish them with the last two years of maintenance records for my car. Seriously, I have never kept a record of a service done to my car for the last twenty years. These records needed to be faxed to California in the next week. Sorry, I was not about to use two or three days time running around service stations asking for maintenance records when we were in the middle of an ice storm and Christmas season. So, California calls and I explained that I thought the least Honda could do was to offer the parts at a wholesale price and to cut the hourly rates of their technician. None of this was to be considered until I furnished the two years of maintenance record. I asked about why Honda did not furnish their customers with years of complaints and reliability of their transmission parts. They are going the way of american car makers and I will seriously consider my options before going Honda again.
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
2009Feb 06
Accord EX V6
I have had my Honda for 9 years and I take very good care of it ...I only drive to and from work and an occasional short trip ...Within 1 month transmission went and I am very angry to see how many others have had similar problems and Honda has not addressed it .The car is still a great looking car ..good body but now that I see people have replaced the tranny 2 times and they still get a problem I wished I would have known this before I bought a new civic Communication is poor I have never heard from Honda with the other issues ..never again
sskeight1
Painesville, Ohio, USA
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