7.4
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$1,771.00
Average Mileage:
98,808 miles
Total Complaints:
13 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (6 reports)
- get a new transmission from American Honda (ha ha) (4 reports)
- new or rebuilt transmission (1 reports)
- took to transmission shop (1 reports)
- when tranny acts up tow car home asap (1 reports)
transmission problem
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Honda dealer.
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2009Apr 15
Accord EX
- Automatic transmission
- 170,000 miles
Brought this 01 Accord in 03 with roughly 36K in miles, around 78K had the transmission replaced through Honda. Now around 150K it started happening again, Honda said they wouldn't repair it, would cost me out of pocket. I have been fighting with Honda to recognize their problem and to also offer some compensation or solution. Just got off the phone with American Honda and was pretty much told I was s.o.l. Basically my gripe is, if the class action lawsuit extended the warranty until 109K, since mine was replaced with the exact same faulty transmission, I should now get another warranty to 109K miles from the 78K it was replaced at. Not according to Honda, they refuse to do anything about this problem and was told without any further attention they would not look into the issue further. What I took from that was, unless your going to file another lawsuit against us, we refuse to do anything! Ok, this is fine, along with everybody else's complaint, and the beauty of choice in the US, I will no longer buy or advocate the purchase of a Honda. Its their reputation on the line, not mine! There is a reason the are no longer number 1 and Toyota has overtaken.
2009Jul 05
Accord LX V6
- Automatic transmission
- 70,000 miles
I have a 2001 Honda Accord with 70,000 miles, no problem in the past, has had proper maintenance but have been told the differential is bad causing the axles to be loose with possibility of falling out. I have had 2 mechanics & a transmission place to tell me this is a manufacturer defect & should never have happened especially with the mileage I have on the car. I was told Honda should fix it at no cost but the best they have offered me is for me to pay $1995 + tax. I feel this is not acceptable since they are telling me it will be about $3100 total cost for the new transmission. I have had other Honda in the past but if Honda does not make good on this, I will never buy another one & would suggest others to be cautious if Honda is not going to stand behind their product.
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2009May 20
Accord EX 4 DR 3.2L
- Automatic transmission
- 119,000 miles
I bought this Honda Accord EX 4-Cylinder in March 2001. When I received letter in 2006 about Class action Law Suit filed in CA against Honda Motor that's when I found out about problem with Honda Accord models. But I never heard about decision of this Law Suit. But my car did not had any problems till recently, I thought it will be only few cars.
Quality Auto mechanic told me that there is a problem with transmission of my car and it will cost $ 2000 to 3000 to fix my car. I was expecting Honda Cars to be more reliable and last longer, but I am very disappointed. I may not buy another Honda.
I am planning to go to Honda Dealer from where I bought my car and discuss problem with my car. I am planning to submit my complain with consumer affairs as well as Honda ASAP. I will post more details later.
2009May 01
Accord 4cyc
- Automatic transmission
- 102,000 miles
Transmission should last many years under normal driving conditions.
2009Apr 17
Accord EX 3.2L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 101,000 miles
Well I have only had the car for 2 years and I took the car to Honda and told them that I think that the transmission was going out and that it shift hard. This was at 80,000 miles and they said that the car was ok. So now that the car is at 101,000 and my warranty is up they want me to pay $2,644 for a new transmission! So since there was a big problem in the 2001 Honda accord transmissions I contacted hondaproblems.com to see if they will pay for it.
I have had 3 other Honda's besides this one and I am starting to questions if Honda's are all that now. I use to swear by them but not anymore. I am very aggravated. I am waiting for a response.
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2005Aug 01
Accord DX
- Automatic transmission
- 45,000 miles
I bought my 2001 Honda Accord in 2003. Since then I have had to fix the tranny 3 times. It seems that every 1 1/2 years this problem occurs. It is not covered under the extended warranty so now it is going to cost me over $3,600. They won't admit that it is a recall its called "EXTENDED WARRANTY". This is the third time in about 5 1/2 years. I always spoke well about Honda Accords but I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE LIKE THIS AGAIN. American Honda will not fix this problem so what the dealer is telling me is that AMERICAN HONDA WILL SELL ME ANOTHER ONE OF THERE F_ _KED UP TRANNY'S FOR OVER $3,600 AND GIVE ME 36,000 OR 3 YEARS IF I PURCHASE THE TRANNY FROM THEM. Hell No!!!!! So they sell me a car with a messed up tranny then they want to jerk me again NO THANKS!!!!. I hope American Honda sees this because I told them that from now on I will not encourage people to purchase this f_ _ked up car. ( by the way the dealer also said if I wanted to complaint about it to American Honda since I have not been getting my services done there that I would have to proof that I have been getting my maintenance done on a regular basis.) I did not want to get my services done there because I would go to a Honda Specialist Mechanic and would do the same job and same parts (Honda Parts Only) for a much less price than what Honda Dealers try to charge. Thanks for listening people.
2003Aug 15
Accord EX 3.0L
- CVT transmission
- 50,000 miles
Bought car as a Certified Used Vehicle from Mcdavid Honda notice jerky shift after about 2 months of driving took car to Honda dealer and was told that due to nonservice of transmission no warranty available . Certified Used Honda come with 100,000 mile warranty I told the dealer and I would not pay for check out of the transmission . Thought all service was verified since car was Certified and the warranty was a big selling point only thing ever covered by this warranty was a bad in dash cd changer and they looked at the transmission again at the same time because of me mentioning something about hearing of an extended warranty on my cars transmission needless to say the dealer told me the problem was not bad enough to be civered by the extended warranty , WILL NEVER BUY A HOND AGAIN .
2007Sep 09
Accord LX F23a1 4 cyl
- Automatic transmission
- 60,000 miles
Surges, almost seems like the fuel system or accelerator is going out check engine on/off about a year ago i had to slam the brakes and it threw the car into such a low gear my tranny almost blew the engine ROARED an it really scared me, changed the tranny fluid with genuine from Honda & the metal catcher was full, slips constantly, getting worse day by day, our other hondas whether they are manual or auto tranny never had an issue until around 300,000 miles plus!
2008Sep 03
Accord EX 4 cyl
- Automatic transmission
- 102,000 miles
Just got this car on Monday. wanted to get a "dependable" car. original owner says no tranny problems and didnt notice any on test drive. Then as i drive it more i notice that whenever i slow down for a turn then accelerate, there's a little hiccup in the transmission. take it into transmission shop and they say 3rd gear problem and they have to take the whole thing apart and rebuild. so bummed because i just got the car.
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2006Jan 04
Accord EX 2.3L 4 cyl
- Automatic transmission
- 156,000 miles
OK EVERYONE LISTEN UP!!!!! well i have looked around on the internet researching this problem and for those of you who have had this problem............im sorry, but for those of you who are barely experiencing this problem heres what you can do: 1st--->as soon as you notice anything with the tranny as far as an issue you must not drive too much longer YOU NEED TO GET THE CAR HOME. 2ND--->when the cars engine is cold your going to need a socket set,pair of ramps,and 3 quarts of honda atf fluid and one bottle of "LUCAS ATF STOP SLIP/LEAK"(2 bottles) and a drain pan,and a extension funnel and rags and gloves for all you clean freaks heheh(NOTICE: YOU CAN GET ALL THIS FOR UNDER 50$ AT YOUR LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE).... then you turn back on your car,drive it around the neighborhood until it is at proper operating temperature. after that is done drive it back home a.s.a.p DO NOT MESS AROUND...3rd---> drive the car up on the ramps(making sure you have someone else to guide you up SLOWLY) and turn off the car. 4th--->take off the atf drain plug and drain all of the atf fluid out and re-install the drain plug. once that is done take your atf dipstick out and get the extension funnel and put it in the place of the dip stick..then pour in the LUCAS ATF STOP SLIP/LEAK (whole bottle) in first,pour in the fluid next and put dipstick in and start car. WAIT 2 MINUTES FOR FLUID TO CIRCULATE. then while car is on ramps and foot on brake pedal, take tranny out of park and into THIS ORDER ONLY ((REVERSE,NEUTRAL,D4,D3,D2,D1, AND GO BACK IN REVERSE ORDER : D1 D2 D3,D4,NEUTRAL,REVERSE,AND PARK)) do this SLOWLY 5 TIMES. now you will have to drive the car for about 500 miles and do not drive the car fast BABY THE CAR. you will notice a difference. after 500 miles repeat the process. and drive for another 500 miles. now for the reason your tranny acted up the way it did: when Honda first made the trannys they skipped on one important part and went cheap on :BEARINGS!!! because these bearings weren't big enough to handle the load your tranny is acting like the way it is. but by doing this process you will notice a biggggggggg difference and although it will not fix the problem it will calm it by up to 90%. and all you need to do now is change fluid every 20,000 miles.
2008May 07
Accord Limited 4.8L
- Automatic transmission
- 101,500 miles
There was a recall on the Honda transmission, which thank God because it was already out of warranty by the time my transmission started going out. I got it fixed in November 2006. Then, May of 2008, year and a half later, it started messing up again. I took it twice, the first time the mechanic said nothing was wrong, the next mechanic said there is definitely something wrong. I made them drive it forever just so they could see that when it's 1st to 2nd gear you have to actually drive that slow in order to feel it jerking. Of course the other issue was speeding up, the RPM's would rev really high. This was the 2nd transmission put in my car both had the same issue, good thing it's under warranty and I still think it's messing up shifting from 1st to 2nd. This is so aggravating, and you can't even get a rental car from them because Honda doesn't pay for one. To me, that definitely is another issue, especially when it's not your fault!
2008May 01
Accord 2.3L 4 cyl Vtec
- Automatic transmission
- 125,000 miles
The vehicle shifts hard into 2nd gear and sometimes if the rpm is to high it neutralizes. What i usually do when i'm driving is release the accelerator before it shifts hard or neutralizes and the vehicle shifts normal into second gear.
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2009Sep 04
Accord DX V4
I went to the Honda dealer because my ck engine light went on. In addition, the car was running a bit rough and I noticed that the shift from 1st to 2nd gear was rough. I thought I was in need of a tune up and possibly the transmission fluid needed to be changed. Boy was I wrong!!! They called to tell me that not only did my CO2 regulator needed to be changed (this was making the car run rough) but most importantly, my transmission needed to be replaced....AT 83,000 MILES...I was shocked....I was pissed....I gave them an earfull. I told them that I received a extended warranty (7 years or 100,000 miles) now I was 8 1/2 years and only 83,000 miles...could they do ANYTHING! They contacted the warranty dept. and the offered to pay 25%, which helped. It was that or buy a new car with 5 years of payments. I thought with a Honda that I would at least have this car without major problems for another 3-5 years....Next time TOYOTA!
Ronda J.
San Lorenzo, CA, USA
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