9.0
really awfulTypical Repair Cost:
no data
Average Mileage:
7,800 miles
Total Complaints:
4 complaints
Most common solutions:
- new transmission (3 reports)
- not sure (1 reports)
transmission problem
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Honda dealer.
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2008Feb 01
Accord LX V6
- Automatic transmission
- 5,000 miles
I JUST POSTED A COMPLAINT ON THE FORUM ABOUT PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR, AND THIS TIME I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT A CRAZY PROBLEM THAT I AM STILL NOT SURE WHETHER IT IS FIXED. WE JUST HAD A NEW (RE MANUF) TRANSMISSION PUT INTO OUR BRAND NEW 2008 ACCORD AFTER COUNTLESS TIMES TO THE DEALER TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. IT STARTED OUT ACTING LIKE IT WAS JUST COLD AND NEEDED MORE TIME TO WARM UP BEFORE STARTING TO DRIVE THE CAR. WE TRIED LETTING IT WARM UP FOR 10 MIN ON VERY COLD MORNINGS, WHICH DID NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT AT TIMES THE PROBLEM WAS NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS. THE DEALER TALKED ABOUT REPLACING THE TRANS LAST YEAR IN JUNE, BUT WANTED TO "TRY" SOME OTHER THINGS FIRST! WHAT A JOKE......FIRST OF ALL, EACH TIME WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER....I AM WITHOUT A CAR....WHICH I NEED, WHICH IS WHY I PURCHASED A CAR BTW! AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES AT THE DEALER....THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WHICH WE REPORTED.....WTF???? THEY STATED THEY WOUND NEED TO KEEP THE CAR FOR A FEW DAYS TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET IT TO REPEAT THE PROBLEM WHICH WE REPORTED.....I TOLD THEM, NO PROBLEM......GIVE ME A RENTAL/LOANER TO USE IN THE TIME THEY HAD MY CAR! THEY ACCOMMODATED....BUT THE RENTAL WAS NOT UP TO PAR WITH WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR 1 WEEK, AND HAD TO SEND REPORT TO HONDA TECH ENGINEERS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. AT LEAST THEY AGREED IT HAD A PROBLEM. BUT THEY TOLD US THAT IT WAS THE GRADE OF FUEL THAT WE WERE USING! WE SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE DEALER WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR IF IT REQUIRED HIGHER GRADE FUEL.......THEY SAID "NO".....SO WHY ARE THEY NOW TELLING US TO USE THE HIGHEST GRADE FUEL WHICH AT THE TIME WAS 4.00 PER GAL!!!! ABSOLUTELY NOT......WE DID PUT A FEW TANKS OF HIGH GRADE IN TANK.....WHICH DID NOTHING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.....BACK TO HONDA WE GO! THEY REPLACED THE FUEL SENSOR CELL....OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT....MOTOR MOUNTS, AND COUNTLESS OTHER THINGS BEFORE FACING THE FINAL ATTEMPT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER AT LEAST 7 TIMES IN SHOP..AND MANY HEADACHES DUE TO TRYING TO SCHEDULE MY LIFE AROUND GOING TO THE DEALER AND PICKING UP A RENTAL...THEY JUST NOW REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, BUT I STILL FEEL A SLIGHT HESITATION AT TIMES, WHICH IS VERY SCARY WHEN YOU ARE CROSSING A BIG INTERSECTION.....YOU REALLY NEED A CAR NOT TO FAIL AT THOSE TIMES! HONDA FLOPPED WITH THIS MODEL.....I THINK THEY HAD A DRUG ADDICT TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO.....OR AT LEAST WORKING ON THE PRODUCTION LINE!!!
I FEEL LIKE A USED, ABUSED, CONFUSED CONSUMER....BUT NOW I AM A WIDE EYED, AND MUCH SMARTER CONSUMER.....NEVER AGAIN WILL I LET THIS HAPPEN BEFORE DOING SOME SERIOUS RESEARCH PRIOR TO BUYING MY NEXT CAR!....PROBABLY WILL NOT BE A HONDA~!!!!!!!!!
2009Apr 29
Accord CPE EX-L
- Automatic transmission
- 7,500 miles
When i come to a rolling stop, and I hit the gas to pull into traffic, the engine revs and catches gear after the car has rolled into traffic. This worries me, I'm not ready to be in an accident. I have told my dealer 3 times and they checked it and could not find anything wrong. The problem still happens. The service manager tried to make the problem happen again, but could not duplicate. He had the car all day and even on my drive home it happened again. This is a dangerous problem. I have since started to stop completely, even on right hand turns so I can avoid being hit by another vehicle. Can't trust the tranny.
2008Dec 01
Accord LX V6
- Automatic transmission
- 18,200 miles
Took the car to the shop and they told me it cost $750.00 to fix and still having the same problem the day after.
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2007Dec 28
Accord LX
This is the first of many problems I have had with my new HONDA. Suppose to be great cars. FORGET IT!! I have lost so much money with this piece of @#$%!!! Who would believe that a brand new car (500 miles) would need a new transmission. Well Honda said they put in a "new" transmission. I later found out that it is a remanufactured one!
btally
Flemington, NJ, USA
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