1998 Honda Accord Power Train

WHEN APPLYING CLUTCH IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE JUMPED LIGHT. CLUTCH STUCK TO FLOOR ,AND VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. TECHNICIAN TOLD CONSUMER ABOUT CLUTCH BEING FAULTY. CONTACTED HONDA, AND HONDA WAS SUPPOSE TO CALL BACK, BUT HAS NOT RESPONDED. *AK

DRIVING AROUND NORMALLY, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL CLUNK AND JERK GOING INTO AND OUT OF 2ND GEAR. DRIVE IT A LITTLE HARDER, IT YANKS AND BUCKS THE CAR. DURING NORMAL OPERATION, WHEN YOU CAME TO A STOP (WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS TRYING TO GO BACK TO 1ST WHEN DECELERATING), THE TRANSMISSION WILL FIGHT THE BRAKES AND JERK THE CAR FORWARD. NOT ONLY IS THIS AN IMMEDIATE DANGER, BUT IT IS A DEGENERATING PROBLEM THAT WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD AT ANY VEHICLE SPEED. OTHER 1998 HONDA ACCORD V6-COUPE OWNERS AND EVEN DEALERS HAVE RECOGNIZED THIS AS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS SPECIFIC COMPONENT. HTTP://HONDA-ACURA.NET/FORUM/FORUM12/HTML/008731.HTML*AK

WAS DRIVING AND TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT PROPERLY. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY. CAN HEAR A BUZZING NOISE LIKE ITS TRYING STO SHIFT INTO PROPER GEAR AFTER GAS PASSES THROUGH. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER A FEW TIMES, BUT MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PROBLEM WAS GETTING WORSE.*AK

WITHOUT ANY WARNING, MY CLUTCH WENT OUT MY GEAR SHIFT LOCKED UP AND THE CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY THOROUGHFARE IN DALLAS. AFTER THE SERVICE CENTER RECEIVED THE CAR THEY SAID THAT THE MASTER AND SLAVE CYLINDER WERE DEFECTIVE.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD SKIP GEARS, AND WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR, VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER TUNED VEHICLE UP. HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FIRST FAILURE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ERRATIC @71,927MI. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS SOLENOID SHIFT VALVE, SECOND FAILURE DIAGNOSED AS INTERNAL PROBLEM WORN PARTS. *AK

FINAL GEAR IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED WHICH RESULTED IN FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION TO GO FROM DRIVE TO PARK. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. *AK *SLC

BEARING GOING INTO TRANMISSION CRACKED. FRONT END MADE ODD NOISE. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE. EVENTUALLY TRANSMISSION FUILD LEAKED OUT, REQUIRING TRANSMISSION TO BE REPLACED.*AK

THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION SURGES. WE HAD THE CAR IN FOR SERVICING THE WEEK BEFORE AND THEN OUR SON LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. HE WAS ONLY GOING 35 MPH AT THE TIME AND WAS BRAKING AT THE TIME. WE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING AND SURGING. THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS A BROKEN SEAL AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT. THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED 3 DAYS AFTER WE PICKED THE CAR BACK UP FROM THE DEALER AFTER SUPPOSED REPAIRS. AFTER READING OTHER CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, MAYBE THIS IS THE FUEL THROTTLE LINKAGES CONTROL AND NOT THE TRANSMISSION. WE DON'T KNOW. AFTER THE CAR IS REPAIRED FROM THE ACCIDENT WE ARE TAKING BACK TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR MORE WORK ON TRANSMISSION/FUEL THROTTLE PROBLEM.*AK

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND DOES NOT HOLD WHEN VEHICLE IS ON AN INCLINE. TRANSMISSION HAS BURNED COMPLETLY OUT. DEAELR IS GOING TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION.*AK

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FOR MY 1998 HONDA ACCORD FAILED 2500 MILES AFTER THE WARRANTY ENDED. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT TRANSMISSIONS DO NOT FAIL THIS EARLY ON IN THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO MANY MECHANICS WHO ALL STATED THAT THERE MUST BE A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION AND TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THEY DO NOT GO OUT THIS FAST. EVERYONE BUT HONDA STATES THAT THERE MUST BE A DEFECT. THE HONDA CORPORATION ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND CONTENDS THAT THERE IS NO DEFECT OR RECALL. THROUGH RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS FOR THE 1998 ACCORDS ESPECIALLY ON THE NHTSA CONSUMER COMPLAINTS SITE. I FEEL THAT HONDA IS IGNORING/HIDING CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS TO AVOID A RECALL ON THE 1998 HONDA ACCORDS. THIS IS NOT RIGHT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT SO EARLY ON IN THE CAR'S LIFE AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I KNOW THAT THIS MUST BE GOING ON ON A LARGER SCALE PROBABLY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND BEING IGNORED BY THE DEALERS.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

YOU CAN FEEL THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHEN IT SHIFTS GEARS. *AK

NO SUMMARY

THERE IS A WHINING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. ON A HOT DAY, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS,WHEN THE TRANS. FLUID GETS HOT AND THINS OUT THE NOISE BECOMES INCREASINGLY LOUDER. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND HONDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS. THEY CLAIM IT IS A HARMLESS NOISE,DUE TO TRANSMISSION DESIGN. THEY OFFERED TO INSTALL A SOUND DAMPENING KIT WHICH I CONSIDER A PATCH AND NOT A REPAIR. I DECLINED TO HAVE THIS DONE. HONDA ASSURED ME THAT IT DOES NOT AFFECT RELIABILITY. HOWEVER, THE WHINING IS SLOWLY GETTING NOISIER. LOOKING AT YOUR DATABASE, I NOTICED A SIMILAR COMPLAINT. ODI ID 700587. HONDA DEALERSHIP SAID THIS IS COMMON ON THE V-6 MODELS AND NO PERMANENT REPAIR BULLETINS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FROM HONDA. THIS WHINING NOISE IS NOT NORMAL AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY HONDA, AND A PERMANENT REPAIR SHOULD BE INITIATED.

REPAIR SHOP SAYS IT'SUE TO A BROKEN SEAL

WHILE PARKED VEHICLE BACKED OUT AT 5 MPH AND ROLLED 20 FEET BEFORE STOPPING AND LOCKING BACK INTO PARK. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

TRANSMISSION LOCK UP CONVERTER FAILED, SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED WITH NEW TRANS. AFTER 2 WEEKS NEW TRANS. LOUDLY SLIPS WHILE IN REVERSE. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND FIND OUT THEY PUT IN A RE-MANUFACTURED TRANS. (OH, BY THE WAY...) DEALER DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM HOWEVER BOB SPRINGER SERVICE MANAGER SAID "OTHER HONDAS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM TOO". REASON FOR NOT PUTTING IN A NEW TRANS. HONDA DOESN'T HAVE ANY NEW TRANS. AVAILABLE, YET OUR SERVICE ADVISOR BRETT WAS GOING TO CHARGE US $3800 FOR A NEW TRANS. WHEN THE FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILED.*AK

I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND WAS ASKED WHERE I GOT THE INFO FROM. AND I TOLD THEM THE INTERNET AND WAS THEN ASKED IF IT WAS A HONDA SITE TO WHICH I SAID NO. I WAS THEN TOLD THERE WAS NO SUCH RECALL. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

SPEEDOMETER ERROR HAS BEEN VERIFIED BY AAA. ALSO, A COWORKER WITH THE SAME CAR, HAS SIMILAR HIGH READINGS. THIS ADDS ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE COSTS AS WELL AS LOWERS THE RESALE VALUE. *AK

SPEEDOMETER IS INACCURATE AT THE 10% LEVEL WHICH MAUFACTURER SAYS IS WITHIN GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY YOUR AGENCY ALTHO COULD NOT PROVIDE ME WITH HARD COPY, LATER DEALER SAID INACCURATE SPEDDOMETER READINGS WITHIN DOT STANDARD AND FINALLY SAID IT WAS A HONDA STANDARD. INACCURATE SPEEDOMETER IS DANGEROUS AND MAY LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. HONDA REPLACED IT ONCE. TOLD ME REPLACEMENT MIGHT BE AS BAD. AND IT WAS. SO DOES HONDA HAVE WHO KNOWS HOW MAY ACCORDS OUT ON THE ROADS WITH 10% INACCURATE READINGS ON THEIR SPEEDOMETERS? I BELIEVE THAT ACCURACY STANDARD SHOUD EXIST FOR SPPEDOMETERS BUT AM AT MERCY OF MANUFACTURER WHO SAYS THEY SET THE ACCURACY LEVEL ONLY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN MY HUMBLE OPINION. COULD YOU LOOK INTO THIS FOR ME AND PROBABL THOUSANDS OF OTHER HONDA OWNERS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE FAINTEST IDEA THAT THEIR SPEEDO ARE GIVING THEM FALSE REASDINGS.

TRANSMISSION SLIPS CONSISTENTLY NOTICEABLE IN REVERSE AT SPEEDS OVER 5 MPH

TRANSMISSION IS CHRONICALLY SLOW TO DOWNSHIFT. SEEMS TO HUNT FOR GEARS AND DOWNSHIFT INDECISIVELY. CAN MAKE VEHICLE RUN AS IF IT SURGES. ONCE IN A GEAR, ESPECIALLY 3RD OR 4TH, STILL SEEMS TO HUNT ABOUT OR SURGE WITHIN THAT GEAR. DEALER VISIT TODAY (RALPH SCHOMP IN LITTLETON,CO - NO COMPLAINTS THERE) INDICATES ALL IS WELL, THAT'S THE WAY IT RUNS. I THINK AN UPDATED COMPUTER CHIP COULD CURE ALL THIS. *AK

CLUTCH PEDAL RELEASES IN JERKS CAUSES THE CAR TO LUNGE. BAD AT STOP SIGNS AND SLOW TRAVEL TRAFFIC.

ENGINE WANTS TO LURCH FORWARD WHILE AT STOPS--WITH BRAKE DEPRESSED, THEN HESITATES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELEARATE. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND DISCUSSED TWO TIMES, EACH TIME DEALERSHIP CAN'T REPLICATE PROBLEM. I AM VERY CONCERNED OF THE POTENTIAL "ACCIDENT" WAITING TO HAPPEN. AFTER READING THE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, AND NOTICING ACCIDENTS WITH THIS ISSUE CAUSES ME GREATER CONCERN. WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP TO GETTING THIS FIXED?