2002 Honda Accord Power Train

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSMISSION JERKED AND SLIPPED IN AND OUT OF GEAR. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

TRANSMISSION STARTED JUMPING FROM 1ST TO 2ND. I WAS ADVISED NOT TO GIVE THE CAR TO MY 16 YR OLD DAUGHTER CAUSE IT COULD STOP WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY. I HAD TO GET TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT AAMOCO FOR 2000.00 DOLLARS. I THOUGHT HONDAS WERE SUPPOSE TO LAST AND BE BETTER THAN OTHER CARS. *TR

I OWNED A 2002 HONDA ACCORD THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS ABOUT 60,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS VERY BAD. IT DIDN'T CHANGED THE GEAR IT SUPPOSED TO BE GIVING A VERY LOUD NOISE AND STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I CONTACTED THE HONDA DEALER AND THEY CHECKED THE VIN # AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T ON A RECALLED LIST. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO HONDA DEALER AND TRIED TO PRETEND TO TRADE MY CAR IN FOR ANOTHER. THEY SAID THAT THE CAR HAD PROBLEM WHICH IS VERY BAD TRANSMISSION AND THEY SAID THE VALUE WAS VERY LOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO REPLACE A NEW TRANSMISSION'S WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED, HONDA HAD A VERY GOOD REPUTATION FOR THE BEST CAR MANUFACTURER. BUT IT IS NOT. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION IN THE 2002 HONDA ACCORD IS SLIPPING AND JERKING. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND TRYING TO GET A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS THE SECOND ONE I HAD TO REPLACE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP WHEN GOING FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,200.

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD IS COMPLETELY BUSTED. I BOUGHT IT USED IN 2005 AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS UP UNTIL 2009. RECENTLY I'VE READ THAT HONDA ISSUED AN EXTENSION ON THE TRANSMISSIONS UP TO 7YRS 60,000 MILES. HOWEVER WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR, I HAD NO IDEA THAT HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED. NOT A PEEP. MY CAR HAS JUST OVER 61,000 AND JUST OVER 7YRS OLD. JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. NOW, I'VE HAD SEVERAL ESTIMATES ON A NEW TRANSMISSION RANGING ABOUT 3200-3600 DOLLARS. I FEEL HONDA SHOULD REPLACE IT OR AT LEAST HELP WITH SOME OF THE COST AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I FEEL COMPELLED TO FILE A COMPLAINT BECAUSE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT THE TIME THE TRANSMISSION BROKE. SHE WAS ON THE ROAD AND COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY SOMEONE IF SHE WAS ON THE INTERSTATE OR IN THE MIDDLE OF A INTERSECTION OR SOMEONE ELSE JUST NOT PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE THE CAR DOESN'T GO FASTER THEN 20 MPH. THANK GOD NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED, BUT I'VE READ STORIES ONLINE FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HUNDREDS OF THEM. I SAW ON THE NEWS ABOUT HONDA AND THE AIRBAG RECALLS AND IF I DO GET A LETTER FROM HONDA TO REPLACE THAT, I WONT BE ABLE TO GET MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE MY TRANSMISSION IS TRASH! ALREADY! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW, SO THANK YOU WHOEVER IS THE LUCKY PERSON TO READ THIS. I HOPE I CAN GET THIS RESOLVED. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TOOK IT TO DEALER WAS TOLD IT NEEDED TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT A COST OF $3700. CAR HAD BEEN SLOW IN SHIFTING GEARS AND SOME JUMPING WHEN STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. VEH. 2002 HONDA ACCORD V6 WITH ONLY 69,300 MILES. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD STARTED TO SLIP AND SHIFT VERY HARD IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 WITH ONLY ABOUT 53000 MILES ON IT. IT'S CAUSING ME TO DRIVE SOMEWHAT ERRATICALLY BECAUSE IT JUMPS INTO GEAR WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE. I'VE DRAINED AND REFILLED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BUT HAVEN'T TRIED ANY REPAIRS ON IT DUE TO HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST. *TR

2002 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 WITH 60,000 MILES HAS DEFECTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY, MAKING MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY AND LOCAL ROADS CONTINUOUSLY HAZARDOUS. *TR

I HAVE A HONDA ACCORD 02'. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS LIKE CRAZY AND I DRIVE THE CAR LIKE ITS AN ANGEL. NO MATTER HOW FAST OR SLOW I ACCELERATE FROM A STOP THE TRANSMISSION WILL THUMP SWITCHING GEARS. WHEN I GO TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC IT TAKE THE TRANS A SECOND TO CATCH LEAVING ME ROLLED OUT IN THE ROAD FOR A FEW AND I DON'T KNOW IF ONE DAY ITS NOT GONNA CATCH AND I GET HIT. I WOULD LIKE A RECALL ON THIS ITS SUPER DANGEROUS! *TR

I OWN A 2002 HONDA ACCORD ES LOADED WITH EVERYTHING. TODAY, I EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. WHEN THE CAR STOPS, THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES WHILE IT IS STILL IN GEAR AND RUNNING. TO MAKE THE CAR MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD, I HAVE TO REV THE MOTOR UP TO ABOUT 1800 RPM'S BEFORE IT WILL ENGAGE. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO LUNGE FORWARD WHEN IT FINALLY ENGAGES AND IT WILL CERTAINLY CAUSE A WRECK. THE SYMPTOM OCCURRED VERY GRADUALLY AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL TODAY WHEN IT WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR. NOW I KNOW IT WASN'T JUST MY IMAGINATION. I HAVE MY CAR AT THE SHOP RIGHT NOW OVER THIS INCIDENT, AND I AM TOLD THAT IT IS COMMON WITH THESE CARS BY MY MECHANIC. HE STATES IT IS DANGEROUS AND I SHOULD REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION. THIS CAR HAS ABOUT 85K ON IT. IT LOOKS AND RUNS LIKE NEW -- EXCEPT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE CAR IS DESTINED TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF AN UNCONTROLLABLE ENGAGEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS DANGEROUS. HONDA SHOULD STEP UP AND FIX THE CAR WITH AN AFTER MARKET PRODUCT THAT WILL PROVIDE THE SERVICE WE EXPECT FROM HONDA. *TR

WHEN DRIVING MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND JERKS. WHEN TRAVELING UNDER 20 MPH, THE RPM SOMETIMES GOES HIGH BEFORE THE GEAR SETS IN PLACE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK OR LUNGE FORWARD. NOT GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE A NEWBORN IN THE CAR AND THE JERKING IS CAUSING THEIR HEADS TO JERK. PLEASE HELP. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2002 HONDA V6 ACCORD..SLIPPAGE FROM 1ST TO 2ND OCCURS ALL THE TIME AS I DRIVE IT.. *TR

IN MID-JULY OF 2010, I BEGAN HAVING SPORADIC TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE. ON AN IRREGULAR BASIS, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT IN A VERY ROUGH MANNER, JOLTING THE VEHICLE AND LEADING TO A DANGEROUS LACK OF RELIABILITY WITH ACCELERATION WITH NO FOREWARNING. THE PROBLEM WOULD LAST APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AND THEN WOULD RECTIFY ITSELF. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY CLAIMED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM IF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON (NO COMPUTER CODE BEING TRIPPED) AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. ON SEPT. 13, IN THE MIDDLE OF MY COMMUTE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR, PUTTING ME IN A DANGEROUS POSITION ON A MAJOR ROAD. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THE COMPUTER CODE STATES A FAILURE OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER. ALLEGEDLY, AS THE CONVERTER WAS DETERIORATING, THE PIECES OF METAL WERE FALLING OFF OF IT AND INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING THE SHIFTING PROBLEMS. DEALER CLAIMS THAT, AT THIS POINT, THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAS DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION TO THE DEGREE THAT BOTH NEED TO BE REPLACED. IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTER AT AN EARLIER DATE, THE TRANSMISSION MAY HAVE BEEN SAVED. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON & TURNS OFF EVERY SO OFTEN FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS. TOOK CAR INTO DEALERSHIP & THEY SAID IT CAME BACK WITH AN UNDIAGNOSTIC CODE. ON THE 3RD MONTH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON & STAYED ON. A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER I FELT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING & JERKING. I CALLED THE CAR DEALERSHIP TO REPORT THE PROBLEM & THEY SAID DUE TO ME NOT PURCHASING WARRANTY WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR LESS THAN 4 MONTHS AGO, IT WAS GOING TO BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE TO FIX. I'M STILL SEARCHING AROUND FOR AN AFFORDABLE TRANSMISSION FIX. FOR THE MEANTIME, I'M HAVING TO WARM UP MY CAR FOR 15-20 MINUTES BEFORE DRIVING IT TO PREVENT LESS JERKING & SLIPPING WHEN I ACCELERATE. I FEEL HONDA SHOULD PUT A RECALL ON THIS MAKE & MODEL (2002 ACCORD AUTO TRANS) AS THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE ASIDE FROM MYSELF WITH THIS EXPENSIVE PROBLEM. *TR

I AM AN OWNER OF THREE HONDA VEHICLES DUE TO THEIR RELIABILITY. I BOUGHT THE 2002 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS (DEC 26TH, 2009). I BOUGHT IT FOR MY TWO SONS TO USE (AGES 17 AND 18). A LITTLE OVER A MONTH OF OWNING THE VEHICLE, MY YOUNGER SON REPORTED TO ME THAT WHILE HE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, SEVERAL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD WENT OFF INCLUDING THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT, THE TCS LIGHT AS WELL AS THE D4 LIGHT. HE SAID THAT THE CAR STARTED ACTING WEIRD AND THAT THE ENGINE FELT LIKE IT WAS STUCK IN THE SAME GEAR. THIS WAS WHILE HE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE ENGINE STARTED RACING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SEVERAL SHOPS INCLUDING AAMCO AND THEY ALL INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A HARD CODE AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. COST FROM AAMCO WAS BETWEEN $2,500 AND $3,000 DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY FIND WHEN THEY TAKE THE TRANSMISSION APART. THE VEHICLE HAD ROUGHLY 92,000 MILES WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND BARELY HAD 1,000 MILES WHEN THE ISSUE POPPED UP. THE CAR REMAINS SOMEWHAT DRIVABLE BUT THE ENGINE SEEMS LIKE IT IS GOING TO EXPLODE BECAUSE THE GEARS SEEM TO BE STUCK AND THE CAR RACES ESPECIALLY WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY. AGAIN, THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FOR MY TWO SONS DUE TO THE SUPPOSED RELIABILITY OF THE HONDA VEHICLE. RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ON LINE, I'VE COME ACROSS SEVERAL SITES EXPOSING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THESE HONDA ACCORDS. I'VE CALLED HONDA AND THEIR ONLY RESPONSE WAS THAT THEY DO NOT HANDLE RECALLS, NHTSA DOES AND UNTIL THEY DETERMINE THIS IS AN ISSUE, HONDA CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I THINK THAT IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT NHTSA DOES THE RIGHT THING BY THESE HONDA OWNERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES THAT I AM HAVING WITH MY TRANSMISSION! *TR

CAR IS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD LX. WHEN I WAS DRIVING IT I FELT A SUDDEN JERK LIKE I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND. WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO PULL TO THE SIDE THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I GOT IT DOWN TO THE HONDA DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS SUFFERING FROM INTERNAL FAILURE AND I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. MY CAR ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES AND ALL SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE RECORDS. IN FURTHER READING ONLINE IT SEEMS AS THOUGH I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2002 HONDA ACCORD. *TR

TRANSMISSION STALL AND SLIP OCCURS MOST OFTEN FROM STOPPED TO MOVING OR SLOWED DOWN TO ACCELERATION. CAN OCCUR IN INTERSECTIONS WHEN TURNING AND THE CAR JUST STOPS WHILE THE ENGINE REVS. GENERALLY WHEN GOING FROM STOPPED TO MOVING THE ENGINE REVS AND THEN THE CAR JERKS. STARTED HAPPENING AT 65,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. *TR

2002 HONDA ACCORD WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AFTER 64,000 MILES AND IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THIS YEAR MODEL CAR. I STARTED SLIPPING IN FIRST GEAR AND THEN IN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS. I STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH AND THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH MANY CUSTOMERS AND HONDA REFUSES TO HELP RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I CALLED HONDA OF AMERICA AND THEY TOLD ME THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND REFUSED TO HELP WITH IT. I DID A SEARCH ON GOOGLE FOR "2002 HONDA ACCORD TRANSMISSION ISSUES" AND FOUND PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I TURNED ON THE CAR AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. 100K MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHEN SHE SHIFTED FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND IT ALSO RECURRED WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER INFORMED HER THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 110,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD WITH 68,600 MILES UP THE ORTEGA HIGHWAY BETWEEN LAKE ELSINORE AND SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO (THIS IS A RATHER CURVY, STEEP ROAD) AND I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN AND THE CAR LURCHED AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE IMMEDIATELY, JUST KIND OF LURCHED AGAIN. DID THIS A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD REALLY GET GOING AGAIN AND THEN THE ENGINE WAS REVVING IN HIGH GEAR. GEARS DID NOT CHANGE. I LATER STOPPED TO TURN AROUND AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE. WHEN I FINALLY GOT HOME TO SAN DIEGO I TOOK IT IN TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SAID I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. HE SUGGESTED I TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A SECOND OPINION. THEY AGREED. MY PROBLEM IS THAT THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND IT SHOULDN'T BE NEEDING A NEW TRANSMISSION. HONDAS NORMALLY RUN WELL INTO THE MID TO HIGH 100,000 MILEAGE RANGE BEFORE NEEDING NEW TRANSMISSIONS. THE COST OF THE REPAIR IS $3500.00 WHICH IS ALOT OF MONEY FOR ME. I BELIEVE THE CAR IS A LEMON. AND IT POSED A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME WHILE I WAS ON THE ROAD. *TR

MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD DEVELOPED A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AT 45,000 MILES. AFTER CONTACTING HONDA AND BEING TOLD THAT MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT AFFECTED I REVIEWED THE COMPLAINTS SECTION ON THE INTERNET AND REALIZED THAT 90% OF THE 2002 PROBLEMS LISTED WERE RELATED TO TRANSMISSION FAILURES AND EVEN AFTER MANY PEOPLE PAID TO HAVE THEIR TRANSMISSION REPLACED THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED AFTER 30K MILES IN SOME CASES. THE AVERAGE COST OF REPAIR FOR THIS IS $3500 AND IT IS OBVIOUS IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT BY THE HUGE PERCENTAGE OF TRANSMISSION'S. I HAVE TRADED IN MY ACCORD BUT REQUEST THAT THE GOVERNMENT PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE IN DETAIL AND HELP THE MANY UNKNOWING CONSUMERS OUT THERE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED, AS IF SPENDING $3500 TO FIX AN OBVIOUS DESIGN DEFECT ISN'T BAD ENOUGH. AND EVEN AFTER SPENDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GET IT FIXED IT STILL RE-OCCURS. THIS SHOULD BE A DEFINITE RECALL ITEM. *TR

2002 HONDA ACCORD TRANSMISSION CLUTCH, MANY ACCORD AND CIVIC MODELS AND YEARS OF HONDA WERE RECALLED FOR REPAIRS BUT THE RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE THIS YEAR OR MODEL ACCORD. THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THOSE REPORTED IN THE RECALLED HONDAS. HONDA IS SAVING MONEY BY TRYING TO LIMIT ITS RECALLS AND REPAIR OBLIGATIONS. HONDA CAREFULLY LIMITED ITS RECALL DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS AND THE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE CARS DUE TO THESE DEFECTS. *TR

90,00 MILES / TRANSMISSION FAILED . HARD SHIFT VERY BAD .IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ON HIGHWAY .WILL NEED TO SPEND 3500.00 TO REPLACE . THIS TRANSMISSION IN VERY BAD . I AM HANDICAPPED AND GETTING STUCK SOMEWHERE OR NOT BEING ABLE TO GET ON A HIGHWAY SAFELY IS A BIG HAZARD. *TR