2004 Honda Accord Power Train

2004 HONDA ACCORD V6 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT AT ONLY 145,000 MILES. I CALLED A FEW TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND THE 2003, 2004, & 2005 HONDA ACCORDS WITH THE V6 ENGINE ARE KNOWN TO GO OUT AROUND THIS MILEAGE. I CALLED HONDA AND THEY DENIED THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG. I CHECKED OTHER ONLINE FORUMS AND THEY ALL STATE THAT THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE FAULTY AND SHOULD BE RECALLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, A CLICKING NOISE STARTED TO EMERGE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. IN 2004,THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED THROUGH A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

TEXTBOOK CASE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE FOR MY '04 HONDA ACCORD V-6 ON FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015. CAR FAILED ON THE 15 FWY OUTSIDE OF BARSTOW, CA AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE LOS ANGELES AREA. WHEN I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA I WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. MY CAR, THOUGH 11 YEARS OLD, HAD ONLY 89.5K MILES ON IT. IT HAD BEEN SERVICED AT ALL TIMES BY MY HONDA DEALER, INCLUDING TRANSMISSION SERVICE 3 TIMES, INCLUDING JANUARY OF 2015. I HAVE ALL DOCUMENTATION. HONDA QUOTED ME $5,642.40 FOR THE REPAIR, AND ALSO IN A LETTER DATED 6/24/15 CONFIRMED THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY. I "ESCALATED" MY COMPLAINT TO AMERICAN HONDA AND WAS OFFERED $250 "CUSTOMER LOYALTY CARD" WHICH I INITIALLY DECLINED. I THEN CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA AGAIN AND RECEIVED A $300 CARD FOR THE INCONVENIENCE THAT WHEN MY CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME BY HONDA THE ENTIRE AIR INTAKE SYSTEM WAS MISSING!! IT TOOK THE HONDA DEALERSHIP 3 DAYS T CONTACT ME AND RETURN THE AIR INTAKE SYSTEM. I BOUGHT THIS HONDA ACCORD BRAND NEW FROM THE HONDA DEALER AND AM THE ONLY OWNER/DRIVER. I STILL AM WITHOUT A RELIABLE VEHICLE AND THERE IS NO REASON THAT A TRANSMISSION, WHICH HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY SERVICED BY THE DEALERSHIP, SHOULD FAIL WITH LESS THAN 90,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. HAD I NOT BEEN IN THE DESERT WITH LIGHTER TRAFFIC, I WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN EXTREME CRASH WITH OTHER VEHICLES. HONDA SHOULD REPAIR MY VEHICLE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CURRENT RECALL FAILS TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL VIN THAT WERE AFFECTED. THEY FOCUS THEIR AD CAMPAIGN ON "HELPFUL", YET THEY DO NOT HELP THEIR HONDA OWNERS. SHAME ON HONDA AND I WOULD LIKE SOME RESULTS.

DRIVING ON I-205 AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. ENGINE WOULD GO FROM NORMAL TO RACING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. GOT OFF AND PARKED TO PICK UP A FRIEND AND IT WOULD NOT GO IN TO REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF THE SPOT. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED AND THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. FOR ABOUT $4500. THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT 47000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE DRIVER SIDE GEAR FAILED AND THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE OF ENGINE RPMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 192,000. UPDATED 04/04/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE NOSE DIVED AS IF THE BRAKES HAD BEEN APPLIED.*JS

THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE AS JUST LOOKING IT UP TODAY ANOTHER PERSON SUFFERED THE SAME ISSUE I HAVE, DOWN TO THE EXACT CONVERSATION WITH HONDA. WE AHVE HAD THE '04 HONDA ACCORD FOR 4ISH YEARS NOW. IT HAS DRIVEN GREAT SINCE WE BOUGHT IT AND TESTED FINE WITH THE HONDA DEALER BEFORE PURCHASING. ALL OF A SUDDEN WE STARTED EXPERIENCING SOME SLIPPING OF THE TRANSMISSION. WE IMMEDIATLY HAD THE SYSTEM FLUSHED AND FILLED AND ALL SEEMED TO BE GOOD, FOR ABOUT A WEEK. 3 DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, MY WIFE WAS GETTING ONTO A BUSY SECTION OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELORATE NEARLY GETTING RUN OVER BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND GET HOME SAFELY. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THE RECALL NOTICE BASED OFF THE MODELS MAKE AND YEAR. SEARCHING THE VIN CAME BACK AS NOT AFFECTED BY THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT PROBLEMS OUTLINED IN THE TRANSMISSION RECALL NOTICE. I CALLED HONDA AND SPOKE TO A VERY FRIENDLY REPRESENTATIVE THAT SIMPLY INFORMED ME THE SAME THING ANOTHER CUSTOMER WAS TOLD THE SAME DAY..."YOUR VIN DOESN'T FALL INTO THE LIST OF EFFECTED UNITS. YOU SHOULD HAVE A HONDA REPAIR CENTER DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR THE ISSUE." I HOPE THAT AN INVESTIGATION IS STARTED AND THIS IS FOUND TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE AND HONDA WORKS WITH ALL CURRENT OWNERS TO GET THIS REPAIRED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

I AM ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS CAR PURCHASED AT BEGINNING OF 2004. 12 YEARS LATER WE ARE HAVING TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 90,000 MILES. I CALLED HONDA BECAUSE THEIR WEBSITE LISTED THE RECALL FOR MY YEAR AND MODEL BUT WHEN I SEARCHED IT BY VIN NO RECALL APPLIES. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE RECALL DOESN'T APPLY TO MY VIN. I ASKED THEM HOW THEY DETERMINE THAT. IS THERE A SERIAL NUMBER CUT OFF AFTER WHICH HONDA MADE CHANGES AND THEY CAN PROVE MY CAR IS NOT EFFECTED? THE ANSWER WAS "ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS YOUR VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL". WELL, I DID SOME RESEARCH AS MY VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL. NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 04V-176 HAS RELATED DOCUMENTS ON FILE AND ONE OF THEM BEING A LETTER DATED JUNE 28 2004 FROM AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. INC. SIGNED BY A WILLIAM R. WILLEN. THIS LETTER CLEARLY IDENTIFIES MY CAR AS BEING INCLUDED IN THE SAFETY RELATED RECALL AND I SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE OF RECALL IN LATE 2004. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE. SOME HOW MY CAR EXPERIENCED NO ISSUES UNTIL 2015, BUT THE ISSUES DID EVENTUALLY SHOW UP. NOW TODAY MY CAR WAS FAILING TO ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALSO TRYING TO DOWNSHIFT TO LOW GEARS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND THEN SUDDENLY FAILED TO DRIVE AT ALL. WE HAD SOME INDICATIONS IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS AND HAD THE TRANSMISSION DRAINED AND FILLED 4 TIMES TO TRY TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. I TALKED WITH TWO CERTIFIED HONDA MECHANICS WHO BOTH TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING TO FAIL AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE. WELL, THEY WERE RIGHT, BUT HERE I AM IN THIS SITUATION NOW BECAUSE HONDA FAILED TO RECALL MY CAR IN 2004 AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. FOR YEARS NOW WE HAVE UNKNOWINGLY BEEN DRIVING A CAR THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH. HONDA DID NOT FULFILL THEIR DUTIES IN THIS RECALL. I SUSPECT THERE ARE MANY MORE LIKE MINE STILL ON THE ROAD. HONDA SHOULD FIX ALL THE CARS EFFECTED RETROACTIVE.

POWER STEERING HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES AND IT STILL MAKES THE SAME NOISE WHEN THE CAR IS COLD, ONCE IT WARMS UP THE NOISE IS NO LONGER HEARD. SEVERAL TIMES WHILE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE CAR LOSES POWER A CLICKING NOISE IS HEARD AND IT'S LIKE THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF BUT IT'S STILL ON. IT HAS HAPPENED BOTH AT 60 MILES PER HOUR OR 25 MILES PER HOUR. I CAN'T ACCELERATE I HAVE HAD TO SHUT THE CAR OFF AND THEN START IT BACK UP. IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST 3 YEARS A FEW TIMES MOST RECENTLY BEING IN DECEMBER 2015

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM DENTAL APPT, VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE ACCELERATION ALL OF A SUDDEN; DRIVING NORMALLY IN TRAFFIC THEN CAR STARTED TO JERK/ AND RPMS STARTED TO GET HIGHER BEFORE SLOWING DOWN. CAR THEN SLOWS IN TRAFFIC AND DOES NOT ACCELERATE EVEN THOUGH SHIFT IS ENGAGED IN DRIVE. WAS ABLE TO NURSE MY CAR TO MECHANIC'S SHOP, DETERMINED TRANSMISSION FAILURE $4100 TO REBUILD!! CALLED HONDA, WAS TOLD CAR IS NOT COVERED BY RECALL, PLUS SINCE IT HAS 97K MILES AND 12-YEARS IT IS NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY. THANKS HONDA FOR STANDING BEHIND YOUR PRODUCTS...WILL BE LOOKING AT NEW FORDS THIS WEEK.....THANK GOOD THIS FAILURE OCCURRED AT A RELATIVELY SAFE SIDE STREET. COULD REALLY CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT!!

CAR IS SERVICED AS SPECIFIED, NO ISSUES (SECOND OWNER FOR 5 YEARS). WITHOUT WARNING, TRANSMISSION FAILED. VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON SURFACE STREETS, MADE ODD SOUND AND STOPPED OPERATING.

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH NO WARNING.

THE TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY. GEARS DOWNSHIFT ERRATICALLY AND UNPREDICTABLY WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS. WHEN STARTING UP, OFTENTIMES FAILS TO SHIFT UP AND CAR CANNOT ACCELERATE, JUST REDLINES.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND SHE WAS IN THE SECOND TO THE FASTEST LANE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR JUST LOCKED UP BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION ,WHICH MADE HER GO INTO THE NEXT LANE AND THE CAR IN THAT LANE LOCKED UP THERE BRAKES AND CAME VERY CLOSE TO SIDE SWEEPING EACH OTHER ,AT THAT POINT SHE HAD TO GET OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AND LEAVE THE CAR ,WHICH WAS LATER PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY THE NHTSA RECALL #04V-176 MFR CAMPAIGN ID P38 AND I WAS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE WITH THIS CAR ,SO I ALWAYS CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AFTER 5,000 MILES

THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 127,000 MILES. DRIVING HOME FROM LOWE'S ON 09/20/2015, ALL AT ONCE THE RPM WENT UP BUT THE CAR SLOWED DOWN. MY FASTEST SPEED TO GET HOME WAS 30 MPH. AT ONE TIME I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND THEN IT WOULDN'T GO AT ALL!! I'M HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT BUT AM OUT OF POCKET ON THIS ACCORD, WHY???? VN#;[XXX] APPARENTLY SOMEONE FORGOT THIS CAR WHEN DOING RECALLS ON THE TRANSMISSION AND I AM REQUESTING THIS MATTER TO GET RESOLVED ASAP. I ALSO OWN A 1991 ACCORD COUPE, 196,000 MILES: NO PROBLEMS AT ALL WITH IT. MY EMAIL ADDRESS:[XXX] PHONE #: [XXX] PLEASE DON'T PUSH THIS UNDER A RUG AND ASSUME IT WILL BE OK NOW, CAUSE IT'S NOT OK. I'M 57 YEARS OLD AND CAN'T AFFORD THIS TO HAPPEN TO ME. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

FIRST OCCURRENCE, TUESDAY AUGUST 18, 2015 DRIVING INTO WORK, TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, RPMS INCREASED WITH NO ADDITIONAL FORWARD MOTION BY CAR. THEN STOPPED AND WENT TO BACK INTO PARKING STALL AND CAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO REVERSE, FINALLY IT DID STARTED RESEARCHING POSSIBLE ISSUES AND FOUND TONS OF RECALL AND COMPLAINTS ONLINE, DRIVING HOME THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN STUTTERED AND DOWNSHIFTED VIOLENTLY THIS TIME IT PRODUCED A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (OBDC: P0741), I CALLED HONDA CUST SERVICE AND SPOKE WITH JASON, HE CREATED A CASE # FOR ME AND STATED I WOULD NEED TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED BY A HONDA DEALER AND CALL THEM BACK. I CALLED BACK THE SAME NUMBER BUT THIS TIME OPTION 7, CUSTOMER SERVICE REP READ THRU MY CASE AND DETERMINED THAT BECAUSE THE VIN DID NOT INDICATE BEING PART OF THE RECALL, THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE AND MILEAGE, HONDA WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO ASSIST ME. MY TRANSMISSION FLUID SMELLS BURNT. I NOW HAVE HAD TO PAY A TRANSMISSION SHOP $3464.65 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION.

04 HONDA ACCORD V6- D(4) LIGHT STARTS BLINKING. BROUGHT IT INTO THE SHOP FOR DIAGNOSES; 4TH GEAR PRESSURE SWITCH. REPLACED 4TH GEAR PRESSURE SWITCH. CAR SEEMS TO BE WORKING BETTER. 3 DAYS LATER; CAR ONLY GOES UNDER COOL CONDITIONS (TRANNY SEEMS TO WORK WHEN THE CAR HAS NOT REACHED REGULAR / RECOMMENDED OPERATING TEMPERATURE). WHEN IT REACHES NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE, THE MOTOR STARTS REVVING, EVEN IN D. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE AT A STOP AND ON A HIGHWAY. WHEN I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR HAD ALREADY WARMED UP, THE ENGINE REVVED AND THEN SUDDENLY JERKED BACK. THE FEELING IS LIKE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION CAR DOWNSHIFTING WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE GAS; IT JERKS THEN DECELERATES. AND FROM THERE IT JUST REVS AND REVS, LIKE IT'S NOT CATCHING THE GEARS. SO I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY A FEW TIMES, THANKS TO THIS NON-WORKING TRANSMISSION. WHEN THIS OCCURS ON THE SMALL ROADS, I WOULD THEN HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE CAR. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE CAR WILL ENGAGE INTO GEAR AGAIN, BUT NOT FOR LONG. THIS IS A PROBABLE SIGN OF OVERHEATING WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH CAN PROBABLY CAUSE THE TRANNY TO SLIP? NOT 100% SURE BECAUSE I'M NOT A MECHANIC. SO I WAS REFERRED TO CONTACT AMERICAN HONDA FOR A RECALL INQUIRY, AND OF COURSE, MY VIN# DOESN'T HAVE AN OPEN RECALL FOR TRANSMISSION, MEANING I PRETTY MUCH SCREWED MYSELF FROM THE START WHEN I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE'S A SKETCHY TRANSMISSION IN IT. EVEN IF I GOT IT REPLACED, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT THE REPLACED ONE DOESN'T DO THE SAME THING? I UNDERSTAND THAT TRANSMISSIONS DO NOT LAST FOREVER ON ANY VEHICLE, BUT IF YOU JUST GOOGLE: 7TH GEN ACCORD TRANSMISSION, YOU CAN READ ALL THE WONDERFUL STORIES ABOUT FAIL HONDA ACCORD TRANSMISSIONS, STARTING FROM YEAR 2003; THERE'S A COMMUNITY OF AUTHORS. THE WORST PART IS, I GOT IT REPLACED AND I STILL DON'T FEEL ANY PEACE AT MIND. GOOD LUCK *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE RPM NEEDLE WENT UP AND DOWN AND THE CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AND THEN DID NOT RESPOND, AND THEN ACCELERATED AGAIN. THE CAR CONTINUED TO DO THIS A FEW TIMES. WHEN I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND MY SPEED WAS REDUCED TO 30 MPH THE CAR STOPPED MOVING ALTHOUGH THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING, I HIT THE GAS AND THE CAR DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND THEN BACK ON, AND IT MOVED AGAIN BUT, CONTINUED TO STOP MOVING A FEW TIMES AGAIN AFTER THAT. THIS OCCURRED WHILE I WAS ON A BUSY STREET WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC, CARS WERE BEHIND ME AND BY ME SUDDENLY STOPPING WITHOUT NOTICE BECAUSE THE CAR STOPPED ON ITS OWN, COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN I COULD HAVE RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. ATTACHED IS A LINK TO PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME EXACT SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND YEAR AS MY VEHICLE: HONDA HAS A HISTORY IF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS WITH THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE. HTTP://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/HONDA/ACCORD/2004/AUTOMATIC-TRANSMISSION-TORQUE-CONVERTER-PROBLEMS.PHP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE TWO. THE VEHICLE HESITATED MOMENTARILY AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THE FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS SO BURNED THAT IT RESEMBLED TAR. THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED FLUSHING THE TRANSMISSION WITHOUT PLACING IN IT A MACHINE TO SEE IF THE FAILURE WOULD CORRECT ITSELF. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT RECURRED A DAY LATER. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT DECLINED TO ASSIST SINCE THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TRANSMISSION SUDDEN TOTAL FAILURE, WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS INDICATION OR SYMPTOMS, WHILE ENTERING A FREEWAY AT AN ON RAMP. NEAR END OF ON RAMP AT ABOUT 35 MPH, VEHICLE WAS MERGING INTO EXISTING TRAFFIC THAT WAS COMING FASTER THAN 35MPH WHEN CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING BUT SLOWING INSTEAD. NEARLY REAR END COLLISION FROM TRAFFIC AND SUBSEQUENT TRAFFIC SNARL AS THERE WAS NO PLACE TO GO, NOR ANY ABILITY TO MAKE IT GO. *TR

AT PASSING SPEED THE CAR JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING AND BEGAN TO DROP SPEED SUDDENLY. THE MOTOR REVVED WITH GAS PEDAL PRESSING BUT IT WENT NOWHERE. IT COASTED TO A STOP. NO WARNING. NO STUTTERING. IT JUST DROPPED SPEED AND WENT NO MORE. *TR

VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSES ACCELERATION ALL OF A SUDDEN; DIVING NORMALLY IN TRAFFIC THEN CAR STARTED TO JERK/ AND RPMS STARTED TO GET HIGHER BEFORE SLOWING DOWN. CAR THEN STOPS IN TRAFFIC AND DOES NOT ACCELERATE EVEN THOUGH SHIFT IS ENGAGED IN DRIVE. TRANSMISSION FAILURE THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT. VEHICLE EVENTUALLY DROVE AGAIN AFTER TURNING CAR OFF AND BACK ON BUT STALLED AGAIN/ ISSUE REPEATED. *TR

2004 HONDA ACCORD V6 EX (98K) 1ST TIME I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN & AS I COMPLETED THE TURN & TRIED TO ACCELERATE THERE WAS NO POWER. ENGINE REVVED BUT CAR DID NOT GO ANYWHERE. CREPT ALONG TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WAITED A FEW MINUTES & DROVE HOME ABOUT 10MPH. LUCKILY I WAS ONLY 3 BLOCKS FROM HOME. THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS BAD GAS OR SOMETHING. DROVE FINE THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 2ND TIME I SAW MY LIFE FLASH BEFORE MY EYES AS I WENT TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. AS I STARTED MY TURN, AGAIN TRANS STALLED ONLY THIS TIME ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS COMING AT ME WHICH INCLUDED A MONSTROUS SEMI-TRUCK. AS CARS SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES I CREPT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC WHO HAS TAKEN CARE OF THE CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN 2004. MIND YOU I HAD NO SECURITY WARNINGS OR ALERTS COME UP ON THE DASH. I HAVE HAD NO LEAKS, NOTHING ON THE GROUND WHERE I PARK. MY MECHANIC TOOK FOR TEST RIDE & HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. UNFORTUNATELY HE DOES NOT REPAIR TRANS. CALL HONDA AFTER FINDING MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS & LAWSUITS ON THIS TRANS ONLY TO BE TOLD MY VIN # IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE RECALL & THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. RIDICULOUS THAT THEY ONLY INCLUDE CERTAIN VIN #'S WHEN IT'S THE SAME TRANS IN ALL THESE CARS. I REALLY LOVE MY ACCORD, EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE WAY HONDA IS HANDLING THIS. I HAVE HAD NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR OTHER THAN THE POWER STEERING WHICH THERE WAS A RECALL ON. ASKED TO SPEAK TO A SUPERVISOR AT HONDA & WAS TOLD SHE WOULD REVIEW THE CASE & GET BACK TO ME BY END OF DAY MONDAY. VERY UNFORTUNATE, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH 14 HONDA'S IN MY IMMED FAMILY. THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT HAD A PROBLEM WAS MY BROTHER'S 2003 HONDA ACCORD V6 EX IN CALIFORNIA. HIS TRANS WENT AT 60,000 BUT WAS COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. HE'S AT 115K & SO FAR SO GOOD. HONDA, DON'T RUIN YOUR REPUTATION LIKE GM, ADMIT FAULT & TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. BOUGHT VEHICLE USED IN FEB. 2014 FROM DEALER WITH 97,570MI. AT 104,000, TRANSMISSION FAILED. REPAIRS CAN RANGE FROM $4500 TO $3400, WITH EITHER A HONDA REBUILT TRANSMISSION OR MY OWN BEING REBUILT. SINCE HONDA WAS AWARE OF THESE FAILURES (HAD A RECALL BEFORE I WAS AN OWNER) AND THE DEALER THAT SOLD ME THE CAR WAS LIKELY ALSO AWARE, I FIND THESE PRACTICES TOTALLY DISHONEST AND BORDERING ON ILLEGAL. I PAID ALMOST $10,000 FOR THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF LOW MILEAGE, ONLY TO HAVE A MAJOR FAILURE 8 MONTHS LATER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED AND REPAIRED PER THE NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN) BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 177,000.

I HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH MY 2004 HONDA ACCORD AT 122,000 MILES. THAT'S UNHEARD OF! I'VE PURCHASED 3 HONDAS BEFORE THIS ONE & NEVER A PROBLEM. THE TORQUE CONVERTER CAME APART ON MY TRANSMISSION & I HAD TO GET IT REBUILT. THE BILL WAS $2200. AMERICAN HONDA SAID SORRY & THEY COULDN'T GUARANTEE WHEN A TRANSMISSION WILL GO OUT. REALLY? 122,000 MILES? I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER HONDA. I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE & COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT! ALL THEY CAN SAY IS SORRY. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO UPSET BEFORE. TO TOP IT ALL OFF THE DEALERSHIP WANTED TO REPAIR IT FOR $4700 OR TRADE MY CAR IN FOR $1000. BY THE WAY I WASN'T ABLE TO GET ANY TYPE OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR MY REPAIR BILL. *TR