I own a 1998 honda accord (automatic transmission, v6, 4dr) with a mileage of 120k miles. I bought it when 110k , prior to which it was a lease car with proper maintainance history. Over the last couple of weeks I noticed I was having a problem with delayed and hard shifting of gears especially at lower speeds . Honda dealer checked and replaced transmission fluid. This did not help and a week later the engine check light had come on. A private transmission service advisor run computer diagnostics on it and came up with a diagnosis code of p740 and po230. They could not pinpoint the exact fault. At this point the vehicle was lunging forward whenever it came to a stop and it would have a trouble changing gears (especially the second gear). Though the vehicle is in drivable condition it seems like a big safety hazard and a disaster waiting to happen. When I took the vehicle to a honda dealer who recommended that I replace the entire transmission at a cost of about $5600+labor. Given otherwise extremely good condition of my vehicle I can only attribute this problem to a manufacturing defect. When I did some research I found out that there are hundreds of 98 accord owners who have been facing similar problems with their transmission. I am expecting honda to take responsibility since many hondas experience a similar fate and the honda service who changed the oil the first time could have tried harder before more damage may be done. I am currently not using this vehicle much given the obvious safety issues.
1998 Honda Accord transmission complaints
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1998 honda accord v6 lx sedan with 80,000 miles needs a new transmission at a cost of $3500. Vehicle has been well maintained and had transmission fluid changed at proper intervals using honda atf. Obviously, with the number of complaints of this problem on honda forums, there is a design flaw. Honda should pay for this repair, not me.
My 1998 accord ex v-6, with 62,000 miles and perfect maintenance, now requires a new "rebuilt" transmission for over $7000, as explained by a sales person for honda. At my last service, the tech mentioned the trans fluid level was fine but it seemed dirty so I brought the car to my honda dealer where I was given the news. Sidenote: they wanted to sell me a new 04 accord, said my car was "a wash" and had no value!
Bearings in automatic transmission failed and needed to be replaced. Transmission has to be removed and taken apart to replace the bearings. Repair cost was $1113. Car has only 61,000 miles and is maintained regularly.
The car makes a bumping noise when backing up, it also slams into first gear when the car is cold.
Join the club, I have a 1998 accord with 120,000 and the transmission failed on the freeway. I was almost ran over by a tractor trailer. This car has had a clunky transmission since 80,000 miles and I would get the transmission serviced and it wouldn't help. I am still making payments on this car and the transmission is dead. I thought this was supposed to be a honda? I thought honda's were reliable? American honda will not help, the dealer will not help so basically I'm screwed. Used transmission replacement estimates are $1700-2500. This is terrible, why is there not a recall? Someone really needs to do something about this before someone gets killed. I almost did. Honda knows something is wrong. This is even listed on carpoint.msn.com that this car has a bad transmission. I am going to fix it and sell it and go back to toyota, I will never ever buy another honda again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Purchased vehicle in new 1998 and have maintained a perfect service and maintenance record with dealership. Transmission has failed at 70,000 miles and needs to be replaced. I have discovered over 100 similar cases involving transmission failure on the 1998 honda accord on this site.
1998 honda accord ex-v6 needs new transmission, 108,000 miles - problem since 86,000. Seems that quite a few consumers have the same issue with this model; however, american honda has ignored the complaints of 1998-1999 owners with transmission problems. Fortunately, for the 2000-2001 owners got a recall. The problem with the transmission is the same in the 1998-1999 models. It's not fair that we have to pay for this ourselves when there is an obvious problem (look at the number of complaints). Also, honda never sent me any recall or service notices for other problems such as the fuel float, egr problem, or this transmission problem. This is my second honda - first I owned for 17 years, and now this? I am very upset.
While shifting gears vehicle will not move. A loud noise was heard coming from underneath the vehicle. Consumer drove the vehicle to dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that transmission needed to be replaced due to worn out parts.
While driving at moderate speeds vehicle shut down. Consumer put vehicle in neutral and the vehicle started up again.
Ignition key sometimes won't come out of ignition when transmission is in park. (nar) *la dealer was notified.
As reported by many other consumers, my accord is experiencing hard shifting or jerking in the lower gears (slipping). When the car is warmed up, it's not as bad.
When driving vehicle unexpectedly dropped to a lower gear.
The transmission failed in my 1998 honda accord at about 54,000 miles in november, 2002. I previously reported this to your agency. Honda has only paid for approximately half of the cost of the new transmission which was installed by aamco. My question is whether the federal safety agency is going to issue a safety recall on the 1998 honda accord transmission. My review of your database today indicates over 100 instances of transmission failures on this model honda accord. Isn't that sufficient to generate an investigation by your agency and a safety recall? Please advise as to your intended action in this matter. Thank you tarynn yokomizo [email protected]
My 1998 honda accord with 61000 miles on its automatic transmission has joined the growing population of accords with failed carrier bearings in the final drive (transmission). I have had all of my service work done at the service shop where my son is employed as a mechanic. Thus when I discovered the transmission fluid leak I took the car in to my mechanic for what I thought would be a seal replacement, only to be hit with the horrific news that it is going to cost me $2500-$3000 to fix the failed carrier bearings in the final drive! I've called the dealership that I purchased the car from (klein honda in everett wa.) and was told by trevor in the service department that they are experiencing this problem with the v-6 engines, but not the 4 cylinders (mine). When I asked him to help me this the expense he recommended that I contact honda customer care and wished me luck since I hadn't had any of my services conducted with a dealership. All of this took place within the last week, so my call to honda customer care will occur on 2/9/04. If I don't get anywhere with them I do plan on turning this in to the better business bureau and everyplace else I can find to lodge complaints with. With the research I have done over the internet I have found that this a common problem that needs to be recognized by a honda recall action!
We took my 1998 accord ex in for regular service (90,000 miles) and to have the interlock switch recall done. When we picked up the car, the dealer told us the transmission was leaking and needed to be replaced. I've never had a problem with the transmission - no leaks in the garage, no strange shifting problems. We declined the service, but the dealer called and said our re-manufactured trans was in and since I had the extended warranty would be replaced at no charge (incl. Rental car). I was suspicious that they would order the part and push the issue so strongly, so I did some research. On www.accordforums.com I found that others had been having transmission problems with this car. This transmission can suddenly fail due to a problem with a bearing (in fact, the service write-up states "trans fluid leak, trans may fail due to differential bearing going out causing fluid to leak"). I thought this was warranty fraud by the dealer, but apparently they know about this potential transmission problem. They aren't clearly explaining the problem to owners, which is what makes the issue seem suspect. In fact, when we picked up our car, the dealer was explaining the exact same problem to the person in line before us (which is why we got suspicious). It seems that honda has a problem that they don't want to tell vehicle owners about, but their dealers are pushing to fix it anyway. Of course, they originally quoted us $1,600 to $5,000 for the repairs. After we told them no, we were informed it would be completed at no cost to us. Sounds like a stealth recall to me. (they told us it would be free because we have the extended warranty with no deductible through honda care. I don't know how much I believe that either.) we're having the work done today now that I know what the potential problems are. I think others need to be informed of this issue so no one gets killed or injured if their transmission fails because they couldn't pay for this work.
I was notified today that I needed to replace the transmission in my 98 honda accord. This seems to be well known by repair people that 98,99 and 00 have tranmission problems. Why won't the dealerships replace these when there so many people being affected by the same problem.
Upon exiting a parking lot at 15 MPH engine revved and vehicle surged forward, and was rear ended by another vehicle. Dealership determined that transmission failure caused the problem. However, dealership didn't specify the specific failure, they just said that transmission needed to be replaced.
Faulty transmission - have serviced 4 times in 1 1/2 years. Honda is aware of the problem with the transmission and is only offering to cover 1/2 of parts to replace transmission on 1998 honda accord. It shifts incorrectly and revs very high, then slams into next gear. Problems started around 74k miles after I owned for 7 months. Said they won't cover whole replacement because I didn't have regular service done at honda dealerships. I was able to prove I had service done at reputable dealers but not honda. It is estimated the replacement transmission will cost me around $1500.00. Honda of america should pay for the whole thing in my mind. There are plenty of complaints regarding these transmissions. When is someone going to do something about it?
Back last year in may I had to replace my v-6 3.0 automatic transmition at 74,000 miles! I can understand if the transmition goes out at 125,000 miles or more but 74,000 doesnt sound right to me. They said when I had the transmition replaced that the gears in the transmition compleatly wore away! This repair costed me $2,000 and at the time I didn't have that kind of money. The car had regular check ups and was working fine for years. I would like you to check more accords if they have transmition problems like I have had, I have talked to many people online who also have this problem and I have one friend who also had this problem, but for him he just had to pay for the parts because he could fix it him self. Please look into this problem and if there is componsation please help me because that is alot of money that I do not make as a student!
I got the check engine light on my 1998-accord-lx (97000 miles on this one). Took it to the dealer and they told me that the transmission has failed completely and needs to be replaced. I got all the regular sevices done at only honda dealers and there was no indiation about this failure. For no fault, this thing has failed. I would think that the part itself is defective, in the first place. Please investigate further.
While the vehicle was parked it rolled backwards and caused an accident. The dealer has been notified. Please provide any additional information.
While driving the vehicle's automatic transmission failed. Please provide any additional information. *nm.
When vehicle is started consumer does not have to apply the brakes to put vehicle in gear.
Vehicle had continuous transmission failure. Transmission hesitated, then jerked into gear. Dealership flushed the transmission in an attempt to correct the problem. However, problem still exists.
I own a 1998 honda accord w/ less thatn 60000 miles. My transmission has completeley died. Honda knows they have faulty transmissions / they recalled my make and model 2000/2001 for the same problem I am having. My warranty has expired, but I want them to fix my car/ this problem is chronic w/ honda.
The clutch master cylinder on this vehicle is defective. When the vehicle is stopped ,when the clutch is depressed and the car is placed in gear the clutch automatically engages and the car moves on its own . This can cause deadly consiquenses at a red light ,school crossing, railroad crossing , the master cylinder fails with usage ,one of the problem is honda doesn't have the parts to fix it! So here we are with a 5 year old car w 70000 miles in it and the factory doesn"t have any parts.
The catalytic converter failed but was under some special extended warranty so I didn't have to pay a cent. But, it failed, and I am not pleased. The second problem which is my major complaint is that I am being told that I will have to replace my transmission on a car that only has 83k miles on it! Honda knows that this is a problem with 98 - 01 accord models, but only extended the warranty to 00-01 models. I believe honda should be force to do a recall! It is very dangerous to be driving in southern california I-5 with a car that doesn't shift properly. Please help all us 98-99 honda accord owners.
My transmission went out (slipped in and out of gear lurching forward) at 81,000 miles even though I had maintained the car just as the manufacturer suggested at the honda dealership. After seeing many of the exact same problems from other honda owners of the v6 engine for years 1998-2002 on the internet, I confronted the dealer and asked them to contact american honda. I got them to give me a new (reconditioned/rebuilt) transmission and it did not cost me anything. Unfortunately if the consumer is not informed and fairly direct, then you could end up paying what they wanted in the beginning which was $4,500 for a new transmission. From what I could tell on the internet, the best deal everyone else got was a transmission but they paid for the labor (around $500). I paid nothing, except being without a car for a week.
I was backing up in a parking lot. My car suddenly started to accelerate. I pressed on the brakes, but they did not work. It was like I had no control over the car. The car finally stopped after I crashed through a fence and hit a tree.
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