2000 Honda Accord: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Dec 18, 2012 · Transmission · 148,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 honda accord. The contact stated that the vehicle would sporadically become stuck in second gear. When the vehicle independently shifted out of second gear, it would cause a violent jerking motion. The contact took the vehicle to a mechanic and was told that the transmission needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the failure would recur mostly in colder weather. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 148,000 and the current mileage was 168,000.

Filed May 30, 2012 · Transmission · 126,000 miles · NY

Car will not shift out of park without holding down key in emergency interlock near shifter. Interlock solenoid went bad.

Filed Mar 12, 2012 · Transmission · 95,000 miles · OH

Transmission became unreliable, never shifts properly, and sometimes doesn't shift at all. I have to pull over and wait a while until traffic is clear, then I try again.

Filed Feb 7, 2010 · Transmission · 109,000 miles · FL

2000 honda accord sedan with approximately 109000 miles (10900 miles per year) experienced transmission failure on highway at 65 MPH caused sudden deacceleration. At that high speed, if failure continued a serious accident could occur. Fortunately, the transmission became operable again. 15 minutes later in heavy city traffic the transmission would not shift in lower gears making a tow necessary. Currently, the vehicle is at a service garage awaiting evaluation.

Filed Jul 14, 2009 · Transmission · 125,000 miles · NJ

It does not shift from 1-2 gear smoothly. It goes into high RPM (5000) and then jumps to second. The jerks are very noticeable when its shifts gears.

Filed Aug 26, 2008 · Transmission · 119,000 miles · WA

Transmission not engaging nor shifting into gear properly . Whenever I start the engine after sitting overnight, the transmission doesn't pick up speed normally. Now whenever I start the car and drive off, the rpms go up fairly quickly, but the car accelerates slowly and lurches forward with a thud. And the check engine light is on and the d4 gear indicator light is blinking green. I only had 119,500 miles when this level of symptom manifested itself... Now I'm at 120,000. Yesterday (08/25/2008) I called american honda 1‑800‑999‑1009 to complain of the issues I've been experiencing. American honda said that I had to bring my car into a dealership and have them diagnose it. (fyi - I'd already spent over $660 at another reputable shop to have the problem repaired without resolution...but, they did say that given all the work they'd done, it could only be the transmission). Ironically, during the call the rep could hear that the car was revving at high rpms but wouldn't shift into d4. Fearful of a fire or blown transmission, I had to pull over, turn off the engine, and restart after 5 minutes. The dealership informed me that it would still be a mandatory $89 charge to diagnose something both they and I already know. The voluntary extension of the warranty from 100k to 109k is ridiculous. I suspect that there is a very large contingent of honda owners who have, already had, or will soon have the same problem. Like many others here that I've read, we got a honda based on their reputation of their transmissions lasting over 200k+ miles. Up until this, I'd been mostly happy with the way it drove (despite the lifelong and moderately annoying tendency for the car to "jump" into gear from dead stops despite gradual application of the gas pedal). I certainly hope that posting here helps result in a class action lawsuit because I really feel like I'm getting taken advantage of. It's me (hopefully us) against the big corporation.

Filed Mar 23, 2007 · Electrical · 63,830 miles · CA · crash

I had left the car in a parking structure. Apparently I had left the gear in reverse rather than in park. After leaving the car with my ignition key in hand the car began to roll, and subsequently crashed into another car which was parked. The damage was minimal, but costly to repair anyhow. There was a woman with a baby in a carriage which was narrowly missed by the moving vehicle. I have since learned that I should not have been able to remove the key from the ignition with the gear shift lever not in park. In fact, there has been a recall 05v025000 for the exact same problem. Although almost 500000 cars of the same year and model of mine were affected by the recall, my particular VIN was not included. Honda disclaims any responsibility since my warranty has long expired and my car is not covered by the recall. It was interesting that the recall notice included the following words under "defect consequence:" "if the driver does not shift to park before removing the key and failed to engage the parking brake, the vehicle could roll and a crash could occur" this was the exact scenario of the incident which occurred.

Filed Nov 14, 2005 · Transmission · 97,000 miles · GA

One day while driving on down the highway, my car shifted from 4th gear to 2nd gear, and about made me run off the road. . I turned the car off for about 15 minutes. I was a long way from home or any place I could stop, so I tried to go again. When I tried again, the car did the same thing, and then became stuck in 2nd gear. I then had the car towed and the transmission replaced. The car had about 96k miles on it.

Filed Jun 20, 2005 · Transmission · 20,000 miles · TX

Dt: the consumer started having problems with transmission in 2001. When the vehicle shifted to reverse it jerked abruptly. Problem became worse. Vehicle hesitated when in drive. This occurred every time the vehicle wa s driven. The vehicle will not shift smoothly from one gear to another. This became worse after the vehicle was driven for a while. Hesitation occurred while driving, even when the gears were not being changed. Dealer was never able to duplicate the problem. Therefore, no repair were done. Vehicle's owner noticed what she thought was transmission fluid in 2003. Dealer stated there was no problem with the transmission. Owner took vehicle to the service dealer several times ,and every time the dealer relied on the computer to find a problem. None was ever found.