2001 Honda Accord: harsh or hard shifting

Filed Jul 9, 2016 · Transmission · 110,000 miles · NY

Hard shifting from 1st to 2nd gear. After doing research on the 2001 honda accord transmissions. I'm not the only one that has this problem. There are so many people that believe how great honda vehicles are and it seems that honda doesn't want to do anything about it. My sister inlaw was looking at a new 2016 honda. I showed her all the problems that honda had and she decided to buy something else. Shame on honda for not taking care of there customers. You need to recall this transmission and do the right thing. We call this ( standing behind our products and customers ). Hope you do the right thing...

Filed Apr 21, 2014 · Transmission · 110,000 miles · TX

The transmission started making hard shifts . It has gotten to the point now that I am going to have to replace the transmission.

Filed Sep 8, 2013 · Body · 158,000 miles · MN

I brought my 2001 honda accord, which is in pristine condition, with 158,000 miles in to my mechanic. Clunking noise in the right front passenger area...figured it to be bad sway bars, cv joints etc, so normal wear and tear. I get a call later that day to hear it is a major subframe rusting issue and that the frame connection to the body is broken and the subframe itself is in mutiple pieces. He tells me you have to see this...took pictures...documented the problem. I too did some research online and found that this is a common problem with this year and that honda recognizes this but fails to do anything about it. The air condition drain is positioned so that it is constantly dripping on to that part of the sub frame. This is a major safety issue and I was advised not to drive the vehicle until I had the part replaced. Honda needs to take responsibility for this before someone gets severely hurt and this turns into a class action lawsuit.

Filed Dec 17, 2012 · Airbags, Transmission · 148,000 miles · VA

Transmission slips and clunks when shifting from first to second gear. Srs light illuminated on dash. Side airbag light illuminates intermittently. *tr the consumer stated the traction control light came on the dash, stating it had turned off. The consumer stated he didn't think much of it at first, but then he noticed when the brake pedal was pressed hard to the floor a even relatively low speeds, the brakes didn't respond as they hosuld.; basically the brakes were not effecgtive when having to stop suddenly. The consumer was informed the brake lights were staying on all the time, as he was driving, but would go out, when the brake pedal was pressed. Also, when the traction control light illuminated on the dash and the cruise control would not engage. The repair shop found a caode of c0277 brake pedal position sensor defective. They replaced the brake pedal sensor. Within a couple of days, after the repair, the problem occurred again, which then resulted in an accident. The consumer stated he was driving at a low speed, and the person in front of him stopped suddenly and he stated he should have been able to stop, but the brakes malfunctioned and he rear ended another vehicle. The consumer returned to the repair shop, to see why the brake lights were staying on. The repiar shop found a bad brake light switch. They replaced the switch and recalibrated the brake pedal position sensor. They also found an internal fault within the control module and replaced it. After he left the repair shop, about a mile down the road, the problem happened again. The repair shop found a a bad connection from the ebcm to the brake light switch.

Filed Dec 6, 2012 · Transmission · 104,000 miles · FL

While driving on the highway the transmission slipped out of gear & would not engage right away causing a very dangerous situation. The person driving behind me almost hit me from behind & became very angry because I couldn't change lanes quick enough to get out of the way due to heavy traffic. Now the transmission slips when it tries to shift between gears at lower speeds (it is an automatic) or makes a hard clunk when putting into drive.

Filed Jul 13, 2011 · Transmission · 52,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 honda accord v6. The contact stated while driving approximately 25 MPH, the transmission would not shift from first to second gear properly. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated the failure was not serious enough to replace the transmission. In 2008, the transmission exhibited delayed shifting. Most recent the transmission failed; although the contact was able to drive at an extremely low speed with the illumination of the entire warning lights and the gear selector indicator blinking on the instrument panel. The vehicle was driven with caution to the dealer where they advised the transmission be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 52,000. Updated 08/24/11*lj transmission failed july 7 2011 updated 3/06/2012

Filed Nov 2, 2009 · Transmission · 66,232 miles · CA

My name is earlene belsey and I am a 79 year old widow. I own a 2001 honda accord. In 2002, the honda motor company sent out a notice notifying all honda accord owners that there is a defect in this model's transmission and the company was going to extend the warranty for an additional "seven years or 100,000 miles, which ever comes first." they did not recall this model car to obviously save money.they stated that "if you have any problems with your transmission during this extended warranty period,just bring your car and they would replace it at no cost." problems that could occur are " abnormally loud noises...extremely slow or delayed gear engagement...abnormal gear shifting...erratic harsh shifting...hard shifts when engine is cold" which is just a few of the issues listed. I always kept this in the back of my mind and hoped that nothing would occur. Since they did not take action to recall the car, I just hoped a safety issue would not arise. Even though the manufacture suggests you due transmission service at 60,000 miles, I acted conservatively knowing there could be a potential problem in the future, so I serviced the transmission at 30,000 miles, and again, hoped there would not be an issue. About a week ago, my transmission started shifting erratically. I have just 66,000 miles on this car, but the seven year part of the warranty has expired on this defective product. I asked my son if he could respond to this problem with my car. He agreed and was driving my car to the honda dealer and was almost killed on the freeway by a semi-truck when the car failed to shift. He took the car to the honda dealer and they suggested to file a claim with corporate which he did on friday, oct 30th. On monday nov 2, 2009 corporate offered a "hypothetical offer of a 25% discount on the replacement of the trans, which will cost $3,000. I want 100%, replacement and they refused. Can you please help me? My case # with honda is n012009-10-3000303. Ph 800 999-1009.

Filed Aug 18, 2009 · Transmission · 88,800 miles · AZ

2001 honda accord just had my transmission replaced at 88,000 miles at my cost from a honda dealer. Have had our car back 12 days on a rebuild transmission (less than 300 miles) and engine light on with code 1705 (transmission failure). Filed a previous report (#10276399) on july 9 2009. Same issues hard shifts, slamming in reverse, won't shift from 2nd gear at freeway speeds (3800 RPM's at 55 MPH) for my wife to get home from work! Talk about a safety issue!!! What has to happen before someone will take action!! I'm sure it's deaths (like the faa) gov.'t agents due nothing till after the deaths ( its all about the money ) these transmission failures have been going on for years, where's our help ???

Filed Jul 11, 2009 · Transmission · 86,000 miles · AZ

Automatic transmission 2001 honda accord no d4 light on the on the dash cluster and the check engine light is on with code 1705 automatic transaxle failure. Being a mechanic and after checking the vss, tcs solenoids ( lock up,shift control a b c & cpc) and even checking the gear position switch, shift interlock system and shift cable adjustment and with no results went to the internet to find out why? I found about 40 pages of problems and complaints about this same issue!! Hard shifting, loud noises when shifting, no shifting, throttle stickage, check engine light , and best of all codes 1705 1706 1738 1739 1753 1768 1773 & 1791 automatic transaxle failure !!!!!!! Not malfunction or replace part, failure !! Honda has been aware for years with little action ! I hope my wife and kids are not the death they need to fix the problem !! So far no help for the dealer, car will not move now.

Filed Aug 21, 2007 · Transmission · 105,027 miles · PA

Transmission failure. The differential assembly was rebuilt I paid $1,377.00 for it at cottman transmission of erie, pa. After that the transmission never shifted the same and later on a horrible noise start to sound when put in reverse. Cottman transmission said that's normal on this car. They kept my car for 13 days inthe month of june 2007. Finally, they decided to put the reverse selector gear on this trasmition thus ending up with same noise when as previous when you put the car in reverse. I took it to the dealer they said the transmission is bad, they replaced the transmission now it is running well but when you put it in reverse it still makes the same bad noise, like a clunk kind of noise. I am not talking about a little click sound, it is a bad sound, really loud. The dealer say that's normal on this car and I told the manager you are crazy. They don't want to do anything else they already made there money, now work begins. But they don't want to do anything else. So I got a car with a rebuilt transmissions with no warranty because according to them if the extended warranty pays for it, there is not warranty. Beautiful, well done honda. Last car I buy from honda.

Filed Sep 15, 2006 · Transmission · 60,000 miles · IL · crash

Dt*: the contact stated after the vehicle was put in reverse, a clunk was heard. The contact then reversed and could not stop which resulted in the vehicle hitting a pole. The vehicle was put in drive and accelerated uncontrollably. The vehicle hit a building. There was minor damage to the vehicle and building. The vehicle was towed to the dealership where a rebuilt transmission was installed.

Filed May 26, 2005 · Transmission · 8 miles · CA

The transmission on my honda 2001 has been slipping and over the last few monts is starting to clunk when I take off from a stopping position. It is getting worse and I was always told from honda that this is normal it has been like this since I have owned the car.