2001 Honda Accord: transmission slipping

Filed Oct 7, 2023 · Transmission · TX

The automatic transmission is failing. Yes it is available for inspection upon request. It is slipping and sometimes will accelerate extremely slow. Will also jolt forward aggressively at times. Making it dangerous and a safety issue. The transmission can go out soon and make the car stop moving. Putting me and everyone else at risk being stuck on the road.

Filed Oct 17, 2017 · Transmission · 145,000 miles · WA

I really love my honda accords. I have owned several. This is the first one I have owned with over 125k miles. It was given to me by my mother-in-law. She owned it for about 7 years. It start to seem like it was a little off mechanically. She didn't know what the issues were and after 7 years she didn't want to put a ton of money into it. So she parked this one and bought a new one. It was parked for about 5 months before I started driving it. Since it was sitting for a while I did change the oil and make sure other fluids were topped off. Right away, I notice the transmission was shifting hard and slipping a little. So I pulled over and checked the granny fluid which was perfect! I just figured maybe it just needed to be driven a little and lube everything up again. I checked the fluid daily with no change to the level. A week later it's still the same. With no improvement I drained a little fluid out and added lucas as recommended by my honda service tech. Still no improvement. I researched a little and found that this is common to start having issues around 150k miles. That's hardly any miles for a honda! In further research I find that nearly every honda for sale is being sold due to the start of granny problems and every one that's being parted out is being parted out because the granny went out. So no luck on a used granny swap! I am absolutely shocked that with the excellent reputation honda has that this hasn't been a part of a recall! I mean come on honda...I realize this is an expensive part to have recalled, but when your reputation goes down the toilet over the 6th gen accord transmission...what will effect the companies worth more? The cost of this becoming a recall and replacing these transmissions or the decline in future sales due to not repairing the vehicles that people pay hard earned money for?!

Filed Aug 23, 2016 · Transmission · 120,000 miles · NC

I cannot make it across busy streets safely due to my vehicles transmission torque converter. It takes too long to engage from first to second gear. There was a recall on this issue back in 2004. I bought this car from someone in 2014 not knowing about it. Issues include: transmission slips or won't engage. Car stutters or jerks while accelerating. Check engine light on.

Filed Jan 1, 2014 · Acceleration, Transmission · PR

I bought the car to a person who said the car started the transmission problem years ago. The transmission slips when accelerating and decelerating and responds late from fist to second shift. I made a research and many people have this problem and I found on web this car had a bulletin but only till 100 miles and 7 years, which is not the clients fault and is unfair they gave limits to this type of problem. This is a safety problem and the fix should not be limited to a warranty.

Filed Aug 9, 2013 · Transmission · 136,000 miles · CA

I own a 2001 accord v6 with a little over 136,000 miles. Check engine light came on after car had been hesitating and slipping when changing gears. Also was pulling when going around corners (almost felt like braking automatically). Took the car in, and initially there was a code for iacv (idle air control valve). Auto shop flushed the system, reset check engine light. The next day, check engine light came on again. Brought it in after a couple of weeks and it's a code p0740 for tcc (torque converter clutch) solenoid valve circuit malfunction. Was told it's the transmission, which appears to be happening quite frequently - and conveniently after the 100,000 warranty extension was granted. Feels unsafe driving the car, not knowing if/when the transmission is going to fail, so now I'm forced to spend $2000 getting the transmission rebuilt.

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 Nov 27, 2012 · Transmission · 37,405 miles · TX

Bought the car new in 2001 from john eagle honda clear lake. The first transmission gave out at 37400 miles due to a defective transmission. Car transmission suddenly started making noise and slipping between gears. Honda placed vehicle on their computer and received an error message. We were told a new transmission was only solution. The same error message came up on the "new" transmission. We were told to try honda customer service for assistance, which told us the solution, was totally up to the dealership. We waited for over two weeks for [xxx]to call; I had to call him again today to get his reply. The clear lake honda dealership that we have been going to since 1997 says their "hands are tied". [xxx] the service manager states he talked to vernon sage, district manager, and states they have no transmissions to correct another defected transmission but they can sell me a new one??!! This is an issue of safety not just cost and it is absolutely unacceptable that honda cannot honor their mistake. If this transmission would go out while on a highway there could be a real tragedy. They knowingly replaced transmissions with the same defect. This car is driven 90 percent on the highway and wells maintained w/the same honda dealer. There is no reason that this car should need two transmissions within only 112000 miles. The dealer passes the problem to honda customer service, which in turn hands the problem back over to the dealer. It should be a crime to know of a failure that could cause a major tragedy and not honor or accept your mistake and make it right. This is an issue caused 100% by a known defective transmission that honda and the dealership are completely aware of. There are entirely too many other honda owners with the exact same problem with the second transmission. There is not any "goodwill" from honda by putting in the same defect. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Nov 19, 2012 · Transmission · 77,000 miles · NM

A loud sound came from transmission during acceleration, and the check engine came on, along with the d4 indicator started blinking. Transmission started slipping.

Filed Aug 27, 2012 · Transmission · 85,000 miles · WA

In 2006 honda issued an extended warranty on the transmission due to the many complaints/failures. Shortly thereafter we started experiencing slipping/missing gears and took it to klein honda in everett where we purchased it. They ran the diagnostic and told us that it wasn't bad enough to warrant a replacement. Since then it has slowly gotten worse to the point where it is becoming a safety issue because we never really know if it is going to catch and actually go or when it will just decide to stall. Now of course it is past the extended warranty and the dealer refuses to fix it.

Filed Apr 9, 2012 · Transmission · 68,593 miles · PA

Transmission was slipping when it shifted into 2nd gear for several weeks, then it just stopped. Now it will cost 3000 dollars. The car has only 69000 miles and never was abused. I was the only owner.

Filed Jan 21, 2012 · Transmission · 105,966 miles · AZ

Transmission started slipping then during the same local trip started jerking violently while in traffic. Once pulled over it was taken to a garage to get looked at. It was diagnosed with having a failed transmission.