Going to work yesterday car suddenly jerks as if down shifting or something, rpms go crazy as if I have my foot on gas while in neutral, jerks along until nothing happens no gears at all. Pull over kill it then wait restart and get another half mile along and have to keep doing it all over again all the way to work. Husband gets it home the same way. Dealer closed today(4th of july) or at least I got no answer when calling. Started surfing the web with this issue and have been horrified with all I have read about my car. Someone needs to do something, still owe a yr on it, cant afford to fix it...hoping the dealer will do something when we go see them tomorrow. Thought I had the best car ever when I got it in 08, have had no other problems, and was told by honda when I got it what a good deal I was getting because the previous owner had just traded it back and they had all service history with them etc... Yet no mention about any of this, and they had to have known by then that this model was having issues with transmission failure.
2003 Honda Accord transmission complaints
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Transmission failed on accord 2003 v6, violent shifts, slippage from 2nd to 3rd. I have not reached complete failure but stopped driving car after reading that failure can lead to sudden deceleration and possible accidents.
The car after being driven to work by my wife would hesitate going into gear. After speaking to the honda dealership,and honda america we were told it to far out of warranty to be covered. We have owned several honda cars and now we are told they will not cover any of the costs involved. I thought honda was better than this.
Subsequent to getting a rebuilt transmission on june 6, 2012, with 82,905 miles on the car, I found out that transmission problems are extremely prevalent in 2003 honda accords. In fact, there was a recall in 2004. I bought the car 1/30/2006 from thousand oaks (ca) honda. I talked to honda customer service (800‑999‑1009) today and my case is being referred to a case manager. We will see what happens . . .
Noticed when accelerating gently, car more quickly accelerated than usual to the next gear. Then the rpms shot up very high and very slowly and dropped suddenly when car achieved 35 MPH, causing car and me to lurch and sling me backward into the seat. The next day, at 117,699 miles, I drove vehicle to my dealership, economy honda on chapman rd, in chattanooga tn. They drove it, and agreed it was the transmission. They had replaced my first transmission in september 2008 under extended warranty at 67,618 miles because it did the same thing. Later I found out the first one was recalled anyway in 2004. American honda communicated with economy honda for a deal: me to pay $2650.08 instead of $3886.50 to replace this current transmission, which has not even made it to its first fluid change (not until about 17,000 more miles). This is a two-fold issue. The first being that this can quickly and unexpectedly turn into a deadly issue, and the second being that a large corporation is being abusive to its consumers. Many people do not have the option of repairing, trading in, or leasing a new vehicle. How many people are locked in with honda, and have pushed their vehicles to the limit even though this transmission issue is going on because they can not afford to make their vehicle safe? If I drive my honda, is someone going to rear-end me on the highway and kill me and my children because my transmission is failing and my car won't maintain proper speed because of a faulty job that honda did on my second transmission? Honda told me it was safe enough to drive home until they figured out how much to charge me, so it will be just fine, I'm sure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda accord. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the transmission failed. The contact stated that the vehicle's speed dropped from 70 MPH to 25 MPH very quickly on its own. The contact shifted the vehicle into neutral and coasted to the side of the road. The vehicle was then towed to an auto repair center. The repair center stated that there were metal shreds everywhere around the transmission and the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified and informed the contact that she should notify the federal safety agency and file a complaint. The failure mileage was 130,000. The VIN was unavailable.
It will not shift into second gear,and now it is not wanting to shift in to third,when the car is cold,it seems to have a vacuum leak.
Driving up a slight hill. Car started jerking and revving up. Car would not move. Had to coast to side of road and pull off. Problem was a complete transmission failure. Very low mileage and trans mission had all scheduled maintenance. Could of been major safety issue since traffic was heavy and car all of a sudden slowed down and caused a stopping of traffic.
Transmission does not shift correctly, feels like it is slipping in gears higher than 2, need to let off the accelerator to assist car in shifting.
Driving 65mph on a highway then the car suddenly downshifted and came down to 40mph.
Starting the car from a stopping point and slowly increasing the speed to 40 will result in slight jerks in the car. As the speed increase beyond 45 into the 60 the car will jerk repeatedly and try to shift down. Rpm revs into the 5 or 6 zone, near redlining while only going 40 MPH. Sometimes the car will shift down while on the highway causing car to jerk driver forward. Could lead to major car wreck. This car model already had a defective transmission, which was fixed by honda, yet it seems to have another transmission issue now.
Seven days ago, the car suddenly began shifting very hard at mid-levels speeds (between 30 and 50 MPH). After four incidents in two days, I took to the dealership, but they were unable to recreate the problem. Over the next several days, the problem continued intermittently, shaking violently, but now also at very low speeds. Today, the rpms randomly spiked while driving, then violent shook at a modest (40 MPH) and constant speed, then the car would not shift properly (e.g., at 40 MPH, the rpms were about 4100; pushing to 50 MPH only raised the rpms to 5000). I stopped for gas on my way to the dealership, and upon re-starting the car, the "check engine" light, the tcs (traction control system) and the green light next to "d" were all lit up. I made it to the dealership, where they diagnosed the problem as a bad transmission that needed to be replaced (cost quoted was $4281 plus tax).
While driving approx. 40mph the transmission suddenly acted as if it was in neutral. There was no warning light or anything that showed a failure of any kind. I slowly nursed it to my honda dealer who checked it out (charged $108 just to tell me I needed a new transmission which would cost $4400.) I took it to aamco who said basically the same thing but charged only $2900. This seems to be a serious problem with the 2003 accord v6 5sp transmission. Honda seems to deny there is a problem...hundreds of complaints say otherwise.
Driving approximately 40 miles an hour in 45 MPH zone. When I attempted to accelerate to 45 MPH, transmission slipped out of gear. Vehicle came to complete stop. I had turn off vehicle. Restarted engine and carefully and slowly accelerated to 30 MPH and drove 2 miles home. Next day I drove vehicle to honda dealer. Vehicle slipped out of gear twice, each time when attempting to accelerate to higher speed limits. Honda dealer has called to tell me it needs a new transmission. Will receive price quote on 4/23/12.
Terrible and dangerous transmission failure. I have taken my car to every regularly scheduled maintenance visit at the honda dealership, including a visit one month ago. The transmission abruptly failed while driving on a freeway. I almost caused a car crash involving multiple cars due to the abrupt failure of the transmission.
Transmission failure. While driving to work, the car shifted out of gear causing the car to violently reduce speed from 30mph to 5mph. Due to this jerk of motion, the car was forced off the road. It's important to note that I was within a mile of the I-66 highway on-ramp and could have not only been severely rear-ended and injured but a major accident could have also occurred.
2003 honda accord. Consumer states problem with vehicle automatic transmission *tgw in april 2004, a recall was issued for the automatic transmission. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealer, where they performed a revision to the oil cooler return line. The consumer stated there is now a problem with the transmission slipping and not going into gear. The problem occurred while going into 2nd gear which is exactly what the recall was for in 2004. The consumer believed the fix that was done, was just a temporary fix and the transmission should have been replaced.
2003 honda accord v6 with transmission recall work completed in 2004 complete transmission failure in 2011 with 63k miles no warning when transmission failed. Potentially dangerous situation.
Transmission suddenly downshifts without warning. I was driving on the highway at 63mph and my car suddenly downshifted to 1st gear causing me to hit the steering wheel and bleed profusely from my face. The car behind me almost hit me. Now my car has serious problems between 2nd and 3rd gear and is downshifting randomly. I am not the only one with this issue, there should be a recall for this. I could have died because of this, the worst part is that honda knows about this problem and wont help save lives. Shame on you honda. Many other people are having the same exact transmission problem and it seems quite widespread. Perhaps honda will get involved once enough people die, and it will be cheaper to replace all of these faulty transmissions vs. All of the money people get from lawsuits. Or possibly honda will value lives over profits, but im not going to hold my breath.
Transmission down shifts from 4th gear to 1st gear abruptly and will not re-engage 4th gear until I turn the car off and back on. This occurred today on my way home on the highway. After turning the car off and back on, it happen 2 more times before I got off the highway and went home on 1st gear locally. I came real close to being rear ended a truck due to the sudden downshift of the transmission.
The transmission on the honda accord v-6 went out at 115,000 miles. The car had been slipping out of gear and was causing problems while driving that made it very unsafe. We were afraid to drive it for fear of it not running as we accelerated.
While driving on I-4 cars begun to accelerate by itself and them decelerate, keep doing this for 30 second, I stopped on the side turn of the car. Again turn on keep going and it happened again., honda accord 3.0 v6 2003.
Car just would not engage in a forward gear on the highway. The engine just revved and would not move into gear. There was no warning. Very dangerous.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda accord. The contact stated that the vehicle hesitated when driving at any speed and would exhibit a grinding noise. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and a diagnostic was performed, but the dealer was unable to generate a failure code. The dealer also test drove the vehicle but the failure could not be to duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 93,000 and the current mileage 108,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda accord. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle began to decelerate and jerk abnormally. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The mechanic advised that the transmission would have to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 125,000.
I was driving approximately 30mph on a long straight road when for no reason the car started downshifting on it's own. The vehicle lurched. I came to a stop and while I was braking, the car suddenly stopped on it's own as if I slammed on the brakes. I stopped at a light, and then turned onto a side road. I was driving approximately 20mph when the car started downshifting on it's own again. I pulled over to the side of the road and once again, the car stopped suddenly as if I slammed on the brakes. After a few days at a personal mechanic, it was decided that the vehicle should be taken to a honda dealership. Personal mechanic stated he at one point took my vehicle out on a side road where the vehicle suddenly went into a neutral speed and lost power. While on the freeway driving around 50mph to the dealership, car downshifted on it's own causing me to almost get rear ended. I pulled off freeway and came to a stop on the side of the road. Once again, the car came to a quick sudden stop as if I slammed on the brakes. Once at the honda dealership, test were ran and it was decided the vehicle had transmission failure and the transmission needed to be replaced. They quoted me $4500 for repairs. Ended up calling honda customer service, they were willing to only cover $1100. I ended up with a total bill of $3406.26.
I was driving at 65mph on the freeway when the transmission failed and the car shifted into a lower gear causing immediate deceleration of the vehicle. Since the initial incident back in august 2010, the vehicle has only be driven 8 miles and each time someone dares to "test it out" it only takes a few miles before the vehicle is lurching and the driver is fearing for their life. This problem is real and if it hasn't already it will eventually result in someone(s) losing life or limb.
2003 honda accord. First transmission began to slip at 50,000 miles. Took to dealer for evaluation and was told nothing was wrong. About a week later, driving on west side highway going from brooklyn to home in nj. Transmission failed and finally got it into first gear. Brought to dealer and transmission replaced at 50,000 miles. It was still under warranty at this time and did not have to pay anything. At 108,000 miles again I felt the transmission start to slip. Again, brought to mahwah honda and told that there was nothing wrong. One week later, driving on major highway in nj (route 17 south) the transmission failed. Luckily, at cars going 60 MPH around me I was able to coast into a parking lot and not get rear ended or in an accident. Car was flat bed trucked to dealer. When we discussed the issues we knew that honda 2003 accords/transmissions were having, they ignored the comments. This was now the third transmission for the car, the original, the replacement at 50,000 miles and the event that just occurred. They did not want to hear anything of it. In the end, the "deal" they gave was to pay close to $3000 for the transmission (they gave a 20% discount, how kind). The service was awful. As a life long honda customer with at least 25 years of honda cars, I will never go back. What a shame that honda will not live up to their prior great reputation and back up the cars and obvious defect that could have killed me driving. Shame on honda.
Transmission began shifting with a "clunk," then began shifting erratically. Reverse would not work at all. Transmission replaced 2-15-2012 by omega honda of fremont, ca.
Immature transmission failure!
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