2003 Honda Accord: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Oct 4, 2021 · Transmission · GA · crash · 1 injury

My transmission ffails while deiving causes it to go into limp mode and stops on contact

Filed Feb 15, 2021 · Engine, Steering · 196,000 miles · TN

I was driving the car and the power steering pump went out and a week later my transmission started slipping then all of a sudden my car wouldn't go into gears and the transmission stopped working completely. It will work for 5 min then it completely won't go in any gear. I had to have it towed home. It was on the road on the bypass and I started acting up then it stopped working completely when I went to get off of work and wouldn't go in to gear at all after that. So I had to have it towed home. I had it looked at by a local mechanic and he said the car had a recall on multiple things for me to look into it because it was gonna cost around 2000 to fix everything.

Filed Dec 10, 2019 · Transmission · 132,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda accord. While driving various speeds, the transmission would not shift gears as needed without warning. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission was faulty. The contact attempted to speak with a dealer, but was unsuccessful. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that there were no recalls on the vehicle. The contact associated the failure with the federal safety agency campaign number: 04v176000(power train). The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 132,000.

Filed Dec 24, 2017 · Fuel system · 120,000 miles · CA

The vehicle gets stuck in 2nd gear. It is automatic transmission. Sometimes at freeway speeds the vehicle suddenly downshifts spontaneously to 2nd or 1st gear and feels like I've suddenly and violently applied brakes to the car. The sudden stop and lurch of the car is violent and sudden and causes momentary loss of control of the vehicle.

Filed Oct 8, 2015 · Electrical, Transmission · 89,000 miles · VA

June 2015: torque converter: car when accelerating slammed out of gear and felt like we had been rear-ended. Car wouldn't shift from 2nd to 3rd gear. Radio: radio system back light broke at 60,000 miles current issue: gear shift knob fell off while driving. Daughter was driving car and bumped gear shift and was able to shifted from drive to neutral while the car was moving. Called honda complaint line to complain and there was no action or concern regarding the current issue of the gear shift knob.

Filed May 5, 2015 · Acceleration, Transmission · 140,000 miles · OH

I was driving on the highway at 60 MPH, all the sudden, it violently down shifted, felt like I was rear ended. As I let up the gas, the engine would rev but not engage the transmission. Luckily no other cars were behind me at the time. When I got to the office, the car would not go into reverse.

Filed Feb 19, 2015 · Transmission · 139,000 miles · CA

I was getting off the off ramp at about 35mph taking a right turn when the transmission made a jerking motion and slipped. I let off the accel and applied the accel a couple times before it engaged again got to my destination went shopping. Went to leave and I had no reverse. Shifted threw the gears nothing. I turned the car off and on to find the I could now back up. I put the car into drive to find out the car would only drive in first gear on drive. It would not shift gears. I have my car parked till I figure out what to do and how this issue can be resolved. I called honda but they where no help and want me to spend money that I don't have to figure it out and fix the issue.

Filed Aug 6, 2014 · Airbags, Transmission · 137,775 miles · MN

As I was driving to work the car started slipping, then as I arrived to my destination the car wouldn't go into gear at all. The car was overheating, as I called for service after work I tried starting the car again and it did go into gear. I drove it to the place for service but having to stop and let car cool down a couple times on the way there. They told me it's the transmission and will need a new one, or have it repaired. Now I'm aware of many 2003 accords with the same problem, there should be a recall on this! I've owned 4 honda cars and all from brand new vehicles and never a problem like this before. I have had this problem one other time of not going into gear, but it came out of it after it was cooled and sitting for a few hours, so never had that problem again until now. We don't drive this car very much as I work from my home, so it didn't go out until now. I'm told we must drive it little, which is true, and not hard on our vehicles at all, because this would have happened much earlier if we had. Also the air bag lights come on randomly with no reason, we had it tested and they said it was fine, humidity? That's another one to be recalled! Honda, you need to help us and recall the faults that you know are an issue if you want us to continue buying your vehicles! A used to be loyal honda owner for all my life.

Filed May 23, 2014 · Transmission · 170,000 miles · GA

This is the second occurrence of the transmission failing in this car. Originally honda recalled the vehicle for a gear failure issue. In oct. 2004 I took the vehicle to a dealership where I lived at the time and they replaced a cooling line that supposedly would resolve the issue. Five years later the transmission failed and would not shift out of 2nd gear and I do not drive many miles per year. I took the car to aamco because honda was talking about charging me over $3000.00 for the repair but at no time did the representative at honda state that this could be due to the recall and that honda may in fact replace the transmission at no cost to me if it was determined that the failure was due to the previous recall. So I negotiated with them (honda) and they refunded me approximately 40% of the $2150.00 I paid to aamco in lawrenceville ga. Here I am 4 years later and the same issue has resurfaced. The transmission has locked up again and luckily I was not traveling at any significant speed. Thecar now sits in my garage with everything on it working except the transmission, same scenario as in 2010. I have received three or four recall notices on this vehicle and have complied with honda to take the vehicle to the dealership to resolve any issues. I am the original owner and would have expected much more reliability and dependability from this vehicle that after financing with honda motor corp I paid in excess of $30,000.00 in 2002. There seems tobe a pattern that after about 80,000 miles the transmissions in these vehicles are subject to fail when all warranty coverage has passed and leaving the consumer with little or no recourse. If I am correct this should surely fall under lemon law provisioning.

Filed May 15, 2014 · Transmission · 79,895 miles · GA

2003 honda accord with under 80,000 miles. V6 with automatic transmission. Transmission started slipping while making turn in neighborhood. While turning, pressing the gas only raised the rpms, but the car was not moving. I thought I was going to get hit by oncoming traffic. After trying to re-create trouble, it appears if the car tries to downshift into a low gear and gas is applied heavily, the car red lines and does not shift gears. This was a bad moment for this to happen. Very dangerous to think pressing the gas pedal has the potential not to move. Slow acceleration and the transmission shifts fine, but if you need to get out of the way, you can't accelerate hard.

Filed Apr 27, 2014 · Transmission · 122,205 miles · CA

Car has dark transmission fluid and is not shifting into 3rd gear. Car has 124,062 miles on it and won't shift into 3rd gear transmission ports are made too narrow not allowing fluid to cool transmission causing fluid too burn over time clearly a recall is in order honda knows this year has issues with v6 automatic transmission and won't stand behind their product.

Filed Mar 30, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 131,300 miles · VA

While driving with around 35 MPH the vehicle start shifting gears violently random which made me pull over and turn off the car. Luckily I was very close to home and I decided to start the car and drive it to my parking lot. The transmission would not shift up from 1st gear and I was going with 20 MPH for more than a mile. On the next day I tow the car ($130.00) to a shop and the mechanic there told me that my transmission is done and I either need to rebuilt it or get a new one!!!! So far $200, $130+$70( diagnostics). The estimated price for rebuilding the transmission that I got was $2700.00 after the accident I searched and realized that I am not the only one with the exact same problem, not even close to be the only one, but nothing has been done regarding that particular issue so far and basically everybody who has 2003-2007 honda accord is suffering from the same problem. It is unbelievable how no recall procedure was initiated, yet! This is a serious problem which can cause the car to get into an multiple car accident! I am writing this complaint hoping to change something in that forever postponed problem! I also would like to ask is there is a way to get some kind of compensation for the repair cost? One more time I really hope someone reads this complaints and they are not left in the general pile of paperwork on some forgotten desk in the corner covered with dust! Ps: I am e-mailing to the manufacturer's headquarters and I am calling everyone who is reading this to do the same!