2013 Honda Accord: transmission slipping

Filed Dec 12, 2017 · Engine · 32,000 miles · NJ

Bought 2013 honda accord sedan sport on 06/13. I just reached the 32000miles and my starter is slipping and causing me to turn the ignition a few times before it starts. I strongly believe there may be a fault on the product or installation of part.

Filed Aug 7, 2014 · Transmission · 69,000 miles · DC

Automatic transmission slipped out of gear and into lower gear, cause very high engine revs and sharp deceleration. I was able to re-engage transmission after slowing down to near stop, shifting into neutral, and then shifting into 2nd. It was a dangerous situation as I was on an urban interstate highway. From thereafter, this would re-occur periodically and gradually increased in frequency.

Filed Aug 4, 2014 · Acceleration, Body · 8,000 miles · NJ · crash · 1 injury

While turning right to park in a residential townhouse parking space, the car accelerated suddenly and hit a tree which was very close but at the top of a slanting hill. It felt like the car was slipping on ice but there was no ice. A person outside of the car heard a strange noise. It felt like there was no ability to control the car. I tried to back up, I felt the same slipping so I stopped and left the car. The same person heard the noise again when I was backing up. I am an experienced driver with a clean driving record for over 20 years and have never experienced this. It was sunday afternoon and there were no weather related issues. This was the 3rd stop of the day over a 1-2 hour period. This is a quiet street so there were no traffic issues. The car was leaking oil so it was towed to the body shop.

Filed Jul 14, 2014 · Transmission · 13,000 miles · GA

When attempting to go into reverse after the car has sat in the garage overnight it does not want to move. The RPM's go up but no movement. Have to put the car in park, turn it off and restart the process over again. When it does engage, it will begin moving very slowly almost like the transmission is slipping. Once it gets far enough out of the garage and am able to put in drive it appears to work normal for the rest of the day. This has happened a number of times after the car has sat overnight.

Filed Mar 11, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 2,326 miles · FL

After accord ex-l with 2.4l engine & CVT sits overnight in garage it does not back out normally. Must press accelerator to get movement. Normal just taking foot off brake & vehicle to roll out on own. Press accelerator to get car to go, RPM's increase & transmission feels like slipping when backing into the street. Shift to drive & CVT slips until travel ~100 feet. Then CVT seems to respond normally to accelerator. We have to back into street with blind hill so this is definitely a safety issue. Took car to honda dealer for this sporadic, recurring problem on 4/16/13, on 11/12/13 & left w/ dealer for few days & on 02/10/14 & left w/ dealer 9 days. Car was driven by service personnel & service mgr. They could not get car to duplicate problem. I opened case w/ honda in ca on 02/07/2014 and discussed w/ their rep, [xxx] opened case no. [xxx]. As dealer could not duplicate problem, [xxx] closed case &said honda would keep on file & reopen if necessary. [xxx] said he had checked with their engineers & claimed they have no record of this issue with accord. If all other complaints about this problem were closed when they couldn't duplicate problem it makes sense they have "no record" of problem. Also seems very convenient to fall back on "no record" and "couldn't duplicate" excuses to relieve honda of any liability for what could cause accident. My wife also had same problem. Internet search yields sites that reference same problem in 2013 accords. Carcomplaints.com 5 complaints listed for CVT slipping. Edmunds.com forum section on accord has a report of owner of 2013 accord who got CVT to "slip" w/ the svc mgr with him. Owner said he & mgr took a brand new accord off lot & duplicated problem. Yet when svc dept put his accord on computer it would not show a code so svc mgr told him it was "normal". Same as I was told. Most importantly this is a safety issue. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Oct 9, 2013 · Engine, Transmission · 7,000 miles · FL

On cold starts the car intermittently fails to drive with full power. Is happening about 10 times a month. Feels like car operates with only 20% power & feels like CVT tranny belts slipping. The engine revs up, whines and the car barely moves. Honda says "they are aware of problem but have no fix for it at this time." vehicle bought new, has been in for service on this issue 5-7 times with various honda repair centers keeping the vehicle for 25+ days. Have dealt with service personnel, managers, general managers and regional managers. The bottom line is this expensive car is broken while honda is unresponsive to resolving this problem.

Filed Jun 24, 2013 · Engine, Transmission · 1,200 miles · MS

This started off as an intermittent issue but progressively got worse (twice a day) until honda flashed an update [a2a690] to my car. Now it's intermittent again (once or twice a week). The problem always happens from a cold start. The issue is after cranking my car, when I put the car in gear (reverse or drive) the transmission doesn't engage. I can press the gas pedal and the RPM's will shoot up but the MPH doesn't move, it's like the transmission is slipping, if I don't let off the gas the transmission will abruptly engage and can be a serious safety issue. The first time this happened I was in the parking garage at work and this issue almost caused me to crash into a parked vehicle. Now I have to make sure it doesn't do this every time I put my car in gear. I've been to two different honda dealers for a total of 4 times and they say they can't ever reproduce the issue. Here's a link to a video of the issue when I caught it on video. Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj1qdyjxgte&feature=em-upload_owner#action=share.