Honda, 2003 crv 4wd with 50,000 miles. Engine light came on. Diagnostics revealed p0122 throttle position switch low volt caused automatic transmission not to shift correctly, and will prevent acceleration to highway speed. Dealer quoted $950.00 for a replacement of throttle body with the throttle position switch. Discussions with other mechanics indicated other failures which may result in a honda technical service bulletin (tsb) or recall.
2003 Honda CR-V transmission complaints
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2003 honda cr-v 44,200 miles: bad bearing or pump noise starting coming from engine compartment, stopped and checked (noise varied with engine speed). Narrowed noise to area around AC compressor/alternator/belt tensioner. Operated vehicle less than 30 minutes from first appearance of noise, then there was a thud,and a clunk looked out the passenger side rearview mirror and saw a something rolling down the street. Noise went away, and AC stopped cooling. Went back to see what had fallen off, and found part of the clutch assembly. No apparent damage, vehicle operates minus AC. Took vehicle to dealer, was told that he has seen this a four or five times recently, and that he would contact honda, to see what can be done. Was later told that honda would cover the repairs.
2003 honda crv shift cable malfunctioned resulting in an accident.***no answer required***. *mr less than 2 month after the consumer's vehicle was purchased it was involved in an accident. The vehicle was parked and the consumer was exiting the vehicle when it suddenly began to roll backwards down the driveway. The consumer became caught on the vehicle's door and was dragged down the driveway, across the street, across her neighbor's front yard until the vehicle finally stopped when it hit the neighbors porch steps. The consumer sustained a contusion to her left leg from her hip to her knee. A month after the accident the consumer received a recall notice for the a/t shift cable. The symptoms of the recall were exactly what the vehicle experienced. The consumer contacted the manufacturer but they refused to accept any responsibility stating that the consumer had to prove that the vehicle wasn't left in drive at the time of the accident.
Shifter got stuck 2nd gear automatic had to play with shifter to change gear to drive.
While driving in a fog convoy at about 30 miles an hour, after about 15 miles the check engine light came on, and the transmission started to "jerk" during downshifting and "hang" during upshifting.
Honda cr-v 4wd, auto, 2003 with 25000 m. Incidents - as the automatic transmission down shifted from up gear to 1st, there was a "jerk" and I almost hit vehicle up front my during the wet weather condition. After that I made testing on parking lot, that I can reproduce this jerk , and it reproducible. I drive car slow on first gear and slowly push a brake, not any jerk. But when I let car to shift to up a second and third gear and than gently to push brake, before car completely stop I feeling a jerk, that very dangerously on wet surface. Also I found in several forums, that people got roll over and thinking that case of ABS or brake problem, but a same effect can be case when gears unexpectedly shifted down.
My mom's 2003 honda cr-v ex awd automatic transmission has this clicking sound whenever we drive it around. On occasion the clicking is loud, but it can get very annoying. The automatic, when starting and putting in reverse has a very un-honda like noise with a jolt. When we took it for the federal safety agency recall for the automatic transmission they did the service. After a couple of days the clicking went back. Took it back to the dealership and the honda certified mechanic said that it is normal because the brakes are adjusting itself. I want to know do any other honda owners of cr-v's built from 2002-2003 model years have this same noise problem?
Vehicle down shifts abruptly when stoppping, ehicle hesitates (occasionally)when driving, vehicle loses overdrive(occasionally).
2003 honda crv ex - when reducing speed transmission fails to downshift and begins to make grinding noise. Once stopped grinding continues then gears re-engage and lunges SUV forward quickly. Luckily no one was in front of me at the lights!! To remedy - I had to restart the engine from park position. Problem repeated itself at the next intersection and engine light engaged - I took to dealership for tests - stated engine light report states "transmission failure" but no other info provided. Dealer could not replicate by driving and was told that I must continue to drive until the problem occurs again.
Gear shift (automatic transmission) became stuck and would not go in or out of drive. Has happened on 2 occasions (august, 6000 miles) and (october, 8600 miles). Dealer cannot find a problem.
After the shift cable the federal safety agency recall campaign 03v 274000 was performed the vehicle jerked forward when slowing down or stopping. Also, when starting the vehicle it idled high.
When I shift the gear in drive or reverse and then release the brake, there is a loud clicking noise that seems to be coming from the front of the car. The noise eventually goes away after the vehicle has been running for a few minutes. I've had this problem since I bought the car. I had a relative who owns the same car that I have and she was experiencing the same problem . She reported the problem to her dealership and the following items were replaced on her car: 1) throttle shift - recall 2) shift cable - recall I took my car to the dealership where I bought the car and I was told the following: 1) a recall has been issued for my car but I have to wait until honda sends me a written notification before they can fix the problem 2) I insisted that I wanted the problem fixed now due to a defect that can endanger my family while driving this car. I was told by one of the staff that I would have to pay if I want the problem fixed
While driving at 60 MPH, the vehicle shifted gears without warning. *ak the shift lever was not designed to lock into drive.
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