NHTSA Complaint #10133511 — 1998 HONDA ACCORD

(1) DRIVING FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO OCEAN CITY,MARYLAND FOR VACATION AND THE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON WHEN WE WERE ALMOST THERE. WE PULLED OVER ON SIDE OF ROAD AND CHECKED FLUIDS AND CAR AND EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE OKAY UNTIL WE COULD MAKE IT TO GARAGE. STARTED DRIVING AGAIN IN 4TH GEAR AND TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP AND CAR STARTED TO DOWNSHIFT AND RPM'S WENT UP. (2) LET CAR SIT AND THEN TRIED TO DRIVE AGAIN IN 3RD AND 4TH GEARS BUT SAME PROBLEM KEPT OCCURING. THEN WE PUT IT IN 2ND GEAR AND THAT WORKED FINE. WE DROVE IN 2ND GEAR GOING SLOW IN THE MIDDLE OF A PLACE WE DID NOT KNOW AND BARELY MADE IT TO THE BEACH WHERE MY CAR SAT THE WHOLE TIME AND WE COULD NOT DRIVE ANYWHERE. WE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED FROM OCEAN CITY TO HARRISBURG, PA (ABOUT A 4 HOUR DRIVE) (3) AFTER TALKING WITH A HONDA CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN AND OTHERS WE DETERMINED IT WAS THE TRANMISSION GOING OUT. MY CAR IS STILL SITTING AND I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I AM GOING TO DO CONSIDERING A NEW TRANSMISSION COSTS 3 TO 4 THOUSAND DOLLARS AS I WAS TOLD BY HONDA. THIS IS GREAT CONSIDERING I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CAR FOR 2 YEARS AND STILL HAVE 3 YEARS TO PAY ON IT AND IT ONLY HAS 86,000 MILES ON IT.