NHTSA Complaint #10140837 — 1999 HONDA ACCORD

ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY 3 LANE HIGHWAY MY HONDA WOULD NOT GO FORWARD ANY MORE. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED THE GAS IT WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I COULD PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL OR REVERSE, BUT IN DRIVE I COULD NOT GET IT TO GO ABOVE 10 MPH. I IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE WHO TOLD ME HONDA HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 98-2000 ACCORDS UNDER 100,000 MILES, AND THEY WILL REPLACE YOUR TRANSMISSION. SINCE MY CAR ONLY HAD 80,000 MILES, I CALLED THE SERVICE STATION, MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY TOLD ME OKAY, BUT THERE WOULD BE A $95 FEE IF IT WASN'T THE TRANSMISSION. THEY CALLED ME LATER THAT DAY, AND SAID MY VIN# DIDN'T MATCH THE RECALL, SO SORRY. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA, AND THEY SAID I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GIVEN THAT INFORMATION, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I STATED SO WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME IS THAT IN 98,99 & 00, YOU PUT BAD TRANSMISSIONS IN YOUR ACCORDS, I HAVE A BAD TRANSMISSION IN MY ACCORD, BUT I'M NOT COVERED??? TO WHICH THEY REPLIED YES. *JB