NHTSA Complaint #10277079 — 1999 HONDA ACCORD

THE "CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON" AND THE TROUBLE CODE IS P0740, TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION. THE CAR SURGES FORWARD FROM A STOPPED POSITION EVEN AT THE SLIGHTEST DEPRESSION OF THE GAS PEDAL WHICH MAKES IT PRONE TO AN ACCIDENT BY HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY RESET THE WARNING LIGHT, TEST DROVE IT AND TOLD ME THAT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION MAY BE GETTING BAD. ON THE WAY HOME, THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I BROUGHT IT TO A TRANS REPAIR SHOP AND THEY CHECKED THE TROUBLE CODE TO BE THE SAME P0740 CODE. THEY CHECKED THE RESISTANCE OF ALL THE SOLENOIDS AND REPLACED THE LINEAR SOLENOID WHICH WAS OUT OF SPEC. THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN ON THE DRIVE HOME. I HAD IT SCANNED AGAIN AND THE CODE WAS P0740 AGAIN. THE TRANS SHOP SAID THAT THEY MAY EVENTUALLY NEED TO COMPLETELY REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION AND MAY COST AROUND $3500-4000. I HAVE ALREADY SPENT $400 SO FAR. I NOW DRIVE THE CAR SPARINGLY UNTIL I CAN HAVE THE FUNDS TO GET A REBUILT TRANS. I WISH THE NHTSA WOULD REQUIRE HONDA TO RECALL THIS MODEL YEAR LIKE THEY DID FOR THE 2000 MODEL SINCE THERE SEEMED TO BE AN UNUSUALLY ALARMING HIGH RATE OF COMPLAINTS ON 1999 ACCORD TRANSMISSIONS. *TR