NHTSA Complaint #10368725 — 2002 HONDA ACCORD

MY '02 ACCORD'S TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. IT STALLS, IT JERKS REALLY HARD AND I ALMOST GOT IN A WRECK DUE TO THE STALLING. EVERYTIME IT SWITCHES GEARS THE ENGINE REVS UP AND THEN WE'RE EVENTUALLY JOLTED INTO THE GEAR. RECENTLY I ALMOST GOT INTO A CAR WRECK MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION. I PRESSED THE GAS TO TURN LEFT AND OF COURSE IT STALLS AND THE ENGINE REVS UP AND THE ONCOMING CAR LUCKILY SAW ME AND MADE A SUDDEN MOVE TO AVOID HITTING ME. THEN THE TRANSMISSION KICKS IT INTO GEAR, JERKS US, THEN WE MOVE! IT'S SUPER SCARY, IT JUST STARTED HAPPENING IN NOVEMBER AND TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WILL COST $2985.00. HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE SAYS THAT THEY ARE UNAWARE OF ANY EXISTING FAILURES AND WILL NOT HELP IN ANY WAY. IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A SAFETY CONCERN TO THEM, BUT UNTIL THEY ARE IN MY SHOES AND EXPERIENCE THE HORROR THAT WE DID THEN THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO IGNORE THE DEFECT!!!! *TR