NHTSA Complaint #10380870 — 2004 HONDA ACCORD

I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 HONDA ACCORD EX-V6 ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BY PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR DID NOT GO ANY QUICKER NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED. I PRESSED DOWN HARD A FEW TIMES AND THEN BEGAN TO MOVE OVER TO THE RIGHT LANES IN CASE IT GOT WORSE. THE RPM'S WENT A THE WAY TO ALMOST THE RED BUT THE CAR WAS NOT GOING AND WAS SOWING DOWN. THEN OUT OF THE BLUE IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND CAME TO A STOP LIGHT. WHEN I STARTED TO GO IT STARTED TO MOVE, GOT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, THEN DID IT AGAIN, RAVING REAL LOUD BUT NOT MOVING. I HAD CARS COMING RIGHT AT ME AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. THEN, THE PERSON I CALLED TO HELP ME, SHOWED UP RIGHT BEHIND ME IN HIS TRUCK AND PUSHED ME OUT OF THE INTERSECTION JUST IN TIME. HONDA ALMOST GOT ME KILLED. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER BECAUSE I JUST HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED DUE TO THEIR RECOMMENDATION. THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE AND WOULD NEED A NEW ONE. THEY SAID I SHOULD CALL HONDA CARE BECAUSE THIS HAS HAPPENED A LOT LATELY AND THEIR ARE RECALLS ON THIS TRANSMISSION AS WELL. HONDA TOLD ME TOO BAD, WE CAN'T HELP YOU. I PAID $3,800 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL MODEL AND NOW IT GIVES ME ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS AND I FEEL VERY UNSAFE IN THIS HONDA. I BOUGHT A HONDA BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE. IT SEEMS HONDA DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF ITS OWNERS AS MUCH AS IT MAY SEEM. *TR