NHTSA Complaint #10452562 — 2005 HONDA ACCORD

MY WIFE AND I AND 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON IH35 ON THE LEFT LANE AT 70MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND SAID SHE WAS LOOSING POWER AND HAD PRESENCE OF MIND TO PULLED OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE. ALL THE CARS WERE GOING REALLY FAST. THANK GOD WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER AND DID NOT GET HIT FROM BEHIND. AFTER STOPPING THE CAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE TO DRIVE AND REVVED UP ONLY SO HAD IT TOWED TO A HONDA FACILITY. THERE WE WERE TOLD IT WAS TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THEY CHARGED ME 4500 DOLLARS.I DID NOT HAVE A CHOICE AS WE WERE TRAVELLING AND 250 MILES AWAY FROM HOME AND DID NOT HAVE A CHOICE AS THE OTHER PLACES WE CALLED SAID THEY COULD NOT EVEN TAKE A LOOK FOR A FEW DAYS TILL MONDAY AS IT WAS A FRIDAY AFTERNOON. I DID DO MY RESEARCH AND CALLED A FEW TRANSMISSION PLACES AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A 2500 DOLLAR JOB. DOUBLE INSULT TRANSMISSION FAILS AT 95K AND CHARGED 2000 MORE. LAST TIME I BUY A HONDA. *JS