NHTSA Complaint #10461282 — 1997 HONDA ACCORD

FOUR SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED FOR MY 1997 HONDA ACCORD LX, 4-DOOR, WITH ONLY 69,550 MILES. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WHILE THE "D4" AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INDICATOR FLASHED OFF AND ON AT SAME TIME. HONDA WOULDN'T DRIVE IN FOURTH GEAR AND ACTED AS IT WAS SLIPPING. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO ED VOYLES HONDA, MARIETTA, GEORGIA ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 FOR DIAGNOSIS. HONDA TECHNICIAN(S) ADVISED THAT THE "ECM CODE" DISCLOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD COMPLETELY FAILED AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED AND/OR OFFERED ANY INFORMATION REGARDING HONDA EXTENDING THE TRANSMISSION WARRANTY FOR THIS 1997 HONDA ACCORD LX. AT TIME OF INCIDENT, WAS INTERSTATE 285 ON RAMP WHEN VEHICLE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING, ALLOWING MAXIMUM SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MPH. VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY IN THE BACK OF MY VEHICLE HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO PREVENT REAR END COLLISION. PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE CREATED A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD TO MYSELF AND OTHER VEHICLES TO MY REAR. PLEASE NOTE, HONDA ACCORD WITHIN SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE AND AFTER THE 1997 YEAR MODEL HAS A SIGNIFICANT HISTORY OF EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN WHICH HONDA HAS FAILED TO INITIATE A PRODUCT RECALL, DESPITE NUMEROUS WEBSITE POSTS.. *TR