NHTSA Complaint #10484000 — 2003 HONDA ACCORD

I BOUGHT MY HONDA FROM THE DEALERSHIP 06/23/12, 1 OWNER COMPLETELY SERVICED THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP THEN TRADED IN AT SAME DEALERSHIP. WHEN BOUGHT IT HAD 101,793 MILES, TIMING BELT WAS DONE AT 90K AND POWER STEERING PUMP. NOT EVEN MONTH LATER I HAD TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODY. I'VE ALWAYS FELT SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AFTER BOUGHT CAR. ON 11/10/2012 OUT OF NO WHERE WHEN I WAS GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY MY CAR STARTED TO DOWN SHIFT REALLY HARD, WAS JERKING WHILE DRIVING AND THEN WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR, LUCKILY I WAS LESS THAN A MILE FROM MY HOUSE SO I DROVE HOME THEN PARKED IT AND NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ON. THE NEXT MORNING (TODAY) CALLED A FRIEND WHO WORKS ON HONDAS AND HE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS VERY DIRTY AND PRACTICALLY GONE. DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK TWICE AND TRANSMISSION WAS WORKING FINE. THEN LATER DROVE ABOUT 8 MILES AND STARTED HARD DOWN SHIFTING AND WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. THEN PARKED AND TRIED TO PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE AND IT NOT MOVE ACTED LIKE WAS IN NEUTRAL. PUT IT IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF THEN STARTED IT AGAIN AND PUT IT INTO REVERSE, REVERSE NOW WORKED. AFTER THAT I HAD MY FRIEND LOOK UNDER THE HOOD AT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND IT WAS PRACTICALLY EMPTY AGAIN. SO I WENT TO THE STORE GOT MORE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND PUT SOME IN AND TRIED TO DRIVE BACK HOME. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 8 MILES THEN IT STARTED TO HARD DOWN SHIFT ALL OVER AGAIN. AFTER ANOTHER 3 MILES THE CAR COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON ALONG WITH THE ABS, TSC, AND THE LIGHT SHOWING I WAS IN DRIVE STARTED FLASHING. SO I PULLED OVER AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND EVERYTHING WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING, INCLUDING THE LIGHT INDICATING I WAS IN DRIVE EVEN THOUGHT I WAS IN PARK AND THE PARK GEAR LIGHT WAS ON. SO I TURNED OFF MY CAR, SAT FOR A MIN THEN RESTARTED. DRIVING SLOW NEEDED TO STOP AND BRAKES STARTED TO GO OUT. *TR