NHTSA Complaint #10679484 — 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY

PLEASE HAVE ONE OF YOUR INVESTIGATORS' TO LOOK INTO THIS: TAKE A LOOK ON THE INTERNET YOU WILL FIND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ( ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF HONDA OWNERS', VANS & SEDANS ON THE ROAD WHO HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURRING) 2003 HONDA TRANSMISSION SLIPPING BETWEEN 2ND & 3RD GEARS - ALL THE OWNERS' COMPLAINTS ARE IDENTICAL. UNEXPECTEDLY, THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL ACCELERATION POWER, A VERY DANGEROUS & SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT, HAZARD AS THE DRIVER LOSES CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLE & ACCELERATION. RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM OCCURRING IN OUR MODEL YEAR 2003 AND FROM MANY HONDA AND ACURA SEDAN OWNERS ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM: ALL HAVE THE V-TECH ENGINE WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR THOUSANDS OF HONDA & ACURA DRIVERS ON THE ROAD -A MOTHER'S WITH A VAN FULL OF CHILDREN OR REALLY ANY DRIVER TRYING TO ACCELERATE ON A BUSY ROAD FROM A DEAD STOP. A DRIVER LOSES CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLE SPEED UNEXPECTEDLY COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, EVEN DEATH. HONDA DEALERS ARE HITTING CUSTOMERS' FOR $4000.00 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION INSTALL, REPLACING THE SAME MALFUNCTIONING ONE THAT WAS IN THE VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY, NOT REIMBURSING OWNERS' FOR THE VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR BILL. HONDA SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS SERIOUS & DANGEROUS SAFETY DEFECT WHICH THEY IGNORED, HID, KEPT INSTALLING THE SAME TRANSMISSIONS WHEN IT WAS WELL KNOWN TO HONDA INSIDERS' THAT THEY HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM - THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM OCCURRING FOR YEARS & DID NOTHING. THEY NEED TO BE FORCED TO FIX THE HONDA TRANSMISSIONS AFFECTED AT NO COST TO THE THEIR CUSTOMERS' . HONDA REFUSED TO RE-MANUFACTURE, RE-ENGINEER THE TRANSMISSION OR REIMBURSE OWNERS' FOR THE EXPENSIVE REPAIR BILL ($4000.). IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT NHTSA HAS NOT ISSUED A SAFETY RECALL YET! *TR